Tonight, why so many are being so misled. The pandemic gross around the country. Then the january 6th committee issues a raft of document requests. What we know about their demand for white house records. Plus, never mind the big lie. How every single house republican just voted against strengthening democracy and what you need to know about what is being called the stunning radical and terrifying decision by the supreme court. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. I m chris hayes. I ve been haunted the last few days by a little bit of a mystery. How is it that the daily death numbers from covid have topped 1,000 and how are we seeing this level devastation and death with the virus despite just over 60% of the eligible population fully vaccinated and 81% of seniors vaccinated, senior being the most vulnerable to the virus making up a huge portion of the deaths from covid we ve seen until now. How are we in this situation? we came across this new york times article which
Grows around the country. Then the january six committee issues or document request, what we know about their massive demand for white house records. Plus, never mind the big lie, how every single house republican, just voted against strengthening democracy, what you need to know about what s being called the stunning radical and terrifying decision, by the supreme court, all in starts now. Good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. I have been haunted the last few days by a little bit of a mystery, how is it that the daily death numbers from covid, have topped 1000, and how are we seeing it at this level of dust station in death despite just over 60% of the population being fully vaccinated. In 81% of seniors vaccinated. Seniors of course being the most vulnerable from the virus, making up a huge portion of the deaths from covid we have seen up till now. How are we in the situation? then i came across this new york times article. Which helped make sense of things. It says the u. S.
May have left, some may not actually be u. S. Citizens, and some may want to stay. We believe the number of americans actively seeking assistance to leave afghanistan is lower, likely significantly lower. Reporter: president biden has promised to bring home every single american who wants to leave by next week. As secretary blinken offers this warning about threats on the ground. We re operating in a hostile environment in a city and country now controlled by the taliban with the very real possibility of an isisk attack. Reporter: in the last 24 hours, the u. S. And its allies have evacuated approximately 19,000 people. While the u. S. Has until the 31st to leave kabul, officials say evacuations will end before that so the military has time to pack up and leave. After the 31st, what happens to the airport is up to the taliban. That won t be an american responsibility. Reporter: tens of thousands of afghan allies who worked for the u. S. Are still waiting to be evacuated. We re also com
To get your shots, a bunch of them. The pentagon has long required allu. S. Military personnel to get shots to protect against things, like measles and mumps and smallpox and diphtheria. I mean, depending on where in the world you might be serving for the u. S. Military, u. S. Troops are required to receive upto17 different vaccinations before they are allowed to deploy, before they re allowed to serve. Well, as of today, the covid vaccine will be one more addition to the existing, long list of mandatory vaccines for people in the u. S. Military. This is a big deal. It s a big deal for the military. It s a big deal for the country. It s a big deal for the fight against covid19. President biden had, previously, asked defense secretary lloyd austin to study whether activeduty u. S. Troops should be required to take the vaccine. Today, secretary austin announced that, after studying the matter, he will ask president biden, as commander in chief, to, in fact, require those vaccinations. Th
To the team here who held down the fort, thank you to allie and nicole and ari, for filling and while i was away. Doing such an amazing job. We have, i feel like the news gods gave me a welcome back care package. That is slightly overflowing. , in terms of the amount of news to process and talk about and get up to date with. You re gonna jump right in and our first guest tonight is a big deal. You re going to want to see this interview. If you re serving in the united states military right now, as part of your service requirements, you have to get your shots. A bunch of them. The pentagon has long required all u. S. Military personnel to get shots, to protect against things like measles and mumps and smallpox and diphtheria. Depending on where in the world you might be serving in the u. S. Military, u. S. Troops are required to receive up to 17 vaccinations, before they are allowed to deploy. Before they re allowed to serve. As of today, the covid vaccine will be one more addition to t