The decision was made that a second bolstering force would be sent in, basically to help them, bolster what they were doing and get them. The force was a considerable force, bringing with them a considerable amount of weaponry, skill, combat experience, almost unparalleled among the u. S. Military. And that second force was sent in on one of these, a huge u. S. Army helicopter. There were 38 u. S. Pretty cynical on board that helicopter. It was ten years ago this month, august six 2011 and that night somehow it may have just been a lucky shot, with a low tech rocket propelled grenade, but somehow that gigantic helicopter with all those men on board was shot down. And the toll was absolutely devastating, everybody on board was killed. It was 22 u. S. Navy seals. Three u. S. Air force airman, five u. S. Army and national guard soldiers. Seven commandoes from the afghan national art me, seven afghan commandoes and afghan translators, also u. S. Military working dog that was assigned to on
Town in the south where the state has the lowest vaccination rate in the country, but this small town is a remarkable success story thanks to one retired woman there who took it on herself to get the towns vaccinated. It s really an amazing sort, we re gonna do that later in the hour. That is exactly the kind of story i need on a day like this, and on a night like this, i m going to sit here and watch it. Thank you for finding that story, and thank you for telling me that is ahead. That is what i need. That s what s coming up. Thank you, rachel. Thank you, lawrence. Thank you. Well, what could become one of america s enduring lies to itself about afghanistan is being given birth on live tv these days. Last night on this network, and unnamed american military source in afghanistan was quoted as saying that what we are seeing now in the american evacuation of afghanistan s worse, much worse than what we saw in 1975, and the american evacuation from vietnam after we lost the war there. Th
good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. donald trump is now trying to run out the clock on the investigation into his new attempt. he wants to stop the january six committee from getting access to his records, by claiming, dubious executive privilege. as i noted there, that claim was already rejected by the sitting president, who gets to decide. also, by a fraternal judge, then by an appeals court earlier this month. trump was then given two weeks to appeal his case in supreme court, before the documents were released. so, today, exactly two weeks later, trump s lawyers finally fully appealed the supreme court, on the last possible day. that is of course, intentional. it s all part of a strategy to drag the process as long as possible. something that s been incredibly, incredibly successful during trump s career. trying to stop the delay tactics, the house is now asking the supreme court to expedite its decision on whether or not to take the case. lawmakers plan to fo
i don t know, it might throw me off even more now. when i hear you say it in december. i need eaves all year long. because fridays are very important to me, lawrence. and i have so little that gives me joy. you must leave me this. i get it. you know what s going to give you joy? one of our guests that are joining us tonight. he co-wrote a piece in august saying that the justice department should conduct a criminal investigation of what donald trump did to try to violate election laws on january six. and i want to check in with professor laurence tribe to see if maybe the evidence base and justification for criminal investigation of donald trump has increased at all. well certainly, the january six investigators started talking in specific statutory language about what it is they are trying to figure out if trump did it. the language from liz cheney on this has been really provocative because it is deliberate, she is quoting federal statutes and they are making a public
kevin mccarthy thought, i ll show rachel maddow. i ll show her for being optimistic. i ll add a couple of alter hours to this. process what it is, is that he knows i got a picture early this morning to go fishing, so i m going to have a hard time staying up extra lead to do coverage if it goes to four in the morning. he s like, she didn t even catch everything. he is actually running for speaker. he knows that if the republicans win back the control of the house, he is not a shoe in for being speaker. and on the same day as mark meadows was quoted as saying, donald trump should be the next speaker of the house, there is kevin mccarthy, out there tonight, running for the job on the house floor. what did you think of meadows saying that? that was an unprompted thing that he brought up. that was a crack the idea that republicans are circulated months ago, that had disappeared from the discourse and then meadows brought it back today. and i tend to think that he is not a pe