tonight on the prosecutor in america who may scare donald trump the most. new unseen footage from special counsel jack smith. that s coming up. meanwhile, mccarthy tapped santos for a committee that, well, you wouldn t believe it. we begin now with the serious reports of actual domestic terrorism in our nation. a new mexico republican arrested for allegedly targeting the other party, democrats, accused of shooting into at least four homes of democratic officials. there s new video of fed taking this suspect, solomon pena into custody in new mexico. he calls himself the maga king. he s basically a failed candidate for local office. he lost that november election by wide margin. he ll be in court tomorrow facing conspiracy charges. police say he s the mastermind of a string of shootings, political violence from the right, in this case targeting democrats that goes all the way back to last month, december. police say he might have been motivated by the anger he felt from his los
good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, you re looking at a live image of the well of the house of representatives, the nation s capital, where they re set to reconvene out there about three and a half hours pm journey, when they do reconvene, they ll be setting about the business of electing a speaker of the house, for the 118th congress, something they have failed to do for the first time in 100 years. today, kevin mccarthy, the house leader of the republican party, long expected to be the next speaker, should republicans take the, house was put up for speaker, and failed to obtain the magical 218 votes threshold he needs to become speaker. he failed once, he felt twice, even three times. that s right, today, three more votes, three more failed votes for kevin mccarthy, which brings the total to six. and that s because he has a very narrow majority in a caucus of about 20, exactly 20, in the last few, votes republicans, who do not want to vote for kevin kathy, the spea
what it is? mayhem and meltdowns in midair. why one passenger threw a water bottle during a fight with a flight attendant, and they were not thirsty while another passenger asked an airline for i can t even believe thi. but first, as fox news cameras capture dozens of people as they try to cross our border illegally into texas, one smuggler tells us the border is open for business. [speaking spanish] smugglers, migrants and many republican lawmakers say the border is open, but homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas says the border is closed and secure. and in a new interview with the dallas morning news , secretary mayorkas says, quote, the political cry that the border is open is music to the smugglers ears because they take that political rhetoric and market it. but it seems voters trust republicans more than democrats to handle the border. a new fox news poll out this morning show it is the gop has a 21-point lead over dems on the issue, and many republic
this house and the speaker herself were specifically targets of the defendant. can you definitively say this was politically motivated? yes, it appears as those this was based on his statements and comments made in that house during his encounter with mr. pelosi that this was politically motivated. after years of targeting nancy pelosi with violent rhetoric and imagery, right wing republicans are resorting to vile conspiracy theories and what aboutism to try to downplay their role in the violent attack on her husband. plus, the right wing majority on the supreme court seems poised to dismantle yet another icon of 20th century progress. taking aim today at affirmative action, and surprise surprise, they don t seem too supportive of campus diversity. we ll break down the arguments in the high court today. and how republicans are playing the pundits with skewed polling data, and taking control of the narrative about the upcoming elections. we begin with the latest on
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