rule of law as one of two major parties a damned abandons it. they re the ones who in fact face a real risk of jail. you know what? notes right. plus, david remnick on the american response to russian aggression and as covid keeps claiming lives, florida picks and you fight with signs. florida s going to absolutely put data as number one in deciding forgive, me are you telling me that the food and drug administration are not experts as to what drugs to prevent what s not to approve? all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, there is now a trial set. there s gonna be a trial, in the government s case against the far-right extremist gang known as the oath keepers. stemming from the group s involvement in plotting the january 6th insurrection. today, 18 members, the oath keepers, where in virtual court. some of them were just charged with regular old can criminal conspiracies with their involvement in the attack of the capital. their tri
for parents today. pfizer says its covid vaccine for kids is safe and 90% effective against the vishs and a shouting match on the house floor. an ultimatum to republican consultants and more. in just one day several eye-popping episodes from house republicans. up first though, candor and certainty from the president of the united states at a cnn town hall last night. on stage in baltimore, president biden walking through the details, big details, on policy, on politics and on the personalities that are as yet unsettled in his big push to rewire how the government works for you. asked again and again if he would get a deal, the president projecting optimism. are you close to a deal? i think so. you know, look, i ve been dish was a senator for 370 years. [ laughter ] and i was never i was relatively good at putting together deals. do you think you ll have a deal by the time you get on air force one in eight days? it s like my asking you are you sure your next show is
harris: fox news alert. a live look now. the nation s 45th president donald trump said to watch him because he will be stepping up to the microphones again when he exits a new york city courtroom for closing arguments in his new york civil fraud trial. we showed those microphones to the left of the screen. we ll see him again. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. yesterday it seemed like we would hear directly from former president inside the courtroom for his own closing argument. but after asking the judge if he could do that, that is now not happening. that judge puts stipulations and restrictions on what that would look like and trump s legal team said they had issues with the judge s conditions to stick to relevant matters covered in the trial and not deliver a campaign speech. that s what the judge said he wanted. well, trump may be silenced inside that courtroom. he is never really silenced. he talked this morning. i want to speak and make a sum
suspected prince harry s cross-examination should end by midday. but then his attorney wants the attorney to question him. so we know that there is at least one full day left of testimony from prince harry before this trial moves forward. back to you. meagan fitzgerald, thank you. and a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, new urgency on capitol hill today to, quote, compel answers from the gop activist and billionaire harlen crow. and the case tied to the tragic death of a mother shot by her neighbor after a years long feud. and apple unveiling its vision of the future at the developers conference with a fresh round of skepticism over the question of just how much people are willing to shell out for their newest product. also indictment speculation, heating up tied to former president trump after his lawyers met with special counsel jack smith and other department of justice officials. trump sharing th
and arizona, and one month after pennsylvania voters go to the ballot boxes. the trial, of course, involving 34 felony counts related to the stormy daniels hush money case. trump has pleaded not guilty in that case. also tonight, florida governor ron desantis will announce his candidacy tomorrow in a rather unconventional way, appearing in a live conversation on twitter with elon musk. we are getting word donald trump and his allies are making plans to offend that announcement. maggie haberman will join us in a moment. just a reminder of how wide open and unpredictable these races are, take a look at the republican primary polls from this month back in 2015. marco rubio and jeb bush both led the pack. donald trump, he stood at 3%, tied with george pataki, and speaking of polls, fast forward to right now. you see the numbers show that republicans, they smell blood. president biden s approval rating just hit 40%. the lowest number since last summer. it s also lower than trump s