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[laughs] but i do it all the time, sorry. That does it for us tonight. Well see again on monday, provided i still have a job. Now is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. And who needs commercials . Come on. The audience is very grateful for that move. Rachel, i listened to your interview with Attorney General Keith Ellison, who managed the prosecution of Derek Chauvin. So fascinating to hear his perspective on it. He of course among many ot...

[laughs] but i do it all the time, sorry. That does it for us tonight. Well see again on monday, provided i still have a job. Now is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. And who needs commercials . Come on. The audience is very grateful for that move. Rachel, i listened to your interview with Attorney General Keith Ellison, who managed the prosecution of Derek Chauvin. So fascinating to hear his perspective on it. He of course among many ot...

[laughs] but i do it all the time, sorry. That does it for us tonight. Well see again on monday, provided i still have a job. Now is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. And who needs commercials . Come on. The audience is very grateful for that move. Rachel, i listened to your interview with Attorney General Keith Ellison, who managed the prosecution of Derek Chauvin. So fascinating to hear his perspective on it. He of course among many ot...

Hearing you had. in the new year you plan to have more public hearings. can you explain what was behind that decision? what can the public expect to see in these public hearings? >> well, i think youre going to see us lay out the case. so, were still in the investigative phase right now. we will continue, and we will notice those public hearings. but i think what youll continue to hear are themes about how we protect democracy, how fragile our democracy is, and the steps along the way that led u...

Is there negotiation possible with even just a couple of republican senators? >> katy, on the john lewis voting rights advancement act, there is one republican who is on board, thats lisa murkowski. but there is room based on republicans ive talked to, to do minor changes to the electoral count act, the 1887 law that sets the removals the electoral counting process. a lot of republicans are interested in clarifying the vice presidents role, that he or she does not have carte blanche to accept or...

The rallies and also the pressure campaign that the former president put on through his own department of justice to other states during the counting process, and how those states efforts held up. so i think thats one of the themes that youll continue to hear, is just how fragile our democracy is, how close we came, and to, again, make sure this never happens again. we want to report the facts and circumstances. this is a nonpartisan investigation and were going to carry forward in that manner. ...

Have now lies with the republican state legislature. >> a number of states have tried to take running of elections away from professionals in giving it to politicians. so in state legislatures like georgia give power to the state legislature to potentially overturn results, thats very worrisome. >> this past year there has been no better example of a politicized counting process than the so-called audit of ballots in maricopa county, arizona. this past spring and summer by a group calling themse...

Time to see how you responded to this weeks survey question at smerconish.com. i was asking which is a greater threat to democracy, the way we cast our ballots or the way we count them. we talked about it at the outset of the program. 76% of more than 16,000 of you who voted say its the counting. his premise was to say, hey, passion is moving the needle. if people want to get out and vote, theyre going to get out and vote. we need to pay more attention to the counting process and the changes in ...

Chosen to do that? their goal is to end it. and ahead the struggles of being undocumented in this country. an author takes us behind her new family portrait. a new hour of american voices starts right now. lets begin this hour with the gops campaign of lies and the far reaching consequences for the american people and for democracy. nbc news out with a new report on how two election workers in georgia are suing the right wing media website, the gateway pundit, for defamation. a site claimed ...

>> trying to solve a problem that doesnt exist. >> some say it never occurs. it does occur. it occurs infrequently. >> efforts making it easier to undo the results of an election. eight states have enable toed 11 laws,000 strengthen the role of partisan politicians have in determining election outcomes. in georgia, some of the power that used to belong to secretary of state brad raffensperger, someone committed to the rule of the law, now. >> a number of states have tried to take running of elec...