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for that. but first of all, there is a new poll that caught my attention. it claims that 58% of americans believe democracy is in danger of collapse. collapse! i can see why they might think that. i m not talking about the media fuel that january 6 narrative or a band of goofballs broke windows of the capital. citizens obnoxious trespassing are not a threat to the democracy. otherwise the doj would have a task force tracking down the rioters as well. the real threat is the one the founders identified. an tyrannical government that forces its will on citizens. regardless of what the constitution says. a good example is the biden administration s push to secure what it calls voting rights legislation. they are in mind the democrats have introduced versions of their election reform bills for years. they brought it to a vote around flag day they might have argued the bill has to be passed or you will never see old glory again. but with mlk day approaching, they made the bil ....
for 21 years. but he refused to pay the fine claiming that nevada was a sovereign state and that quote i don t recognize the quite government even as existing. that sounds ridiculous. he was dead serious. when officials with the u.s. burro of land management came to confiscate his cattle, a repo man situation, a standoff broke out. what joined him, elmer stewart rose founder of the oath keepers that called for patriots to get ready for a military combat operation. fearing mass bloodshed. federal agents released the cattle to deescalate the situation. here is rhodes celebrating that victory. it was a posse. those cowboys showed america how it is done. you cow boy up and freaking ride. that s what they did. a lot of credit goes to the militia guys that showed up today. you have militia members from all over the country. what we saw there was the people. what it was was a combined arms defense of the constitution. what happened today was a choice between bending the knee ....
go? and how to make a seditious conspiracy case by way of the last major attack at the capitol. in washington, d.c., ruthless fanatic violence erupted in the halls of congress. plus, as baltimore officials face perjury charges. is there a reason this guy hasn t been charged yet? and mark elias on a surprise court victory for democrats. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today two of the people facing seditious conspiracy charges in connection with the attack at the capitol on january 6th appeared in court for the first time. 63-year-old edward vallejo answered questions from a judge remotely from an arizona jail and 56-year-old elmer stewart rhodes u appeared in plano, texas. they are among 11 members of the far-right extremeist group the oath keepers. they are facing the most serious charges we have seen the department of justice bring in the wake and related to the insurrection. as we are learning more about these defen ....
the time everything started to come closer into focus about the coordinated effort orchestrated by many republicans to overturn the results of the 2020 election and derail our democracy. and we re going to get to everything that happened this week in just a second. but first, i actually want to rewind a bit further to one of the weirdest moments of the trump administration. take a look. this was june of 2018, the start of hurricane season. donald trump and vice president mike pence visited fema headquarters to be briefed on hurricane preparedness. the first lady, who you see there, was also there seated at the head of the table like she s the co-president or something like that. but believe it or not, that wasn t even the weird part. i want you to watch this. at one point, donald trump takes the water bottle that is in front of him and puts it on the floor, at which point mike pence does literally the exact same thing. it almost looked pavlovian for a moment, a weird, i ....
depths of making a documentary that there is been a sprinkling of news about. a leaked e mail from may 20 from the prime minister s private secretary inviting people to bring your own booze event in the back garden. tuesday, chaos, wednesday, unprecedented extraordinary apology from a very contrite looking boris johnson in parliament. quite amazing. and then chaos. everyone is waiting for a c to just do however report into what actually happened. he was waiting for her, conservative mps who don t like boris johnson and want to do in, conservative mps used to support borisjohnson and don t any more and tonight as we are recording this episode the metropolitan police have said they will not be investigating any claims until she has finished her investigation so everyone is waiting for sue gray. everyone is waiting for sue gra . , ., , everyone is waiting for sue gra. , gray. everyone is carrying round shield gray. everyone is carrying round shield that - gray. everyone ....