msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news, the u.s. racing to recover and learn more about that mysterious object shot down by u.s. fighter jets over alaska. here s what we know at this hour. the high altitude object was described as roughly the size of a small car, it was likely not man. it was flying in 40,000 feet, is for spotted on thursday before being brought down on friday. this comes a week after the u.s. military shot down the chinese spy balloon off the south carolina coast after flying over several states. here is what democratic congressman told me in the last hour. i don t know that anyone, on the committees have been briefed. recovery operations are taking place, it is quite possible at 40,000 feet, a very expensive missile shooting down a weather balloon. other than that, we just do not know. it didn t seem to have its own ability to maneuver. that limits it s two more breaking news, th
believes you have to basically burn the system down to rebuild it and fix it. steve bannon on trial in the first of several major developments this week related to the capitol insurrection. right now the secret service is getting ready to hand over subpoenaed text messages as the january 6th committee gets red for thursday s primetime hearing on the 187 minutes when trump did nothing to quell the violence. in uvalde, texas it was 77 minutes that police, hundreds of them, did nothing has children were being murdered. what a damning report reveals about policing in uvalde and beyond. we begin with a day in court for steve bannonch the right wing podcaster and one-time adviser to the twice-impeached former president. his trial for contempt of congress got under way today. jury selection wrapped just a short time ago after two last-minute attempts by bannon s team to delay the trial, including an offer to testify before the january 1th committee. narrowing the jury pool from
gretchen whitmer, london lamar, and senator elizabeth warren all join me live. all in starts right now. good evening from los angeles. i am chris hayes. it is a brutal day for american democracy, for american women, specifically, for all americans could become pregnant. for all americans, really. it right enshrined in the constitution as intimate as any right one could imagine. it has been discarded and destroyed by five unelected justices. three of whom were appointed, of course, by the last president, who got about 3 million fewer votes than his opponent. in american democracy, it is truly rare to see rights taken away in this fashion. the proverbial moral arc of the universe, justice, striving for a more perfect union, to watch these things born backwards towards a reactionary pass, as starkly as this, and one moment to the next, it makes you feel physically nauseous. speaking only for myself, as a person who can become pregnant, a man, it s not even a tiny sliver
roe v. wade is overturned. the hill with the supreme court we will decide them. bounces against the justices did not win. good evening breaking tonight history from the unit s supreme court justices voted to overturn the landmark v wade decision in today s ruling and nearly 50 years of federal legal protection for abortion they re willing says that there never was a right to abortion in the u.s. constitution and it returns the authority to regulate abortion to the states. many of those already have restrictive laws, others have passed laws that were triggered by today s ruling. still other states are taking steps to protect abortion rights following the decision. security around the u.s. supreme court is tight tonight as crowds have swelled throughout the day precautions are being tinkered and abortion facilities across the nation. at some clinics are sitting down. political reaction as you heard some of it forming long predictable lines are visibly angry president jo
now if you re paying attention any attention to liberal you comments made post-verdict you would have noticede hear thu were hearing not so subtle warnings of maga uprising. trump and his maga followersi are digging in, trying to tear w down the system. he s perfectly willing to call out the mob, basically, and them attack all these people and threaten their safety. there s going to be violence, b there s going to be trouble. this is wrong. there s going to b herbee some maybe some violence. and this president, former president, should not have done what he did. i don t think he has a problem with the concept of violence. seems now, why would they all say this seems almost coordinated? after all, they won the battle,s at least convicting trump.e flas that was their dream. so what s their motive for, fanning the flames now? well, since they can t credibly argurediblgue thate that you reu than you were four years ago, they need more than just lawfare to win november. and ev