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For your time tonight. That is our show this evening. Now it is time for the last word with jonathan capehart, who is in for lawrence. Good evening. I could not hear what you are talking about. What were you talking about? about lindsey graham? lindsey graham took a trip to nebraska to basically try to convince the state to be a winner take all state, so when the electoral votes are apportioned, donald trump gets all of them rather than kamala harris getting one of them and that one vote, gosh i...

Preferences are. To pull that Military Threatening Military Funding or threaten it in a meaningful way. One thing i want to say quick is if american politicians saw daily video briefings of the suffering of the people in gaza and the people being killed day in and day out, they would put an end to this immediately. The problem is we operate in an environment in which palestinian lives are considered secondary. No one is paying attention and we put israeli lives that somehow more valuable and you...

Its very significant. The weight of resources are no longer in your favor, i dont care how much money you necessarily have. What theyre doing now is likely expected a not guilty plea where he will formally tell the court he has notice of all the charges against him, and they will set some date in the future in terms of when he will have to either have discovery provided to him, there likely is not going to be a Motion Schedule for the things that you would argue about what would come into eviden...

good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, law alex. lawrence >> i just got my hands on this filing while youve been working here. well very much on the fly going into live coverage of it. you will not be surprised to know that on the first page of this filing the second paragraph mentions the historic landslide victory in the iowa caucuses yesterday. that is considered a of legal import in this case by the trump lawyers in their filing tonight. >> i wonder if theres something about hi...

know that on the first page of this filing the second paragraph mentions the historic landslide victory in the iowa caucuses yesterday. that is considered of legal import in this case by the trump lawyers in their filing tonight. >> i wonder if theres something about his inauguration crowd size on page 67. well see. >> i havent read the whole thing, but so far i have not found that. >> your crackerjack team of producers is on it. >> thank you, alex. we are about to be joined by andrew ...

stone cited several trump legal and political advisers who claim that the former president is demanding that they incorporate fringe conspiracies into his legal defense, quote, heres a list of ideas have included inserting that there is evidence that anti trump elements in the fbi framed him and a maga protesters by using undercover agents and -- to instigate the january 6th riot. and there the left wing anti-fascist played a role in attacking the capitol that day, and that trumps lieu...

wagner. a maga freak show, thats a one person familiar with donald trumps january 6th trial preparations described the former president strategy, according to rolling stone magazine. in new reporting today, rolling stone cited several trump legal and political advisers who claim that the former president is demanding that they incorporate fringe conspiracies into his legal defense.quote, heres a list of ideas have included inserting that there is evidence that anti-trump elements in th...

a special holiday edition of the last word. 2024 will be another year of defendant trump and another election here in which democracy itself is once again at stake. the republicansha only a three state majority in the house of representatives. the democrats have only a one seat majority in the united states senate with democratic senators facing difficult campaigns in ohio, montana, pennsylvania, michigan, and nevada. democrats will be running on a 3.7% unemployment rate. unemployment ...

the republicans have only a three seat majority in the house of representatives. the democrats have only a one seat majority in the united states senate, with democratic senators facing difficult campaigns in ohio, michigan, montana, pennsylvania and nevada. democrats will be running on a 3. 7% unemployment rate. unemployment has not been, has been below 4% for 22 months. thats the longest stretch since 1969. president biden was at an infrastructure event at the carpenters internationa...

♪♪ good morning. welcome to "morning joe." this morning, a debt ceiling deal seems to be on the right path. house speaker kevin mccarthy had a much more optimistic tone yesterday while answering questions about the negotiations. well have those comments for you. it comes as president biden is busy with world leaders at the g7 summit in japan. the group just announced a new round of sanctions for russia, aimed at closing loopholes moscow has been using since the start of the ukr...