held on wednesday ready or not. schumer has already set wednesday as the deadline for senate democrats to finalize their separate larger $3.5 trillion plan which they plan to pass through budget reconciliation. it means that they don t need 10 republican votes. that is a lot of priorities to get in to that bill including extending the child tax credit under the american rescue plan, more funding for clean energy and addition of a new dental, vision and hearing benefit to medicare to name a few things. here is why senate democrats are in a time crunch. their goal is to get both bills passed before congress scheduled month long august recess. and so this is shaping up to be a very busy week capitol hill. joining me now, anna palmer from punch bowl news, and she is the best selling author of the hill to die on, the battle for congress and future of trans america which may be the best book name ever. this is really a very, very busy week on capitol hill. some argue too busy beca
believe strange things. plus as donald trump tries to sneak back onto twitter, did federal regulators just put an end to his latest financial swindle? and senator sherrod brown on the biden agenda and the faux populism as republican colleagues in the senate when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. new york congresswoman elise stefanik is now poised to take the number three position in the republican house leadership. she s actively campaigning against the current house republican conference chair liz cheney, and she already got the endorsement of donald trump. and you have to give stefanik some credit in the same way you have to give trump credit, which is this. she understands what the republican party is and what its base wants. she understands the trajectory of conservatism. she got onboard with it early. a few months ago after the election, i wrote this piece in the atlantic, saying the republican party seemed to be moderating o
spoke with fox news about how she felt when she heard those five not guilty verdicts. and how the trial has affected her son and her family. we will bring you that interview in a moment. first, to senior correspondent mike tobin live in kenosha, wisconsin. mike? and jon, a group came out here to demonstrate against the verdict in front of the courthouse where a year and a half ago demonstrators clashed with police again and again. less than a mile from the location, where kyle rit tone house killed rittenhouse killed two and wounded a third, and despite signs that depict rittenhouse as evil, even after a klansman, people came out here armed. i counted four ar style rifles out here, another four pistols in holsters. there was a father and daughter team out here with rifles and one side arm with them. meantime, kyle rittenhouse spoke with our tucker carlson. that interview will air on monday. we have a sneak peek now. i tell everybody there what happened. i said i had to
alexis mcadams on the ground in kenosha. let s start with alexis. set the scene there. it s a lot more quiet outside of the courthouse than the past few days the trial ticking on as people prepared for possible unrest. in kenosha things are calm in the area, but an emotional day in court. take a listen. as to the fifth count of the information, gabe grosskreutz. we find kyle rittenhouse not guilty. he was breaking down, grabbing his knees and sobbing like he was in front of the judge waiting to learn his fate. found not guilty on five charges. he shot three men, killing two of them following the unrest following jacob blake. he had as much right to be there as demonstrators and rioters, there will be people who never agree with that statement, but if we all would mind our own business a little bit i think we d be better off. now, going back inside the courthouse, and seeing how emotional it was, you see kyle rittenhouse there grabbing his knees and his mom crying an
survivor in the build back better bill and should leaders who let covid rip through their country be charged with crimes against humanity. it s happening in brazil. why not here? all in starts right now. good evening. countries are considered our peers, election day is on a weekend. germany, france, sweden, belgium, japan, italy. other country cast their ballot on saturday and sunday when a lot of people have the day off. israel and south korea vote on weekdays but election day is a public holiday. voting something we do as citizens and it can be time consuming and people with busy schedules and be in the general public interest to make the process as easy as possible. that s not the case here in the united states. a revolt on weekdays, on tuesdays and do not have the day off. we have this bizarre patch work of rules and regulations spread across 10,000 distingts jurisdictions responsible for managing elections. everything from where and when and how you can vote. it s prob