we have secured the convictions of leaders of both the proud boys and the oath keepers for seditious conspiracy. specifically conspiring to oppose by force the lawful transfer of presidential power. guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty. four members of trump s maga army, the proud boys, including leader enrique tarrio, are convicted of seditious conspiracy in the january 6th attack. also tonight, yet another allegedly undisclosed big money gift to justice clarence thomas from the same big money republican ben affecter. what is going on and will there ever be any recourse for this supreme court corruption. plus, my conversation with soon to be 109-year-old viola fletcher, and her 102-year-old brother, hughes van ellis, two of the last remaining survivors of the 1921 tulsa massacre, who are in town to meet with the justice department. we begin tonight with the breaking news of a partial verdict in the trial of five members of the far right group, the proud boys. for their inv
investigation. also this morning, we are on the ground following a growing humanitarian crisis on the southern border. as the secretary of homeland security heads to the border in anticipation of a mass influx of migrants. border towns looking for answers, migrants looking for help. are you desperate? i m very desperate she tells us. i don t have anything to eat. we have people sleeping on our streets. this isn t sustainable. it s not normal. please help us, and enough with the politics of it. and new controversy with justice clarence thomas. first it was reporting about luxury trips and yachts and a real estate deal, and now propublica has new reporting about a billionaire gop donor paying private school tuition for a thomas relative. i ll talk to the reporter behind that story, how that donor is responding and the larger ethical questions it s raising. but we begin with the suspect in a georgia mass shooting in custody this morning as we learn more about the inves
Usa usa On January 6th, 2021, the worlds most powerful nation lost control of its seat of government. For more than four hours, the mob ruled. Defend your constitution defender liberty usa fanatical supporters of President Trump role the u. S. Capitol hunting for legislators they accused of treason. Can i speak to pelosi . Were coming for you. Oh mike pence . Reckoning for you to trader they told the fbi some wouldve killed anyone they got their hands on. Knock knock right here thats where are they . Thats where the [bleep] is nancy . Where are you nancy . We are looking for you . Shes in jail. Nancy oh, nancy we won trump we want trump we won trump it was the biggest threat to american democracy since the civil war. In a joint collaboration, nbc news and the online Investigative Group bellingcat have reviewed and in cases uncovered thousands of hours of cctv footage intercepted audio, and cell phone video. Much of it taken by the rioters themselves. We have identified more than a doze
city we must be consistent morally around these legal issues. absolutely and also on politics nation this weekend, sorry, rev, yeah, you have joe that does it for i have the star of my mornings, and everybody, i just tee that up because i want everybody to watch his special monday night. we have to say our apologies to ana cabrera that does it for us this morning, ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now thank you so much for being here, and happy friday it is 10:00 here on the east coast. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york as we come on air, the 2024 presidential field has never been in sharper focus. three sources now telling nbc news that president biden is expected to announce his white house bid as early as this tuesday. another source familiar with the planning says top advisers have been sending signals in recent days to, quote, get ready. why now? is the timing more about superstition or strategy and what might it mean for the republican fistfight be
that is an attempt to have a fix in. the pushes of the big lie reach full throttle. we are not gonna have 2000 situation in these boxes. tonight, marc elias on the multi-front fight against the anti-democratic threats across the country. then, how the georgia senate race got somehow crazier. i want the biggest night for the herschel walker campaign to be tonight. plus, did sarah palin just endorsed her opponent in alaska? maybe it is kind of that alaskan chick thing, you know. and david wallace dwells on the new climate reality coming into view. and why there may actually be a case for optimism. when all in starts right now. joining from new york, i m chris hayes. today, a january 6th insurrectionists, a violent one, was sentenced to the longest prison sentences yet for someone who did for his role in the violent attack on the capitol. his name is albuquerque head, he is a tennessee resident. and he was sentence seven and a half years in prison after