shows are cancelling performances, saturday night live dropped its live audience and musical guests and the rockets rockettes cancelled the rest of their season. the long testing lines are back. we re also seeing a mini outbreak in congress. senators elizabeth warren and cory booker tested positive for covid. new restrictions in place in europe including another lockdown in the netherlands while closer to home here in washington d.c. the city s indoor mask mandate goes back into effect tomorrow morning with a stricter vaccination mandate for government workers. it s the same now familiar feeling of dread harkening back to march of 2020 when fear and confusion left so many of us stunned. the variant is likely to strain u.s. hospitals in a few short weeks but unlike two years ago, a vaccine is now available that can largely protect people against the worst outcomes. president biden will address the nation on covid tomorrow and is expected to deliver a stark warning to those
good evening. from new york, i m chris hayes. top military officials are warning that what held last time, the military fire wall blocking attempt s attempted coup, might not hold again. three former top military strategist, major jel paul eaton, who commanded operations to train iraqi trips during iraqi freedom, major general antonio taguba, who authored the report of detainees held the abu ghraib and general anderson warn, quote, we are increasingly concerned about the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election and the potential for lethal chaos inside our military, which would put all americans at severe risk. we are chilled to our bones at the thought of a coup succeeded next time. first we should discuss how the fortifications did hold one year ago while trump s attempted coup was unsiddious and reckless and damaging to the very foundation of american democracy, it was also inept. and a big reason why the entire attempt was so haphazard was precisely because donald trum
States. that s tonight s reidout will be back monday. all in with chris hayes starts right now. tonight on all in as the january 67th investigation continues, former generals raise alarms about another insurrection. and promising data on omicron and the importance of getting the word out on boosters did you get the booster? yes. i got it, too. and what may be the best hope for path forward with build back better on life support. i do not believe that the situation is beyond repair, but it s going to take a different kind of thinking to get out of it than it did to get into it. all in starts right now.
The last time he had a major government investigation at his doorstep was 50 years ago when the department of justice investigated the trump family for racism and discrimination in their housing projects in brooklyn. all of the intervening decade amounted to donald trump weaponizing lawsuits in private disputes for business competitors for the most part and public prosecutors march to a very different drummer. barb knows this better than i do. they don t worry about the same kind of reputational or media issues i think litigants care about and tish james wasted little time saying donald trump can file whatever lawsuit he wants but he s not above the law. his constitutional right doesn t include breaking the law. barbara, pick up on what tim
The disgraced former president did what he always does, he filed a lawsuit against new york attorney general leticia james asking for a court order to halt the civil investigation into the company s business practices. the suit claims the investigation is guided by political animus and calls it a quote frivolous witch hunt. trump s lawsuit also seeks to bar james from participating in a separate criminal investigation conducted by the manhattan district attorney. james responded to the suit noting that the former president has continually sought to delay the investigation adding to be clear, neither mr. trump nor the trump organization get to dictate if and where they will answer for their actions, no one is above the law, not even