And richard was right there in the middle of it. But now that the taliban have been able to take control of all of the provincial capitals, and then the whole country, including kabul, without fighting at all, not in a military operation. But what appears to be a negotiated surrender by afghan government forces and the afghan military. All over the country. As the taliban have now walked into kabul, without firing a shot. Richard has been there recording around the clock, as they have taken over. We have been battling some technical difficulties, as you might imagine, for some obvious reasons. But i do believe, we have our dear friend richard joining us live, richard thank you. I m sorry to have you up at this hour. But thank you. It s no problem at all. It comes with the territory with your show. Seriously. Seriously i have bad karma as you know, from the very beginning. Richard let me just ask, how you are right now, what s these last few days has been like for you with all that you
trying to get it south all of them, before the christmas holidays are upon us. one of the stories that we ve been watching tonight, starts in the great state of georgia. amid the tidal wave of election laws and voting rights restrictions, enacted over the course of this year. in republican-controlled states. all these laws, coast to coast, making it harder to vote. make it easier for republicans to control black shuns, and outcomes. one of the cities of such laws were ones that were passed in georgia. there s a reason there s national controversy this year front voting rights, passed in georgia. in this big new package to voting laws, that they passed in that state. republicans include a new mechanism that it allows, republicans, to take over all the local election sports. that actually control how the elections are run in georgia. and how the election results are counted. this is something we are covering, as it is happened as it has rolled out across the state. and the ef
outrage and the called action. the senator or visit with warren. plus governor gretchen whitmer on her lawsuit to keep abortion legal in michigan. and melissa murray and laurence tribe on why this draft shows this court will not stop with grow. all in starts right now. give the evening from new york, i m chris hayes. most news development that we cover here impact the world incremental or even imperceptible ways. and then there are some that cleave the world into a before and after. that was the case with the covid-19 pandemic, january 6th, the election of donald trump. and now potentially, the overturning of roe v. wade. now, to be really clear as we start tonight s program, we do not know for certain that the supreme court will overturn roe. but we begin tonight s show processing the fallout from that leaked 98-page draft from the court author by far-right justice samuel alito and published by politico. which indicates that the court will overturn roe as well as planned par
good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. most news development that we cover here impact the world incremental or even imperceptible ways. and then there are some that cleave the world into a before and after. that was the case with the covid-19 pandemic, january 6th, the election of donald trump. and now potentially, the overturning of roe v. wade. now, to be really clear as we start tonight s program, we do not know for certain that the supreme court will overturn roe. but we begin tonight s show processing the fallout from that leaked 98-page draft from the court author by far-right justice samuel alito and published by politico. which indicates that the court will overturn roe as well as planned parenthood versus casey. another key ruling that upholds abortion rights. quote, we hold that roe and casey must be overruled. the constitution makes no reference to abortion and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision. now, chief justice john rob
charges. not to be outdone. the attorney general of south dakota was impeached today and forced out of office that way after he killed a man in a vehicular hidden run and then just kept driving. oklahoma today passed a new total ban on abortion that threatens doctors who perform abortion with a decade in jail. it s been an intense news day. we re gonna get to those stories tonight and more. but we begin in the nation s largest city with a developing story. because there is still very much alive man hunt underway right now for the person responsible for this morning s last mass shooting on a new york city subway train. the nypd has just announced this evening they have a person of interest in the investigation into the shooting, his name is frank james, he s 62 years old. he is described as having addresses in wisconsin and in philadelphia. it s not known what links has to new york city. there are also not saying if they believe this man is, in fact, the shooter. from this