started. a new era on capitol hill. house republicans are back in charge but are they capable of governing? it doesn t matter whether we have a 30 or 5-seat majority. we ll use it in the manner that the american public wants us to. welcome to inside politics sunday. thank you for spending new year s day with us. we begin in politics as we begin with most questions than answers. what will the legislative priorities actually be? at the white house can president biden beat back the economic head winds and will he be able to maintain momentum from the string of 2022 wins? where we begin today on the campaign trail. what will the 2024 republican primary field look like? can whoever run succeed where the 16 candidates 2 cycles ago could not? many potential candidates have been dropping hints for months. all my focus is on the midterm elections and will stay that way for 20 days but after that we ll think about the future. now that the midterms are over i ll have more to
long-running saga of the ex-president s legal woes, with donald trump taking the stand in a civil lawsuit today and facing the prospect in taking the stand in the congressional investigation into january 6th, as well. and his private club and residence, donald trump sat for a sworn deposition in the defamation lawsuit brought by e.g. carol, who has accused donald trump of rape. the associated press reports this, the deposition will give her lawyers a chance to interrogate trump about the assault allegations, as well as statements he made in 2019, when she told her story publicly for the very first time. trump says the rape allegation is a hoax and a lie. his legal team has worked for years to make this day never come, to delay the deposition that was filed when he was still president. and the january 6th select committee is set to ask for the same thing, trump s testimony as soon as today. the vice chair liz cheney said last night the panel s decision to issue a subpoena to
tonight on all in, we are going to be leading a revolution in congress. joe biden and his family will be a top target. two weeks from election day, the very real concerns of economic disaster if the radical right gains control of government. then, every day, i m dedicating to settle my resources, just to give people confidence that they can cast a vote safely. that is absurd. a share of a maricopa county is pushing back on voter intimidation in arizona, and he joins me live. plus, john rolston on the anti-democratic forces taking over elections in nevada, and why a new nepotism scandal has a certain fox news host lashing out at reporters. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. midterms usually favor the out of power party. big reason is that whatever problems there are at the time in the country, in the country that you re in, people go to the polls and it s easy to blame the party with control of government for it. it s almost a l
suffering, and our desperation for his political gain. president biden s first-ever face-to-face meetings with the families of brittney griner and paul whelan since they were detained in russia. i would have done it sooner. still need to deal with the families and explain there are limited things that you can do when you have this kind of a situation going on. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom. a kingdom celebrates the life of its queen. a family mourns the loss of its matriarch. the queen s eight grandchildren came together to hold vigil as she lies in state. outside westminster hall, tens of thousands of mourners gather to pay their respects. the line stretching for miles, and the wait at times surpassing an astonishing 24 hours. president biden and the first lady arrived in london not long ago. they will be among heads of state from around the world to attend the queen s funeral on monday. and a short time ago, we learned that the queen
a certain fox news host lashing out at reporters. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. midterms usually favor the out of power party. big reason is that whatever problems there are at the time in the country, in the country that you re in, people go to the polls and it s easy to blame the party with control of government for it. it s almost a law of nature, a form of political gravity. right now, republicans are running against unified democratic government at the national level, house, senate, and the presidency. and inflation is up 8%. the highest it s been in 40 years. so, two weeks out from midterm elections, republicans should have the wind at their backs. and knowing all that, in normal world, republicans would be just staying on message. posting pictures like this one, which is kind of funny, but it makes sense. tweeted out by republican senator, todd young this morning, appearing to pump gas in the middle of the night, while his car