Middle east where the region is a knifes edge. The possibility of a broader conflict is starting to look more like an inevitability. The only hope to stall Vie Lens is a Cease Fire. We see news reports that iran is rejecting pressure from the United States, france, the u. K. , germany and italy to stand down or delay retaliation for assassination of the Hamas Leader that happened about a week ago. Irans Foreign Minister declared the country is determined to defend its national Security And Sovereignty and that calls to deescalate lack political yod ideology. In reports that iran was ready to take part, irans mission to the United Nations says no. It will not. More critically, hamas says it wont take part in the latest round of negotiations either which by the way are still scheduled for thursday. So what happens next and what does prime Minister Netanyahu trying to achieve now . There is increasing worry that israel is dragging the u. S. Into the war and if so, why . Joining us now fro
charlie hurt, joe joe concha, straight ahead. sandra: that and more coming up but we began with some president moved by the justice department. a former president trump s lawyer rudy giuliani now in federal custody after agents executed a search warrant on new york city apartment and office yesterday. breaking news during this hour, hello, i m sandra smith in new york and this is america reports. john: hi, sandra john, and computers and cell phones on the radon rudy giuliani s home and tells fox news they did not take the hard drive believed to contain contents of hunter biden s laptop. sandra: slamming the search is a political move by the biden justice department suggesting they would should be focused on the investigation into the president s son instead. john: live at the justice department with the very latest, hi, david. the president s son hunter biden is under federal investigation right now with several investigations dealing with his overseas business bu
jail. plus why the voting reform bill that just passed the house is crucial for democracy. and as vaccination rates climb, dr. peter hotez on why we may soon hit an anti-vaxxer problem when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. on january 6th of this year, shortly after noon, news leaks that merrick garland would be getting a huge new job. two sources familiar tell my colleague mike memoli and me that president-elect joe biden has selected judge merrick garland to serve as his attorney general. merrick garland is someone who is widely viewed who can be a unifying force within the department of justice, trying to restore public faith in that institution and restoring morale within it. garland, of course, everyone knew, went through a historic snubbing in 2016 after then-president obama nominated him to fill antonin scalia s vacant seat on the supreme court. and for nearly a year, senate republicans pulled an unprecedented stunt, refu
reports about that day, it is donald trump s dereliction of duty as thompson puts it in this new interview with the post that is a key focus of the as it reaches deputy deeper and deeper into trump world with dozens of subpoenas and depositions. and that has led to a serious push on the other side to stonewall the committee with lawsuits not just from donald trump himself, who sued to block the committee from getting their hands on his records. that suit is now going to be before the supreme court. also from those loyal to trump, folks like alex stone and michael flynn. trump s current spokesman, a guy named taylor bud witch is the latest ally to sue the committee. his lawsuit reveals just how much he has already shared shared with the january 6th select committee. politico reports, quote, he indicated in the suit that he had already provided, quote, more than 1,700 pages of documents, and roughly four hours of sworn testimony to the panel. it s cooperation that he said shoul
hospitalizations haven t seen that rapid rise, up only 3% in the last week. testing the remains. huge concern as the united states tries to keep the numbers down. long lines await those attempting to take a covid test as we look at footage from raleigh, north carolina. scenes like that playing out across the country, some of the largest cities and states breaking records and case numbers. new york setting a new high with 44,000 new cases reported on friday alone. in los angeles, meantime, new cases tripled in the last week. the surge, of course, having big impact on holiday travel. several major airlines cancelling hundreds of flights because of staffing shortages. alison kosik is monitoring the developments. new york is seeing so many cases now, what s being done to slow it down? boris, great to see you. new york s governor, mayor, they continue to urge people to go ahead and get vaccinated if they haven t been, and they re telling people to get a booster if you have been