just five days ago. including an 83 million dollar defamation judgment against the republican front runner. and as the general election campaign has basically begun. standing by to talk about have a gun and take on trump and offer his reaction to e. jean carroll s massive victory against him. plus, from my department store in the 90s to her day in court this week, andrew weissmann and katie phang are going to join me for a deep dive into how carol s case against trump got to this point. and what comes next? also, could nikki haley be doing joe biden a favor by calling trump confused? and what are the factors the haley team is weighing as they decide how much to turn up the heat? and later, there is some big civil war energy coming out of texas, as greg abbott taunts the federal government with his actions on the border. i ll talk to about just how crazy things are getting, in his home state. as we come on the air today, we re getting some breaking news out of th
a lot of us have been since the new hampshire primary just five days ago, including an 83 million dollar defamation judgment against the republican front runner. and as the primary plugs forward, the general election campaign has basically begun. biden campaign co-chair is standing nearby talking about how they re going to take on trump, and offered his reaction to e. jean carroll s massive victory against him. plus, from a department store in the 90s to her day in court this week, andrew weissmann and katie phang are going to join me for a deep dive into how curls case against trump got to this point. and what comes next? also, could nikki haley be doing joe biden a favor by calling trump confused? and what are the factors that halle team is weighing as they decide how much to turn up the heat? and later, there is some big civil war energy coming out of texas, as greg abbott taunts the federal government with his actions on the border. i ll talk to about just how crazy t
retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed militant groups. the latest on the rising tensions in the region, plus, trump s christmas message lashing out at special counsel jack smith as the former president tries to get his election interference case thrown out. so, is the former commander in chief immune from criminal prosecution? we ll see. we ll talk about that coming up. and later on, the presents opened and the cookies devoured, millions of americans set to travel today in the post christmas rush. i m going to speak to a travel expert about some travel tips to help you survive the misery. hey, everybody. good morning to you. merry post christmas. we begin this hour with the breaking news out of the middle east. president biden ordering retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed militia groups in iraq after three u.s. service members were injured in a drone attack in northern iraq on monday. since october 17th, there have now been at least 103 separate attacks on u.s.
of course he was essential to the coup plot, it was a very supporter of the big lie of the stolen election, but when the january six committee subpoenaed him back last year, steve bannon essentially told him to get lost. i like some of the other trump supporters who were subpoenaed, like john eastman, and jeffrey clark release faced a committee and pleaded the fifth over over again, or white house counsel pat cipollone who negotiated what he would and would not talk about with concerns to privilege. and then again bannon, refused to come he said forget are not coming. so if you re steve bannon, make sense. just think, i ve got away with everything else so far was not? now this is someone who was at his core hustler. going all the way back to his involvement at all three acre dome in the 1990s. it s been referred to in the past as a planet in a bottle. and wallet does not directly replicate earth, it s the closest thing we ve ever come to having the major by owns an echo sys
44% biden, 41% trump. and new signs of resistance to a radical supreme court s ban on abortion from a state you might not expect, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. well, the last time steve bannon was in this much legal peril, he was been arrested on a chinese billionaire s yacht. and chinese donald trump bailed on the last day in office, but today bannon had no such luck. no powerful back or to back for him, as he faced a federal judge one week before his contempt of congress trial is set to begin. now, of course, mr. bannon was central to the ex presidents coup plot in the run up to the insurrection on january 6th, he was a very vocal supporter of the big lie, of a stolen election. but, when the january 6th committee subpoenaed him back in september of last year, steve bennett essentially told him to get lost. unlike some of the others trump supporters who are subpoenaed, like john eastman jeffrey clark, who faced a committ