taking the fifth amendment would be a fool, an absolute for. tonight, the maga movement to move away from donald trump. then nobody tells me to do anything, i made a decision on my own, and i will have to live with it. george santos kicks himself off committee so that republicans can focus on their agenda of attacking ilhan omar. he just felt like that there was so much drama really over the situation and especially what we re doing to work to remove ilhan omar. plus congresswoman katie porter on today s first big hearing for the maga oversight committee, and he s a congressman accused of plotting a coup who had his phone seized by the fbi. i went to the door, there are three fbi agents, and they want to take my cell phone. tonight, the secret fight to gain access to scott perry s phone, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, we ll begin tonight with a little secret i want to let you in on, ready, here it is. there is no
nobody tells me to do anything, i made a decision on my own, and i will have to live with it. george santos kicks himself off committee so that republicans can focus on their agenda of attacking ilhan omar. he just felt like that there was so much drama really over the situation and especially what we re doing to work to remove ilhan omar. plus congresswoman katie porter on today s first big hearing for the maga oversight committee, and he s a congressman accused of plotting a coup who had his phone seized by the fbi. i went to the door, there are three fbi agents, and they want to take my cell phone. tonight, the secret fight to gain access to scott perry s phone, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, we ll begin tonight with a little secret i want to let you in on, ready, here it is. there is no one in this entire nation, including myself, who wants donald trump to somehow be rendered incapable of wants donald trump to some
do. one of people who spoke eloquently was congressman brian mast of florida, his words echoed when benjamin franklin said, he said, we could pass all the rules we want, if we in this body, the mic majority. don t do the right thing that does not matter. all the talk about all of the rules, following route rules. i got to thinking of benjamin franklin s comments. in his 80s, he was very ill, he was going to stand up and give a speech but he could not stand up, he handed it to his friend and another delegate from pennsylvania james wilson who read it this is what benjamin fr franklin said, i confess that i do not entirely approve of this constitution of present, sir, i am note sure i shall never approve it for having lived long i have experienced many instances of being obliged to change opinions even on important subjects, i once thought right, but found to be otherwise. is it is therefore the older i grow the more apt i am to doubt my own judgment if well administered
and one of the people who spoke most eloquently i thought was congressmanly bria wn mast of florida. his words echoed what benjamin franklin said, we could pass all the rules we, if want, if we in this body, majority of the republicans don t do the right thing, the rules don t matter. i said, this man is on to something, all talk about rules. following thttere rules. if we don t have virtuous members of the house, the rules down matter. i got to thinking, of y franklin s comments onin f september 17, 1787, last day of the constitutional convention, he wrote at speech, this is what he said. i confess that i do not i approve of this constitution of present. buprovt i am not sure i shall neff nevada approve it never approved it, for having lived long i have experienced many instances.e to chane opinions even on important subjects.i i once thought right. but found to be otherwise. it is there that older iow ggrow the more apt i am to doubt my judgment and may more respect to ju
pandemic tyranny, but it also strikes me as an area where there is a lot to actually do, and what are your thoughts about what you expect from the committee? what i hope to see from the oversight committee, what i think americans deserve to see is us looking at what can we learn from the experience of this pandemic and the government s response to it to prepare us for what might come next? the pandemic is not the first recession i lived through, and i said they fear it will not be the last, so what can we learn, for example, about how to prevent fraud in unemployment systems so that when we have to strengthen them, we re not at risk? what can we learn about preparing for public health emergency so that we re ready should be face another one? whether it comes from national security or other causes. i hope the goal here is to be forward looking and prescriptive, learning and thinking about what we can do better next time rather than simply attempting to point