republican debate, wednesday ten pm eastern, the day after tomorrow. i will see you here then. that s gonna do it for me for now. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, rachel. at 9:30 a. m., it means i m gonna be glued to my sofa listening to msnbc, which i have to say is way more dramatic than images, for me, it actually carries what i guess was the drama of radio drama before television, you know, before i was around. and just your imagination is more active. and my concentration is better, i think, just locked on those words that we can hear. for me, it also means that i can, like, do the dishes, walk the dogs, and, like, get on the treadmill, although i probably wouldn t, while listening to it because i can focus on the audio like that in a way that i can t focus necessarily on taking it in visually. so, i mean, federal court ruling, d. c. circuit. a huge deal, huge implications for the case in general and wha
tomorrow morning, 9:38 am eastern, a federal appeals court in d.c. is going to hear arguments on trump s claims that he is immune from prosecution. federal courtrooms, there are no cameras. but for a big case like this, you re going to release live audio of the hearing while it s happening. we are all gonna be able to hear that as it happens. we will have it live here on msnbc starting, again, 9:38 am eastern time tomorrow morning. i will also be back with you here wednesday night this week, live at 10 am eastern, for a special coverage for the next week republican debate, wednesday ten pm eastern, that day after tomorrow. i will see you hear that. that s gonna do it for me for now. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, rachel. at 9:30 a.m., it means i m gonna be glued to my sofa listening to msnbc, which i have to say is way more dramatic than images, for me, it actually carries what i guess was the drama of radio
because it was an insurrection at the january six. almost three years ago and with a ruling maine has now become the second state, to say that trump is ineligible to appear on the 2024 republican primary ballot. the decision comes after a week of the colorado supreme court issued a similar ruling. and that ruling is now being appealed by both sides the nation s highest court. the nine justices of the supreme court are being position to settle the issue of whether trump s serving as president, under section three of the 14th amendment which bars and the candidate from holding the office who engaged in insurrection. in a, ruling tonight, secretary of state road, and i quote, i have little trouble concluding that the events of january six, 2021 or an insurrection within the meaning of section three of the 14th amendment. the record establishes that mr. trump, over the course of several months in culminating on january six 2021 use the false narrative of election fraud to inflame
ineligible to appear on that state s 2024 republican primary ballot, because he incited an insurrection at the u.s. capitol on january 6th. almost three years ago. with her ruling, they ve now become the second state to say that trump is ineligible to appear on the 2024 republican primary ballot. the bell s decision comes a week after the colorado supreme court issued a similar ruling. that ruling is now being appealed by both sides, the nation s highest court. the nine justices of the supreme court are being petition to settle the issue of whether trump is barred from serving as president under section three of the 14th amendment, which bars any candidate from holding the office who engaged in insurrection. in her ruling tonight, the secretary of state wrote, and i quote, i have little trouble concluding that the events of january 6th, 2021 were an insurrection within the meaning of section three of the 14th amendment. to the record establishes that mr. trump over the course
argument arguing here alternative arguments, one is that criminal immunity simply doesn t apply. in other words, there is simply no doctrine of presidential immunity for former presidents when it comes to a criminal case, no matter what happens in the civil arena, it s not for a criminal case. i m gonna see whether the court adopts that broad sweep that judge chuck and did. their backup argument is that even if it applies to what s called the outer perimeter of the president functions, this case does not involve conduct that is within the president s functions. but i m gonna be interested in whether they go down the route of what judge chutkan said, which i think is the more correct view of what has been ruled on, obviously by the supreme court, or the court of appeals. the second issue i m gonna be really focused on is whether