You know . Judy has very good taste in diners and very good taste in late night hosts. I know i think show knows who to run for president. Judy spillman, new yorks most famous political strategist. Well done, my friend. Thank you. Thank you, rachel. Thank you. Republicans woke up this morning clinging to the wreckage of trumpism and now republicans cannot honestly see any success in their future that involves donald trump but theyre still trying to pretend that there is a future with donald trump. What happened last night all across the country is tired of this. You could smell a wave coming. There was a coalition of the decent in this country that rose up yesterday. The rejection of Donald Trumps fear and divisiveness. The margins of victory, the turnout, the energy are astonishing. Its important for republicans to self reflect. Bing, bing, bong, bong. Doesnt change my reading of the current moment. I think it means we have to deliver. What last night signaled was if you keep going on
Washington here in the nations capitol. President trump getting ready to faface the nation and deliver h second state of the Union Address before a newly divided congress, and there is a lot on the line this evening. Another shut down is looming and the president s original state of the union speech you may remember was cancelled by House Speaker, nancy pelosi because of the shut down. The president is expected to renew calls for border wall funding, the very thing that led to the last shut down, contractors apparently have been at the white house this week, and we know the president is taking action on his wall because according to sources, the president and his soninlaw Jared Kushner had contractors at the white house to discuss specific construction for the wall with a meeting as recently as yesterday. And the New York Times tonight reporting that the president has been complaining to his staff that the drafts of the speech that they had prepared are too gentle on the democrats. Thi
In the roger stone trial where prosecutors linked his alleged crimes right to donald trump. I love wikileaks. All in starts right now. E good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Well, its here. One week from today the house impeachment committees will kick off public impeachment proceedings against the president of the United States for just the fourth time in american history. Its not a niche story anymore. If people feel like they could not keep up with the inner workings of a complicated political drama, next week these hearings will be broadcast into every american home. If theres one thing we know about the president it is how utterly obsessed he is with his image on television. Hearings are going to play out g live in real time. We are all going to get to see the whole thing. So watch out for that next week. Today we also woke up in a world in which we got our first test of the politics of impeachment. For months the political questions for democrats have been is it too risky,
Told us about the limited power of trumpism. You got to vote because if you lose, it sends a really bad message. Dnc chair tom perez on a Game Changing night for democrats. And an explosive first day in the roger stone trial where prosecutors linked his alleged crimes right to donald trump. I love wikileaks. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Well, its here. One week from today the house impeachment incommittees will kick off public impeachment proceedings against the president of the United States for just the fourth time in American History. Its not a niche story anymore. If people feel like they could not keep up, next week these hearings will be broadcast into every american home. If theres one thing we know about the president it is how utterly obsessed he is with his image on television. Hearings are going to play out live in realtime. We are all going to get to see the whole thing. So watch out for that next week. Today we also woke up in a worl
Telling a top zelensky aid that ukraine wouldnt get its military assistance until it committed to the investigations that donald trump wanted. Were also seeing the transcripts from former special envoy to ukraine, kirk volker, who had a different take. He testified that the allegations that the administration had been pressuring ukraine to investigate were, quote, simply not credible. The committees the leading the inquiry are not fazed by the white house continuing to block subpoenas. They requested that acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, appear for a deposition later this week. Nbc news asked whether he will comply. So far we have not gotten a direct answer but a white house official did use it to slam the entire proceeding, telling nbc news, quote, the process is completely poisoned. Mulvaney is one of several crucial figures whose actions could support the one big case house investigators are trying to make to the American People about the president s alleged Impeachable Offense