new details on the company that the governor hired to transport unsuspecting migrants across the country, and its links to other top republicans. plus, how pleading the fifth and his fraud case could doom the disgraced ex president. the astonishing scenes of protests in iran. all in, starting right now. good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. republicans unveiled their agenda, if you can call it that, if they retake the house this november. before we get to that, the most revealing preview on what it comes to look like, came earlier this week. that is what the overwhelming majority of the house republican conference voted against a law, that would clarify the language of the electoral count act. that is a somewhat obscure piece of legislation for the 19th century, governing how presidents are elected, and how members of congress can object to electors. this would just fix part of it to, explicitly, state what was obvious. that a sitting president, and his supporters i
actions might have caused harm to our national security. curiously, republicans on the hill aren t asking those same questions. in fact, most don t seem very fazed at all by this. the hypocrisy of folks in my party, that spent years spending wiping a server, are now out there defending a man who very clearly did not take the national security of the united states to heart, and will be up to the doj whether or not that reaches a level of indictment. but, this is disgusting, in my mind, and no president should act this way, obviously. it is disgusting. republicans are silent, because what trump did was wrong, and they know it. he potentially put the united states in danger, there is no doubt about it. and worse, he is still putting americans in danger, as the washington post reports, trump and his cronies have put rank and file civil servants in harm s way after the mar-a-lago search. attorney general garland faced online assassination threats, he decried the rising unfou
i am stephanie ruhle. it is the eve of another critical january six committee hearing, the panels fourth, one starting tomorrow at 1 pm eastern. california congressman adam schiff will take the lead. the focus, first, to pressure state officials into overturning joe biden s 2020 victory, a race, of course he won fairly. i m gonna say it one more time, a race he won fairly. and the plan to get fake electors to washington, d.c., in time to stop the transfer of power on january 6th. this was, i think, really unprecedented in u.s. history. this brought effort to overturn the presidential election, and you ll see just what the weight of the presidency brought down on these officials. in another hearing, means more republican witnesses, and that s what we re gonna get to tomorrow. arizona s republican house speaker, bowers gets his turn. committee aides tell nbc news he will detail, for the first time, how trump and rudy giuliani leaned on him directly to overturn biden s victo
eastern. california congressman adam schiff will take the lead. the focus, first, to pressure state officials into overturning joe biden s 2020 victory, a race, of course he won fairly. i m gonna say it one more time, a race he won fairly. and the plan to get fake electors to washington, d. c., in time to stop the transfer of power on january 6th. this was, i think, really unprecedented in u.s. history. this broad effort to overturn the presidential election, and you ll see just what the weight of the presidency brought down on these officials. another hearing means more republican witnesses, and that s what we re gonna get to tomorrow. arizona s republican house speaker, rusty bowers, gets his turn. committee aides tell nbc news he will detail, for the first time, how trump and rudy giuliani leaned on him directly to overturn biden s victory in arizona. joining bowers tomorrow, two other republican officials, who were targets of a very similar pressure campaign. georgia
Infighting on the right as tensions explode. And tonight, republicans have no clear way out of the mess of their own making. A new Government Shutdown threat just over a month away, and very real questions about funding the military and the war in ukraine. Already, as republicans are searching for a new speaker, the same magafueled turmoil that took down mccarthy is on display. Multiple republicans already announcing bids, including jim jordan and Steve Scalise. Some on the far right and Foxs Sean Hannity floating Donald Trumps name as speaker. One republican senator giving his gop house colleagues some advice. This ousting of Speaker Mccarthy and now we have a pro tem as speaker. I dont have a lot of advice for my house colleagues, other than this. Follow your heart, but take your brain with you. Id also advise all of my house colleagues to be sure and take their meds. Take your meds. Now, thats a republican senator giving that advice. Kevin mccarthy now has two historic bookends to h