And why is the speaker of the house considering letting this guy investigate an insurrection. We know what this is about, this is Impeachment Round three for the democrats, when all in starts right now. Good evening from New York, im chris hayes, there is big Breaking News about another close Trump Associate arrested and charged with crimes of corruption, his name is Tom Barrack, hes a Billionaire Businessman he is accused of illegally lobbying Donald Trump on behalf of the united arab emirates. Prosecutors in New York unsealed a huge seven count, 46 page indictment, were Gonna Go through it, we have a reporter who is reporting on this. But this is a very important development, for a bunch of reasons. When we last were here, Last Night, we were talking about the fate of the Rule Of Law, and particularly in the period where the Justice Department changed hands from william barrs, and then the final days of the Trump Administration, which Jeff Rosen to merrick garland. Last night we were
Of Extra CovId deaths. Its Important for us To Focus on what really matters to the people of thIs country, and I thInk If I may say so that some of the commentary Ive heard doesnt bear any relatIon to the realIty. Every day sInce I began workIng on the response to thIs pandemIc last january, l Ive got up each mornIng and asked what must I do to protect lIfe. Well go through those responses In detaIl. Its the reunIon fans have been waItIng 17 years for the FrIends Cast ReunItes for a specIal epIsode, and well be playIng some of It for you. The Issue of where the pandemIc began and how has never really gone away, but Its Back Centrestage because us IntellIgence offIcIals are redoublIng efforts to InvestIgate the orIgIns of CovId I9. The order came from PresIdent BIden. Heres the statement. It says the IntellIgence CommunIty Is splIt on whether the vIrus came from Human Contact wIth an Infected anImal, or emerged In A Laboratory accIdent. Youll probably have heard the laboratory theory. I
People in the country. Often, those people are former leader is facing charges they may have done before, during, or after they were in office. And across the world, and all kinds of places in legal systems they do successfully need out justice to those people. Example, right now in france former President Sarkozy is facing a year in jail for corruption. Hes been convicted of trying to bribe a judge. Former korean President Park Gun hey is currently in Prison Serving A 20 Year Sentence for Corruption And Abuse of power. In 2019, israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted on charges. His trial is still ongoing. In fact, his predecessor served 16 months in prison after being convicted of Bribery And Obstruction of justice. Of course former italian prime minister perhaps the closest contemporary analog to former President Donald Trump was convicted of Tax Fraud in 2012. He received a four Year Sentence which he did not actually end up having to serve. And yet, in the United St
Squad where were just attacking members of our own party instead of focusing on solving problems or standing up and having an argument that we can debate the democrats on some of the things that the biden administration is pushing through. This morning on cbs, republican congressman adam kinzinger, who voted to impeach trump, like cheney, compared the republican party to the titanic, a ship that is sinking fast. Right now, its basically the titanic. Were like in the middle of this slow sink. We have a Band Playing on the deck, telling errand its fine, and meanwhile, as i said, Donald Trump is running around trying to find Womens Clothing to get on the first life boat. Joining me now, oliver knox, a national correspondent for the washington post, and anchor of the daily 202. Also with us, democratic strategist juanita tolliver. Oliver, Liz Cheneys Decision not to peddle Donald Trumps lies have put her at odds with her own party. It might feel like a shift within the party. Does it feel
or cave. we may never know the true origin. the w.h.o. study makes no claims that it is any closer to finding covid-19 patient brother. the only thing that the w.h.o. is sure about is that it didn t accidentally escape from the wuhan institute of virology and that we should all definitely stop looking into it. hmmm, how interesting. now, according to the associated press, quote: the team proposed further research in every area except the lab-leaked hype cyst. high pottcyst. i don t know about you if the chinese government tells me there is nothing to see at the lab i say that s the first place we should look. the problem, of course, is access. china repeatedly blocked american inspectors from visiting the institute. and when the ccp did eventually open the building up to the w.h.o. scientist, well, let s just say they didn t get that close of a look. the w.h.o. had three hours, that s all, to tour the facility. they had no access to samples, no access to records no. access to