and how invalidating 2020 became a rhino litmus test in wisconsin. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. it has been about 32 hours since a trump appointed federal district judge issued this astonishing ruling, essentially siding with donald trump s lawyers, giving the ex president nearly everything he wanted and more in the case of his clearly on lawful and possibly criminal retention of classified documents that are not his. now, we will get to the details of the ruling itself, but first, it is notable that this decision has come under unbelievable, overwhelming and near universal criticism. law professor of duke university telling new york times, quote, this ruling is laughably bat and the justification is even flimsier. paul rosen by a former george w. bush official cause the ruling, quote, a generally unprecedented decision by a judge. andrew weissmann, formerly prosecutor and law investigation, who i speak to at this table in a moment, w
but my attitude is very much day by day. you know, that keeps my spirits high. returning to cash to stay on top costs. the post office reports a record number of cash withdrawals, as people reduce card use to feel more in control of their finances. good morning from birmingham. more in control of their finances. the last day of the commonwealth games after a golden sunday for all the home nations, with victories on the track, in the boxing ring and in the women s hockey too. good morning, through this week some of us will once again experience a heatwave with some parts getting up to 35, 36, with a lot of dry, sunny weather. i will have all the details throughout the programme. it s monday, 8th of august. our main story. a bbc survey of more than 7,000 dental practices has found that nine in 10 nhs dentists across the uk are not accepting new adult patients for treatment on the health service. those in need are having to wait years for treatment and some have taken matters in
Other state do, based on the 14th amendment, would you have them just leave trump off the ballot? no, there should be a court declaration, and s o there would have to be a separate lawsuit that would be filed in which there would be a finding that the former president engaged in insurrection and that would disqualify him. the other way would be that if a specific state made that determination on their own, that would put the burden of someone else challenging that, either way, it winds up in for in court but i expect those lawsuits to be filed, i expect some states to take that action but i think it s a serious jeopardy for donald trump under our constitution, not being qualified. let s talk about strategy on the stage. how much do you think this debate is going to matter without donald trump on the stage and what is your approach going to be to the elephant in
Like. yeah, they run like it. even in state wide elections, ron johnson is running in cutting social security and making sure that manufacturing jobs day overseas. these are not the things that people want to appeal to the majority of voters in a state do. in a state legislator, it is one giveaway after another. , right now tony evers has been able to veto 128 right-wing extreme bills that wisconsin does not have some of the most extreme right wing policies of any state in the country. right, you gotta reverse, so you got a statewide election. people safe, we want to see what governor, tony evers, and his tight state, but the drawn maps, well, in a 50/50, we make it into bidding distance of two thirds we just reform these two houses that we have drawn for ourselves. this is insane state of affairs. the question of whether we
Rights and one of the things that was clear [ cheers and applause ] was that this was a phony attempt for him to appear as though he had a parliamentary victory. and so i issued a statement, that s what secretaries of state do, and i basically said, based on independent observations and analysis this was unfair, not free illegitimate election. so you heard her directly blame putin for the hacking. she s not alone. the u.s. intelligence community believes they have the goods. a month before the election they identified russia for this and said senior-most russian officials would have had to approve this. in russia that means putin. now they have more intelligence to support that conclusion. i think we re headed towards crisis territory here because you have an outgoing president who accepts the intelligence communities judgment that