good evening. from new york, i m chris hayes. top military officials are warning that what held last time, the military fire wall blocking attempt s attempted coup, might not hold again. three former top military strategist, major jel paul eaton, who commanded operations to train iraqi trips during iraqi freedom, major general antonio taguba, who authored the report of detainees held the abu ghraib and general anderson warn, quote, we are increasingly concerned about the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election and the potential for lethal chaos inside our military, which would put all americans at severe risk. we are chilled to our bones at the thought of a coup succeeded next time. first we should discuss how the fortifications did hold one year ago while trump s attempted coup was unsiddious and reckless and damaging to the very foundation of american democracy, it was also inept. and a big reason why the entire attempt was so haphazard was precisely because donald trum
ahmaud arbery. that is what a jury delivered today. that s according to the prosecutor in the high-profile case. the three men who chased down and killed the 25-year-old, ahmaud arbery, as he was jogging, today found guilty of murder. travis mcmichael, his father gregory mcmichael, and their neighbor william roddy bryan stood showing little emotion as the jury s decision was read. guilty on 23 of the 27 total counts. let me just say that, again. 23 times, they read out the words guilty today. the only not guilty verdicts were malice murder for greg mcmichael. as for brian, not guilty of one count felony murder and one count aggravated assault but 23 guilties and outside the courthouse, there was relief as the jury s decision was read. now, i want to note that it it was a decision that took the jury time. they deliberated. they went through the details. more than 11 hours to reach it. there were eight days of testimony. there were 23 witnesses and the guilty verdicts, though
but back on the trial. why he is declaring that he never red mein kampf. and flooding affects tens of thousands of people in maine, and temperatures there dip to below freezing. this is cnn news central. donald trump vowing to fight this huge ruling out of colorado by the colorado supreme court court which removed him from the comele coal ballot dealing him ineligible to run for president. last night the court disqualified trump because he, quote, engaged in insurrection. majority opinion wrote, trump did not merely in-scite the insurrection and it was fully under way, he continued to support it by completely demanding that mike pence refuse to perform his constitutional duty and by calling senators to persuade them to stop the countingeelectric orrial votes. so while trump himself has not commented publicly, his campaign saying that it is a completely flawed decision and they plan to swiftly file an appeal and take this extraordinary case all the way to the supre
Power. not because democrats should, but because they don t deserve to be in power of this great nation. harris: apparently hillary clinton was watching that and tweeted in agreement. sums it up. critics quick to tie it to that infamous campaign comment. there it is. basket of deplorables to fascism in just a few short years. another such a classy woman. can you believe voters rejected here? sean duffy. you know what? we re not that far away from the trump economy with policies of free enterprise and freedom that made our economy grow and everyone was working and making more money. when you don t have policies to run on. you can t run on the border or crime or inflation, you can t run on gas prices at the pump, you can t run on foreign policy you resort to fear tactics. they are fascists. you have to keep our policy and they re fascist so don t for
It s not a status quo we can just take for granted going forward. quote, on january 6, a disturbing number of veterans and military members took part in the capital. more than one in ten of those charged had a service record. a grout 124 retired military officials unthe name flag officers 4 america released a letter of attack on the legitimacy of our elections. the potential for total breakdown of the campaign comment should another occur. the idea of rogue units organizing cannot be dismissed. paul eaton served in the iraq war. i wonder if you could talk about the origins for this piece, why you felt the need to write it,