, good evening im mehdi hasan. Donald trump is facing multiple indictments, and another indictment of the former president is expected as early as next week in Fulton County, georgia. Several witnesses including the states former Lieutenant Governor now indicated theyve been called to investigate and a grand jury on tuesday. In washington, d. C. , jack smith, the doj Special Counsel prosecutor, has called for a new case to start on january 2nd loss in five months from now. So what happens if trump is convicted and sentenced to prison especially the side of an election . What will his supporters do . My nbc news colleague asked one of them at a rally in New Hampshire on tuesday. If donald trump were to be found guilty by a jury, where do you see this going . Civil war. Because we cant live together obviously. Now you might just dismiss that as the rantings of occultists trump superfan. This country is nowhere near civil war. Thats hyperbole. Have a listen to florida congressman matt gae
needed to be the speaker for a fourth consecutive time. florida republican byron donalds appear to have received just enough support to prevent kevin mccarthy from getting to 218. so what happens now? the house remaining paralyzed this hour. no committees, no legislation, elected members can t even be sworn in. they don t even know if they are getting paid at this point after they have tried and failed again four times to elect a speaker. it s a level of dysfunction unseen in modern political history. so let s bring in an incredible panel. senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. yamiche alcindor is our washington correspondent. doug high is a republican strategist for the rnc. peter baker is chief white house correspondent for the new york times and an msnbc political analyst. steve kornacki is at the big board. garrett, tell us what s happening this second and what should we make of it? we re watching kevin mccarthy on his way going 0 for 4. byron donalds, the l
barbara a moment ago i played that clip of florida congressman matt gaetz standing next to trump, van that only threw for skin you bring change in d.c.. how much does rhetoric like that republicans saying the quiet part out loud how much does that worry you, how much does that fit with your thesis? we have a name for people like that. we call them violent entrepreneurs. they trigger normalize violence, they trigger, they convince people that this is legitimate action. and what most people don t know is that they tend to stop in surges in civil, wars is not what most people think, it s not people who are oppressed and discriminated against. they don t have the capacity to rebel. if you look at over the hundreds of civil wars and insurgencies that have taken place over the last 100 years most of the ethically placed civil wars are people who who used to be dominant in a
posted on truth social upton is the single worst person republicans could pick as speaker. as a number of people have been asked about this, most of them seem to be saying no. there looks to be some heated exchanges going on among republicans on the house floor right now. yeah, i m watching this exchange. and on the fred upton thing, there s never been not a current member of the house to serve as speaker. i don t think we re anywhere close to a weird enough noemt time to get there. what you re looking at now is that group of republicans, matt gaetz standing, chip roy seated, and on the edge you have some of the more moderate republicans, including dusty johnson. he s an interesting figure and someone we ll get to know better in this new congress. he was just elected to head one of the more mainstream groups within the conference. he was a pretty quiet figure in the last conference, but think of him in the same relate the of