May 16th News Today

That would be fit for public release. That is nowhere in the rules. I was to prepare a confidential report that was comprehensive and thorough of what is in the rules, mr. Hur what is in the rules is you dont gratuitously do things to you dont add language you know would be useful in a political campaign. You werent born yesterday. You understood exactly what you were doing. Thats democratic congressman adam schiff pressing former Special Counsel robert hur on his choice of words in his report o...

Any more electionselections. Voters are not just choosing between the candidates but making critical decisions about the basic fundamentals of the democracy. Polling in the last knew 2024 primaries show us everything show us that donald trump will defeat nikki haley by significant margins. And Super Tuesday will perhaps mark this days away from Trump Clinching the republican nomination officially. That means today will, if nothing else, crystallize the choices that americans face in november. Th...

that does it for a special coverage primetime special coverage this evening but we have much more ahead and now its time for the last word with a great lawrence odonnell. >> we have breaking e. jean carroll knows which away began on your show with your interview with e. jean carroll and her lawyer, and that is in the lawsuit, she has another lawsuit against donald trump for all the comments he made about her, and today a federal judge, luis kaplan, granted e. jean carrolls request to r...

that gives you enough time to make it all the way over to this studio, which is -- its like a coin toss, in a way. [laughter] its not a baseball. its like a coin toss. >> i have time for one cocktail to be right back. >> but rachel, i have a couple of news things about whats gonna happen tomorrow. number one, you would really like this, donald trump rehearsed his plea on a boston radio show tonight. and we are gonna bring you that, what he is gonna say, when he is asked how he pleads. ...

receiving from the texas billionaire and republican billionaire donor harlan crow, all in the name of hospitality. so, what did justice thomas and his 2022 financial disclosure claim? we are going to have to wait a little longer to find out, because justice thomas has requested a 90-day extension. . that does it for us tonight. we will see you again tomorrow. and now it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. good, evening lawrence. >> good evening, alex. does this mean that ...

people. this is now the second indictment that trump is facing since he went in office after manhattan prosecutors charged with 34 felony counts earlier this year over alleged hush money payments. and a post on his truth -- announcing the indictment, trump wrote the correct biden administration has informed by attorneys that ive been indicted. i am an innocent man. tonight, trump posted a formative video repeatedly claiming that investigation is a hoax. politically motivated. >> they c...

to the teflon don. josh marshall hugo lowell and andrew weissmann. appreciate it. >> thats all in >> alex on this thursday night. wagner tonight starts right now, good evening, alex. >> chris, what a thursday. accountability, i think that is the phrase of the day. accountability. >> yes. again, lots of things it seemed here to for unthinkable, becoming think-able as the other theme of the last few years. >> in some, ways unthinkable to donald trump. as much as he knew this was coming, ...

>> i am prepared -- >> and the corsages that you get may skate under the disclosure limits. >> im prepared to disclose right now all of the flowers i have received in my entire life, which i believe is exactly zero. >> i will change that. i am going to change -- that is going to change. you dont have to -- >> there you go. no, im going to. if i get those flowers from you, im disclosing. thats going to be great. >> exactly. you heard it here on this network. its going to happen. >> than...

student loan forgiveness plan, but the president wont get the last word. their senior national correspondents life in the nations capital with more on this. >> a mixed bag for the presiden of the united states today heading into the weekend with a pair of bills on his desk. one of them a victory for the administration and a nation teetering on the brink of default. >> this takes could not have been higher. if we had failed there were extreme voices threatening to take america for the f...

congressional leaders wrap up a new round of talks without a deal on raising the nations debt limit. the president speaking out about the meeting just a short while ago as he scraps part of his overseas trip to keep the negotiations going. and a very disturbing new security lapse by the u.s. secret service. an intruder entering the home of bidens national security adviser, jake sullivan, undetected. were taking a closer look at the growing threat to top american officials. welcome ...