Vote for democrats. Plus, thousands of afghans are still trying to flee the taliban tonight. The legendary author of the Kite Runner joins me live on that. And while the u. S. Scrambles to get people out make no mistake, this Evacuation Mission is dangerous. Republicans try to exploit the tragedy. Were Gonna Lead Thousands of people behind. If we do, President Biden should be impeached for dare election of duty. All in starts right now. Good evening from washington, d. C. Im in for chris hayes. One of the open questions following the January 6th attack on our Nations Capital was this planned with the help of trump allies like Roger Stone and carried out by the right wing militias they were in contact with . There is a new report from reuters that says, no, it was. Quote, the fbi found scant evidence that the January 6th attack on the u. S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to over turn the election results. Now, first off, one of the most important things to look at when you
Trump, the p. O. T. , is against it. Mccarthy, who told trump to call off his dogs on January 6th, now says antifa is the real problem. And mcconnell, who also started by saying trump was at fault for the insurrection, is now scrambling to kill this bill in the senate. Just listen to the then and now. Ive made the decision to oppose the slanted proposal. Fellow americans beat and bloodied the police, stormed the house floor, tried to hunt down the speaker of the house. They built a gallows and chanted about murdering the vice president. They did this because they had been Fed Wild Falsehoods by the most powerful man on earth. Because he was angry he lost an election. Mr. President , its not at all clear what new facts an additional investigation could lay on top of existing efforts by Law Enforcement and congress. If President Trump were still in office, i would have carefully considered whether the House Managers proved their specific charge. Same demeanor. Same hair. You know why . H
They may wind up doing it themselves. What do these 35 out of 211 mean . I argue its the result, not the ratio. The leadership in the party of trump, the p. O. T. , is against it. Mccarthy, who told trump to call off his dogs on January 6th, now says says theres no problem to hook at, says antifa is the real problem. And mcconnell, who also started by saying trump was at fault for the insurrection, is now scrambling to kill this bill in the senate. Just listen to the then and now. Ive made the decision to oppose the slanted proposal. By the house democrats. Fellow americans beat and bloodied the police, stormed the house floor, tried to hunt down the speaker of the house. They built a gallows and chanted about murdering the vice president. They did this because they had been Fed Wild Falsehoods by the most powerful man on earth. Because he was angry he lost an election. Mr. President , its not at all clear what new facts an additional investigation could lay on top of existing efforts
now on bbc news, donald trump was the first president to be impeached twice by the lower chamber of congress, and the first to be put on trial after leaving office. christian fraser reports on an unprecedented moment in us history. it was an unprecedented moment in us history. donald trump, the first president to be impeached twice by the lower chamber of congress, was also the first to be put on trial after leaving office. they were the gravest charges everfaced by a us president incitement of insurrection. the former president was alleged to have made false allegations of election fraud, and onjanuary 6 to have encouraged his supporters to storm the capitol. we fight like hell, and if you don t fight like hell you re not going to have a country any more. conviction would require a two thirds majority in the upper chamber of congress, the senate. 17 of the 50 republican senators would need to break with donald trump. new evidence brought the actions of his supporters that
things stand. so, let s get after it. and today is perfect timing, especially for president s day. as you know this holiday started as a memorial of president washington s birthday. let us remember his warning, right now, together, because clearly been forgotten in d.c. washington warned us about letting parties get too partisan, because cunning, ambitious and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people. could he describe our current state of political rest any more directly? he was talking about senator mitch mcconnell. a guy who may resemble the bearing of the washington era, but he is the poster boy for the partisan poisoning our very first president warned about. mcconnell is everything when it comes to what ails us. he says after january 6th, as most of his party is saying little or nothing, okay? remember. after a summer of raging about every act of political violence they could find and some they made up. but he steps up and says trump fed peopl