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The days top stories from around the world, from politics and money, to sports and pop culture. The battle to save lives as President Trump sends a tweet about the fire that baffles even his own staff about the cause of it all. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. In the politics lead, rick gates, former number two on the Trump Campaign grilled right now about the plea deal by Defense Attorneys for former Trump Campaign chair Paul Manafort. Gates describing today in viv...

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A public phase of the committee and president biden dont let anyone erase that day. plus, new confusion around the latest cdc guidance as omicron and delta surge. we have just the guy to help us sort it out and america 2021. you thought the person of the year was an odd pick. wait until you see who americas most trusted is. "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. im chris hayes. once again, a member of donald trumps inner circle is telling on themselves confessing to their role ...

Tonight on "all in." republicans against democracy and the insurrection, the senator from kentucky, the position of the party is clear. only certain type of peoples votes should count. well talk to the secretary of state trying to protect elections from the republican siege. then the jan 6 committee prepares a public phase of the committee. and president biden says dont let anyone erase that day. plus, new confusion around the latest cdc guidance as omicron and delta surge. we have just the guy ...

Probably wasnt the rising star of the republican party either. so the fact that he was hired by the trump team with these russian ties is also something that should raise questions and google. you didnt need a big investigation to know that. >> yeah. it was an odd pick. >> we wrote about it at the time. if the case is no collusion, whatever how we define collusion, but i think we are getting closer and closer to overall the entirety of the information we know now suggests not a lot of innocent m...

Body? a young bret kavanaugh. will will. ainsley: also involved in the starr report. >> president can be impeached for lying. all this stuff is going to come out. the president apparently is willing to weather this storm in order to get this mentality, this age, this education level. nobody can really question his education or intellect on the court. its an odd pick because its drawing fire from both sides. some people may say its a good pick because its drawing fire from both sides. pete: but t...

In a michael flynn situation, bolton might be an odd pick. heres a russian ad. and now theres money showing up in cambridge analytica. and now comes this watchdog complaint about john boltons pac in the election. we are six days out from announcing bolton out from this incredibly sensitive job. have a choice. heck of a way to get started. you wouldnt accept an incomplete job

Often the cabinet nominees who are picked are people who are very, very close to the industry theyre in. look at tom price and hhs. scott pruitt, epa, marino here, people are appointed to regulate agencies but theyre very close to the business communities that sponsor those agencies and donate money and so on. hard to see them being effective regulators because theyre not there for that. pruitt is pro company, looks like marino will behave in the same way. odd pick to be drug czar, sense on capi...

He just didnt get that home state bump. >> okay, thanks so much for that. always great to have you on, john. lets go to irvine grandolph. whats the community thinking about hud. an odd pick for a neurosurgeon. >> it is an odd pick. you would think that carson would be a better pick for someone like surgeon general. or if youre going to run the department of health -- >> and human services. >> something he has -- human services, something he has related experience in, as opposed to housing, which...

I think people appreciate any republican or democrat who finally talks straight to people. >> ask yourself when was the last time you cast a ballot for someone and thought that guy will really scream from the mountain top? next, rage against the machine unleashes a rage against paul ryan. you may have heard that romneys running mate is a big fan of rage against the machine the heavy metal band that sings about corporate greed and blasts oil companies. if you think thats an odd pick for a guy i...