peoples votes. the problem is not institutions, and it s all big governments is, the promise who do they believe is controlling government, and whether or not the people who they want to control it are in control of the government in the united states. controlling government? and whether or not the people they want to control it are in control of the government of the united states of america. thank you both. that is all in on this tuesday night. the rachel maddow show starts right now. gung, rachel. good evening, chris. much appreciated. thank you at home for joining us this hour tonight. sort of feels like the news is about the fate of democracy, but it is split screen news on one side of the screen we ve got the world stage. where the whole leader of the free world thing started to feel like less of a mantra, less of a concept and more of a real life nuts and bolts job description for the u.s. government. today the u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin convened a meeting
resign immediately in a call with liz cheney according to audio given by the times to the rachel maddow show. i m here. i guess there s a question, when we were talking about the 25th amendment resolution yeah and you asked if you know, what happens if it gets there after he s gone, is there any chance that you re hearing that he might resign? is there any reason to think that might happen? i ve had a few discussions. my gut tells me no. i m seriously thinking of having that conversation with him tonight. i haven t talked to him in a couple days. i do not want to get in any conversation about pence pardoning, again, a discussion i had with him is i think this will pass. it will be my recommendation he
new york times report saying he was among republicans who thought trump should resign over his role in the capitol attack. hours after that flatout denial, we heard mccarthy saying exactly what the new york times excerpt of a new book said what he said. in an audio recording heard for the first too many on the rachel maddow show last night. kevin, heard of audio recordings? that ultimately brought down the nixon presidency. they re a thing. this damming one we heard occurred days after trump supporters stormed the capitol. it was a conversation between mccarthy and republican leadership team including representative liz cheney ousted from party leadership weeks later over her opposition to trump. but what i think i m going to do is i m going to call him. this is what i think. it will pass the house. i think it will pass the senate. there is always a discussion you
is, was the 2020 election stolen. that is essentially been the litmus test. but i truly think that a lot of people have moved on. michelle goldberg, greg blue, seen thank you both. that is all in on this tuesday night, the rachel model shows right now, good evening greg del showbluestein, thank y. that s all all in on this tuesday night. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening. good evening, chris. much appreciate it. it sch been an intense news day president biden today used the word genocide for the first time to describe vladimir putin s aims and his war in ukraine. that is a testy charge for an american president to make. president biden said that today. the head of usaid, one of our country s most eloquent diplomatic heavyweights, samantha power is going to be here live as our guest to talk about that andst more. today, the lieutenant governor of new york state resigned after he was arrested this morning and