Setup. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. Tonight a better picture of the one major theme connecting so many of the meeting between Trump Associates and russian nationalists. The strict u. S. Sanctions regime against russia. Thats what the russian lawyer who met with donald trump jr. During the campaign wanted to talk about. Its what Michael Flynn discussed with the Russian Ambassador and lied about to the fbi. And we learned today, its what flynn allegedly pledged to eliminate once he got to the white house. Today, donald trump jr. Spent eight full hours testifying before a closed door session of the House Intelligence Committee where you can bet he was grilled about the Infamous Trump tower meeting in 20 sf among other subjects. We already knew don jr. Took that meeting on the promise of the dirt on Hillary Clinton from the russian government. And now we know what kind of dirt he was hoping to get thanks to reporting from nbc news. According to
Talk about. Its what Michael Flynn discussed with the Russian Ambassador and lied about to the fbi. And we learned today, its what flynn allegedly pledged to eliminate once he got to the white house. Today, donald trump jr. Spent eight full hours testifying before a closed door session of the House Intelligence Committee where you can bet he was grilled about the Infamous Trump tower meeting in 20 sf among other subjects. We already knew don jr. Took that meeting on the promise of the dirt on Hillary Clinton from the russian government. And now we know what kind of dirt he was hoping to get thanks to reporting from nbc news. According to to the russian lawyer, don jr. Specifically asked for evidence of illegal donations from the Clinton Foundation a lawyer said she didnt have it. What the lawyer wanted was never in doubt. She was there to lobby the most senior officials in the Trump Campaign on repealing the act. What which imposes tough u. S. Sanctions on those accused of corruption,
people. the risk that is here. it is not a joke. it s not something that is outside the realm, but we are watching it. i keep imagining if this all goes wrong and historians are looking back and watching trump do and doing nothing about it. they say why didn t you stop him? i don t think we are going to have any answer as a country. impeachment seemed like a big deal. nuclear holocaust seems like a big deal. that was my laughter opposed to all this is very funny which are different kinds. reyes clyne, thanks for joining us. thank you. ahead, republicans find out what happens when they rush to piece together a tax bill behind closed doors. we ll show you what a $300 billion mistake looks like ahead.
the middle east. he has no idea what to do in the aftermath. nobody believes what he has to do. his sornl son-in-law was going to solve the middle east crisis. we are a country that has enough nuclear power to destroy the world over and over and over again, we re provoking caused the deaths of million was people. the risk that is here. it is not a joke. it s not something that is outside the realm, but we are watching it. i keep imagining if this all goes wrong and historians are looking back and watching trump do and doing nothing about it. they say why didn t you stop him? i don t think we are going to have any answer as a country. impeachment seemed like a big deal. nuclear holocaust seems like a big deal. that was my laughter opposed to all this is very funny which are different kinds. reyes clyne, thanks for joining us. thank you. ahead, republicans find out what happens when they rush to piece together a tax bill behind