new details on the company that the governor hired to transport unsuspecting migrants across the country, and its links to other top republicans. plus, how pleading the fifth and his fraud case could doom the disgraced ex president. the astonishing scenes of protests in iran. all in, starting right now. good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. republicans unveiled their agenda, if you can call it that, if they retake the house this november. before we get to that, the most revealing preview on what it comes to look like, came earlier this week. that is what the overwhelming majority of the house republican conference voted against a law, that would clarify the language of the electoral count act. that is a somewhat obscure piece of legislation for the 19th century, governing how presidents are elected, and how members of congress can object to electors. this would just fix part of it to, explicitly, state what was obvious. that a sitting president, and his supporters i
Not backing down, even though this case includes incriminating photos of gold bars, huge chunks of cash. Menendez says hes done nothing wrong and is confident hell be vi vindicated. I understand how deeply concerning this may be. However, the allegations levelled against me are just that, allegations. I recognize this will be the biggest fight yet. As ive saitated throughout the whole process, i firmly believe when all the facts are presented i will be exonerated. Weve been tracking this. Cara, we know the facts ads presented by the prosecution, all the cash, the gold bars and why the prosecution says he had it. What was his defense for having all this . Reporter so Senator Menendez really focusing on the allegations in the indictment to some extent. Hes been accused of taking cash, hundreds of thousands of dollars of gold bars and a mercedesbenz convertible in exchange for helping three new Jersey Business men and aiding the government of egypt. The senator saying the cash the fbi fou
greetings, everyone. you re watching symone. a major blow to women s rights, to make decisions about our own bodies even when our health is at risk. the texas supreme court blocked, at least for now, a dallas woman s court approved exception to the states abortion ban. kate cox needs emergency reproductive medical care. i ll be talking to her lead attorney about how justice is being delayed, and frankly, it s about to be denied. it isn t even justice? also chaos on capitol hill, not showing any signs of slowing down from a bogus impeachment inquiry both next week to the erosion of norms and civil liberties. led by house republican who rose to first overturn the 2020 presidential election, and talk about speaker mike johnson. followed a would-be dictator donald trump. congressman benny thompson is here to weigh in on what s next. plus, the presidents of harvard, penn and am i t facing major blow back after lawmakers press them to say rhetoric calling for the genocide of jews w
[laughter] climate change and the reality is, the anti carbon agenda is the wet blanket on our economy. and so the reality is, more people are dying of bad climate change policies than they are of actual climate change. what s going on in the crowd there with the screaming and upset is it is the oh, oh, he said they are all bought and paid for? is it what do you mean? [laughter] you can t you are all bought and paid for by big solar panels it was a weird moment. i will say, i was musing the other day going into this, i was like, wouldn t be great if there is a climate question? i know it s not going to happen most important policy issue, probably, with preserving american democracy, i think they re probably linked, is like what do you think?
to, explicitly, state what was obvious. that a sitting president, and his supporters in congress, cannot overturn the results of a free, and fair election, simply, by objecting to legitimate votes, bullying, and browbeating the vice president into assisting a coup. again, this is straightforward stuff. a technocratic fix to statutory language, making it clear, you cannot do what trump wanted to do. it is something any politician, even normally interested in preserving american democracy, should support. here s the thing, donald trump is not interested in preserving american democracy. he is, objectively, pro coup, which means the republican party remains firmly under his control is, objectively, pro coup as well. so, 203 house republicans voted against the bill on wednesday. only nine supported it. as democratic congressman, pete aguilar, noted on this program last night, not one of those nine members will be in