harry litman on what this means for the criminal case against trump. senator sheldon whitehouse on what it means for the rule of law. then, how do you stop gun violence from killing kids in schools? it s a horrible, horrible situation. and we re not going to fix it, criminals are going to be criminals. tonight, the maddening reality of a political party that has given up the awful truth of the cult of the ar-15. and an author describing what he calls america s slow civil war. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. donald trump cannot stop losing the courts. today yet another federal judge ruling against the ex-president, and now the man trump s angry mob wanted to hang is ordered to share what he knows under oath. this afternoon a judge with the u.s. district court for d.c. ruled that mike pence must cooperate with the subpoena from special counsel jack smith as part of smith s investigation into donald trump s attempt to overturn the 20