good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. they attempted a coup. we use that word a lot on this show to describe donald trump s attempts to stay in power following the 2020 election. we use coup. we use it in scripts and graphics and banners that you see on the bottom of your tv. and when we first started calling it that, and we made a choice to do so, when we first started after january 6th it sounded provocative, i think. coup is not a term you throw around lightly when you re talking about the united states of america. by definition, a coup is a sudden, illegal, often violent seizure of power from a government, and it s something that happens all around the world in other countries. some examples, places like chile in 1973 or bolivia in 1971. it s happened in turkey, pakistan and on and on and on. but the way that we think about a coup is that it doesn t happen here. not here in what is supposed to be the beacon of democracy throughout the world. and there was some init
three gunshots that launched a long-running mystery. who killed the veterinarian? i think the perpetrator stood there and watched him die. there were so many different leads and rumors. i felt like if it wasn t for me, it never would have happened. jealousy? rage? revenge? it was your classic whodunit. could anyone solve it? you look at what it s done to our family. it was hard. i wanted justice for my brother. reporter: there was a broad swath of prairie where the cattle outnumbered the people and a sad summer breeze sang around a modest dwelling in the grass. emergency. this is marlene protsman in geraldine. reporter: they called it the bunkhouse, though it was really just an old single-wide trailer. the veterinarian shot himself. my husband just went down to check to see if he was going to pasture. reporter: a nondescript little place out on the montana prairie. a bit worn around the edges. do you know where he shot himself? he doesn t k
Able to protect their community. they should be held up as a great example of beating the odds and a reminder that good and difficult things are within our grasp with will and diligence. that does it for all in. you can catch us every weeknight atin. catch us every weeknight here at 8:00 on msnbc. he was well-liked. he was well-loved. he was smart. he was fun. i had the most senseless, empty feeling. this is how it ends? why would somebody do it? now what? white hat. wide open smile. a handsome young veterinarian in big sky country. he loved helping animals. he asked me out that night. i was excited. and then they found him, dead on the floor. two shots went off and then the third shot into his chest.