chronological order, the lead up to january 6th, and now they are coming to the crucial moment, at the end, when the attack is going on, and addressing the question is what was donald trump doing. to me, i remember watching the events unfold, to me, the most memorable thing that donald trump said on that day when he finally was in the public, made a public statement, what did he say about people writing? he said, we love you. that, to me, sums up his approach towards this riot from the beginning. what we don t know and what we will start find out thursday night, is, what was happening inside the white house during those 187 minutes. who was talking to the president, what were they saying, what was the president saying in response and why wasn t he going to the public saying stop this madness. we all remember, and everyone was saying, where s the president? why isn t he saying anything right now? what is going on? the chairman, vinny thompson is telling our colleague that th
Kim jonguns planned and very rare trip to russia. What it could mean to ukraine, and what a former american four star general makes of that and other Key Developments in the par. Plus, is it passover already . The exodus is on from the burning man desert, where Tens Of Thousands have been stranded by a plague of mud. Good evening. John berman here in for anderson. We begin this labor day evening with a picnic, president ial politics, and polling. They all came together in New Hampshire. Several republican Candidates Stumping at the same picnic, and new polling thats no picnic for all but donald trump. It matters, the experts say, because now is when voters really start paying attention. And this is attention getting. Trump now has the race nearly to himself. 59 Report Support from republicans. His nearest rival, ron desantis, now 46 points behind. As for a potential trumpbiden matchup in the general election, its 4039 and a large number, 17 , undied. Head to head without third parties
ringleaders get a free pass. then, the anatomy of a collapse. we ve become a party of losers at the end of the day. rebecca on the ongoing rejection of abortion restrictions across the country. across the state, we are going to bed knowing that we own our own bodies. plus, what is joe manchin s announcement means for the effort to defeat trump. i don t think that democracy as we know it will withstand another trump administration. and is israel announces intermittent pauses in their strikes, the on what we know about what is happening in gaza. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. good big development today. the case of the fallen off the radar over the past few months. special counsel jack smith s federal election interference case against donald trump. even as the ex president dries to wriggle and bully his way out of accountability for his various misdeeds, to lash out at the judge, the prosecutors, special counsel s
capital on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. jack smith tips his hand on how he plans to prosecute trump. as described in the indictment, fueled by lies. tonight the new evidence the republican front runner will be treated like the people he sent to the capital. ours is not a system of justice where footsoldiers go to jail and the masterminds and ringleaders get a free pass. then, the anatomy of a collapse. we ve become a party of losers at the end of the day. rebecca on the ongoing rejection of abortion restrictions across the country. across the state, we are going to bed knowing that we own our own bodies. plus, what is joe manchin s announcement means for the effort to defeat trump. i don t think that democracy as we know it will withstand another trump administration. and is israel announces intermittent pauses in their strikes, the on what we know about what is happening in gaza. when all in star
one of the things i feel like i ve learned in his hearing is how important this to:24 tweet was. think about what was going on at that moment, the capital is under attack at that moment, the assault has begun, and what does the president do? he attacks mike pence, and we have seen video of the rioters reading the tweet out loud and saying, look, the president is with us. it is just so important to learn the context of why he tweeted that statement at that time, and the people around him may be able to explain that. any person, any boss, any leader, you see writers going to the capital with trump hats on, wouldn t the first thing you do is get in front of the camera and say stop it?