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at the end of this long tunnel. i hope it that those hostages get released. thank you for joining us. ayelet shaked, thank you. that is all in on this wednesday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. >> thank you, my friend. a robust discussion. thanks to you at home for joining me this evening. approximately 140 police officers were injured on january 6th, when a violent mob stormed the capitol. one of those officers was james, and he is involved in a lawsu...

>> there have been shocking moments in the trump presidency, so many that its hard to count, but if there was some kind of accounting for all the shocking moments in the trump presidency, this one, if we have the video, would certainly be near the top of the list. >> just now, president putin denied having anything to do with the election interference in 2016. ever u.s. intelligence agency has concluded that russia did. what, who, my first question for you, sir, who do you believe? >> ...

my first question for you, sir, is who do you believe? >> they think its russia. i have president putin, he just said its not russia. i will say this, i dont see any reason why it would be. i will tell you that president putin waswi extremely strong an powerful inro his denial today. >> president of the united states of america, donald trump, standing alongside russian president vladimir putin, aligning himself with russian claims over u.s. intelligence. and denying what everyone at th...

Both sides. just put that to the side. it is being driven by a hard-core, right wing that has moved to more or less to the mainstream of the republican party. and we simply dont have, at the moment, two functioning parties under the constitutional structure. and thats where the constitutional structure requires. >> jon meacham, i made that very point this morning in our morning show, and you and ive been talking about this, ive been saying the very same fit for a while now. why is all of a sudde...

Both sides. just put that to the side. it is being driven by a hard core, right wing that has moved to more or less of the mainstream of the republican party. and we simply dont have, at the moment, two functioning parties under the constitutional structure. and that is what the constitutional structure requires. >> john -- i made that point this morning on our morning show and you and i have been talking about this. i have been saying the same thing for awhile now. why is it all of a sudden tha...

Office and govern functionally from the center, more or less. so, there was a pent up outrage about that. we have to have two functioning parties to make the constitution work. if only because of the electoral college. that is why we have to have. it its almost impossible to get to 270 electoral those if you have three major contenders going for it. so, we need a rationale two party system. we dont have one right now. >> its an unfair question to ask you with only a minute left, it was so struck...

>> thats largely the argument they are going with. in fact, david perdue ironically today -- i actually laughed at the statement -- said that brian kemp was responsible for the loss of two senate seats in georgia. now, of course, david perdue was one of the senators who lost. probably more blame with him. i will tell you i was talking to a state legislator right before air time who told me that he and other members of the state legislature are getting phone calls from trump supporters saying if ...

Perdue should be governor because brian kemp wouldnt interfere with the process? >> thats largely the argument they are going with. in fact, david perdue ironically today -- i actually laughed at the statement -- said that brian kemp was responsible for the loss of two senate seats in georgia. now, of course, david perdue was one of the senators who lost. probably more blame with him. i will tell you i was talking to a state legislator right before air time who told me that he and other members ...

Democracy by limiting access to vote and nullifying the vote. the fight for voting rights is purely a partisan battle. there is not a single, single example of it being anything other than that. its a disservice, writes voting rights attorney marc elias, from his latest piece. quote, discussing the threats to democracy without reference to partisanship is like describing jim crow without referring to race. these laws are being enacted by republican politicians over the objections of democrats. t...

But i respect representative gonzalezs decision. i also respect the fact that he is coming forward and speaking truthfully about what is happening here in the republican party, because there is a whole population out there that really needs to hear it from people like him. i think its a sad day for honestly for american politics and our democracy to have him step down, because we need these more moderate, less extreme republicans to be in office. you know, its better for america to have two func...