call from the white house to a rioter on january 6th. the rioter s identity now revealed. the house select committee is preparing to hold what is likely to be its final investigative hearing. and dissent and chaos are spreading in russia. thousands have been detained amid protests against the war in ukraine as huge lines of cars jammed the borders, packed with russians desperate to escape vladimir putin s new military draft. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt here in the situation room . we begin coverage tonight with hurricane ian barreling toward florida, amid urgent warnings and evacuations. let s get straight to meteorologist tom seder standing by in the cnn weather center with a new forecast from the national hurricane center. tom, what is that new forecast saying about ian? the 5:00 p.m. advisory from the national hurricane center, we re seeing an increase in the winds because the p
abortion, as texans head to the polls. and news tonight the january six committee will only hold six public hearings next month. committee member, jamie raskin, i ll ask him about that. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. or just 11 hours away from polls opening in tomorrow s crucial primary electorate in georgia. and the two marquee races that republican primaries for governor, and for secretary of state. to trump back candidates are essentially running single issue campaigns, on the ex presidents big lie of a stolen election. you ve got former senator david perdue, close trump ally, who lost his senate seat last year. he s challenging the incumbent republican governor, brian kemp. and you ve got far-right congressman jody hice, who s hoping to oust the current incoming secretary of state, brad raffensperger. these races are notable, not only as a referendum on trump s attempt to do, but also to set the groundwork for the next one. b
republican primaries for governor, and for secretary of state. two trump backed candidates are essentially running single issue campaigns, on the ex president s big lie of a stolen election. you ve got former senator david perdue, close trump ally, who lost his senate seat last year. he s challenging the incumbent republican governor, brian kemp. and you ve got far-right congressman jody hice, who s hoping to oust the current incoming secretary of state, brad raffensperger. these races are notable, not only as a referendum on trump s attempt to do, but also to set the groundwork for the next one. because out of all of trump s attempts to overturn the will of the voters and steal the election, what is the state of georgia, where he put his most effort? part of that of course has to do with how humiliated trump appears to have felt by his defeat over there, not only because the election was widely seen as repudiation to him and his movement, and it has been years since a democr
to this plot to overturn the election, and block the transfer of power. we know that there were lawmakers, there were other influential individuals, texting him advice on how to stop the transfer of power going forward. and that was up until he decide to no longer cooperate, and made essentially the same argument he is making now. is pat were part of his official responsibilities. i worked for the u.s. government for 15 years. and, the first thing that he too knows ethics trainings was, you don t do politics while you are on the u.s. government clock. mr. meadows was a member of congress, he had a staff, he was chief of staff, he understands that. it seems that he is doing the same thing here that he tried to do with the january 6th select committee, which is to try to run out the clock, and hope that he gets a better outcome. so let me pick up on that point, christopher, that you just heard. tell me what you know about mark meadows the man.
it s a smart effort, it makes sense for his attorney to try, but i don t think it will work. tim, you probably saw the playbook from january 6th. i mean, is meadows using the streams the same strategy did with the january six committee, when he argued that he acted within his official duties as a government employee? it feels like déjà vu. we remember from the january six committee that mark meadows cooperated, up until the point where he didn t cooperate. and, the information he provided, to the select committee, most notably that trove of text messages, nearly 4000 text messages, demonstrated his central city to this plot to overturn the election, and block the transfer of power. we know that there were lawmakers, there were other influential individuals, texting him advice on how to stop the transfer of power going forward. and that was up until he decide to no longer cooperate, and made essentially the same argument he is making now. is pat