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Thanks for joining us and giving us a glimpse of what it is like on the ground. That is our show for this evening. Breaking News Coverage of hurricane helenes expected landfall in Florida Tonight continues right now on the last word with lawrence odonnell. At evening. We are going to get to Under Wiseman another news but we are going to begin with the hurricane. As you just heard, there are 600,000 people already without power. We are going to go straight to nbc News Meteorologist Bill karins at...

Now on the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, we will get to andrew weissmann and other news, but we will begin with the hurricane. As you just heard from alex wagner, there are 600,000 people are ready without power. We will go straight to nbc news meteorologist bill karins at this hour for the latest on exactly what the track of the storm is. What do you see coming? we are in the impact his own. We are now watching the northern eye move onshore and it is like the equivalent of a t...

foreign aid bill failed a procedural vote in the senate. both sides now blaming each other for tanking the measure. and now they are trying to get the funding for ukraine, taiwan, and israel. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie tells us what is causing the hiccups from capitol hill. good evening, aishah. >> good evening to you, bret. so, right now, the senate is paralyzed. we are waiting to see if there is a path forward on a foreign aid only package. some republicans want to be ...

through his controversial pension reforms. we start with increasing warnings from western governments over the use of the chinese social—media platform, tiktok. today the british government banned it on all government and civil servants�* devices. take a listen. were also going to ban the use of macro when devices. we will do so with immediate effect. mr speaker, this is a precautionary move. we know that there is already use of tiktok across government, but it is also good cyber�...

6th committee to testify. what we know about that. and burn bits. senators just announced a bipartisan bill to help veterans exposed to the toxic pits that have been linked to cancer. an iraq war veteran explains what this means for those that served. we will, though, start in seoul, the first stop on the presidents trip to asia. and white house correspondent carol lee is with us. and im joined by geoff bennett. this is his first stop. whats he done so far? and talk to me about the n...

These are life scenes from the centre of paris, where protesters are denouncing the government. it is are denouncing the government. it is a heavy police presence as well, and some even tried to march on the national assembly a little earlier while others have been chanting. at this is the live scene where people are, again come out on the streets, not happy with this decision by president macron to use those special measures to force through this. here is what some of the people said earlier. t...

We are here today and we will continue the mobilization in our workplaces, everywhere in the cities, in the streets and elsewhere. we have to get together, we have to get organised, we have to fight. we have to make a mess, as some people say, block everything. take action, and in any case, what is certain is that we have to go beyond the mode of operation which have prevailed until now. but later there were scuffles between police and demonstrators in the place de la concorde. they took place a...

Long overdue not just for my generation but the generation before me. theres progress in the senate. tester and moran say they have a compromise. the senate is where good ideas go to die. we have to keep the focus. we have tone sure voices like john stewart keep shaming people into action. we have to watch out for the same old names that block everything that make sense. people like mike lee from utah. rand paul who blocked the 9/11 first responders bill. theres a long fight ahead. this is progr...

Perhaps add more to the debt, or are they going to have to find cuts elsewhere? >> jay, whats the incentive for democrats to work with the president heading into 2018? they feel like theyre on a high note. big polling suggests theyre in a good place. youve got the seat they just picked up in alabama. can they be a party that just campaigns in the 2018 midterms on saying no to the president, or do they have to stand for something? >> you have to remember that mitch mcconnell going into barack oba...