used to it. unlike the mountain west, which lives with forest fire, this kind of smoke has felt dystopian and new. in fact, it s not just your imagination of it feels that way to you, if you live in that part of the country, the air quality index in parts of newark city yesterday was over 170, which is the worst it has never been in 14 years. when you think about that air quality, there is no way to escape it. no matter how much money you have, where you live, in the end, everyone has to prove the same air. it s a real wake up call yesterday for everyone in the parts of the country covered with the smoke. breathing that same air that emanated from wildfires thousands of miles away in the west. turns out, we share the same climate with them. right now there are more than 80 fires burning across the 13 states, many more burning across canada. and as this incredible new york times interactive map shows the smoke from those fires is why the air is so hazy in these parts of the co
participate. house republicans take their ball and go home over the january 6th investigation. plus we ve got two epidemics go on right now. one of those biological caused by a virus. the other is informational. the head of the national institutes of health on how to fight covid misinformation. then there are very few businessmen that ever survive in the political part of washington. the latest on the arrest of trump s inaugural chairman and what it can tell us about the ex-president s actions in the middle east when, all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. for the last two days, much of the northeast and midwest look like this. the haze of the sun, a thick smog over an entire region of this country that is very much not used to it. unlike the mountain west which lives with forest fires, this kind of smoke settling over the eastern seaboard has felt dystopian and new. in fact, it s not just your imagination if it feels that way
right now. we need federal laws that guarantee the freedom and right of every american to have access to the ballot to be able to vote. the john lewis voting rights act, the freedom to vote act address that issue and those are the issues that are present and are imminent and that are really dispositive frankly of this moment in time in terms of whether we are going to fight for some of the most important pillars of democracy is up as the freedom to vote and free and far election. so let us pass those two pieces of legislation and ensure through federal law that all americans have meaningful access to the polls. good morning, welcome to the cross connection. as you all know, thursday more juan year since january 6th insurrection happened here in washington. it is a sobering reminder the current threat to democracy requires real tangible change. we begin today with crucial legislation that has a direct impact on your life the build back better act and federal voting
now seven last word with laura jean coming or it s. good evening rachel, this raises an untrusting artistic question, and that is what the discussion is cameras in the courtroom has been going on for a while. they re in almost all courtrooms in america, and the place where they re not allowed or in federal courts. and because we don t allow them in federal courts, we still have some court artists left. . and are doing this work, and my worry about cameras in the federal courts is what happens to that body of art? and i have some wonderful pieces from courtrooms from decades ago that i treasure. i don t know what the future is if, for that, if we don t have cameras in federal courts. i was thinking about that today. as a journalist, i want cameras in the courts, because i want more materials, as a citizen i m not sure that i do. you re right about losing that as a job. a thing that people need to be good at in our country. i remember one of the things we actually prepped
good evening, rachel, this raises an interesting artistic question, and that is what the discussion is cameras in the courtroom has been going on for a while. they re in almost all courtrooms in america, and the place where they re not allowed are in federal courts. and because we don t allow them in federal courts, we still have some court artists left. who are doing this work, and my worry about cameras in the federal courts is what happens to that body of art? and i have some wonderful pieces from courtrooms from decades ago that i treasure. i don t know what the future is if, for that, if we don t have cameras in federal courts. i was thinking about that today. as a journalist, i want cameras in the courts, because i want more materials, as a citizen, i m not sure that i do. you re right about losing that as a job. a thing that people need to be good at in our country. i remember one of the things we actually prepped when we talked about art lien today was during the tr