americans who are worried about these issues. it is important read. it s a book that everyone needs to read as we talk about all the others. this is the thing that matters. it s very yellow. josh green, congratulations on publication day, my friend. thank you for the book. that is our show for tonight. now it is time for the last word, with lawrence o donnell. good evening, my friend lawrence. good evening, alex. we have professor andrew weissmann we have professor laurence tribe from , we have glenn kirschner who so valuable was in the room today. during this argument during which i think even donald trump knows the whole thing collapsed. the defense that could save him, the immunity defense, collapsed before his eyes. when you are arguing about navy seal commandoes being able to assassinate your political rivals, i think you are not winning. i am a lame person, i only went to tv law school, i can t wait to be taught somewhere in your hour, but by layman s opinion
in february, of 2021, joe biden had been president for less than a month. the united states senate was still in the middle of impeaching the previous president for stoking insurrection. the house impeachment managers, all of them democrats, were making the case that even though trump was no longer president, he had to be impeached because otherwise future presidents would be free to commit any crime or misdemeanor as long as they did so right before leaving office. to rebut that, trump s lawyers offered this counter argument. if my colleague on this side of the chamber actually think that president trump committed a criminal offense, and let s understand, a high crime is a felony and misdemeanor is a misdemeanor. the words haven t changed that much overtime. after he s out of office, you go and arrest him. so there is no opportunity where the president of the united states can run rampant in january at the end of his term and just go away scot-free. the department of just
the guns, kit is greater. think about those kids practicing the speeches at home, heartbreaking pleas for change from what is now known as the lockdown generation takes us off the air tonight. and on that note, i wish you all a very good and safe night. for all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late, see you at the end of tomorrow. the end of tomorrow the united states senate was still in the middle of impeaching the previous president for stoking insurrection. the house impeachment managers, all of them democrats, were making the case that even though trump was no longer president, he had to be impeached because otherwise future presidents would be free to commit any crime or misdemeanor as long as they did so right before leaving office. to rebut that, trump s lawyers offered this counter argument. if my colleague on this side of the chamber actually think that president trump committed a criminal offense, and let s understand
on. how much are we missing in this, the point that needs to be hammered home again and again we talk about the economy. should be there be more focus on the price of eggs, something my friend and colleague loves to talk about? what is the metric that is the sort of convincing metric about the health of this economy? to me it comes down to jobs. into a broader question about how is my family doing? what are my kids prospects looking light? if those things are turning around, that has really been what warren and stan standards and aoc have hammered away on in the last few years. we ve seen it translate in the biden transition see. when trump is the guy in the other side of the ticket, that s really going to be what they re thinking about. if you re joe biden, you hope that s enough for them to pull a lever for you. biden talking a lot about democracy, institutional integrity, the sacrosanct nature of the constitution. does that matter to these
to me it comes down to jobs. into a broader question about how is my family doing? what are my kids prospects looking light? if those things are turning around, that has really been what warren and stan standards and aoc have hammered away on in the last few years. we ve seen it translate in the biden transition see. when trump is the guy in the other side of the ticket, that s really going to be what they re thinking about. if you re joe biden, you hope that s enough for them to pull a lever for you. biden talking a lot about democracy, institutional integrity, the sacrosanct nature of the constitution. does that matter to these voters? on some level it does. but look, at the end of the day you ve got to be able to pay your mortgage. you want to put your kid through college. you want to have a secure retirement. it s important, obviously, things like democracy, authoritarianism. you also have to focus on these kitchen table concerns. the irony is, biden does have a story to tell