martha: the white house has announced that the president will hold his first formal press conference at the white house in ten months. it s going to happen wednesday at 4:00. that will be appointment viewing. we ll be there. so far, we don t expect big policy shift because of what we re hearing in the tea leaves from washington. the latest moves seem to be digging in deeper on their existing policies. like what? like more covid money? another go-around at build back better and also they say the way they want to turn the tide here is to go back to shifting on police reform. or backing police reform. often, when the president hit as rough patch, he turns to the old staff shake-up. so is that coming? is the president planning any sort of staff shake-up or changes at the white house given recent setbacks. we re continuing to fight for every point of his agenda and his plans for his presidency that he outlined when he ran for president. martha: that s not really an answer
of criminal justice reform. more with andy mccarthy and rafael coming up. sandra: president biden, no good, horrible, very bad week. first year of his presidency, major set backs to his agenda and plummeting approval numbers. hello and welcome everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. and here we made it to friday, john. john: good to be with you on friday, nothing sounds as good as that word. john roberts in washington. the president facing a litany, criticizing election overhaul speech. approval rating sinking to 33% in a new quinnipiac poll. the supreme court blocking the vaccine mandate for large businesses. sandra: also, key democratic senators joe manchin and kir sten sinema opposing changes to the filibuster, and the president acknowledging it will likely fail and covid-19 hospitalizations at a record high, even though he campaigned on getting it under control. jacqui heinrich from theorth lawn. how is the white house taking all this, what is the mood around there?
charges mean for other trump world figures. then another big day for the january 6 committee. i ll talk to adam schiff about today s new subpoenas as liz cheney calls out kevin mccarthy for engaging in a cover-up. plus, ted cruz tries to redeem himself with fox conspiracy theories, yet another harbinger in the matt gaetz investigation, and the shocking opinion that the pandemic is not an occupational hazard. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the charges filed today against a plotter in the january 6 election are not only the most serious we ve seen, they are the strictest actions that took part on that day. today a man named elmer stuart rhodes iii, working class hero, became the first to be arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in an indictment by the department of justice. he is a leader of a gang called the oathkeepers. first, here s how the law defines seditious conspiracy. if two or more persons conspire to overth
house panel have privately agonized over how aggressive to be in pursuing sitting members of congress, weighing their desire for information about lawmakers direct interactions with former president trump against a potential legal difficulty and political consequences of doing so. now they are wrestling with whether to subpoena mccarthy, the man who is line to be speaking if republicans retake the house this november, setting in motion a process that could potentially lead to a democratic-controlled house holing him in contempt of congress with the midterm elections looming. investigators have rarely encountered such a situation. it is a situation with hefty stakes for their institution and their investigation as well given mccarthy s many conversations and meetings with the expresident, and given that questions are mount being what was said during those interactions. just days after the insurrection, kevin mccarthy told a local california radio host in an interview he proba
australian government and the united states because they re saying, look, we want to investigate this fully and if you lied or if there s anything untoward or if you don t follow the rules, then you shouldn t be here. you shouldn t be playing. you shouldn t be thiin the coun, and i think that s fair for the greater good. that decision tonight from the australian government should come out during this show. i can t wait to hear it. it s kind of like the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing. the audacity here of the government stating what the requirements are, and then the tennis association is like, actually, yeah, yeah, here s what you can do instead. just imagine what you think your power is, it s really unbelievable to think about it. but you re right, there s a lot to learn because unfortunately this is a blueprint starting a long time ago on what we value and how we value athletes. i m not surprised, though, as it comes to government as we are seeing th