Rampant voter fraud in the 2020 election. A lie so hazardous to the democracy that an insurrection at the capitol didn t break the spell. In his oped this weekend manchin spesk cli came out against changes to the filibuster that would have allowed democrats to advance legislation with a simple majority vote and manchin didn t just assert that the loyalty to the filibuster is out of a bleefr that it does more good than harm but manchin chose the legislation to make official the declaration of independence from the facts around the gop assault on voting rights at the very moment that president biden signaled the urgency. From the washington post reporting on that it comes as biden intensified his rhetoric against republicanled efforts to restrict voter access at the state level. It also serves as a washing that manchin will not bend despite the pressure to drop his demands for bipartisan deals at a time few seem possible. The reality of this very political moment is something fox news c
including mr. biden who s then a leading contending for the democratic presidential nomination. among the devices seized is cell phone and ipad and a laptop according to new reporting from shep smith over at cnbc. the warrant was approved eight days after the bipartisan vote to confirm deputy attorney general monaco and represents an about face in terms of justice department s posture toward pursuing investigations into potential crimes committed by trump allies. from today s the new york times reporting, quote under mr. trump senior political appointees in the justice department repeatedly sought to block such a warrant, the new york times reportsed, slowing the investigation as it was gaining momentum last year. after merrick garland was confirmed as attorney general the department lifted the objection to the search. donald trump was impeached for actions for essentially extorting an american ally at risk of russian military aggression. trump s impeachment linked to ear
and the fight for voting rights finally begins on the senate floor and the shocking report of a supreme court justice and his refusal to wear a mask to protect his supreme court colleague. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. tonight the committee investigating the seditious conspiracy to overthrow the 2020 election has moved one step closer to donald trump himself who by all accounts is not close with many people. but for years especially since the start of his political career there has been one man by his side. rudy giuliani. early in his own career in new york, giuliani, of course, made his name as a tough, hard charging crime fighting prosecutor. he would head up one of the most powerful trial courts in the country, the southern district of new york. that catapulted him to mayor and despite a polarizing tenure as mayor he then rose to national prominence after 9/11 just weeks before he was set to leave office. in 2008 giuliani was con
the way. they have important things to say. i just have to turn on their microphones. one of those nights i will get out of your way so you can get out of their way my friend. thank you, rachel. the supreme court of the united states today, the solicitor general of the state of mississippi kept insisting with the apparent agreement of republican appointed justices that the constitution does not include a right to abortion. but the two women lawyers in the courtroom today defending the right to abortion as specified in the supreme court s 1973 decision roe vs. wade insisted that the right to abortion is in the foundational documents of the united states of america. first, in the declaration of independence, we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. and then in the very first sentence of the constitution th
when global leaders meet for climate summits, as they re preparing to do in glasgow in ten days time, a special effort is always made to create the appearance of unity. but whether everyone really is singing from the same hymn sheet remains an open question. a leaked trove of documents seen by the bbc reveals that a number of countries have been privately lobbying the intergovernmental panel on climate change in an attempt to influence the conclusions they have drawn. saudi arabia, japan and australia are among those countries that have asking the un to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels. brazil and argentina, two of the biggest producers of beef products, argue strongly against the evidence that moving to a plant based diet is necessary to cut greenhouse gas emissions. our climate editor justin rowlatt reports. the clock is ticking on tackling climate change. the science says unless we start making dramatic cuts to emissions now, we risk very serious