campaign fund on legal fees. donald trump takes the money and runs. trump was pushing them to do that. he wanted to be named the presumptive nominee. tonight, how trump has effectively destroyed his own political party, up and down the ticket. then this is a dangerous moment in the middle east. the latest on the possible u.s. military response as the republican front runner avoids the issue. if you were there today would you it wouldn t have happened if i were in the white house. republican infighting over border security. which one will win out? [inaudible] the podcast are from texas under pressure. i m right no, as you know, in a very tough reelection race in texas. one of the democrats seeking to lose joins me when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we got a news today that confirmed something that we kind of knew already, which is the republican party doesn t really exist anymore as an institution. it has esse
and runs. trump was pushing them to do that. he wanted to be named the presumptive nominee. tonight, how trump has effectively destroyed his own political party. up and down the ticket. then this is a dangerous moment in the middle east. the latest on the possible u.s. military response as the republican front runner avoids the issue. if you were there today would you it wouldn t have happened if i were in the white house. republican infighting over border security. which one will win out? [inaudible] the podcast are from texas under pressure. i m right no, as you know, in a very tough reelection race in texas. one of the democrats said did lose joins me when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we got a news today that confirmed something that we kind of knew already, which is the republican party doesn t really exist anymore as an institution. it has essentially cannibalized by donald trump, subsumed into marga. wit
the vote to come in. we expect donald trump to be the winner. we are standing by to hear donald trump speak about his victory. we heard from nikki haley a short while ago. here is a little bit of what she said. the other day, donald trump accused me of not providing security at the capitol on january 6. i have long called for mental competency tests for politicians over the age of 75. trump claims he would do better than me in one of those tests. maybe he would. maybe he wouldn t. but if he thinks that, them he should have no problem standing on a debate stage with me. tough words from nikki haley. let s go to kristin holmes. i don t suppose there s any second guessing about trump s campaign strategy to avoid all debates or interviews with anybody that might ask a tough question much the gauntlet has been thrown down by governor haley this evening. reporter: it has. i have no reason to believe that donald trump is going to take her up on that offer. i asked about this n
he was born in 1827, he was a minister in the church, he served as a chaplain for the union army during the american civil war. then in 1870, he was elected by the mississippi legislature to the united states senate believe it or not. the first ever black man stand to either body of congress in our country s history, was him. it is sort of hard to imagine that today, mississippi was the first day to actually send a black man to the, congress but they did. and they did it all the way back in 1870. and then believe it or not, an 1875, they did it again. the mississippi legislator said blanche k bruise to the united states senate. that s the second time ever a black man was elected to that chamber. and you re probably wondering why or how that happened. the reason mississippi was actually able to make history like that all the way back in the 1870s was because of reconstruction. after the civil war, mississippi was forced to adopt a bunch of new laws and franchising the states n
ironic it is that your the justice says when they re nominate and they re going through the confirmation process, they say we don t like to comment on hypothetical cases. and it was watching the opening segment and it was like no one is aggrieved, there actually is no case here, but they have no problem making decisions about hypothetical cases if, that, say someone one day was aggrieved. that s a great point. they re-found their ability to weigh in on high post. exactly. great show as always, my friend. great to see, you enjoy the rest of your evening off. and thanks to at-home for joining us tonight. alex has the night off. i m filling in for her this evening. but we begin tonight with the supreme court. and his name was jerome rebels he was born in 1827 he was a minister in the amy church. he served as a chaplain for the army for the american civil war. and in 1870, he was elected by the mississippi legislator to the united states senate believe it or not. the firs