shut down. they can t be built back to the same standard because the weather is not going to get a lot better. we just got to keep it from getting a heck of a lot worse. we have to build back better and stronger. no one should have to hold their breath as they cross a rundown bridge or dangerous intersection in their hometown. we re going to part hard working americans on the job to bring our infrastructure up to the speed. good union jobs and prevailing wages. jobs you can raise a family on, as my dad would say, have a little breathing room. jobs that can t be outsourced. jobs replacing lead water pipes, so families can drink clean water, improving the health of our children and putting plumbers and pipe fitters to work. jobs laying thousand of miles of transmission lines to build a modern energy grid, jobs making a high-speed internet affordable and available everywhere in rural and urban america, particularly including a 35% of rural america that goes without it right now.
person to be charged in connection with the insurrection according to one count is a former president and a current front runner for the nomination of a major political party who is already facing 74 criminal counts. who stands accused of trying to defraud the government that he led at that time. trying to obstruct the proceedings of a branch of government and trying to overturn the will of millions of voters in the swing states that determined the outcome of the electoral college. the big question now that trump has been booked and fingerprinted, what s next in this case? which is really unlike any other in american history. here is what team trump has planned according to the new york times. his lawyers used the arraignment to hint at one of his central defense strategies, a request to delay a second pending federal trial for months if not years. delaying the proceedings as much as possible is widely expected to be part of mr. trump s legal strategy given that he could ef
sunday morning at 10 am eastern for my show velshi. all in with chris hayes starts now. tonight on all in. ts donald trump had a direct and personal role in this effort, as did rudy giuliani, as did john eastman. the other federal investigation into trump s attempted coup. everything that was done was done illegally by the trump legal team, according to the rules, and on the leadership of rudy on. tonight there s route new trouble for today immunity to fake electors. then, what is happening in russia tonight. as the leader of thousands of russian mercenaries affective lay declares war against russia s military. plus, thank god almighty, for the dobbs decision. the republicans, on the wrong side of voters. as two thirds of the country rejects the dobbs decision on abortion. you ain t seen nothing yet. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. a lot going on on this friday night. tonight we have some big developments in both t
smoke because of canadian wildfires. 75 million americans under air quality alert. when will the smoke clear? plus amanda gorman has her book pulled from a miami area grade school because one parent complained. turns out the parent never actually read the book. we begin with the growing legal jeopardy that former president trump faces in the federal documents investigation. a letter from the justice department to the former president s attorneys saying he is a target in a federal investigation. it s often but not always a strong sign that the person in question will be indicted. it is hard to overstate the unprecedented nature of this latest development. kaitlan collins joins us now with what we know. what is the latest on this letter and what is the trump team reaction? we haven t gotten a formal reaction from the trump legal team so far. we do know that justice department prosecutors did inform the former president s legal team that he is a target in that federal inve
ex-president it all but ensures that special counsel jack smith will hear from the key witness who none of the other investigations into the trump cou plot not the fulton county d.a. has ever heard from under oath we re, of course, talking about mike pence a ruling handed down wednesday night by a federal appeals court rejects an emergency request by trump to block mike pence s testimony. new york times reports this, quote, the 11th hour ruling by the u.s. court of appeals for the district of colombia paves the way for mr. pence to appear before the federal grand jury as early as this week the ex-president has a few legal options left including an appeal to the supreme court but as nbc news reports, quote, in previous instances, where appeals sent senior aides must testify, his legal team has opted no the to fight the decision further and those witnesses have quickly appeared before the grand jury and trump s argument that executive privilege prevents pence or any of his ai