power in the united states of america? bedrock of a democracy is the will of the people. if you ever undermine the will of the people, challenge it or put it into question, it s the very essence of our country that you are tarnishing. that cannot happen. we have never had evidence of it. there s no evidence of it. the majority of governors in our country are republican. states let the federal government run elections, local governments, we have supervisors of election, we have canvassing boards, we have checks and balances. they are mostly bipartisan. this is pure nonsense. shame on any american who believes that this election is rigged. saturday night live does al cardenas, thank you for what it does. it spoofs political elections. joining me this morning. i appreciate it. this past weekend was no different. this just in to cnn. i can t deny you coverage because of a pre-existing the fbi releasing more documents condition. from its investigation into number two, no lifetime
will today s hearing have any bearing on hillary clinton s presidential hopes? and why are republicans so obsessed with sidney blooment bloomenthal. all in that s rights right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today in the longest running special committee in the history of the nation, former secretary of state hillary clinton took the stage as the witness of the house select committee on benghazi and as the object, many would say, of the gop obsession with tarnishing clinton as much as possible. no matter how hard republicans tried, image and optics, not substance, were very much the center piece of the proceedings that went into the night. the chairman, congressman trey gowdy, spoke to reporters after
benghazi. then the use of her personal e-mail for national business. now, an investigator who worked for the congressional panel investigating the attack on the consulate in benghazi, a man who was fired, this man tells cnn the committee is more focused on tarnishing hillary clinton than getting the facts. i have a conscience. there s wrongdoing here. and i think it needs to stop and i do not want the investigation to end. i want it to be refocused back to its original purpose. the victims families are owed the froout. hillary clinton has a lot of explaining to do. chairman of the committee defends the panel s work, denies these allegations. question here in las vegas, what does it mean for the campaign. what does it mean for the debate here tomorrow night? let s talk about this with van jones and kevin madden, top adviser to mitt romney s campaign, van was adviser to
immigration. i agree with him. he s been accurate on the horrible treatment of veterans. i would say the one unforced error was the mccain issue. i think it was a great contrast this week when he went after lindsey graham and gave out the phone number. that was funny. he is absolutely inaccurate when he attacks the texas governor perry. i disagree with you, i told you that. let them fight if out. let me ask you a different question. go ahead. you would prefer a republican to win than a democrat i assume? you would prefer a republican to win than hillary clinton. this is not our first rodeo, geraldo. i m looking for the most conservative candidate conservatism works. isn t it fair to say that any one of the 16 is more conservative than hillary clinton? yes. all right. you want one of the 16 to prevail over secretary of state, hillary clinton. don t you think that what trump is doing is damaging tarnishing
what trump is doing is damaging tarnishing the brand remember the mitt romney circular firing squad? and then when he finally emerged from it he had like his arm was hanging off, his eyeball was coming out. he s like now but why do you trust his conservatism? trump wasn t a conservative. listen every politician has changed their views no. he s really flip-flopped on a lot of things. but here s my answer to geraldo s question. you asked a very pertinent question. i m looking for the most conservative person. conservatism works. with an inspiring message. he s inspiring. that can ultimately win. why do you trust him to be a efsht? the quinnipiac poll he needs to pay attention to it because his net negatives are higher than any other candidate. and mounting. even as his popularity mounts. he s got to deal with it. but sean why should conservatives trust donald as a conservative? listen i like the guy, but giving money to hillary and bill. he s been you go d