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trump talked endlessly about what a great football player herschel walker was. and how he would be a great candidate and a great u.s. senator and, oh, hey, did i mention what a great football player herschel walker was? walker himself would make appearances that offense and would shake hands, and occasionally he would read a short prepared statement about how much he loved america. but even cnn ran a headline last fall that said, quote, herschel walker is often seen and seldom heard. t...

he invited the leader of the fascists to form a government, to become the new prime minister and head of the fascists enthusiastically agreed and the tens of thousands of his supporters who he had threatened would march on rome to seize power in a coup. they didnt march on rome to seize power. instead, they marched on rome in a victory parade because just the threat of them had made it so that he was handed power bloodlessly. that is how the fascists took power in italy 100 years ago n...

good monday morning. im hallie jackson in washington were coming on the air learning more people have been killed in a massive winter storm with emergency workers only starting to get to some of the hardest hit areas now. we just got an update from officials near buffalo we will bring you live what they said we are looking at western new york buried under several feet of snow. the governor describing it all as a war zone. >> i know how hard this is but western new yorkers are tough. we...

the most serious charges leveled in this probes conspiracy so there is much happening there and there is pressure. we have new documentary footage of stone which shows him plotting strategy before anyone else knew there would be an insurrection. >> what you are assuming is the election will be normal. the election will not be normal. eastern california results? we are not accepting them. challenging all of it and the judges were going to our judges i appointed. >> you know what is stri...

us as we take a moment to rest and reflect a bit. we here at "deadline white house" are thinking about the families in ukraine, and what this holiday season must feel like for them. christmas eve marked ten months since the start of a russian war that has not let up even though its now in the thick of winter. when russia unleashed the air strike on december 24th, it was the largest attack on that state since world war ii and then putins forces two weeks later laid siege to maripol. dev...

welcome to "the beat." im katie fang, in for ari melber. we begin with the disturbing, violent rhetoric thats surging on the far right about a quote civil war. "the new york times" reporting, talk of civil war ignited by the mar-a-lago search, is flaring online. that search happened on august 8th. just hours after trump made the search public, mentions of civil war on twitter spiked a whopping 3,000%. the times says similar spikes happened on facebook, reddit, parlor, gab, and truth so...

forces working against him and his allies. concerns are mounting that we could see more than mere spikes of violence as we near the midterm elections. a motley crop of trump acolytes are running on the ticket in states across the country. it includes, and this is by no means a comprehensive list, election deniers, covid vaccine skeptics, a celebrity doctor pedaling quack medical cures and a former football star under fire for allegedly paying for a girlfriends abortion while advocating...

thank you for joining me, i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> that is all in on this wednesday night. the alex wagner show starts right now. good evening, alex. >> its just alex wagner tonight. >> weve been doing this for several months, i just renamed it. >> just go with it, its a show. >> the syntax gets me every time. >> you know what, do, weve known each other for decades, you could call the show whatever you want. >> the alex wagner show starts right now. >> that was chris hayess sh...

live. plus, connecting the dots between the election in brazil, brexit, and donald trump. and meet the new attorney representing brett favre and his volleyball welfare scandal. >> i got a great effing criminal defense lawyer. youre gonna need it. >> when all in starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening from new york. im chris hayes. well, today, we got an extended look at just how narrowly we avoided the january 6th insurrection becoming much, much worse. because this morning, the ...

With the investigation, cnn reports this, questions asked of two recent witnesses indicate smith is focusing on how money raised off those baseless claims of voter fraud was used to fund attempts to breach Voting Equipment in several states won by joe biden and squarely in jack smiths sights, unindicted coconspirator number three, thats trump codefendant attorney Sidney Powell. Cnn reports this, quote, according to sources, witnesses interviewed by jack smiths prosecutors in recent weeks were as...