Learned after his firing. All that and the amazing story of a popup vaccination drive in a traffic jam in the snow. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. It is now three weeks since the january 6th attack on the capitol. A day that will live on in american history. People will study that day for decades and probably centuries to come and the majority of republican Members Of Congress who again voted on the side of that mob voted to overturn a free and fair democratic election, to install the loser over the winner against the will of the people, the majority of republicans, the ones who have done that, they have nothing to get back on the right side of the boundary they all crossed that day. On january 6th, with their votes, the members moved from what might be called the government of a loyal populous moved into Something Different and dangerous. Today nancy pelosi described the terrifying situation they find themselves in. I do believe and i have said th
Mr. Jon meacham, this book came out in august, congressman lewis passed in july, how long have you been working on this . Is a tricky question to answer, on one level it was 28 years, another level it was about six months. I met congressman lewis in 1992 during a Senate Runoff down in georgia, i was a reporter for the chattanooga times. Began kind of a running episodic about running conversation that we had over the ensuing three decades. I really decided to do it when i was standing with my family and Speaker Pelosi and congressman lewis and about a thousand other people on the pettus bridge in march and i realized watching the congressman that this was almost certainly his last trip there. I very much wanted to pay tribute to him but also wanted to hang a lantern on what had driven him to that bridge as a young man. As an example, and exemplum of how religious faith can be essential to political activists. Did he know you are working on this entity sit down with you . We talked a lot
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