He ran into his daughters opponent in the street and took a punch at her. He ran over to her. People were trying to hold him back. Look. Look at this picture. He pushed his way through, he grabbed hold of her and hit her. This was the woman who was running against his daughter for parliament. I had known this story, i dont know, sort of peripherally. I had definitely seen these sort of famous still images of that moment. Those were in my head. But today we actually went into the archives and we found old french news footage of that incident. And turns out there arent just those images, theres also video, including a slomo video where you can see him attack her, physically attack her. That assault by the candidates father ultimately cost him his own job. His daughter was running for parliament in france. He was a member of the european parliament, the parliament for the eu, and they threw him out of that seat because of the physical assault on that candidate in the street. To add insult
Its at the story weve devoted more time to here than any other since inauguration. And after a messy change of leadership and the house russ investigation, the expectation was that things would go more smoothly in the senate. But we are learning tonight that the Senate Committee doesnt have a single fulltime staffer assigned to the russia inquiry. According to two new reports democrats on the committee are demanding immediate changes. All this as donald trump nears the 100day mark with some of the lowest approval numbers ever recorded at this point in a presidency. Lets bring in tonights panel, john hilemon, is the cocreator, executive producer and cohost of showtimes the circus. There is an emmy in there soon, right . Yes. Eli stokels is a White House Reporter for the wall street journal. And jeremy barb joins us from washington, d. C. , former chief of staff at the pentagon and cia. Jeremy, im going to start with you. One of your other jobs was on the House Intel Committee and you ha
How the state department is showcasing trumps socalled winter white house. The president will be shifting the operation of the white house down to the winter white house at maralago. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes, its monday night whats shaping up to be the consequential week of Donald Trumps presidency. Not only are we counting down to his 100th day in office, but this president and congress are facing their do or die legislation. They must pass the spending bill to keep the government open. Until recently all signs have pointed to bipartisan compromise that will maintain funding at current levels. Postponing contentious budget fight. Then the white house got involved. Desperate to deliver on a Key Campaign Promise before the hundred day mark. They decided to demand money for border wall as part of the spending ball. Its a move that raises the odd of Government Shutdown just after midnight a. M. This saturday, which just so happens to be the presi
Im chris hayes, its monday night whats shaping up to be the consequential week of Donald Trumps presidency. Not only are we counting down to his 100th day in office, but this president and congress are facing their do or die legislation. They must pass the spending bill to keep the government open. Until recently all signs have pointed to bipartisan compromise that will maintain funding at current levels. Postponing contentious budget fight. Then the white house got involved. Desperate to deliver on a Key Campaign Promise before the hundred day mark. They decided to demand money for border wall as part of the spending ball. Its a move that raises the odd of Government Shutdown just after midnight a. M. This saturday, which just so happens to be the president s 100th day in office. Top officials were asked about the upcoming show down in interviews this weekend. Is saw border wall so important right now thats worth risking the Government Shutdown . I think the border wall is essential a
Parliament. I had known this story, i dont know, sort of proriffly. But today we actually went into the chives and we found old french news footage of that incident and turns out there arent those images, theres also video, including a slo mo video where you can see him attack her, physically attack her. That assault by the candidates father ultimately cost him his own job. His daughter was running for parliament in france. He was a member of the year parliament, the parliament for the eu, and they threw him out of that seat because of the physical assault on that candidate in the street. To add insult to injury, his daughter lost the race. The following year another one of his daughters also ran for Public Office in france, and she did not lose, and he did not punch anybody out and she ended up winning. And that was her first election to Public Office. And it started her assent to the highest levels of french politics. Her centers name was marie caroline, her name is marine. And when