unprecedented events, i feel like they re piling up one on top of the other. just a few moments ago donald trump officially became the republican nominee for president for the third time in a row and just moments before that he announced on truth social that he has selected ohio senator j.d. vance to be his running mate. the start of the republican national convention taking place at an incredibly tense and volatile moment for the entire country. less than 48 hours after an assassination attempt on the ex-president, a shooting that left one person dead, two others critically injured. if we see donald trump today it will be his first public appearance since that horrific and tragic incident. it is violence that is deeply corrosive to our democracy. we all unequivocally condemn it in the strongest terms possible and as my colleague rachel maddow puts it, quote, there is no no no violent solution to any american political conflict. we would also like to extend our sympathies to
who on january 6th tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power. this is where we are tonight. newly installed fencing around the capitol, just like after january 6th. fencing expected to go up outside the supreme court as well. online chatter threatening violence. homeland security says social media users have discussed storming the capitol tomorrow, the night before the rally, and one commented on kidnapping a member of congress. it s not just the capitol. there has been online chatter about using the rally to target local jewish institutions. and so-called liberal churches. with very real threats to the capitol eight months after one of the darkest days in american history, the former president is weighing in exactly the way that you would expect him to do it, right, with a disgraceful statement saying, hearts and minds are with the rioters. that s not a dog whistle, that is a full bullhorn. sympathetic with them? we all saw what happened at the capitol on january 6th. we
trying to use an unlawful ability to go after americans who they think disagree with them. beneath this, kevin is clearly running scared. petrified he might be more deeply implicated in the events of the day. mccarthy s phone records are also subject to the preservation request that the committee issued on monday to more than 30 social media and telecom companies. that means there s a chance that his data will be the target of a potential subpoena. that explains mccarthy s panic when he is issued an unprecedented threat to the companies on tuesday, vowing to destroy them if they comply with investigators. he is not just demanding those companies stonewall congress, he is running a protection racket. not unlike the mafia. with the threat of retribution. he is extorting private sector companies for a guarantee of safety. what exactly is he trying to hide? let s remember, little kevin is among at least a dozen republicans to have their communications targeted by the select com
general, and i am i don t know. i hit something. you hit something? the shocking resolution after a republican state attorney general struck and killed a pedestrian with his car. things haven t been straightforward by any means. in fact, some people have called you a liar. congresswoman cori bush slept on capitol steps to fight for an eviction moratorium. she joins me tonight to talk about how the supreme court just took it away when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. when capitol police officer michael bird you saw him here last night when he came forward in that exclusive interview with lester holt, revealed his identity as the man who shot the capitol insurrectionist ashli babbitt, he knew what he was doing. bird already had been a target in all the places you expect. websites catering to conspiracy theorists and those sympathetic to the insurrection and trump devotees. and they had built up this story about this savage
to u.s. military planes and trying desperately to climb onboard, incidents in which some people died. despite those scenes, afghans and some of our allies are getting out. between 700 and 800 people were evacuated last night with more than 3,000 people evacuated in total since the fall of the afghan capital, kabul, some in astonishing conditions. check out this stunning photo showing hundreds of people crammed into a u.s. military plane headed to qatar. u.s. officials said yesterday they d be prepared to take more than 20,000 afghans who are candidates for special immigration visas. the state department said today that 2,000 holders of those visas have been relocated so far. but the new york times points out there are tens of thousands of afghans national who risked their lives to assist the u.s. military and thousands are stuck in a years-long backlog to receive their visas. more than 300,000 have been affiliated with the american mission over its two decade presence in th