The dawn of a new era across america tonight. As President Trump prepares to leave office, its clear joe biden will inherit an america on edge and deeply divided. An extraordinary display across d. C. Tonight. At least 15,000 National Guard troops are protecting the nations capitol. 25,000 will be fanned out by inauguration day. A third person has now been arrested foras attempting to ge through an inauguration checkpoint. A 63yearold woman was charged with impersonation of a Law Enforcement officer, failure to obey and fleeing a Law Enforcement officer after pretending to be a part of the, quote, president ial cabinet. The nation is not far removed from the january 6th insurrection. In fact, new video from the new yorker is giving us a f new vi of the chaos that unfolded. Where are they . While were here we might as well set up a government. Hey, lets take a seat, people lets take a seat nancy pelosi. [ bleep ]. Wheres nancy . We paid for it. Mobilize in your own cities, your own coun
When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. On january 6th of this year, shortly after noon, news leaks that Merrick Garland would be getting a huge new job. Two sources familiar tell my colleague mike memoli and me says President Biden selected Merrick Garland to serve as his attorney general. He is widely viewed that can be a Unifying Force within the department of justice trying to restore public faith in that institution and restoring morale within it. Garland, of course everyone knew, went through a historic snubbing in 2016 after then president obama nominated him to fill antonin scalias seat on the supreme court. They refused to meet with garland, not to hold hearings or a vote on his nomination. On january 6 the redemption story began. He was going to be joe bidens choice for attorney general. Then an hour or two later, the rest of that days awful events unfolded, overshadowing the new potential a. G. And now here we are, nearly two months later, g
Than once talking to, shall we say, countries not keeping to the agreed deal. But on the other hand, i think when there is american pressure, what i have seen, even with the islamic front is that sometimes our friends, when we press our friends, they will in turn squeeze. And the islamic front had been moderating its position starting in may when they issued that statement backing off of demanding an islamic state. So even that can be done, but i do think going forward, this is one where i think, unfortunately, the president , himself, is going to have to take some of his time he is a busy guy but its going to take that, at times. There are lots of things delegated to the secretary of state or secretary of defense, but when theyre not making progress, then the president himself has to pick up the phone. You have to have a much more engaged president. Its leadership, yeah. Great. Well open up to questions in the front here. First, josh. Thanks very much. Daily beast. Thanks for staying,
Need for a tough response to the use of chemical weapons, but i also believe in respecting the will of this house of commons. It is very clear tonight, while the house has not passed a motion, it is clear to me that the british apartment reflecting the views of the people does not want to see british militarya. I get that and the government will act accordingly. U. S. Defense secretary is in h the philippines tonight. We will have the latest information on our newscast at 11 00 eastern time. Consider this, is next. The high cost of low wages. Fast food worker pros test across america against low pay and a constant state of poverty. But consider this, would giving into their demands bring unintended consequences for workers in also, britains apartment says no to a syrian intervention. What impact will have that on president obamas decision. The Justice Department surf surprising reversal of marijuana enforcement. And the nfl settle add Class Action Lawsuit with thousands of former plays
Hold a conference on capitol hill to talk about energy priorities. She will also take questions from reporters. She outlined her plan at the annual meeting of the National Association of regulatory utility commissioners. Here is a bit of what she had to said. In our report, we declare five principals in addition to energy i am trying to make this release symbol for everybody for the morning fog of monday. Energy is good and then there are five principles. It is in our National Interest to make energy abundant, affordable, colleen, diverse, and secure. I have even put them in alphabetical order for ease of memory. [laughter] no acronyms this morning, alphabetical is good. Lets talk about abundance as a standard of living rises, demand will continue to rise and anyone who has experienced a black out, it is amazing how this blackout last out last night ties into everything i have to say this morning. [laughter] anyone who has experienced a super bowl black out or a gasoline shortage does