the capitol. that as the congressional investigation edges closer to trump, mitch mcconnell says, keep digging. i think that what they re seeking to find out is something the public needs to know. and nearly two years into covid, the official report on how trump deliberately undermined the response. slow the testing down, please. but all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. today a new document out of the u.s. district court in washington, d.c. revealed a very interesting development in the investigation of the january 6th insurrection. this document concerns the case of one of the hundreds of people who stormed the capitol that day, a man named brandon straka. he s a relatively well-known figure in certain right wing pro-trump politics, you see him there. he s a self-described former liberal who founded a campaign, he calls walk away, as in walk away from the democratic party and into the arms of donald trump. now, in january straka
very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. wshg welcome, everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news and the surging number of omicron cases across this country. u.s. reporting almost 120,000 new cases yesterday. just in the past few minutes, the white house saying the president will deliver a speech about this. we have nbc s josh letterman with the president in wilmington, delaware and scott cohen at a testing site in san jose, california, and dr. azure joining us to answer critical questions. josh, start with you. when did the president decide to address the nation and any specific moment relating to omicron prompt that in what we might hear new about it? reporter: without officials very closely tracking the rise in cases of omicron as dr. fauci and others just in the last 48 hours have been saying it is only a matter of time before it is the dominant variant in the united states. that s certainly fed into the white house s
december. the new normal under climate change when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. donald trump is the only u.s. president to be impeached twice, and while he has always had loyalists and sycophants in congress, his first impeachment over a threatening phone call he made to the ukrainian president asking him to dig up dirt on the bidens is when his republican attack dogs really began to close ranks around him, at least in the way we ve come to think of them. there s a particular telling anecdote. back in 2019, in the middle of that first impeachment, donald trump was unhappy with the way his press coverage was going. he thought republicans were not doing a good enough job counterprogramming his impeachment hearings. in a meeting with the right wing house freedom caucus on october 22nd, then president trump reportedly said something to the effect of, quote, we need to be tough because democrats are fighting dirty and have been fighting
earlier this week, those texts were read into the record by members of the committee before they voted. i today, one of those anonymous lawmakers came forward himself. what jim jordan from ohio. of course one of donald trump s top allies in the house. sent a text to mark meadows the day before the insurrection about how the white house could attempted coup on january 6th. quote, on january six 2021, vice president mike pence, as president of the senate, should call on all of the electoral votes that he believes are unconstitutional as no electoral votes at all. in accordance with guidance from founding father alexander hamilton in judicial precedents. i think he means precedent. it goes on to include a lengthy citation from the federals paper like they do and text messages. now, nbc is reporting that that text was reportedly sent to jordan from a conservative lawyer and former adviser on donald trump s 2016 campaign and then jordan looked at the text and thought good idea. so
crowd. plus new reporting on unnamed lawmakers working with the white house. why a judge tossed trump s lawsuit to keep his taxes away from congress. and a closer look at the ongoing human victims of the big lie. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. right now as we speak the house of representatives are preparing to vote on holding donald trump s former chief of staff mark meadows in contempt of congress, a body in which he once served, for refusing to comply with subpoena from the january 6th committee. the debate on this resolution started this afternoon around 4:15. there was a bit of a holdup by republicans over accusations that house majority leader steny hoyer disparnged republican congressman jim banks. once they sorted through all that they picked up the debate around 5:30 p.m. the debate is done now. there s some other house business happening. we re waiting for them to vote on whether to refer mark meadows to the departmen