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news, new push by the former president to get the judge in his january 6th trial off the case and his warning that the public won t accept the outcome otherwise. also a search for survivors on the heels of one natural disaster, an earthquake in morocco, and tracking a potential another, hurricane lee heading toward the east coast. how has an escaped killer managed to elude capture for so long. the former president calling on judge tanya chutkan to recuse herself from his case. his attorneys saying, only if this trial is administered by a judge that appears entirely impartial could the public accept the case. trump and his attorneys have just filed a motion to have the entire indictment thrown out. paula reid joins us now with more on that. let s talk about the judge in the federal case first to recuse herself. anderson, judge tanya chutkan was randomly koez hadden to oversee the case. she s made her opinions and her views on the capitol attack pretty clear, as s ....
of dark money into american politics. tonight, explosive new reporting on how clarence thomas s wife, ginni, has made the ruling work for her, when all in starts right now. good evening from washington. i am mehdi hasan in for chris hayes. tomorrow, the house is back in session following a lengthy summer recess. and republican speaker kevin mccarthy faces a new round of headaches, including a looming government shutdown and a renewed push for some of the most extreme numbers of its conference to impeach president joe biden for something they haven t quite figured that part out yet. if you want to understand just how ridiculous and cynical this impeachment attempt is, let me introduce you to republican congressman ken buck of colorado. if you ve been following american politics for a long time, you might remember that name. buck first became notorious during a race for senate back in 2010, when he made these comments about his primary opponent, republican lieut ....
breaking news from capitol hill. any moment now house speaker kevin mccarthy is expected to hold a gaggle with reporters, and we will bring that to you when it begins. this comes as two sources confirm reports the speaker will formerly endorse an impeachment inquiry into president biden, and as the house returns today after a six week recess, lawmakers need to accomplish a lot before the end of the month. what more do we know about speaker mccarthy s plans to endorse an impeachment inquiry? well, we are standing out his office waiting for him to come and talk to bus this inflexion point, and the house is coming back to town with the government funding deadline, and the conversation of if there will be a shutdown is one i have been having with my colleagues, and this is meant to really allow mccarthy to placate some of the further right members of his conference that want to see the house majority use their gavel to be more aggressive on the impeachment front, and impe ....
the fbi, banks, the emmys, on his reality tv show, didn t win one, and even a chemistry test on which he once accused a classmate of cheating because he did better. and trump certainly has a long history of doing the same thing with judges, in particular. and the hush money case against him, he claimed that the judge there was biased because his daughter is a consultant for the democratic party. and it is 2018 border case, he called that judge loyal to obama. and in the trump university case, he claimed that the judge there was biased because of his, quote, mexican heritage. we re building a wall. he s a mexican. we re building a wall between here and mexico. the answer is he is giving us very unfair rulings. and by the way, that trudge is from indiana, not mexico. and tonight, to add to that list, the judge overseeing the federal election interference case as to the list, trump s lawyers demanding that judge tanya chutkan recuse herself over comments she s made abo ....
i m dana bash in washington. the breaking news today, kevin mccarthy opened pandora s box. today, i am directing our house committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. this logical next step will give the committees the full power to gather all of the facts and answers for the american public. that s exactly what will we want to know. let s get straight to capitol hill where cnn s manu raju is there. manu, you were there when the speaker made that announcement. what are you hearing in the halls of the capitol where you re standing right now? reporter: well, a change in plans by the speaker of the house who said just a few days ago, in fact, september 1st, if they were to announce an impeachment inquiry into president joe biden will would be a vote. in fact, he had told breitbart news it wouldn t occur through declaration but a vote on the floor. but the problem for speaker mccarthy, he does not have the votes to open up an formal inquir ....