court and in the federal right to abortion, the nightmare scenario is playing out across the country as we get new evidence of hope of a growing backlash. all in starts right now. good evening from new york i m chris hayes. you know maybe 2022 but we today we have a new in the official investigation into an apparent or possible trump administration s conduct. today, the irs announced it is asked the treasury department inspector general to look into audits of the two leaders of the fbi james comey and andrew mccabe. they were both selected by the irs, supposedly at random for very rare intensive financial audits. to give you a sense of just how rare this invasive random audit is, just one out of 30,000 sickening to taxpayers is selected forward in any given year. now they started an interim investigation the irs is still run by the trump appointee commissioner claims it is ludicrous and untrue to suggest that i arrest officials somehow tout targeted these officials. knowing
happen? where in god s name is our backbone to the courage to deal with this and stand up to the lobbyists? it s time to turn this pain into action. for every parent, for every citizen in this country, we have to make it clear to every elected official in this country, it s time to act. president biden reacting after yet another mass school shooting in america. good morning and welcome to a special edition of way too early on this wednesday, may 25th. thanks for joining us a little early today. i m jonathan lemire. we re going to start with the latest developments in this tragic story out of texas. at least 19 children and 2 teachers are dead after yesterday s shooting at an elementary school. the attack about 80 miles west of san antonio is now the second deadliest school shooting in the history of the united states. the texas department of public safety says there are more victims both children and adults who are in hospitals this morning. investigators believe the 18-y
ruin his father s presidency. this is as the president s son is fighting against nine new tax related charges. i m mike emanuel and griff is on assignment. i m alicia acuna, am g.o.p. hopefuls are questioning the indictment handed down by david weiss, blasting the justice department for slow walking the case. alexandria hoff is live with reaction to the indictments. hi, alicia. special county weiss is focusing on that hunter biden could have paid his taxes, but spent on women, cars, an extravagant life style. nine charges were filed against the president s son in los angeles, three of those felonies. the government alleges he failed to pay $1.4 million in taxes. here is his attorney. somebody in their family or they know it s not behavior that he s proud of, but it doesn t make him into a tax felon in a 56-page indictment. hunter-wide faces up to 17 years in prison, and an only probation deal fell apart after a delaware judge questioned what republicans called a sweet
as americans, as republicans, and democrats, as gun orders and not gunners, we need to understand as we already do that we don t completely agree on this issue on how to address it, but we fundamentally do agree that something must be done to address this. we know they re doing nothing is only allow this to to happen in the first place. we have to demand that our senators do what we already have as americans which was agree that we need gun safety in this country. responsible gun owners do not want gun violence to continue nor do republicans or democrats for that matter. we have to work to find a common ground and demand our senators act in the bipartisan manner because we have that ten votes to overcome the filibuster. what do you think changed after uvalde in the political calculation or the ability to even get back to have those negotiations happy. as someone who s been working on this for the last few years was changed? i think the conversation
joining me, gentlemen. president biden is addressing gun violence in new york today on the other side of the country while he is doing that, a city is take matters into its own hands. san josé will be the first city in the nation to require gun orders to pay a fee and carry liability insurance. joining me now from san josé is jake ward. jake, explain this to us. reporter: well, katy, you and i are used to the idea as americans in order to drive a car we have to carry insurance, and that s, of course, in part because we are trying to detproeu the costs of more than 40,000 auto-related deaths every year, and firearms cause at least 45,000 deaths every year and until now there has not been a liability law liability insurance requirement around it. now, san josé is experimenting with that idea. in may of 2021, a city worker killed ten people here in san