you have to game in the game republicans. republican d.a. starting every investigation right now. tonight, new reporting on a magazine very public payback campaign. is a terrible, terrible path that they are leaving us to. and it is very possible that it is going to have to happen to them. donald trump is openly signaling russia to help himself get elected again. russia, if you re listening. the president of russia will do that for me. and i don t believe he will do it for anyone else. judge aileen cannon wild move to help disrupt the documents trial. another installment of our special series, are you better off than you were four years ago? president trump posing for pictures, holding a bible without explanation. all in start right now. good evening, from new york. i m chris hayes. tonight tops store, including speaker of the house of representatives, dozens of senators and congressmen have been revealed to be working hand in glove with convicted criminals in
the accountability project is going to start. they are going to be in prison. a corrupt retribution scheme in plain sight. you have to get in the game republicans. starting every investigation they need to right now. tonight, new reporting on maga s very public payback campaign. it is a terrible path they are leading us to and it is very possible that this could have to happen to them. and donald trump is openly signaling russia to help himself get elected again. russia if you are listening, the president of russia will do that for me and i don t believe he will do that for anyone else. plus, judge cannon s wild move to disrupt the documents trial and another installment of our series, are you better off than you were four years ago? president trump posing for pictures, holding up a bible without explanation. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i am chris hayes. tonight s top story, multiple current and former u.s. officials includi
Whether Angela Merkel can remain chancellor when germans go to the polls later this year . And Behind The Scenes at the white house. Well speak to a reporter about his dinner with the president , and finding out Donald Trumps favourite modern invention. Welcome to the programme. Im katty kay in washington. Clive myrie is in london. We are learning a lot today about the firing of the head of the fbi and we are hearing it from the president. Mr Trump Hasjust called mr comey a showboat and a grandstander. He also revealed he was determined to fire the director anyway, whatever the Justice Department recommended. Mr trump also reasserted the claim, that mr comey told him three times that he personally wasnt under investigation over ties to russia. Mr trump made those comments in an interview with nbc news thats just been released. He isa he is a showboat. He is a grandstander. The fbi has been in turmoil. You know it, dynamic, Everybody Knows it. You take a look at the fbi a year ago, it w
down the block tough person i ve seen. there is also listen to what they are saying. which of those do you see yourself pulled toward? definitely they inspire other keyboard warriors and they like to do a lot of talk, because they will send out an email and raise money because they talk tough. i do think the vast majority of them don t have it in them to get anything done. they just like to talk tough and rile people up. i do believe that we do have some real crazy people. like legit, you are all the way out there and you will push forward if in power again? if given power, absolutely. i also think even if some of those are more talkers, there are followers and that is also scary, because that is what we have seen. maga will take the lead and we
you know, definitely. they inspire other people warriors and they like to do a lot of talk because they will send out an email and they will raise money because they talked tough. but i do think that the vast majority of them honestly don t have it in them to get anything done. they just like to talk tough and rile people up. i do believe, though, that we do have some real crazy people. like legit, like you are all the way out there and you will push forward. if given power. absolutely. i also think that even if some of those are kind of more talkers, they are followers. and that is also scary. because that is what we have seen, is that maga will take the lead and they are like, we can t get caught slipping. we got to go ahead and go along with the show. they are going reluctantly. we had very few that actually push back. i always bring ken buck at because ken buck is freedom