requests in the coming weeks. and the president in the oval office told russia s ambassador that the pressure is off now that the, quote, nut job james comey was fired. no puppet. no puppet. it s pretty clear. tonight the case for obstruction of justice. the white house responds. and all of the massive fallout from these two stories when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. with the president in the air on his first overseas trip, major developments in the stories still surrounding the white house he leaves behind. tonight the stunning revelations that a senior white house adviser is under investigation. that the president bragged to russian officials in the oval office about the firing of his fbi director and finally that former director comey himself has agreed to testify publicly before the senate. first, the investigation. the washington post first to report today that the law enforcement investigation into possible coordinat
world and the ryan republican faction. these days the front page of bannon s old stomping ground, breitbart, suggests that trump s white house is in a full-on civil war with the battle for trump s right-hand man reaching game of thrones level proportions. the alt-right blog has led the charge in blaming paul ryan for the health bill s failure. it s also starting chatter as replacing ryan as speaker of the house pinning the stunning health care loss on ryan. after trump set a tweet about janine s fox show another right wing outlet got involved. now, i certainly have not spoken with the president about any of this, but i can only imagine that he and his aides took on health care because they believed you had his back and you didn t. paul ryan needs to step down as speaker of the house. as these internal republican factions solidify and we learn just how much control trump has over them, perhaps the lesson learned is when your party plays the game of thrones, you win, or you
headed to syria? yes. then after a strong showing in kansas, democrats hope to flip a gop seat in georgia. congressman john lewis and eric swalwell join me from atlanta on the resistance. plus bernie sanders on how dems plan to take back congress. gabe sherman on his bombshell bill o reilly report. caution. and all of the promises china cheats. they devalue their currency. the president has broken in just the last 24 hours. i think it s fairly safe to assume that was hyperbole. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. on a day in which the u.s. secretary of state met in person in moscow with vladimir putin, tonight new details on a third member of the trump campaign who may have acted as a foreign agent. today a spokesman for paul manafort says the former chairman of the trump campaign is now in talks to register retroactively with the u.s. government as a foreign agent for his lobbying work in ukraine where manafort
neck, both hands, slid him to the side, body slammed him, and then got on top of him and started punching. will greg gianforte join congress after allegedly committing assault? tonight, my exclusive interview with the reporter who got sent to the hospital for asking about health care. the guardian s ben jacobs when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the fbi s russia investigation now involves one of the closest members of the president s inner circle. nbc news reporting tonight that jared kushner, the president s son-in-law and senior adviser, has now come under fbi scrutiny according to multiple u.s. officials. investigators believe kushner has significant information relevant to their inquiry, officials said. that does not mean they suspect him of a crime or intend to charge him. this follows a washington post report late last week that investigators had identified a current white house official as a significant person of interest,
good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, breaking news tonight, the associated press citing three administration officials that white house lawyers have instructed the president s aides to preserve materials that could be connected to russian interference in the 2016 election and other related investigations. much more on that story ahead but first, if, like the president of the united states, you are the kind of person that judges success solely by television ratings, then the president s address to a joint session of congress was a flop. it drew a significantly smaller audience than president obama s first address by about 9%. viewership notwithstanding, professional observers have showered last night s speech with praise for avoiding the president s usual bombast, offering what they said was an optimistic vision for america s future. but while there was no talk of american carnage last night, make no mistake, that was the same donald trump advancing the same agenda.