that white nationalists are racist, i m totally against that, as well. but that s not a democratic definition. and as unbelievable scenes play out here and across the globe, the catastrophic reality for homeowners in florida, where the governor is waging a culture war on climate change. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today on capitol hill christopher wray, director of the fbi came before the judiciary committee. ray is a lifelong republican. he was, of course, appointed by donald trump. inhis testimony today, he faced hostile questioning from fellow republicans. republicans, you see, in the defense of donald trump, have adopted the line that the fbi is a bunch of out of control woke deep state maniacs looking to purge conservatives and politically target republicans. it s an idea that is pernicious and also comical if you know anything about the history of the fbi, who with his tended to target over the decades, or the fact tha
right now. republicans working feverishly to bring articles of impeachment against homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, even though those same republicans say an immigration bill is dead on arrival. nikki haley meeting with some of the richest people in america tonight. will they give her the cash to take on trump? a gop donor is up next. any takers to have a computer chip implanted in your brain? good evening. house republicans taking a major step towards impeaching a sitting cabinet official, something not done in 148 years in the united states. the target is the homeland security alejandro mayorkas. they are working right now and frankly expected to keep working well past midnight. they re making the claim that he s committed high crimes and misde misdemeanors. what they re not working on is stopping people from coming over the u.s. southern border. they could be meeting to discuss the bipartisan bill negotiating by gop senators, a bill that republicans
subpoenas for and asked questions of some of the lawyers associated with donald trump s efforts to over turn the results of the 2020 election. among the names, some of them you probably recognize. sidney powell, for example. so central sp spending baseless accusations of voter fraud. and then emily knewmon who worked with her and mike roman and we told you last week about rudy giuliani s conversation with investigators. the result of a so-called proffer agreement. we now know that meeting actually spanned eight hours. and of particular interest, that infamous white house meeting back in december of 2020. and heated clash in which sidney powell put forward a plan to have our country s military seize voting machines all in order to rerun the election. and thanks to the committee, there is an abundance of public testimony related to that meeting. some of the participants in their own words. i was asked, are you claiming that the democrats are working with hugo chavez and whoev
overseas, as israel launches strikes against palestinian militants in the west bank. what the white house is saying about the stepped up violence there. and later, new reporting on the race for president. why the first gop debate is at risk of losing its draw. the latest on donald trump s double digit lead against his republican rivals is straight ahead. welcome to msnbc s live coverage on this tuesday, july 4th. we start with breaking news overnight. five people are dead and two children injured after a gunman wearing body armor opened fire in a philadelphia neighborhood. police first responded to the attack just before 8:30 p.m. after reports of gunfire in multiple locations. officers arrived on the scene and began chasing the suspected gunman who continued firing and didn t stop until he was cornered in an alley. that is where he surrendered. about 50 spent shell casings were found in the area which covers a two by four block stretch. the people were all adult men. the
it for us tonight. we ll see you again tomorrow. time for the last word. my friend jonathan capehart, in for lawrence tonight. good evening, john. good evening, ali. thank you very much have a good evening. thank you. last night on this program, a large breaking news that special counsel jack smith and his team had handed over the first batch of evidence in the classified documents case. today, we, along with donald trump and his legal team are getting a better idea of what that evidence actually is. according to the filing of special counsel smith and his prosecutors, that evidence includes quote, interviews of defendant trump conducted by non government entities recorded with his consent and obtained by the special counsel s office during the investigation of this case, including the july 21st, 2021 reported interview defending trump providing to a publisher and writer quoted in part in the indictment. now, we cannot say for sure whether that line refers to more priv