joining us now is a democratic senator sheldon whitehouse of new york. ary committee and chair of the subcommittee on federal court. he's also the host of the podcast, making the case. senator whitehouse, i am searching your face for surprise tonight, that clarence thomas got some help paying for the motor home. >> yeah, i never thought of a pattern with justice alito and justice thomas getting things unreported from wealthy friends. as you said, it does look like this individual was an actual friend, unlike some of the right-wing billionaires. but we are thrown right away into the problem of this was never reported. and when you ask questions to find out whether or not it should have been reported, was the lone forgiven, or was it paid off? really basic questions like that, you cannot get a straight answer from anybody. and it is the same with justice alito and leonard leo and the alaskan fishing trip. and it's the same with the circumstances of the indonesia vacations and both of them have their ethics filings on hold while they try to work through this

joining us now is democratic senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island. senate judiciary committee in a chair on the committee on federal court. he's also host on the podcast making the case. senator whitehouse, you promised us it would get worse. it has gotten worse. does it feel good to be right about these predictions? >> no. i wish it did. and i wish i felt this was the bottom of it. i think it's going to continue to get still worse. there is more to disclose about clarence thomas. this coming week justice thomas and justice alito run out the clock on the extensions for their disclosures. so they have to make those disclosures next week. there is a 30-day window in which they become public. so we'll find out a lot more from them about their own disclosures. and people will be picking out what they've disclosed and what the press has found out to make sure that they are telling the truth. we may find out new things from their own disclosures as they fear that those things will become exposed in later investigative efforts. and then we are only just begi

of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable sheldon whitehouse, a senator from the state of rhode island, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stans adjourned until 12:00 p.m. on tuesday, august 15, 2023. lawmakers in a month-long recess for their state work period . they will be back september 5 and you can watch live coverage here on c-span2. we take you back to our book tv programming in process >> during world war ii, when us entered world war ii and we needed china as an ally there was a long period we're talking about so there were files on all the family members who came in and i should also say that chinese exclusion was the first major federal immigration restriction that effectively shut the borders for the very first time against any particular nationality. it halted our legal immigration into this country and block the pathway to citizenship for almost 60 years and it was important because it set the tone for all future immigration

sheldon whitehouse is gonna join us, talking about clarence thomas, which he has always told us.errod brown will be joining us and senate hopeful katie porter also. >> it sounds like a full lineup, lawrence. i will be watching. >> thank, you alex. today, a stark raving lunatic called someone else a stark raving lunatic, which is one of the things you have to expect from a stark raving lunatic.

you have the hope of having a democrat, senator sheldon whitehouse from rhode island pushes a green agendathat benefits his wife's company. his wife, sandra, is an adviser to a company that uses sea weed to pull carbon out of the air. and sheldon whitehouseof just sponsored legislation to send billions of dollars to companieslions to compani thd to pull carbon out of the air. this has been a white house family scam for years. sheldon's wife sandra has taken in $3.1 million in subsidies from the senate that sent her way in any other industry. >> this type of cronyism thi and self-dealing would be illegal because sandra and sheldoegal sann share the sn account. but since he's a member ofd congress, this is just called saving the environment. big government, big food and big pharma have conspired to juice their powerofit and profits while making you fat and sick, especially your kids. n fruit juice robber baron michelle obama forces her sugar down their throats. well, john kerry's family, the heinhroatsz, they have theis on the school lunch program, a $25 billion market, the kraft heinz congl

senator sheldon whitehouse, thank, you sir. that is tonight's reidout. all in with chris hayes starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ith >> good evening from washington. i am mehdi hasan in for chris hayes. donald trump could end up behind bars and next year for conspiracy to obstruct justice. and if he does, it may very well be because of a new testimony by someone identified by the justice department, only as trump employee 4. now that we have had all weekend to digest the new superseding indictment for donald trump from doj special counsel jack smith and the classified documents case, employee number four's involvement seems particularly notable. according to the indictment, he played a key role in what appears to be a pressure campaign from trump and his co defendant, valet walt nauta and mar-a-lago property manager carlos de oliveira, to delete security footage from the club after it was subpoenaed by prosecutors. and now, it sure seems like employee 4 could be talking, it turns out, he is an i.t. worker for mar-a-lago named yuscil taveras. according to one new r