Knownothingism and questions about the fairness of the upcoming election. And im afraid the elections going to be rilgd rigged, i have to be honest. Its a crooked system. Its a rigged system. Whats actually getting rigged . And how the courts are fighting back. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Just about three months till election eight. 13 months since he first launched his campaign, the Republican Party has finally, it appears, reached a make or break moment with his nominee, donald trump. The past week has seen trump attack the Muslim American family of a slain service member, invite the russian government to spy on his political opponent, and kick a crying baby out of a rally. Recent polls have shown him slipping further and further behind Hillary Clinton. The latest from fox news, giving her a ten point lead. The latest which has the gop in full panic mode, trumps refusal to endorse paul ryan and other Top Republicans in their primaries. Ry
Going to be rilgd rigged, i have to be honest. Its a crooked system. Its a rigged system. Whats actually getting rigged . And how the courts are fighting back. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Just about three months till election eight. 13 months since he first launched his campaign, the Republican Party has finally, it appears, reached a make or break moment with his nominee, donald trump. The past week has seen trump attack the Muslim American family of a slain service member, invite the russian government to spy on his political opponent, and kick a crying baby out of a rally. Recent polls have shown him slipping further and further behind Hillary Clinton. The latest from fox news, giving her a ten point lead. The latest which has the gop in full panic mode, trumps refusal to endorse paul ryan and other Top Republicans in their primaries. Ryan has distanced himself from trumps many gaffes. Trump threw some of his own language back at him, sa
Protect her mom, she couldnt protect her elderly mom and her elderly dad from what happened there in the room. The most difficult part, my parents were in my mother turned 80 on the day of the vote to confirm Clarence Thomas, and i believed the difficult part was to watch my parents who were elderly people, who had lived good lives and raised their children and to be honest and truthful and hardworking and all of the things that we want parents to do for their children. To watch them go through it, the sense that they felt that they couldnt protect me from it, and i think it was really hard on them. It undermined their confidence in whether or not the government truly represented them. And for an africanamerican family, those kinds of questions have existed. And to have it personalized i think was really difficult, but i have to say they were so strong and so wonderful and so supportive, and they never wavered. And so but it was still hard for me to watch them go through that and know
Elderly dad from what happened there in the room. The most difficult part, my parents were in my mother turned 80 on the day of the vote to confirm Clarence Thomas, and i believed the difficult part was to watch my parents who were elderly people, who had lived good lives and raised their children and to be honest and truthful and hardworking and all of the things that we want parents to do for their child n children. To watch them go through it, the sense that they felt that they couldnt protect me from it, and i think it was really hard on them. It undermined their confidence in whether or not the government truly represented them. And for an African American family, those kinds of questions have existed. And to have it personalized i think was really difficult, but i have to say they were so strong and so wonderful and so supportive, and they never wavered. And so but it was still hard for me to watch them go through that and know that i couldnt protect from the feelings that they h
Sent his way. The were fighting all the subpoenas. Look, these arent like impartial people. The democrats are trying to win 2020. The only way they can luck out is by constantly going after me on nonsense. Well what the president calls nonsen the democrats call oversight and tonight they gear up to make their case in court basically as the administration stone walls them at every turn. Today the Justice Department announced it wont let the house question an official about why a Citizenship Question was added to the census. The white house also is fighting subpoenas related to trumps financial records. White house security clearances, and the Mueller Report. The chairman of the House Oversight Committee Elijah Cummings is accusing the administration of massive unprecedented obstruction now. Pan House Speaker Nancy Pelosis office is responding this way. Saying in level of secrecy should alarm all americans. At the same time the president adds this. I have been the most transparent presid