the race, and as he began to deliver his concession speech before a crowd in phoenix, arizona, this happened. a little while ago, i had the honor of calling senator barack obama to congratulate him. [crowd chanting] please. to congratulate him. on being elected the next president of the country that we both love. john mccain. gently, but firmly, and managing a crowd of republicans for booing the election of our nation s first black president. at the time, this was seen as an important moment, it wasn t as though statesmanship was exactly the norm in the republican party. it was sort of the opposite, actually. remember, john mccain s running mate, sarah palin, who was a proponent of birtherism, that conspiracy theory that unfounded racist fearmongering that undermined the historic election of our nation s first black president, and that turned conservatives against barack obama, that you could probably hear in the booing of senator mccain tried to hush that night. mccain d
andrew weissmann joins us to. he would have been great on that stage. it is not his normal form, but, it needed a courtroom approach. a more persei s, targeted question, then many of the questions we got. so, we will try to see, and we might have some suggestions. i would like to see andrew weissmann versus trump, but i would like to see it in a courtroom. that is another matter, for another day. i will be watching, lawrence. i think cnn did the best they could, it using conventional tools, and we kind of knew ahead of time that conventional tools don t work. i only hope that they are, honestly, privately, i m not asking them to admit any mistakes, publicly, but just privately, watch the game film, try to figure out what you did right, because you did two things right, and try to do time. trump is coming back to cnn. he has found a new home, he will be back. let s just hope that cnn is watching the game, film trying to figure out how to do it better. here s to fingers c
then many of the questions we got. so, we will try to see, and we might have some suggestions. i would like to see andrew weissmann versus trump, but i would like to see it in a courtroom. that is another matter, for another day. i will be watching, lawrence. i think cnn did the best they could, it using conventional tools, and we kind of knew ahead of time that conventional tools don t work. i only hope that they are, honestly, privately, i m not asking them to admit any mistakes, publicly, but just privately, watch the game film, try to figure out what you did right, because you did two things right, and try to do better than next time. you know there will be a next time. trump is coming back to cnn. he has found a new home, he will be back. let s just hope that cnn is watching the game, film trying to figure out how to do it better. here s to fingers crossed. have a good show, lawrence. thank you alex. thank you. well, donald trump, only submitting to interviews wi
andrew weissmann joins us to. he would have been great on that stage. it is not his normal form, but, it needed a courtroom approach. a more persei s, targeted question, then many of the questions we got. so, we will try to see, and we might have some suggestions. i would like to see andrew weissmann versus trump, but i would like to see it in a courtroom. that is another matter, for another day. i will be watching, lawrence. i think cnn did the best they could, it using conventional tools, and we kind of knew ahead of time that conventional tools don t work. i only hope that they are, honestly, privately, i m not asking them to admit any mistakes, publicly, but just privately, watch the game film, try to figure out what you did right, because you did two things right, and try to do
for tonight, we will see you again tomorrow. now, time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening lawrence. lawrence. lawrence. lawrence. lawrence. lawrence. lawrence. lawrence. lawrence. lawrence. lawrence. lawrence. lawrence. lawrence. good evening alex. what i was watching the trump show, i was thinking about the people who could have handled that better. the interviewers who could ve handled that better. one of them, going to join us tonight. actually, more than one, but one professional interview where will join us tonight. andrew weissmann joins us to. he would have been great on that stage. it is not his normal form, but, it needed a courtroom approach. a more persei s, targeted question,