This destruction is vast and what these people are living through right now is brutal. Im Sandra Smith in New York and this is America Reports and it was a short time ago that Hurricane Helene marked the grim milestone as the number of deaths we now know has surpassed 200. Emergencies crews are still on the ground and they are still searching for people who may be stuck in their homes. John be mild those in Florida And Georgia still reeling from power outages. They stress they are not getting enough help. It is like nothing weve ever seen before. We had michael which is terrible. This hurricane is a bomb blast. This is the worst we have been hit in 30 years good when you have children and you cant provide any food for them to eat or even a hot meal without driving three hours and risking losing gas, that is a worse nightmare. Unable to feed your children. John live on the ground in hardhit nashville carolina. Hows it looking there . It is raw and rough. You are pete seen people come in
Democratic leader to say Donald Trump is a threat. Did he lose the 2020 election . Tim im focused on the future. That is a damning non answer. You have a really good choice of who will honor that democracy and who will honor Donald Trump. Vances refusal to admit that trump lost. You would have seen him try to put a gloss of respectability as trump appears increasingly unhinged. That strategy to normalize the weird and Extreme Trump vance platform. That strategy fell apart. There was a lot of bad Data Points there. Today it feels like the News Gods watched last Months Debate and saw Jd Vances appalling answer and decided to highlight the whole issue. They unsealed a partially redacted filing from Special Council Jack Smith. Why he believes it is very much prosecutable. Smith lays out another new narrative of the case and that all 165 pages of that is what reporters and legal analysts have been pouring over all day today. Stuff like conversations with Touch And Vice president Mike Pence
That testimony. This is a mandate. This document is just a mandate from the Supreme Court. They ordered this. They said go back and prove that you can construct an indictment that fits within this new immunity we have just invented. The last professor describes if Jack Smith pulled it off. What a night. And when we are finished with that, Cassidy Hutcheson will join us. She was part of what got this story moving to where it is today. I envy you, that is an awesome lineup. Have a great show. Vice president of the united states was taking notes. Donald trump always hated seeing people take notes in the White House when he was speaking. But taking notes was the least of Donald Trumps problems with Mike Pence in a meeting with which the president of the united states was trying to get the Vice President of the united states to join what Jack Smith calls a Criminal Conspiracy and commit a crime against the united states of america. A crime that special prosecutor Jack Smith in a 165 Page Mo
Lose the election. I would just ask that. Did he lose the 2020 election . Tim, im focused on the future. That is a damning nonanswer. America, i think youve got a really clear choice of whos going Toar Honor that democracy and who is going to honor Donald Trump. That was the harris campaigns first ad after last Nights Debate highlighting j. D. Vances absurd claim that Donald Trump peacefully transferred power after the 2020 election and vances refusal to admit that trump lost. Now, if you watched the dewait Last Night, you would have seen Senator Vance try to put a gloss of respectability on the president ial campaign as trump himself appears increasingly unhinged. But that strategy to normalize the very weird and very extreme trumpvance platform, that Strategy Sort of fell apart when vance was asked about huz Running Mates failed attempt to cling to power after the 2020 election. Now, admittedly, it is hard to defend Donald Trumpsis actionsn the post2020 election period. There were a
Republican candidate for president tried to overthrow the last election. Rachel maddow and Lawrence Odonnell join me live tonight then did he lose the 2020 election . Tim, i am focused on the future. That is a damning nonanswer. Senator Chris Murphy on the plan to subvert the selection. Plus, Original War as israel invades lebanon and my interview on the book. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. I am chris hayes. 34 days out from the Election Voting has started in a number of states. The judge in Donald Trumps January 6 Special Counsel Case has unsealed a new Court Filing just this afternoon. In the filing, special Counsel Jack Smith outlines the details about why Donald Trump should be federally prosecuted for his attempted coup, so we have a special to show tonight. Im going to be joined in just a moment by Rachel Maddow and Lawrence Odonnell. The filing is hundred and 65 pages long. As prosecutors put it, when trump lost the 2020 president Ial El resorted to track c