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sounding alarms over an authoritarian republican party. plus, brandy with new reporting on how january 6th extremism is being felt on the local level across the country. and what we re learning from the chaos of another back-to-school moment in year three of the pandemic. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, and happy new year to you all. as we enter this new year and brace for the anniversary of january 6th, now one of the most ig no minius dates in american history, the future of american democracy still hangs in the balance, resting on a knife s edge and one of the most important roles that the bipartisan committee investigating the insurrection is taking on, aside from fact-finding, which is important, is just the simple act of reminding the country what was true in the moments while the attack unfolded and in the moments afterwards, which is that what happened was horrific and extremely existentially dangerous to the coun ....
illness than previous variants but that who is whining against complacency. we that who is whining against complacency- that who is whining against comlacen .~ ., that who is whining against comlacen . ., . ., complacency. we are concerned that eole are complacency. we are concerned that people are dismissing complacency. we are concerned that people are dismissing omicron - complacency. we are concerned that people are dismissing omicron as . people are dismissing omicron as mild. surely we have learned by now that we underestimate this virus at our peril. borisjohnson boris johnson and his borisjohnson and his government try to navigate this pandemic. borisjohnson is facing his biggest backbench rebellion since he became prime minister with more than 70 conservative mps expected to reject his plan to bring in covid passes in england. it s one of three votes this evening on new measures. we are expecting them all to pass, because the opposition labour party has ....
trump argued with aides asking him to intervene, and it backs up the call with kevin mccarthy, and mccarthy told trump you need to make this stop. trump s response was they are more upset than you because they believe it more than you. the source present for the taping of the video telling carl, quote, trump had to tape the message several times before they got it right. in earlier rejected versions, trump neglected to tell saw supporters to leave the capitol. including bogus theories that thermostats from china may have changed votes. the revelations, the desperate revelations to overthrow democracy may show why trump and his team are so hard to block the committee from the archives. a new warning today from one of his former press secretaries. i think it will be nothing but revenge, retribution and how he can benefit himself. there will be pardons happening, and draconian policies that will go too far. if he s re-elected it will be a very scary time. joining me ....
getting a brand-new press secretary. her appointment is a historic, to say the least. we had on these topics and more throughout the show today. we begin with another daring rescue mission. in one of the most brutalized cities in ukraine. take a look at this video shared by the national guard. they say it shows persistent bombing at a steel plant in mariupol, this week. msnbc news has not been able to verify when the video was shot. the head of the presidential office says that amid a steady flow of missile strikes, the un and international red cross, launched another operation on friday, to evacuate civilians from the steel plant. they say that 500 people have been able to escape in recent days. according to president zelenskyy, about 200 civilians are still trapped in the tunnels beneath the factory with little food or water. a fierce group of ukrainian fighters are still resisting russian demands to surrender with one commander reporting, quote, heavy, bloody fightin ....
but an adviser to president zelenskyy just said this, quote, sooner or later debts will have to be paid back. that is why disarming the belgorod vor on nez depots is a absolutely natural process. karma is a cruel thing. russia is escalating its economic attacks beyond ukraine into the west. it shut off gas supplies to poland and bulgaria. they ve shut those off because the nations refuse to pay for the gas in rubles. this is significant. both countries rely on russian energy, they are nato members, and both have aided in the ukrainian defense. in the meantime ukraine now admitting it is taking significant losses in the east as the russians are intensifying attacks there in this new strategic bombardment of the area. and in the south a second missile strike overnight on a strategic bridge near odesa, this is actually video from the first strike. new images coming in moments ago showing the damage there, this is a rail and road bridge and it s the only link betwee ....