campaign fund on legal fees. donald trump takes the money and runs. trump was pushing them to do that. he wanted to be named the presumptive nominee. tonight, how trump has effectively destroyed his own political party, up and down the ticket. then this is a dangerous moment in the middle east. the latest on the possible u.s. military response as the republican front runner avoids the issue. if you were there today would you it wouldn t have happened if i were in the white house. republican infighting over border security. which one will win out? [inaudible] the podcast are from texas under pressure. i m right no, as you know, in a very tough reelection race in texas. one of the democrats seeking to lose joins me when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we got a news today that confirmed something that we kind of knew already, which is the republican party doesn t really exist anymore as an institution. it has esse
since the periods of time when we saw the attacks on u.s. forces, in iraq and syria, you either stop or slow down when the u.s. and iran were engaged in either directly or through some other country. that is how we keep a personal abroad. it is not by escalating these words. it is by talking to our enemies. that is what diplomacy is. thank you very much. that is all in on this thursday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. we will start this hour with breaking news. the new york times is reporting that trump former finance chief, allen weisselberg, is in negotiations to plead guilty to perjury for allegedly lying on the stand during trump s civil fraud trial. and while we don t know for certain wished alleged line he might be owning up to, the testimony of the new york times points to the thing that they heavily suggest maybe the lie in this case. it s maybe the most trumpy thing ever. just a few months ago, back in october, allen weisselberg
and runs. trump was pushing them to do that. he wanted to be named the presumptive nominee. tonight, how trump has effectively destroyed his own political party. up and down the ticket. then this is a dangerous moment in the middle east. the latest on the possible u.s. military response as the republican front runner avoids the issue. if you were there today would you it wouldn t have happened if i were in the white house. republican infighting over border security. which one will win out? [inaudible] the podcast are from texas under pressure. i m right no, as you know, in a very tough reelection race in texas. one of the democrats said did lose joins me when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we got a news today that confirmed something that we kind of knew already, which is the republican party doesn t really exist anymore as an institution. it has essentially cannibalized by donald trump, subsumed into marga. wit