joining me now is former senator doug jones, distinguished senior fellow at the center for american progress, barbara mcquade, professor at the university of michigan law school and msnbc legal analyst, and attorney kendall coffey, all three of my guests are former u.s. attorneys. thank you all for being here. and barbara, i'm going to go to you first because you have the great distinction of inspiring a very fascinating memo that was sort of a model prosecution memo that security put together. it was inspired in part by your work. i want to ask you to sort of talk us through some of the potential charges this could be. we don't know what they are. there will theoretically be a speaking indictment. just to go through what the memo said. there could be conspiracy to defraud the united states, obstruction of an official proceeding, inciting an insurrection, and giving aid or comfort to insurrectionists. if you had to guess today what would you speculate these charges could be? >> well, joy, i would say the first two that you mentioned seem to me almost a certainty. conspiracy to defraud the un

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. >> former alabama senator doug jones on the wild controversy over the man who replaced him in the senate. >> if democrats want to say that white nationalists are racist, i'm totally against that, as well. >> but that's not a democratic definition. >> and as unbelievable scenes play out here and across the globe, the catastrophic reality for homeowners in florida, where the governor is waging a culture war on climate change. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. today on capitol hill christopher wray, director of the fbi came before the judiciary committee. ray is a lifelong republican. he was, of course, appointed by donald trump. inhis testimony today, he faced hostile questioning from fellow republicans. republicans, you see, in the defense of donald trump, have adopted the line that the fbi is a bunch of out of control woke deep state maniacs looking to purge conservatives and politically target republicans. it's an idea that is pernicious and also comical if you know anything about the history of the fbi, who with his tended to target over the de

let's turn to my political panel, former democratic senator doug jones of alabama and former republican representative david jolly of florida. doug, former president donald trump held a massive rally in south carolina this weekend. laura forsman officials estimate around 15,000 people arrived to see trump yesterday afternoon. he showed up hours before he was expected to speak on a blazing day with temperatures into the 90s. it was a show of force in the home state of two of trump's opponents, former governor nikki haley and senator tim scott. another native son, senator lindsey graham, was met with resounding boos in his own backyard, when trump spoke at the event. it's the early, and there are as many as 14 republicans running for the white house, but do you think the gop understands the grip of trump seems to have on the republican party? >> breath, it's a great question, and i don't think they do actually. i think the rally in south carolina essentially proves that. and a home state of two of the rivals. clearly, mike pence and chris christie and isa hutchinson and others are seeing

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we're joined by joe lieberman, elected as an independent in his last term, and doug jones, part of aroup that's joined forces to oppose this third party effort. thank you both for joining us this morning. senator lieberman, let me begin with you. when you were wrrunning on al gore's ticket, you warned that ralph nader would be a spoiler. you were right. aren't you concerned that will happen this time around? >> no. i mean, we've made very clear that we're not in this to be spoilers. we're in this to give the majority of the american people who feel that the major two parties are failing them a third choice both in policy such as we're going to release in new hampshire tomorrow, but also possibly in a third candidate, and we have been very explicit, and just watch us. if the polling next year shows after the two parties have chosen our nominees, that, in fact, we will help elect one or another candidate, we're not going to get involved. the other thing to say, george, is if the two parties listen and maybe think about what we're trying to do, and they pay attention to the numbers rick

democratic party are doing handwringing over this, former alabama senator doug jones is among those joininghat could cite the book hampering president biden selection. >> it's like they will be in favor of donald trump in a biggest threat to democracy that we've seen since january 6. >> as to the spoiler charge, lieberman vows of polling shows that no labels will help i do major party candidates and they will not get involved. no labels has an insurance policy that they published promising to run a unity ticket only under certain conditions and they have not yet committed to do so. ashley: fascinating stuff. molly, thank you very much. back with us the washington examiner tiana lowe doescher. what do you make of the third party all bipartisan unity ticket. it maybe sounds great but what is the reality here. >> i think no labels is asking what a lot of us are, perhaps neither the democratic or republican party should be nominating a candidate that will be pushing 90 if they win a second term in office. but no labels is really banking on that the double hater vote will be palpable, the double

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doug jones is working on this. >> it looks like they're a spoiler in favor of donald trump.hat will be the biggest threat to democrat that we have seen since january 6. >> charles, they've been pushing back on this idea that they are a spoiler. lieberman vows that polling shows that polling will not help either major party candidate, they won't get involved. there's an insurance policy that talked about the conditions that they would see to put a ticket forward and they have yet to commit to actually doing so. back to you. >> charles: thank you. so when it comes to a possible unity ticket, my next guest, his name pops up. former maryland governor, larry hogan, the chairman of america united and honorary co chair of know labels. governor, something you're considering? >> it's not something i'm considering but i can understand the frustrations. i've been involved in the organization because i believe in common sense bipartisan solutions and reaching a cross the aisle to get things done. that's what i did as a republican governor in the blue estate in america. in case of emerge

