maybe he figured it out years ago when he was positioning himself to be a producer of jeopardy. maybe this was a long game. but actually he has hosted game shows in the past for gsm, cw, reality shows as well. so he does have a hosting track record and did get pretty strong reviews when he did fill in. i think something that s going on here, john, is interesting the producer of jeopardy i m told want a full-time host, somebody committed to the show, known for only doing jeopardy. that s a hard thing when you re trying out some of the biggest stars in the world like iron rodgers, for example, who really wanted the job. the reality is a lot of people really wanted this job. maybe choosing the producer is the easy way out. maybe. it s hard to get the job when the producer wants it. just saying. just saying. no sour grapes. you were a great contestant. brian, awesome to see you this morning. thanks. and new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers here in the
top of the hour now. i m victor blackwell. i m alisyn camerota. it s an historic day for the united states as congress continues to wrestle with the aftermath of the 2020 election and the january 6th insurrection. today in a swift voice vote, house republicans ousted congresswoman liz cheney as their conference chair because they stands by the truth. that donald trump was defeated legitimately and there was no vast election fraud. we cannot both embrace the big lie and embrace the constitution. remember, the lies about the election drove trump supporters to riot and attack police officers and desecrate the u.s. capitol on january 6th while calling for the vice president then, mike pence, to be hanged. and the facts of the january 6th insurrection are being twisted and whitewashed. we saw it today. listen to some republicans at a heated hearing about the capitol attack. the fbi is fishing through homes of veterans and citizens with no criminal records and restricting t
and unpacking the headline about herd immunity in the u.s. new reporting on what is motivating people who refuse to take the covid vaccine when all in starts right now. good evening, from new york. i m chris hayes. you know, when joe biden was running for president, his fundamental promise was to defeat the virus, get the country up and running again, and just be the polar opposite of donald trump by, you know, laying low. trying to unify the country around big goals. at the time, trump thought this was risible. he mocked biden calling him, quote, the most boring human being i ve ever seen. we are now more than a hundred days into the biden presidency. and so far, president biden is basically ticking through every box. delivering on the big promises. and there is new polling showing that, maybe, boring is exactly what a lot of people wanted. i mean, i have said this before and i want to stress it, again. biden s approach to the presidency, so far, is completely different, i
treyvon free is here, writer and director. good evening and happy mother s day. i m mehdi hasan. the republican party is working hard so that come 2024, it can rig the next presidential election in its favor. that s not beating around the bush. that s what s going on here. first, assuming they win back the house next year, gop can block the certification of the 2024 results if they don t like them. but that means also getting rid of any republicans in congress who aren t on board. if you voted in favor of impeaching donald trump, if you said the election wasn t stolen, the republicans are coming for you. ask liz cheney, who is about to lose her leadership position. ask mitt romney, who got booed by republicans back in utah. we ll talk more about the liz cheney angle to this story later with linda chavez. the second element to this gop strategy for 2024 is even more crucial and disturbing. an all-out assault on voting rights and on election officials at the state level. trum
first, assuming they win back the house next year, gop can block the certification of the 2024 results if they don t like them. but that means also getting rid of any republicans in congress who aren t on board. if you voted in favor of impeaching donald trump, if you said the election wasn t stolen, the republicans are coming for you. ask liz cheney, who is about to lose her leadership position. ask mitt romney, who got booed by republicans back in utah. ask anthony gonzalez who was censured by his own state party. we ll talk more about the liz cheney angle to this story later with linda chavez. the second element to this gop strategy for 2024 is even more crucial and disturbing. an all-out assault on voting rights and on election officials at the state level. trump is encouraging the purge of state election officials, who defied him by, you know, following the election laws in their states. think brad raffensperger. and in 40 out of 50 states, there have been over 350 votin