that john roberts might have been somebody who in the short term at least would have said we have to respect the president, or tiptoe through that line. but today john roberts sounded like a man talking from the past. because brett kavanaugh, and in my opinion amy coney barrett, are fully on board for the project that alito, thomas, are on board for. so it is very hard to imagine an instance in which the rest of red states look like what is happening in texas right now. it is very important to point out that we are already seeing this experiment impact us and now understand why the supreme court allowed it to happen in texas where six-week abortion ban is now forcing people to remain pregnant without their will, i guess there will, to leave the state only if they can afford to do so, or resort methods of self inducing pregnancy that might leave them vulnerable to prosecution. it is happening in america because the supreme court allowed it to, and it is about
his book the chief s chief. is there any criminal exposure here for him? right, and by the way, yes, he is the center of the center. he is trump s conduit to all these agencies for all these wacky theories from distortion of u.s. law to possible international conspiracies with china and the like. and you can see now why they didn t want to refer him for criminal contempt. because with bannon, they lose his testimony when he goes over to the other side. with meadows, they really need it. look, he s got a really solid criminal former deputy attorney general counsel. if they do tiptoe to the edge of criminal exposure, he ll certainly refuse on criminal grounds. for now he is sitting for what the committee is calling an initial deposition, so they have in mind more than one, and
0 people actually believe that it s all political, how will we survive? how will the court survive? then, a surprise announcement from jeffrey clark, as the january 6th committee makes the move towards a second contempt for. plus, the damning implications of new reports that the former president had covid way longer than we knew. including at the debate. tonight, is an example everybody s had attests and you ve had social distancing. and why the current president has a compelling case. the economy is actually doing pretty well. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m on chris hayes. today, we find ourselves in a moment in american history where air peers were about to move backwards. poised for regression on basic, fundamental rights. poised to watch a space of freedom and autonomy shut down, that heretofore been protected. no, most of the story of american history is told as one of progress and there s a case for that. the expanding of rights that protect
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