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That does it for us tonight. Well see you again tomorrow night. Now it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Ow good evening and welcome to our special labor day edition of the last word. We are now 64 days away from election day and the latest nbc news wall street journal poll shows 50 of voters want democrats to take control of congress. 42 want republicans to keep control. We are now 64 days away from and eight of those 25 now it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. T...

Fine with me. You can keep going. You know, i ran into Ayanna Pressley in massachusetts a few weeks ago and she told me unofficially off the record that they had polling inside their campaign that was more positive than the public polling which showed her significantly behind. And you know, candidates always tell you that. They always say our private polls look better. But she was very convincing about it. And that district in all the iterations that steve was describing from when it was jfks di...

>> one more question about what you said and one last question for you. you said he doesnt believe in it. do you think he understands it? >> im not sure he does. as nick said, he thinks in every deal theres a winner and a sucker, i think he does believe that. i think thats probably as far as he goes. do you think hes really read -- >> no. >> tombs about the second world war. >> i dont think hes read anything, no. >> you know, if you said the name disrali to him -- come on, no. >> my last questio...

By his standards.an he becomes angrier and then ultimately incredibly self-pitying. meanwhile, he summons in kellyanne conway, whos caught in a lie too. and again nailed elegantly and politely. and she has a very different method. first she tries to brazen it out, then she throws other people under the bus. then she finally desperately changes the subject. the thing i find myself thinking about a lot as i review these first stories from the book, and of course well all want to read the finished ...

First stories from the book, and of course well all want to read the finished product, i understand as i think about it the james mattises and the general kellys. theyre staying to serve the country. and i understand why they have to -- they feel they need to protect their position. to me donald trump is what he is and bob woodward is of course the elegant and eminent figure that he is. im puzzled by the gary cohns, the h.r. mcmasters, the rex tillersons, the people who obviously talked to woodw...