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good evening, im jonathan capehart in for a stephanie ruhle. the breaking news this hour, the new york times is now reporting that trump endorsed a georgia senate candidate herschel walker, urged his ex girlfriend to have a second abortion, after he allegedly paid for that first abortion which was reported by the daily beast. walker has yet to respond to this latest report. and just a short time ago, the daily beast, added to the story its been breaking all week. reporting that walkers...

vossoughian. dramatic video of the final moments before a plane crash oversees that loved dozens of people dead. we are keeping a close eye on california where another round of devastating storms is heading. plus, a looming dead ceiling deadline, as congress gears up for a fight that could shut the government down. and, president biden on the road today, to honor martin luther king junior, but looming over him is the latest news on the documents found in his home. all of that, plus the...

much. and that is, indeed, tonights reidout. all in with chris hayes starts right now. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ >>reidout. all good evening from new york. i am ali velshi, in for chris hayes. happy new year to you. were just hours away from republicans taking control of the house of representatives, and tonight, kevin mccarthy might just be the most nervous man in washington. is mccarthy, he really wants to be speaker of the house. it has been his singular focus in washington for years. and that...

jamie raskin: umm, you know tommy left us a note, and the note said, "please forgive me. my illness won today. "look after each other, the animals, and the global poor for me, all my love, tommy." umm, so, he didnt have anything in there about take some time off. (laughs) and, uh... ♪ crowd: usa! usa! usa! usa! jamie raskin: why is america such an extraordinary country? we are not unified by virtue of being one ethnicity, or one ideology, or one religion. were unified by one constitu...

spur the justice department to launch a criminal case. >> nobody wants an organized crime prosecution where the d.o.j. lawyers or prosecutors go after foot soldiers and lieutenants but dont go after the people that are ordering the crimes and putting all of the criminal events into motion. so, i agree with that. you know, i think that as a matter of justice it is just wrong to punish the people that are seduced by a criminal mastermind but not the mastermind himself or herself. >> the ...

his attempt to overturn the election. >> someone who knew what he was doing. according to congresswoman liz cheney, he had every reason to know that what he was doing was wrong. >> the argument seems to be the president trump was manipulated by others outside the administration. that he was persuaded to ignore his closest advisors and that he was incapable of telling right from wrong. this, of course, is nonsense. president trump is a 76-year- old man. he is not an impressionable child...

advisors. and that he was incapable of telling right from wrong. this of course is nonsense. president trump is a 76-year-old man, he is not an impressionable child. >> today, was the first time the public was shown the testimony of principle on who spoke to the panel last friday. >> start by asking you a few questions, mr. cipollone. more than bill, bore all of the -- election -- >> i agree with that. >> did you believe, mr. cipollone, that the president should concede once you made d...

with this reporting, quote, the former president has called witnesses throughout the investigation according to those who spoke anonymously to reveal conversations. they ruled out a number of former officials as the recipient of this latest call highlighted by cheney saying it was not former white house counsel pat cipollone whose deputy patrick philbin, former media officials, matthews or former pascale. the allegations of witness tampering by trump and his associates, though, do add ...

♪ ♪ ♪ >> this sunday, we begin with the january 6th committee come -- preparing for its next public hearing on tuesday, after meeting with a key witness in the investigation. former white house counsel pat cipollone testified before the committee, behind closed doors for nearly eight hours, and a videotape and transcribed interview on friday. last night, the committee revealed some bombshell details. if you treat a statement saying cipollone provided critical testimony, quote, re...

we were getting ready to win this election. frankly, we did win this election. we did win this election. (audience cheering) we want all voting to stop. we dont want them to find any ballots at four oclock in the morning and add them to the list, okay? (crowd cheering) ♪ reporter: millions of votes still being counted, but the legal battle already under way. reporter: president trump and other republicans have filed more than thirty election fraud lawsuits, and judges keep throwing t...