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congress, compared to 46% who prefer republicans, that is a statistical tie due to the margin of error. what isn t a tie is that republicans hold a commanding advantage when it comes to enthusiasm for november s midterm elections. 61% of republicans are, quote, very interested, compared to 47% of democrats, which could make all the difference in who controls congress. and then there is this, which doesn t bode well for the country. not only does 72% of americans say the united states is heading in the wrong direction, 70% of americans agree with the statement that america had become so polarized that it can no longer solve the major issues facing the country and that those differences will only continue to grow. just 27% of americans say that despite the nation s strong partisan differences, the country always comes together to solve the greatest challenges. now, consider this, the last time nbc news posed this question in a poll 12 years ago in 2010, just 45% of americ ....
a public phase of the committee and president biden don t let anyone erase that day. plus, new confusion around the latest cdc guidance as omicron and delta surge. we have just the guy to help us sort it out and america 2021. you thought the person of the year was an odd pick. wait until you see who america s most trusted is. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. once again, a member of donald trump s inner circle is telling on themselves confessing to their role in the ex-president s attempted coup. a few weeks ago it was former chief of staff mark meadows. he published a memoir and turned over documents revealing among other things that he was involved in discussions about a scheme to stop the certification of electors for joe biden. now the confessions are coming from peter navarro, a former trade adviser to then president donald trump. in an interview with the daily beast e he provides details about not keeping him in power. he ....
that it was no big deal. they weren t really hurt, and those troops getting denied purple hearts because of it. that scandal finally has broken open, and in one sense, resolved today. fascinating story. unbelievable story. it has resolved today. we re going to have that story for you ahead. also, the equally bizarre story of the governor of oklahoma, the republican governor of that state picking a fight with the pentagon that he was never going to win. but nevertheless the governor of that state telling members of the national guard in his state that they should listen to him, trust him, they should not listen to u.s. military orders. they should instead follow him and the oklahoma state government and they should not worry about having to get vaccinated against covid. even though there s a military rule that says all troops need to do that. that was a bizarre fight for the republican governor of oklahoma to pick that story also sort of crested today. and if national gu ....
that scandal has finally broken open, and in one sense resolve today. fascinating story. unbelievable story. equally bizarre story of the governor of oklahoma, republican governor of that state, picking a fight with the pentagon that he was never going to win. but nevertheless, the governor of that state telling members of the national guard in that state that they should listen to him. trust him. they should not listen to u.s. military orders. they should instead follow him and the oklahoma state government. and they should not worry about having to get vaccinated against covid. even though there is a military rule that says all troops need to do that. that was a bizarre fight for the republican governor of oklahoma to pick that story. if national guard troops are mad at the republican governor right now there is a very good reason for that. we ve got that story ahead for you again tonight as well. now, we ve also got an update for you tonight on a public health offici ....
. ch. ch purpose of that meeting yesterday was to try to persuade putin not to invade his neighboring country of ukraine again like he did a few years ago. russia is a dictatorship. assassinated and imprisoned all the opposition leaders that may have posed a threat to him. he s running a criminal-gangster state where his government is merged with organized groups. targeting infrastructure and towns and hospitals but especially in the u.s. with protection from the russian government while they do it. i mean russia is not the good guy here. ukraine is our ally. a democratic country, the largest country in europe, they have been independent for 30 years, 30 years ago this month. not for nothing, we the united states made binding security pledges to ukraine 30 years ago when we persuaded them they should give up thousands of nuclear weapons they were stationed in ukraine. we told them in a binding document, you give up those nuclear weapons and we ll accept some respo ....