apparently in la la land but this is cnn tonight. it is a very busy news night and for covering all of it for, you we ve got our breaking news, the man hunt going on right now for a convicted murderer who broke out of a prison in pennsylvania today. danilo is on the run after escaping the chester county prison, which is about 30 miles west of philadelphia. he had been sentenced to life without parole last week for the murder of his former girlfriend, stabbed 38 times everyone in front of her two young children. the dea says, quote, his depravity knows no bounds and this is someone who has nothing to lose, unquote. we have the very latest on the manhunt with dozens of law enforcement agencies, canine units are out, drones are, out helicopters, and we ll talk with that be a. plus, the very jailbird on trump turned himself in just one week ago in georgia is now the scene of a deadly violent act. and inmate was killed and at least two others injured in a mass stabbing and this
weekend. let s get right into the headlines. there is major news in holding trump s coup lawyer accountable even as some threaten putin style attacks on opponents if they get trump reelected. this is as a california judge ruled against trump lawyer john eastman today who separately awaits trial in georgia. mounting legal setbacks are significant because he was legal master mind and architect of key planks of the coup plot as january 6 hearings showed. he started to ask me about e something dealing with georgia g and preserving something potentially for appeal. i don t think it s your authority but frankly i think you have a duty. did dr. eastman admit his proposal would violate the electorial act. he acknowledged that was the case, even what he viewed as more politically palatable option would violate provisions. i said are you out of your effing mind? i want to hear two words coming out of your mouth from now on. orderly transition. orderly transition. that s a
explain what might be going on with mitch mcconnell, who appeared to free freeze in the middle of a q&a with reporters in kentucky today, just like he did at the capitol last month. senator you are up for reelection in 3 shorts short ears. what are your thoughts on it? that s okay. what are your thoughts on what are my thoughts about what? running for reelection in 2026. did you hear the question, senator? running for reelection in 2026? all right, i m sorry, y all, we are going to need a minute. so, what exactly is happening? and what does it say about the fitness of the 81-year-old senator to lead the republican caucus? and tonight, on the docket, a federal judge has determined that rudy giuliani has lost the defamation lawsuit from the georgia election workers ruby freeman and shaye moss. that s after he failed to provide information that was sought in he upended their lives when he singled them out, falsely accusing them of ballot tampering. i
will. the only way to break that is through the rule of law, the constitution and the rule of law. the ex-president keeps attacking his judge s family. they say that means she should be fair game. a delay from the highest court takes its toll. people like brett kavanaugh. he will step up. those people will step up. the trump attacks and the latest evidence the supreme court is letting him run out the clock. new data on the republican electorate still voting against trump and of primary election that is somebody over even as elite billionaire donors return. all in starts now. good evening. i m chris hayes. we are in a race against the clock ticking ever closer to election day as donald trump desperately tries to delay any effort to hold them accountable for his actions. in new york it looks like his efforts have been unsuccessful with the manhattan judge ruling this week that his hush money election interference trial will start april 15. the ex-president continu
trump has been organizing in all of the criminal indictments that he faces. here, though, in this situation this is going to be quite a question for the judge handling this case going forward, how does this case go to trial be, does it get split up, do defendants go to federal court, do some stay in state court. all of those questions are going to be a real driving force of what s happening in the coming days and weeks here because there are defendants like lawyer ken cheseboro, also another lawyer, sidney powell, that have quite vocally said yeah, we want to go to trial very fast, not like donald trump. and trump is wanting to distance himself from them and potentially others in this group of 19 total defendants. the d.a. s office from fulton county, they are already getting a trial date set on that calendar for october for cheseboro at least and want to keep all of the defendants together. but watching how this goes forward is going to be really crucial in that trump will k