- i can hold a quarter right here, in this room, and ask this side of the room to tell me what they see and this side of the room what they see. and they will be looking at the same exact coin, but describing two very different realities. - calling it insurrection it wasn t. it was peaceful protest. - it s anarchists. breaking the glass of the united states capitol. - facts are indisputable. - i ve got secrets - i think that s the problem that we have. more people need to be able to stand up and say, that s crazy. it s a quarter, and we can talk about what s on each side of the quarter, but let s not disagree about the fact that it is a quarter. [people shouting] - january 6th was predicated on propaganda, in the most terrifying way. - so much for those claims that voter fraud never happens. of course it happens. they knew it happened when they told us it would never happen, because they re liars. - we re at a crossroads today between the promise of truth and the peril o
hopefully rest and reflect a bit, we are here at deadline white house. our thinking about the families 4700 miles away in ukraine. with this holiday season it must feel like for them. christmas eve mark ten months since the start of a russian war that has not let up. even now, as we head into the thick of winter. when russia unleashed that first air strike on february 24th, it was the largest attack on the european state since world war ii. it is a gut punch that capture the world s attention more than any other, came less than two weeks later. putin s forces laid siege to the port city of mariupol, unleashing ripped through a children hospital and maternity ward, sending pregnant women fleeing for their lives. we are only beginning to grasp the scope of the atrocities there. according to the bbc, satellite images show that since june, more than 1500 new graves have appeared at a mass burial site inside mariupol. devastating. and yet. and yet the twice impeached, disgraced
but tonight, we begin with the story. the man waiting in the wings. while donald trump is finding a torrent of investigations, there is one person who has been ready to take the mic, should the former president go bankrupt, be caught in jail, or fall into a classified box. that man is florida republican governor ron desantis. the first term governor has catapulted to celebrity status among republicans thanks to his abrasive style and his relentless desire to weigh into the culture wars on behalf of the far-right. with his sights clearly set on 2024 run, governor desantis is now taking his show on the road. he is headlining rallies for k gop candidates all across the usa. just last week, he visited arizona to stop on behalf of the far-right election deniers running for governor and senate in that state. there, he was praised as the beast from the east, and the best governor we have in this country. gubernatorial candidate kari lake was downright giddy when saying that she had
6th attendee and candidate doug mastriano. all back in for the, desantis is bringing his far-right agenda to the classroom. the state telling educators what they must teach and what they are not allowed to say. tonight, part two of our special report. and democrats, hopeful as republicans run scared. new polling showing the gop is trump backed candidates could cost them a chance at taking the senate. republican strategist mike murphy who is fed up with this party joins us live. plus, a trump ally lindsey graham tells us he must testify next week. andrew weizmann, former prosecutor and senior member of robert mueller s team is our guest. but tonight, we begin with the story. the man waiting in the wings. while donald trump is finding a torrent of investigations, there is one person who has been ready to take the mic, should the former president go bankrupt, be caught in jail, or fall into a classified box. that man is florida republican governor ron desantis. the first term go
of guilt, jumping off the screen at these hearings and what the department of justice is doing about it. and how donald trump and his mom dusted off a pre-existing american script to try to pull off their insurrection when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. it did not seem like there could possibly be any secrets left, that there could be possibly be new have literally shocking details about the ex presidents plot to and american democracy. and yet, oh my, there is. yesterday s historic testimony from cassidy hutchison, and advisor, to chief of staff mark meadows, forced everyone to update their basic understanding of what it was we saw in the period leading up to and during the insurrection on january 6th, both for donald trump and the people who supported his attempts to end the peaceful transfer of power. the old model of our understanding of what happened on january 6th is basically as follows. the ex president told a bunch of lies abo