Today. Thats going to do it for us. Ill see you again tomorrow. Now its time for the last word with with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, herachel. That old phrase sergeant at arms. Hr the arms part seems archaic. And meaningless. And then you have days like today. Those scenes, we have shown them on this show in the past. The pictures of the end of governor Gretchen Whitmers driveway with guys standing at the end of her driveway holding guns and wearing all the protrump stuff and shouting about the president and telling drop her policies. But its another thing to see them in the legislative chamber too. I actually dont know which one feels more antidemocratic. To but thats where we are. As we always stress about this, michigan has 9. 9 Million People. About. 9200 of them decided to out and do this today. And i cant do the math, rachel, on how tiny a slice of less than 1 that is. But that is a very, very tiny group thats doing this. Yeah, i mean, i think if you
That phrase, the sergeant at arms, the arms part seeming meaningless then you have days like today. Yeah. Those scenes from, i mean, we have shown them on this show in the past, pictures of the end of govern governor Gretchen Whitmers driveway with guys standing at the end of her driveway holding guns and wearing protrump stuff and shouting about the president and telling her to drop her policies but its another thing to see them in the legislative chamber. I dont know which one feels more anti democratic but thats where we are. And we always stress, michigan has 9. 9 Million People, about 2000 th of them decided t this today. I cant do the math on how tiny a slice of less than 1 that is but that is a very, very tiny group thats doing this. Yeah, i mean, i think if you did a census of everybody in michigan who braves their beard hair and wears fake military gear without being in the military, it might be a significant proportion but if you look at them versus the general population, ye
With the president ial seal and everything all set up in the very formal rose garden, in the middle of all that, a guy who works at Tucker Carlsons website started yelling at the president in the middle of his statement. And it was a weird thing to happen in any circumstance, but in the formal setting of the rose garden, while the president is there giving an official president ial statement, it was it was really weird. And the president got really mad. It is the right thing to do. Excuse me, sir. Its not time for questions, sir. No, you have to take questions. Not while im speaking. And the answer to your question, sir, and the next time i prefer you let me finish my statements before you ask that question is this is the right thing to do for the American People. The guy who was yelling at the president , as you can see there, has see the red thing there . Has a press credential around his neck. He was a credentialed member of the White House Press corps for the Tucker Carlson website
Went to the rose garden to make an important statement about a policy change that he was instituting. And in the middle of the president standing there formally in a suit at the podium with the president ial seal on it and everything set up in the very formal rose garden in the middle of all that a guy who works at Tucker Carlsons website started yelling at the president in the middle of his statement. And it was a weird thing to happen in any circumstance but in the formal setting of the rose garden while the president is giving an official president ial statement it was really weird and the president got really mad. It is the right thing to do. Whyd you favor excuse me. Its not time. You have to take questions. Not while im speaking and the answer to your question, sir and the next time i prefer you let me finish my statements before you ask that question is this is the right thing to do for the American People. The guy who was yelling at the president as you can see there has see th
Earful. These coal jobs are not coming back, and now people dont have the insurance they need because theyre poor, and they worked those coal mines, and theyre sick. President trump having this hour with our budget team, and we can have a look in the hour ahead. The White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer also doing the Briefing Room in just a little bit. We will carry that live when it happens. Among the tough budget decisions is how to pay for the border wall he promised in the campaign. House Speaker Paul Ryan just happens to be leading a group of House Republicans at the border today, and Homeland Security on their way to mexico after a meeting with the president at the white house. They are hoping to calm major tensions in what is traditionally a friendly relationship. Add in new Immigration Enforcement guideline that is could result in a giant uptick in deportations. Now, democrats call those new rules draconian. Republicans call that a rush to judgment, but they are warning the