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 worked
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 guard tr
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 official, wh
. 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 responsibil
block something the current president wants to do. then ominous new reporting on the maga replacement of local election officials across the country. plus, how the troll caucus found a new republican they d like to cancel today. and senator chris murphy on the latest school shooting in michigan and why america chooses to let this happen. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the bipartisan committee investigating the january 6th insurrection just released a report within the last hour recommending that former department of justice official jeffrey clark be held in contempt over his refusal to cooperate with the committee s subpoena. clark has had a lengthy career as a kind of archetypal republican lawyer in and out of government. worked at the prestigious law firm kirkland & ellis, which serves as something of a breeding ground for republican judges and lawyers. also worked in the george w. bush administration. honestly, kind of nond