candidate quality are rearing their head in georgia. our good air decided to float over to china s bad air. so when china gets our good air, their bad air gotta move. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. two weeks after the fbi executed that search warrant on his florida property, donald trump has finally issued a legal response if you want to call it that. not surprisingly, the attempt here is to stall the investigation into the allegedly classified information the fbi seized from mar-a-lago by asking the court to appoint what s called a special master. that s one who goes through and looks at the documents and sees if any are covered by executive privilege. that in itself does make a ton of sense. nevertheless, lots of legal observers say this all may be too little, too late. the case will be heard by judge aileen cannon who was appointed by trump, supported by far-right florida senator rick scott, before being confirmed in the lame du
yasmin vossoughian. i ll be back later with a report on the january six. hearings simone sanders starts. now greetings, you are watching simone. one of the most conservative judicial minds in america, tell us the january six committee, donald trump and his allies are still a clear and present danger to our democracy. that is happening right in front arise. plus, i have been saying, and republicans go low, it is time to go toe to toe. so i am asking, why aren t democrats changing from the we ve tops about ginni thomas and her alleged emails to trump attorney john eastman? you know, at the architect of the attempted coup. and, law versus protocol, i am very struck by how much the government functions on protocols that are not rules of law. so, we are going to dig into the difference today, and how this was on full display on january 6th. i am simone sanders, and i have something to say. e sanders, and i hav something to say all right i need you ought to listen. that the janua
showing pence and his family in hiding inside the capitol as the building was being ransacked by rioters. pence s daughter on the left side. his wife on the right pulling the curtains closed for extra safety. pence has good reason to be hiding. some of the rioters brought a gallows to the capitol while chanting for pence to be hanged. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. this is pence s former chief of staff will not testify in person tomorrow but clips from his video deposition are expected to be played. tonight, in an exclusive interview, short telling our very own wolf blitzer who he believes is responsible for the january 6th violence. i want to be clear, do you blame those surrounding the president for giving him bad advise or blame the then president himself? i think the buck stops with the president. he has responsibility to listen to advice or discard advice. i also think there were people around the president wh
pence. the white house council said pence did not have any authority to throw out the results. trump s pressure on pence, and i quote, directly contributed to the violent insurrection. let s take a look at this photo. it s obtained by abc news, showing pence and his family inside hiding, as the building was being ransacked by rioters. pence s daughter on the left side of the photo, his wife on the right, pulling the curtains closed for extra safety. and pence had good reasons to be hiding. some of the rioters brought gallows to the capitol while calling for pence to be hanged. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. pence s former chief of staff will not testify in person. but clips from his video deposition are expected to be played. tonight, in a short, telling wolf blitzer, who he believes is ultimately responsible for the january 6th violence. well, to be clear, do you blame those surrounding the president for giving him bad advice? or do
day after dramatic testimony where the january 6th committee showed what went on behind the scenes at the white house after president trump was told that he lost the election but refused to believe it and instead pushed his election lies. we are watching two key races in south carolina. that s where two gop members of the house are fighting to win renomination, both facing candidates backed by the former president. representative tom rice is one of ten house republicans that voted to impeach former president trump after the insurrection at the capitol. representative nancy mace didn t vote to impeach trump but refused to join if pack of house republicans who tried to block certification of joe biden s victory and has been aligning herself with the former president ever since. and polls just closed in nevada where a trump-backed candidate is running for the republican senate nomination. and in south carolina we re seeing more results coming in. and that s why i have the best o