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five states thus far, arizona, colorado, oregon, utah and alaska, former alabama senator democrat doug jonese joining a bipartisan effort to thwart a third party bid. as some democratic party fateful fear it could hurt president biden's election. >> in favor of donald trump that will be the biggest threat to democracy that we have seen since january 6th. >> no labels has a published insurance policy, promising to run this unity ticket only under certain conditions they haven't committed yet. bret? >> bret: molly line in boston. thank you. senator manchin and former governor huntsman will be our guests in our "common ground" segment a bit later in the show. heat advisories were in effect today for nearly 49 million people in the u.s. more than 34 million were under excessive heat warnings in central texas, southern arizona, nevada, and california. heat advisories are in place for the south and southwest, florida, through tuesday, afternoon temperatures there could approach 110 degrees. at least five people were killed saturday, two children have been reported missing after flash flooding in e

. >> former alabama senator doug jones on the wild controversy over the man who replaced him in the senatent to say that white nationalists are racist, i'm totally against that, as well. >> but that's not a democratic definition. >> and as unbelievable scenes play out here and across the globe, the catastrophic reality for homeowners in florida, where the governor is waging a culture war on climate change. when all in starts, right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. today on capitol hill christopher wray, director of the fbi came before the judiciary committee. i

i am joined by the doug jones, former democratic senator from alabama. and mr. michael singleton, who served as a strategist for three republican presidential campaigns. he's now the host of the michael singleton show on sirius xm. okay, rhonda sanchez is blaming the media for his low pulling into not doing well. in the last hour, yasmin vossoughian asked me if i had some advice for ron desantis, who was advising him. and i could not muster up any advice because i don't think is a good national candidate. casey desantis, on the other hand, she is giving nelly from scandal, honey. she could potentially gate be a good presidential candidate. but she's not candidate. what is it about rhonda santas? >> you said he was inflating. and i think you're, right he's inflating faster than a hot air balloon, i think that's fair. no one wants iran to santa's, simone. the guy has a difficult time connecting with people. that's the reality, and let's not even talk about that personal connection you would expect a candidate to have with voters. even the best campaign in the worl

. >> brian: but doug jones has been basically hired by the democratic party to down play no labels.hey are scared to death of cornel west. can you imagine how scared they would be about for huntsman who would do damage in almost every state? and manchin who would do damage in some states, too, and together, they would chip away and when you see how many states where just a few thousand separating both candidates in 2016 and 2020, this absolutely should be taken dead serious what people have brought up is where have they gotten their money? be transparent where your money is coming from. they got a ton of it. >> ainsley: something appealing about having a moderate conservative and moderate democrat on the sage ticket bribe bine we do have to compromise. people don't want to hear it. that's what i get outside the circles when you go into the real world. most people are not way to the right and way to the left. they are willing to sacrifice a little. we have got to get away from the i lost and i won and i will get you back in four years as opposed to yeah my person won but i'm not out

i know that you had a situation where doug jones managed to peek in there and it was taken out but ihe sense that he is speaking to the base of the party still. and i feel others, not obviously directly will want to like try to dodge the sort of position that he was in. >> okay, i'm out of, time will make it up to you next time my friend. a brown, thank you that will do it for me on this edition of alex witt reports, i will see all again tomorrow at one pm eastern, my friend yasmin vossoughian continues our coverage. >> everybody, good afternoon i'm yasmin vossoughian. i'm a very busy saturday afternoon, we have a lot to cover in the two hours ahead. a dangerous condition, nearly one third of the country under extreme heat advisories. we will take it to one of the hottest spots in just a moment plus this.

he was in a debate with former democratic senator doug jones of alabama, the topic was no label, thedea of a unity ticket. here is part of the dialogue. [video clip] >> 60%, 70% of the american people do not want the choice of donald trump or joe biden. in norma's number are saying they are independent. the two major parties are failing the american people because the american people see that republicans and democrats spend most of their time fighting each other to maintain their own power instead of working together to fix our country and make it better. we are trying to give a voice to that majority of the american people, the common sense majority that want something different. i will sum it up this way. the problem is not the third choice no labels is offering the american people. the problem is the american people are not buying with the two parties are selling anymore. >> 70% of americans do not want biden, 60% say they do not want trump. >> those polls right now mean nothing, you know that. you have gone through this process before. the same could have been true for ronald rea

joey jones, doug collins, tomi lauren. of representatives. the address from the israeli president begins in six minutes' time. so you'll watch it here as we mark the 75th anniversary of the creation of israel. as he makes his way into the chamber. all rise, we say in washington, d.c. stand by, more on that coming up momentarily. >> sandra: we'll continue to watch for that. the president sitting down in the oval office with the israeli president today. brutal head waves putting a massive strain on the power grid and folks in texas worried about the ability to keep up with the demand and folks crank up the a.c. casey, how are people handling this? >> sandra, doing anything they can to stay cool. it does involving cranking up the air conditioning. the state's power grid has been put to the test but despite these record amounts of demand there has been plenty in reserves or plenty of supply, in other words, according to the agency which oversees texas's power grid. they allowed the weather watch to expire at midnight suggestin

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