welcome back to all in, i m chris hayes. in just four days, the new republican authority will be sworn into the house of representatives, that includes george santos. the freshman-elect from new york, the man who flipped the democratic seat in a biden district. and essentially has been fabricating his resume. he s currently under vessel gagen by federal prosecutors for his background and finances. from his past reporters are now scrutinizing everything about santos, understandably. especially his apparent southern while. how he went from earning $55,000 in 2020, to loading his campaign over $700,000 just two years later. and how he spent that campaign money. the new york times reporting today that he spends a unusually high amount on hotels, trips across the country. especially someone is relatively new to politics. $3,000 on hotels, $4,000 on air fare, government lobbyists republican citizen says usually a congressional candidate will try to spend as little as possible o
from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to we begin with breaking news and atlanta. a historic event today, as president biden honors dr. martin luther king junior on what would ve been his 94th birthday. it is the first time, in fact, that a sitting president has delivered a sunday sermon and ebenezer church. here is what he said. on a stay of moran, says we gather here in this cherished of bunnies or, to commemorate what would ve been dr. king s 94th birthday. we gathered to contemplates his moral vision, and to commit ourselves to his path, to his path. hoopa leads to the beloved community, to the sacred place that sacred our, when justice rain down like waters, the righteousness of the mighty stream. back in, washingtonville of in story, the gop led push to escalates and equivocate the finding of around 20 government documents of president biden s possession. to donald trump s fight told under hundreds or government documents. we ll hear arg
january 6th investigation. lessons learned this year. the report confronting some of the hypocrisy their own justice, and our interview with the star of a historic film this year about the civil rights emmett till. i m excited to share it with you as we get through the hour. we begin with what we learned about the republican party as we and the. and it is reeling, struggling with all the maga problems that created after a midterm fizzle. the red wave, at most, has become sort of a red trickle. definitely not a republican wave. that s for darn sure. republicans where they were gonna sweep a red tsunami. that s what they told us, and we, to be honest, cautiously believe them. but they did not sweep, not even close. look at that. some level of agreement on the facts. even tucker carlson not doing the big lie denialism, but accepting the reality of election results. and that has been the mood as the year ends. donald trump announced he s running again, there s a power s
nothing new there, especially from trump. he should have listened to both of us when we were saying earlier this year. have a great rest of your night. nice to see you. good to see you. tonight on the mehdi hasan show prosecuting a former leader. why are some people acting as if it would be completely crazy to prosecute donald j trump? plus, a right-wing harassment campaign against children s hospital staff, based on pure hate and disinformation. what is this country becoming? and, devastating climate-related floods in pakistan. my conversation with the grandson of the country s former prime minister on how to help, and who s to blame. good evening. i am mehdi hasan. it is called the most exclusive clubs in the world. and as a marvel fan, i was always tickled by how saturday night live used to portray the ex presidents as actual cartoon superheroes. because speaking as a relatively new citizen to this country, one thing that is uniquely american about it is th