we are thrilled to have you with us this saturday, august 14th. still a little bit early, christi. the coffee hasn t completely kicked in yet. i give you credit. i don t drink coffee. you never know what you re going to get from me. boris, so good to see you. we begin this hour with some pretty disturbing numbers. the surge in the u.s. covid-19 infections are overwhelming hospitals and communities and the u.s. is now leading the world with the highest rate of new cases so far reporting more than 1.5 million new infections just in august thus far. the cases are primarily in the south. in fact, here s dr. peter hotez. this is starting to look really ominous in the south where i am. we re now if you look at the rates of transmission in florida and louisiana, they re actually probably the highest in the world. that s how badly things have gotten out of hands. the skeencenes at the hospit are reminiscent of the early days. they re quickly running out of hospital beds. one
eastern europe. about 2,000 troops are going to poland and another 700 are going to rumania as well as other countries in the southeastern flank of nato. the reason for this is because of the anxiety these allies are feeling in the midst of this massive russian troop buildup in ukraine. the president did hint at this last week. he said he would be moving those troops to eastern europe in the near term, but he did not say when that would be happening. we are told these deployments could be coming in the coming days. what we re told is this is coming at a time when these allies are feeling very, very anxious about this russian aggression there, and this is a show of support for those allies. this is not a precursor to any kind of u.s. troops on the ground in ukraine. this is just those troops going to eastern europe to shore up that flank and reassure them that the u.s. is there in the event that russia does invade ukraine and tries to move even further west, jim. ambassador,
hurricane-force winds already recorded offshore from charleston. the national weather center warns storm surge is expected there. people are warned to take this storm seriously especially after what was seen and happened from ian in florida. more striking images are emerging as well. capturing the level of devastation especially where the storm came on shore in southwest florida. you re looking at have i had from sanibel island showing the community torn apart, completely severed from the mainland. people stranded without water and power. cleanup efforts have begun in some areas, including fort myers beach. residents still reeling from all of this destruction. i mean, there s just stuff going everywhere. i ve lived here my whole life, it s unreal. we thought possibly we were one of the lucky ones. unfortunately it s really too sad for me to talk about. thank you, guys. some areas, high floodwaters are still a major concern, not yesterday receded. governor ron desant
the republican front runners nixon defense goes poof. when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. tonight, why two major rulings against donald trump could be jack smith s biggest victory to date. then, the tragic culmination of the george santos saga. you have no business in this building! tonight, the long road to today s historic expulsion. that makes me jewish. it s always been a party favor, everyone s always laughed. now everybody is canceling me. just when you thought ron desantis couldn t get cringier. you are trolling folks and trying to find migrants to play political games and get some attention seeking out trump trump. by the way, how is that going for? you all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. we ve got huge developments tonight in two of the trials of donald trump. just within the last half hour, judge tanya chutkan, who was overseeing the federal criminal case of january 6th and the attempt to
campaign. he can defend himself in a court of law, but for the purposes of this body, he s gotta go. and go, he did. becoming just the sixth member of congress to be expelled from that once august legislative body and further narrowing republicans already meager majority. plus, bombing and fighting resumes in gaza as the temporary trice expires among new revelations when israel learned about a potential october 7th attack. and governors ron desantis and gavin newsom duke it out in a live debate as we learn more about the scandalous allegations swirling around florida republican chair and moms for liberty cofounder kristen ziegler. and we begin tonight with an historic day on capitol hill. the infamous kind. prior to today, only five house members have ever been expelled, all in cases of criminality or disloyalty, aka, treason. three house members were expelled in 1861 for disloyalty to the union. john bullock clark and henny cornelius burnett of kentucky all served