researcher. obviously this administration is very focused on turning the coroner this pandemic. did we learn anything in that presser? i think this is the president providing an update after he had gotten a briefing with his team earlier this morning, but we should note that it does come as some polls have shown that as we ve seen the economy has really struggled to overcome the pandemic and you ve seen the numbers lately. some americans have lost faith about what the president is saying about the pandemic and this is part of an attempt by the white house to have him in front of a camera speaking about the pandemic and the steps it a they are talking and also to talk about essentially trying to reassure persons that this is something that the president is focused on because it is something that he s said since the beginning of his presidency will be critical to his success as a president which is not just getting people vaccinated and talking about the pandemic which he did
america. from backed up ports to flights on planes, america s search for a new post-pandemic normal. all that and the washington football team cheer leaders still seeking justice in the wake of jon gruden s firing. it s high time that this was exposed and that the nfl takes action. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, just hours ago the january 6th select committee issued a brand new subpoena. this one for trump justice department official jeffrey clark. we ve talked about clark before on this program. he is a key figure. clark is a lifelong republican lawyer. nothing particularly remarkable about his career. he became the acting assistant attorney general for the doj s civil division, which is a very big job at the very end of donald trump s term. that was when a lot of people were fleeing, right. once trump lost the election, jeffrey clark became one of the leading voices, if not the leading voice pushing the justice department to pl
president donald trump. i m also fully aware we have invited numerous guests on to this show over the years newsmakers, experts, former government officials, who have also at times expressed tough minded sentiments about donald trump. i am not hiding the ball here. i know that this show broadly speaking has had a lot of tough words for the former president and his behavior. but tonight i feel i need to give credit where credit is due. if you had asked me in the past whether that particular former president could bring america together across partisan lines, i would have scoffed at you. if you had put the proposition to me that donald trump of all people could bring republicans who support him and democrats together as one, if not in unison at least in harmony, i would not have believed you that he would be the man to do that but here we are tonight. i want to tell you that i am able to admit it. in a very special and specific way donald trump tonight has brought america tog
remarkable about his, career he became the acting assistant attorney general for the doj s civil division, which is a very big job, at the very end of donald trump s term, that s when a lot of people were fleeing. once trump lost the election, jeffrey clark became one of the leading voices, if not the leading voice, pushing the justice department, to play its role in trump s attempts to overturn the election. clark even reportedly plotted directly with trump, two outs the acting attorney general, jeffrey rosen at the, time and take his job. the senate judiciary committee detailed some of clark s actions in that bombshell report last week. they pointed out that he met with trump personally and then urged the department of justice leadership to interview in the georgia election. he drafted a kind of template letter, a letter from the acting attorney general, to send georgia, titled georgia proof of concept. basically telling, then the doj is investigating voter fraud, and you s
but tonight i feel i need to give credit where credit is due. if you had asked me in the past whether that particular former president could bring america together across partisan lines, i would have scoffed at you. if you had put the proposition to me that donald trump of all people could bring republicans who support him and democrats together as one, if not in unison at least in harmony, i would not have believed you that he would be the man to do that, but here we are tonight. i want to tell you that i am able to admit it. in a very special and specific way donald trump tonight has brought america together across partisan lines. with this statement that he just released. i will read it to you in full. he says, quote, if we don t solve the presidential election fraud of 2020, which we have thoroughly and conclusively documented, republicans will not be voting in 22 or 24. it is the single most important thing for republicans to do. ta-da. democrats and republicans join h