apparatus, and to be in them with it. they wouldn t help trump and democracy. it is being punished with. that s as much as these are directed at me, it is directed at the institution of the military. and, the big decision from the judge in the trump coup trial as the truth comes out in a new york court. maybe he is not as rich as he says he is. this weekend, more good polling for the biden campaign. the latest on from the republican front runner to avoid the debate stage. the headline is, why is he afraid to debate? he is afraid to get on the stage. what is the former president afraid of? all in, starting right now. good evening to you new york, i m chris hayes. tonight, the republican primary debate featuring a bunch of candidates not named donald trump, pulling in a distant second amounts. what is likely being laid bare on that stage, even without trump president, it is it used to be box standard republican issues, it was serving the ex president that
just the opposite. also tonight, kevin mccarthy s government shutdown is now just three days away with little hope he can get control of his chaos caucus in time to avert disaster. democratic house leader hakeem jeffries joins me. but we begin with breaking news tonight. judge tanya chutkan, presiding over donald trump s federal election interference case, has rejected trump s request for her to recuse herself in the case. judge chutkan s thorough rebuke that he should be prosecuted and imprisoned. it s trump s second defeat by a judge in just two days. yesterday s ruling by a new york judge, an attorney general latitia james civil lawsuit against trump undercut one of his most consequential myths, the lie that trump was in real life the character that he played on tv for 14 seasons on the apprentice. billionaire, successful real estate developer, a wise businessman. but the truth was, and still is, that the twice-impeached, four times indicted, civilly liable for sexua