from jordan perry, brooks, and mccarthy. we have information from other sources that lead us to believe that each one of these individuals are colleagues have information within the committee and needs to tell the full story. plus, on the court victory to block florida s racially gerrymander congressional map. and what i learn from my battle with coronavirus that could end the helping you. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. today the bipartisan committee investigating january six took the seismic step of subpoenaing the most powerful republican in the house. minority leader kevin mccarthy of california. and of course, that is the guy who is poised to become speaker of the house, should republicans win the house in the midterm elections. they also issued subpoenas for four of his colleagues, and in fact, their colleagues. jim jordan of ohio, mel brooks of alabama, andy biggs of arizona, and scott perry of pennsylvania. the latter fo
and for months and months, house democrats have been trying everything to avoid getting too precise at this point. which is why it is worth looking back at just how we got here. in the days after the insurrection, it really seemed like kevin mccarthy understood the gravity of the situation. it is apparent in the since leaked phone calls with his fellow republicans from the days following the attack that mccarthy privately told allies he was thinking of asking trump to resign. and you asked if, you know, what happens if he gets there after he s gone? is there any chance? are you hearing that he might resign? is there any reason to think that might happen? i ve had if you discussions. my gut tells me no. i m seriously thinking of having that conversation with him tonight. i haven t talked to him in a couple days. mccarthy appeared to take the attack so seriously that he actually deputize his own ally, member of the republican house leadership, congressman john taco of new
by ron desantis. the complaint was that the desantis map reduce representation for black floridians, by a limiting one congressional district represented by black, democratic and shrinking another, democrats took her case to court, and yesterday at desantis appointed judge agreed. finding the map would reduce the impact of 370,000 black voters and eight mostly rural counties, quoted diminishes african rep marketability to elect representatives of their choice. as a, today the desantis map was blocked, and the question becomes what happens now. marc elias, the founder of democracy docket, helped fight on behalf of voters. he s been in court pushing for fair elections across the country, he joins me now. mark, tell me what the florida proposal was, why the lawsuit happened, and with the state court found. yeah, so chris, thanks for having me, it was actually more outrageous and even think.