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Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Justice that the president s lawyers have said publically and said it once again today that the president will not answer any questions about obstruction of justice and other issues that the special prosecutor Robert Mueller would like to question the president about. Regular viewers of this hour know i for one believe President Trump was never going to submit to any questions by my prosecutor under any...

His eventually obituary, that is how we wrap up our wednesday night broadcast. Thank you so very much for being here with us. Good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. It is wednesday, the 18th Of December in the year 2019 and President Donald Trump is impeached. The vote in the House Of Representatives tonight to impeach the president was not close. It was 230 to 197 on the first article, which was abuse of power. One democrat voted present. On the second article, Obstruction ...

Were going to continue to follow this story over the next hour or so, but we do want to pivot to whats been taking place, of course, across this country. that was the verdict of kyle rittenhouse. coming up, im going to speak to david jolly and donna edwards. well be right back. l lly and ds well be right back. but his diabetes never seemed to take one. everything felt like a no. everything. but then ray went from no to know. with freestyle libre 2, now he knows his glucose levels when he needs...

Help us extrapolate in terms of whats going to happen next. theres two interesting things evolving, one that was just spelled out, that she believes more evidence is going to come out aboutscandal, as the proceedings here move from the house, which has completed the impeachment process, and this starts to become the senate trial, although theres drama there, too. she thinks more evidence will come out. theres a little bit of precedent for that in terms of richard nixon and the impeachment he fac...

Pro-putin oligarchs. the guy who manafort sent all that trump campaign data to during the campaign, all that polling, is somebody who prosecutors say is actively linked to russian intelligence. what does russian intelligence want with all the trump campaign strategy data and polling data for the rust belt? that guy to whom manafort sent all that trump campaign data was, himself, indicted by federal prosecutors. he apparent ll lly fled to mosc avoid prosecution and hes still at large. m manafort ...

Allies of his, many of whom were criticizing the chief of staffs performance. dana bash and i are being told that the president is increasingly frustrated with his white house chief of staff in the wake of all of this. we saw the chief of staff mick mulvaney once again on fox news today attempting to clean up that admission. >> reporters will use their language all the time. my language never said quid pro quo. it is legitimate for the president to want to know whats going on with the ongoing in...

And thats why we have him her. if you were advising the president. >> im not advising him. >> if you were. would you say mr. president, youre better going the route of touting your accomplishments rather than giving red meat, which revoking security clearances of political opponents is, to members of the opposition or as they would call themselves the resistance. >> he feels fronting ll lly -- strongly about this. hes out there every single day talking about the economy to the american public. a...

Commerce wilbur ross. forbes uncovered a pattern. many of those who worked directly with him claim that ross wrong ll lly siphoned or s at least, if you consider them individually, but all tolled, these allegations would spark lawsuits, reimbursements and sec fine come to more than $120 million. dan alexander, the author of that report in forbes magazine joins us next, along with trump bio grapher, jim obrian.

Fifth, were reminded again and again, this is the president who said only the mob would take the fifth, only people who are already guilty take the fifth. >> that has not -- that saying one things and doing another, as we have seen in the reporting, so if the president does not acquiesce to a final subpoena. at what tony would this create a crisis. >> most people realize that a credible impeachment has to be bipartisan, unfortunate ll lly few republicans are willing to stand up against him. the ...

A boycott, with a call for a boycott that spread virally and that was so successful so quickly. he knew where to hit laura ingraham where it hurt, in her advertisers. these kids have shown a savviness about dealing with the media in their many appearances on television and other platforms that shows theyve grown up with this media, know how to use it, and theyre now turning it to advocate for the political change they feel should happen. i think theyve been underestimated by some of the adults w...