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national political reporter. that is our show for tonight. time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. lawrence, im gobsmacked by some of these numbers. im just gonna leave it to you while i scratch my head. >> ali, you know that thing happens once in a while where one of our great guests really is getting warmed up right when we have to go to commercial break because thats life on commercial television? that happened last week with yale professor david blight, who is an expert on t...

lawrence, im gobsmacked by some of these numbers. im just gonna leave it to you while i scratch my head. aly you >>, know that thing happens once in awhile where one of our great guests guests really is getting warmed up right when we have to go to commercial break because thats life on commercial television. that happened last week with yale professor david blight, who is an expert on the 14th amendment. he knows everything about how it came to be, the congressional debate about it....

history today by saying dante be on the presidential ballot there. it seems like a really fast 24 hours ago that you and i were having our first discussion of what nikki haley said when asked about the cause of the civil war. it really exploded since then. >> it is truly incredible that she, the governor of south carolina, cannot even talk about this issue without tying herself up in knots. its truly astounding. >> we have your pressure david whyte with us tonight. oh >> hes perfect. >...

what nikki haley said when asked about the cause of the civil war. it really exploded since then. >> it is truly incredible that she, the governor of south carolina, cannot even talk about this issue without tying herself up in knots. its truly astounding. >> we have your pressure david whyte with us tonight. oh >> hes perfect. >> originally booked of course as history professor as an expert on what caused the civil war, as are many high school students jean robinsons with us too, hes ...

talked about what has been thus far but also talked what is to come. >> what is to come. heres the quote, clark decided - its like a movie. >> you know, like mussolini or something. >> yeah. >> sort of like al haig. no disrespect. you got to know whether youre a utility, infielder or cleanup -- >> like the justice department. >> he decided theyre going to take over the justice department. theyre going to wipe out everything. >> and trump. >> they call in rosen -- is it donahue -- >> ye...

a presidential historian and author john meacham joins me live to discuss the state of our democracy today. the beginning of the end, we will break down what we can expect from closing arguments and jury instructions and trumps hush money election interference trial this week. and the chances that trump will be the first former president convicted of a felony and a look at what happens when trump steps out of the magna bubble. >> the libertarian party should nominate trump for pres...

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