Replacement in sight. Repeal and replace is going great. And racial bias, Excessive Force and reckless shootings. Todays doj report on the Chicago Police department when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. There is just one week to go until donald trump becomes the president of the United States. He has not even taken office yet and already trump is historically unpopular. His transition, arguably clouded by more serious scandals and controversy than all eight years of the Obama Administration combined. As questions mount about the circumstances of trumps election and his alleged ties to a foreign adversary. Democrats appear to be reaching a breaking point. In an interview with chuck todd, georgia congressman, Civil Rights Icon john lewis became the first to declare openly what i believe many lawmakers have until now only suggested. I dont see this
President Elect as a legitimate president. You do not consider him a legitimate president . Why is that .
That is how they used to do it when he was in charge. Now that the white house has handpicked someone to take over that job, apparently we get the kushner forms 7 00 on a friday night. That does it for us tonight. Well see you again on monday. Now its time for the last word. Ari melber sitting in for lawrence tonight. Good evening, ari. Good evening, rachel. Sometimes the news breaks late and people ask why, and theres no reason. And then sometimes it feels like maybe theres a reason. Thats right. And, you know, some of these things, i just feel like its because were all cursed, and we dont get real weekends. So fridays just end up being a busy day. But there are some things in the news tonight that feel like legit, deliberate Friday Night News dumps that are supposed to be burying these things. Right. And your reporting on what outgoing former director shaub said adds context to that. I am ari melber in for Lawrence Odonnell this evening. It seems Attorney General Jeff Sessions week d
to disclose business partners, business liabilities, ongoing projects, any of the kind of stuff that could give us a clue as to whether there were serious concerns in a security area because he s vulnerable to blackmail or to leveraging for financial reasons. so when trump and his people say he has provided more disclosure than anybody else in history, look at all this paper we let you guys say, you say quantity is not quality? no. he produced less information of his predecessors since the ethics and government act. his financial disclosure report was compliant with the law. i signed that. of course they asked to not have him sign it. he would have been the first person out of all the millions of financial disclosure reports to not certify that his report is true. what are shaub s big
it tells us that the hints we had before that mueller is is really good at keeping information confidential seems to be proving to be true right now. and it also tells me that somebody is feeling the squeeze and feels the need to get this information out on behalf of don mcgahn, whether it s mcgahn himself or somebody who cares about mcgahn, it certainly seems to be an effort to paint him in a good light. i thank you for your time. and by the way i didn t do it your face i called you schwab earlier. i m sure it happens a lot. listen, if you get anywhere in the neighborhood of shaub, i ll be happy. thank you. i appreciate your time. bringing in robert ray who a form white water independent counsel. michael zeldin. robert mueller s former special assistant at the doj process legal analyst laura coates and thank you all for joining us
that is how they used to do it when he was in charge. now that the white house has hand-picked someone to take over that job, apparently we get the kushner forms 7:00 on a friday night. that does it for us tonight. we ll see you again on monday. now it s time for the last word. ari melber sitting in for lawrence tonight. good evening, ari. good evening, rachel. sometimes the news breaks late and people ask why, and there s no reason. and then sometimes it feels like maybe there s a reason. that s right. and, you know, some of these things, i just feel like it s because we re all cursed, and we don t get real weekends. so fridays just end up being a busy day. but there are some things in the news tonight that feel like legit, deliberate friday night news dumps that are supposed to be burying these things. right. and your reporting on what outgoing former director shaub said adds context to that. i am ari melber in for lawrence o donnell this evening. it seems attorney general