it was decided that these heavier munitions were not to be utilized. plus, more protests in minnesota, as the man charged with george floyd s murder remains silent. i will invoke my fifth-amendment privilege, today. and senator ed markey on his new bill to restore balance in the nation s highest court. we do it by adding four seats to the court to create a 13-member supreme court. all in starts right now. good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. i know it does not feel this way. day in, day out, there is so much anguish right now. but i still think it is still worth considering, right now, we are living in a time of one of the most incredible, scientific achievements, in recent memory. right? it s it s it s been an unbelievably dark year. one of the worst in american history. we are not out of the woods with coronavirus, yet. in fact, there is a terrible surge happening right now in the state of michigan. hitting near-record-high hospitalizations and ca
out of him for the nra. despite that year delay, he was ultimately confirmed and he served as surgeon general under president obama, he served as surgeon general, in fact, until president trump fired dr. murthy from that job in 2017. president biden has just brought vivek murthy back to be surgeon general again. he was confirmed by the senate last night. he should be sworn in soon. tonight, the senate also confirmed the official who will be vivek murthy s boss at the department of health and human services, dr. rachel levine was confirmed to be assistant secretary of health. that is a history-making appointment, dr. levine is now the first transgender official to ever be confirmed by the u.s. senate. the highest-ranking transgender u.s. government official in history. she will be the number two official at hhs. all republicans accept two voted against her nomination, only susan collins and lisa murkowski voted for her. she ll be vivek murthy s boss. dr. levine s boss at hhs i
transgender official to ever be confirmed by the u.s. senate, the highest ranking transgender u.s. government official in history. she will be the number two official at hhs. all republicans, except two, voted against her nomination. only susan collins and lisa murkowski voted for her. so, she ll be vivek murthy s boss. dr. levine s boss at hhs will, of course, be the new secretary at health and human services, xavier becerra. he was recently confirmed and will be sworn in soon. no republican senators voted for him at all, but democrats were nevertheless able to confirm him on a party-line vote. in order to become health secretary, mr. becerra had to leave his previous job, which was attorney general of the state of california. and there had been a bunch of discussion that congressman adam schiff of california, frequent guest on the show he had such a high-profile role, particularly in first impeachment of president trump. there had been lots of discussion that congressman
i am not going to lie to you. do it all mom. she would do family-oriented thing. the picture perfect home tucked away on badger lane. he wanted a lifestyle where he could be there for his family and kids. that is what made what happened so startling. it was dark when they got there and found the body upstairs in the master bedroom. the victim was shot with the handgun. kids were missing. julie was missing. you are just in utter shock. there were secrets in that house. who would unlock them? i didn t want my family or neighbors to know. devious and manipulative. this is our best friend. it did not have to end like this. welcome to dateline. jason harper s life looked perfect from the outside. popular high school teacher and coach, wife a stay at home mom to three beautiful kids and close circle of loving friends. when one member of the perfect family ended up dead, it was just the first of many shocks to their quiet seaside community. here is keit
corporate executive, caring mom, a million dollar smile and a $4 million estate. oh my god! i need an ambulance! murdered. i went screaming out of the house. this was a prominent woman murdered in her home late at night. almost certainly someone she knew? correct. where would it lead? a twisted case of betrayal and greed. the finger is being pointed at me. her own daughter, a suspect from the start. you pull the knife out and you tell the police, oh, you re going to find my fingerprints on the knife. her son-in-law, who seemed so devoted. they interrogated us for eight hours. or maybe someone else with a million dollar motive? what s going on here? how many people are involved in this? devious. it s an evil mind. someone just doesn t turn into a murderer. here s josh mankiewicz with the evil to come. reporter: it was hard to look away when peggy was in the picture. her beauty was captivating, but she was also smart, ambitious, and she