the imminent indictment watch on the mar-a-lago documents. i don t think about it, all i know is this, everything i did was right. tonight have got thoughts on trump s real motive for taking all that classified info. then, the winning strategy for candidate desantis. being the most anti vax person on the ballot? we can never allow warp speed to trump informed consent in this country ever again. plus, president biden s oval office address. passing this budget agreement was critical. the states cannot have been higher. and the crazy story of why republicans in iowa have stripped the power from the state auditor? all in starts right now. good evening from new york i m chris hayes. president joe biden just wrapped up a primetime address to the nation from the oval office touting the debt ceiling deal that he brokered with speaker kevin mccarthy this week. a lot of attention has been focused on the swift passage of that bill in the house on wednesday, the senate la
[dramatic music] - i can hold a quarter right here, in this room, and ask this side of the room to tell me what they see and this side of the room what they see. and they will be looking at the same exact coin, but describing two very different realities. - calling it insurrection it wasn t. it was peaceful protest. - it s anarchists. breaking the glass of the united states capitol. - facts are indisputable. - i ve got secrets - i think that s the problem that we have. more people need to be able to stand up and say, that s crazy. it s a quarter, and we can talk about what s on each side of the quarter, but let s not disagree about the fact that it is a quarter. [people shouting] - january 6th was predicated on propaganda, in the most terrifying way. - so much for those claims that voter fraud never happens. of course it happens. they knew it happened when they told us it would never happen, because they re liars. - we re at a crossroads today between the promise of trut
iranian-linked group amid a rise of attacks targeting u.s. service members. all this as a top israeli official arrives in washington, d.c. the latest on the escalating tensions just ahead. plus, holiday returns. the latest from the roads and the air as millions of americans head back home, while shoppers rush to bring back those not so great gifts before time runs out to make their returns. thanks for being here. we begin this hour with the expected visit tomorrow to mexico. by secretary of state antony blinken and homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. both are set to meet tomorrow with mexico s president andres manuel lopez obrador and first on the agenda will likely be the so-called caravan of migrants heading toward america s southern border. organizers say 8,000 people, including thousands of children under the age of 14, have started the more than 3,000 mile journey from southern mexico to the united states and they are walking. sam brock is following this
let s get started according to new nbc poll out this morning, for the first time donald romp is now leading and a hypothetical led election matchup. now, this is not just bad news for president biden, it is terrible news for the very future of american democracy. for weeks we ve been warning you on the show about the dangers of a second trump term, the former president after all as promised retribution, pledged to round up protesters with military and suggested using the justice department to go after his political enemies. these are plans that should terrify each and every single one of us, but tonight i want to pull back the curtain and take a look at who could be tasked with carrying out trump s radical agenda come 2025. on the question, what would a second trump presidency, without any human guardrails, without any adult in the room, actually look like? let s start with the second highest office, the vice president of the united states. earlier this month, trump floated
campaign manager jim hasina and former rnc spokesperson, tim miller. plus, our friend andrew weissmann joins me to dig into what the former president could do with the justice department if he wins back the white house. also today, a one-on-one conversation with u.s. surgeon general. doctor vivek is here to discuss mental health around the holidays. and later, the exit interview. i ll ask her what she learned and what concerns her most about what comes next. > so it is the holiday season, the time for reflection, the chance to take stock of the year that is coming to a close, into really put this moment into perspective, and one of the things i m thinking about right now, roughly ten months out from what might be the most consequential election of our lifetime is how every poll, and even every election, is really a reflection of a moment in time. let me explain what i mean by that. if voters were to head to the polls tomorrow to vote in the 2024 general election, then the