republicans are expected to torpedo a bipartisan immigration and foreign aid bill. well, democrats aren t entirely on board either with that bill. fail to go pass immigration reform is especially embarrassing for republicans who have been screaming for decades that the border is in crisis, and needs to be fixed through legislation immediately. but now that a once in a multi-decade opportunity to do something about it is in front of them, they re about to decide that chaos at the border is politically better for them than an attempt to fix it. in the gob smack words of conservative republican senator james lankford who cowrote the bill, quote, are we as republicans going to have press conferences and complain the border is bad and intentionally leave it open after the worst month in american history in december. well, senator, it seems the answer is yes. so what exactly is happening in the republican party? who is in charge? and is this these failures, what they want? joining
tonight. biden, abbott, the mexicans who blinks first? take me to church if i go to work, i get my freak on. jesse: the trump prosecution goes off the rails. do i have to do everything? we ask you keep a open mind, be respectful. be weird in our way. jesse: happy dei thursday, america. plus michelle obama for president. michelle, i know it s hard being in the office for eight years, but save us. jesse: nearly 1250 years ago our founding fathers debated the future of the government. the federalists wanted a strong central aoeudzed government. anti-federalists such as thomas jefferson believed government powers should be derived from individual states joining together. debate between the two school of thoughts flourished in town halls and village squares. often so con ten shows swords and bayonets were drawn. some powers were assigned to the federal government like regulating trade. other powers assigned to the state governments like education. other powers were
most significant of our time. it s about who can hold office in our country. a foundational statement on what are the basic qualifications to be president. of which there are three. an american-born citizen, age 35 and older and not an insurrectionist. that question right now is how that last part, the shall not be a traitor part, is defined. as you know, colorado has inked their definition, kicking donald trump off the ballot there. now the supreme court is considering it, and trump s legal team is officially weighing in. they ve submitted their brief to the justices, warning disqualifying the former president from the ballot in colorado would result in chaos and bedlam, their words. the words in question, are all in article 14, section 3 of the constitution. a word salad of an amendment that was ratified in 1868 in the que, no personha be a l war. senator or representative in congress o elector of president and vice presidt or hold any office, civil or military under the un
i went to the first person i found crouching in the bushes, looked like she was praying. and felt for her pulse. there was no pulse, so i pulled her head up to look at her face. and there wasn t a face. just brain matter. so i went to the next guy. he was already staring straight ahead. his eyes were fixed can dilated. felt for a pulse. no pulse. mass murder has become a regular occurrence in red states like texas. as republicans keep trying to gaslight us about how the guns somehow have nothing to do with it. plus, new information on the eight victims including three children. also tonight, the new more conservative cnn has decided to give a mega phone to donald trump at the same time that he s being investigated for fomenting an insurrection among other alleged crimes. plus, the blowback from parts of the british commonwealth, especially in the caribbean, following this weekend s lavish and an acronistic coronation. we begin tonight with a question. is it safe t
happening. that s a pretty big aha moment. then, why a far-right victory in italy is sending shockwaves throughout europe and beyond? and just when you thought cool treatment of asylum seekers could not backfire anymore it s not just an effectual that is hurting people in order to get attention. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i am chris hayes. this week, the january 6th committee returns from recess, with another public hearing that maybe it s last. tens of millions of americans watched the first set of hearings in june, july. there s some evidence that put a good effect. a poll conducted in the days before the eight hearings show that 40% of republicans believe donald trump is at least partly to blame for the attack on the capitol, up from 33% before the hearings. and all along, the committee s goals for these public hearings have been pretty clear. most importantly, they want to err the most salient facts about just what happened o