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0 story. >> great story. great reporting. thank you. >> that is "all in" on this monday night the rachel maddow show with guest host ale good evening, alex. >> thank you, chris. happy valentines day, my friend. >> to you as well. >> my heart is warm. >>fr mine, too. and thanks to all of you at us this hour.ng it was february 2014, the autocratic pro-russian ruler of ukraine had just fled the country after being forcedle ou of officeco by pro-democracy street protests. in that confusing afterma...

>> so, doctor, on that note, and trying to balance which risk is worth taking, right, whether it is sending your kids to school now, if the proper mitigation is in place or keeping them at home, you had said the next six weeks are going to be very difficult for the country and hopefully well see a light at the end of the tunnel on the other side. that having been said, we know that many school districts are now setting dates to reopen a few weeks, perhaps, after the new year. are these arbitrary...

The bloc has ordered non-essential staff to leave Addis Ababa, where it has diplomatic missions to both Ethiopia and the African Union.

Term as the nine justices prepare to hear arguments on divisive issues like abortion rights, the second amendment and the death penalty and religious freedom. all of this before one of the most conservative lineups of justices in almost a century. i want to bring in nbc justice correspondent pete williams. also with us, former u.s. attorney barbara mcquade. pete, this is the first time the justices will reconvene in person in over a year. walk us through what the next few months are going to loo...

The british ngo, afghan aid. how are you doing? because i understand you made it out of kabul on monday, if im correct. what is the past week or so been like for you, personally? >> morning, robyn. yes. um, i did make it out on monday morning. i was one of the lucky ones. and id say the past week has been absolutely hectic, frantic. weve been trying to evacuate two other of our international colleagues who im thankful to say -- um -- one left last night. and hopefully, one will be leaving this m...

This is bbc news. the headlines: a golden start in tokyo — china has picked up two gold medals on the first day of the olympics, with yang qian winning the first in the womens ten metre air rifle. president biden has warned that the us is facing a "pandemic of the unvaccinated", as cases of the delta variant of coronavirus spreads across the country. several people have been arrested in sydney as thousands of anti—lockdown protesters breached covid—19 restrictions after authorities suggest...

The first medals of the tokyo olympics have been won. chinas yang qian took gold in the womens ten metre air—rifle event. russias anastasia galashina came second — and switzerlands nina christen won bronze. there are another ten gold medals up for grabs on day one of the games. president biden has warned that the united states is facing a "pandemic of the unvaccinated" as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads rapidly in areas where the uptake ofjabs has been low. mr biden said virtually a...

We will get this fixed. >> tim "fox news sunday," mick mulvaney says while he is optimistic and hopeful congress can reach a deal to end this soon, he believed some democrats wanted the shutdown to distract from the president the comp which men on the anniversary of his exoneration. >> up i get over that, theres a chance this thing gets done before 9:00 on monday morning and if that doesnt happen it can go several days. other democrats want to see the president give the state of the union during...

Unhelpful in providing any real details about exactly whats going on. today, even though the state department is not sharing much of whats happening in cuba, they did take a big dramatic step. they announced theyre pulling about 60% of the u.s. embassy staff out of the embassy of the united states and cuba. about 50 americans working at the havana embassy and the only ones to stay behind now are so-called essential staff, people there just to carry out emergency services. the state department ha...

Would cause the symptoms that diplomats have experienced in cuba. so we know these incidents started in the fall of last year and then stopped for a while and then this summer, apparently, they picked up again. the most recent reportedly happened in late august. and we know all of that stuff from reporting, not from our government, not from the state department. theyve been tight lipped an unhelpful in providing any real details about exactly whats going on. today, even though the state departme...