what do you do about a congresswoman openly rooting for a, quote, national divorce? as the u.s. hits new case records and omicron surges, randy weingarden on whether american schools are ready to handle open that criterion. what we learned about climate change in 2021, the year that is now ending with winter wildfires in colorado and near 70-degree weather in alaska. when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. this morning the associated press published an expansive and very well reported story on the attack on our democracy. the headline "slow-motion insurrection: how the republican party seizes election power." reporting from the ap is reprinted in newspapers across the country. this article appeared in a slew of major publications including the "atlanta journal-constitution" in georgia, the "star tribune" in minnesota, "the houston chronicle" in texas, the tampa