Played herk leases, an exsecure adviser, expresident of the united states and who can forget, for one year there were even nuclear secrets stashed away. Brandnew reporting from New York times swings open the doors to the private club maralago, fuel by proximity to the expresident , now presumptive republican president ial nominee. It gives us a glimpse into the ideologues, the conspiracy theorists, the outright crackpots and weirdos that Donald Trump spends free time with, as he makes a third run for the White House. As New York times reports, maralago is the epicenter. It helps us understand how grave and high the stakes are of Novembers President ial election. Donald trump manages to make the Oval Office the, quote, seat of criminality, the supreme Court Tketa Ji brown jackson has dozens of members of congress have made the trip to kiss the ring, including mike johnson. New york times also reports, since he left office and increasingly aligned with the fringe, photos of people and ev
The Olympic Games are under way in a world still very much in the grip of this pandemic. The virus forced a yearlong delay of these games. And once again the illness is surging there in japan. The risk made for a subdued Opening Ceremony, lets call it, in a nearly empty stadium. Even as fourtime grand Slam Tennis Champion Naomi Osaka lit the cauldron, there was No Doubt these olympics will be unlike any other weve ever seen. The ioc did not require athletes to be fully vaccinated against covid. Just today the doctor for Team Usa estimated that 83 of the competitors were fully vaccinated. Thats still a lot better than our country as a whole. Over half the nation remains unvaccinated. Cdc says today saw the lowest number of shots given since early january. That plus this super contagious Delta Variant continue to drive this surge in new covid cases. Cdc data are showing the sevenday average of new cases now the highest its been are you ready for this since the beginning of may. As weve b
cable television, which is crazy, right? not just the most watched show on cable news but the most watched show in all of cable tv, everything. that was in january, which was flummoxing and i thought absolutely was a fluke. but then today, we learned that we did it for a second month in a row. it turns out we were the most watched show on all of cable tv for both january and february. which i have no idea what to make of. but even better than that, for february, for this past month, not only were we the most watched show on cable, but our network, this network, msnbc, was the most watched network in all of cable tv in the month of february, which is the first time that has ever been true for us as a network since we came into existence nearly 25 years ago. so if you know me, if you ve ever seen the show, you know that i don t talk about ratings and cable news wars and all that stuff so i m not going to dwell on this, i will not mention it again. but it is a really big deal fo
everything. that was in january, which was flummoxing. and then today we learned that we did it for a second month in a row and it turns out we were the most watched show on cable tv for january and february. i have no idea what to make of. but even better than that, for february, for this past month not only were we the most watched show on cable, but this network, msnbc, was the most watched network in all of cable tv in the month of february. you know i don t talk about ratings and all of that stuff. i will not mention it again. but it is a really big deal for us. it does blow my mind but i am so grateful and humbled. we will do our best to keep you worthy of your time and trust. let us never speak of this again. sorry. i had to get it out. today the nation s new commerce secretary was confirmed by the senate. the governor of rhode island or she was and now she is our commerce secretary. yesterday the new education secretary, miguel cardona. the chair of the council of eco
good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. there is amazing vaccine news today that puts the end of this phase of the pandemic within sight. the biden administration just a short while ago announced we will have enough vaccine supply to vaccinate every american adult by the end of may. that s just three months. and that is possible in part because of the new johnson & johnson vaccine. that single-shot vaccine is already getting into american arms, the first going to that woman right there, 86-year-old ohio woman today who is now, thanks to that shot you are seeing, fully vaccinated. johnson & johnson is planning to ship 20 million doses by the end. month. while it expected to fulfill 100 million doses by the end of june, the biden administration announced a partnership between johnson & johnson and pharmaceutical giant merck that could double the delivery capacity. johnson & johnson and merck will work together to expand the production of johnson & johnson s vaccine. we a