electors that have immunity, there is also apparently a ninth elector whose identity remains unknown that has a plea deal, or an immunity deal. and the identity of that person is going to be, i think, of great interest to all of us. there are a limited numbers of suspects, but we are going to be talking about who it could be, what the implications could be. for not just the other electors, who don t have deals. but also for people in trump s orbit including rudy giuliani and lindsey graham. a classic whodunnit, i m going to go watch. have a great weekend. thanks to you at home for joining us. earlier this year, we learned about the republican party of georgia had paid more than $200,000 in legal fees to lawyers defending the fake republican electors. the trump supporters who cause played as electoral college electors in the 2020 election. tonight, we got news that 200 grand does not seem like money well spent. tonight s news started with the washington post reporting that
illegally. he was here in my county. five people died in my county, and that s where my heart is, in my heart is. we protect our people to the best of our ability. a texas sheriff reacting to the latest deadly mass shooting in america. this time it s five people shot in their home by their neighbor. we ll have the latest on the manhunt for the gunman. plus, former president donald trump is making headlines for hugging a woman who served time in prison for taking part in the capitol insurrection and who has also called for the execution of members of congress. and we ll have an update on the efforts to evacuate americans out of sudan, now more than two weeks since the deadly violence broke out in that country. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 1st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin with breaking news. another american bank has failed. just this morning, financial regulators in california seize
conservative donors. this time directed to the wife of a supreme court justice. tonight, senator sheldon whitehouse on the ongoing cover-up in plain view, and what democrats will do about it. then, the former president s sworn testimony in his civil rape trial is released to the public. when you re a star they let you do it. historically that s true with stars. and breaking news from fulton county. this is not a game at all. eight fake electors have cut a deal with prosecutors. what it means for the criminal investigation of trump world in georgia. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we begin tonight with a question. just how much money has secretly flowed from right-wing donors and interest into the household and supreme court justice clarence thomas? and the reason we have to ask there s the stunning series of revelations one after another after another after another that we have seen in the last few weeks. the latest came j
give some of these republican officer holders truth serum and get out why they were doing this, like why get into the whole election game. what woulde they say? i mean because power is one thing, but to really have no principle that you can particularly articulate. other thanar winning. texas is particularly interesting and interesting in a lot of these states, you re seeing it in missouri. the paranoia is so yeah, to boulder s point, it s a snake eating its own tail. thank you my friend as always. today the florida statehouse of representatives passedse a bill that prevents colleges and universities in florida from spending any money on anything that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion. now it heads to florida governor ron desantis who will undoubtedly signnt the thing. now, if you live in the real world and if the words diversity and equity and inclusion sound like positive things to you, what happened today in florida feels likein madness. but if you are a fox
defunct real estate firm the ethics questions surrounding supreme cour justice clarence thomas ar piling up. and growing outrage in kansa city tonight after a 16 year old boy mistakenly went to the wrong door and was shot twice. the suspect now charged with two felony counts, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night good evening once again, i a stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening in the state of delaware, where the dominion fox news defamation trial is expected to begin tomorrow the trial was supposed to begi today, but the judge delayed the preceding with n explanation. there were several ports about a potential settlement, the ne york times political reporte who has been all over the case jeremy peters, is skeptica about that dominion is really just saying, okay fine. we will put a good faith effor to ward talking about a deal even if we don t think there i one to be had. but i really do believe that i this could have been settled it would have been settled