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republican debate, wednesday ten pm eastern, the day after tomorrow. i will see you here then. thats gonna do it for me for now. now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel. at 9:30 a. m., it means im 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 jus...

tomorrow morning, 9:38 am eastern, a federal appeals court in d.c. is going to hear arguments on trumps claims that he is immune from prosecution. federal courtrooms, there are no cameras. but for a big case like this, youre going to release live audio of the hearing while its 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 we...

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 nations highest court. the nine justices of the supreme court are being position to settle the issue of whether trumps serving as presi...

ineligible to appear on that states 2024 republican primary ballot, because he incited an insurrection at the u.s. capitol on january 6th. almost three years ago. with her ruling, theyve now become the second state to say that trump is ineligible to appear on the 2024 republican primary ballot. the bells decision comes a week after the colorado supreme court issued a similar ruling. that ruling is now being appealed by both sides, the nations highest court. the nine justices of the sup...

Glenn will be in the room for the oral arguments to more morning in washington, d. c. in the appeals court. andrew weissmann, what will you be listening keenly for in this argument? >> two things. the government is going to be arguing here alternative arguments, one is that criminal immunity simply doesnt 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, its not for a crim...

Anymore merely because he moved it from the oval office to the residents in the white house, from one room to another in the white house. and because he then moved it from the residents to mar-a-lago, it is deemed personal. so suddenly, highly classified documents are suddenly his personal documents. so, as dan pointed out, legally that is not going to fly and actually this is just another defense du jour. he has said the exact opposite in court, his lawyer started the first time he appeared bef...

Appropriate. thats of course, not the case. whether his intent was corrupt is a central part of this case as it is in nearly every criminal case in the country. as a backup argument, however, the president claims that, you know, we want you to read the presidents mind. juries, of course -- >> this entire impeachment process is about the house managers insistence that they are able to read everybodys thoughts. they can read everybodys intention. they think you can read minds. >> they want to tell...

Has jurisdiction over these four states upheld the bans and those plaintiffs have gone on to the supreme court. so the justices have limited the issues before them to just two questions. what are they? >> well, the first is the most fundamental and that is does the constitution require a state to allow same-sex couples to marry? it will second is kind of a backup argument, and that is for couples that live in a state in which same-sex marriage is legal to -- say the voters have voted to permit i...

firms say one thing and do another. were watching the story for you and will have more details as the details come in. the rest of the days top stories, right to brooke baldwin with an update on headlines. >> welcome back from the beach. good to see you. good morning, everyone. about 700,000 people waking up to another day without power. look at the map. you see 11 states and talk about the nations capital. it has been six days since powerful storms fueled by extreme heat zapped trees ...

a 5-4 decision in the end, it was john roberts, the chief justice appointed by president bush who saved the health care law. senator obama voted against roberts confirmation in 2005. roberts went against his four conservative justices ruling that the individual mandate, which requires people to buy health insurance was a tax, not a penalty that falls under the congressional power to levy taxes. a harsh oped said the remarkable decision upholding the affordable care act is shot through ...