good evening. from new york, i m chris hayes. top military officials are warning that what held last time, the military fire wall blocking attempt s attempted coup, might not hold again. three former top military strategist, major jel paul eaton, who commanded operations to train iraqi trips during iraqi freedom, major general antonio taguba, who authored the report of detainees held the abu ghraib and general anderson warn, quote, we are increasingly concerned about the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election and the potential for lethal chaos inside our military, which would put all americans at severe risk. we are chilled to our bones at the thought of a coup succeeded next time. first we should discuss how the fortifications did hold one year ago while trump s attempted coup was unsiddious and reckless and damaging to the very foundation of american democracy, it was also inept. and a big reason why the entire attempt was so haphazard was precisely because donald trum
hopefully it all allows us to give you an even better program that has more resonance and relevance. so here we are. we are back. and welcome to prime time. the jury has the kyle rourns case and their job got harder today. i ll xlab why. now on one level they are doing this with 500 national guard troops on stand by for any unris in wisconsin. and i have to remember this jury is sequestered. we don t know who s deliberating yet. you have a group just under a dozen people. the judge will decide which ones of the 12. they ll go home and try not to follow the coverage but they ll be aware of all the weight of expectation just that s heavy. the atmosphere is tough but so s the case. they got a lot of charges to consider. and they came and got extra ones today and got an unusually confusing set of instructions from a controversial judge who s an issue. will he be for them? we ll see. now the judge threw out a weapons charge today. you are hearing a lot about in online. look. the s
understanding the energy. having guests that you can actually see. hopefully it all allows us to give you an even better program that has more resonance and relevance. so here we are. we are back. and welcome to prime time. the jury has the kyle rittenhouse case and their job got harder today. i ll explain why. now on one level they are doing this with 500 national guard troops on stand by for any unrest in wisconsin. and i have to remember this jury is not sequestered. we don t know who s deliberating yet. you have a group just under a dozen people. the judge will decide which ones of the 12. they ll go home and try not to follow the coverage but they ll be aware of all the weight of expectation just that s heavy. the atmosphere is tough but so s the case. they got a lot of charges to consider. and they came and got extra ones today and got an unusually confusing set of instructions from a controversial judge who s an issue. will he be for them? we ll see. now the judge thre
counts of attempt by congress. that s expected thursday when he will appear before another federal judge. bannon was released without bail but had to surrender his passport and must check in weekly with court officials. after today s hearing, he and his lawyer david showen, who represented trump, you ll recall, in the second impeachment trial, went on the attack. this is going to be the misdemeanor from hell for merrick garland, nancy pelosi and joe biden. joe biden ordered merrick garland to prosecute me from the white house lawn. if the administrative state wants to take me on, bring it. we re here to fight this. you see how we re going to go into offense. it is outrageous a criminal charge was brought in this case. he was instructed by his attorneys not to show up to congress. a layman has to listen to his attorneys, in my view, at least. trump had asked his former impeachment attorney to take bannon s case. there was a big lie in what was said there, and indeed, ban
recall, in the second impeachment trial, went on the attack. this is gonna be the misdemeanor from hell, for merrick garland, nancy pelosi, and joe biden. joe biden ordered merrick garland to prosecute me from the white house. if the administrative state wants to take me on, bring it. we re here to fight this. you stand by you see how we re gonna go on outfits. it is outrageous it was instructed to by his attorney not to show up to congress. this has to follow s attorneys love vice, in my view at least. maggie haberman of the new york times posted tonight that trump had asked his form an impeachment lawyer to take bannon s case. there was a big lie in what bannon just said there, and indeed tonight, the white house denied that biden had destructed the justice department to prosecute him. the decision to bring these charges against mr. bannon was made exclusively by the justice department, the president had nothing to do with it. we are an independent justice depar