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everything he can do to get as far away from fani willis and fulton county as he can. the latest on his bid to move rico charges to federal court and maybe get them tossed out altogether. and new political drama in a district thats already had more than its fair share after new york republicans pick a candidate to run for george santos old seat. public records show the gop candidate is actually a registered democrat and has been for 11 years. so what the heck is going on. lots to get...

well see you tomorrow. now, its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. good evening, lawrence. >> i hold in my hands the democrats secret plan to seize power from kevin mccarthy in the house of representatives. it has been hiding in the house of representatives since it was filed on january 30th, and today we discovered how this secret plan is supposed to work, and the secret agent, the secret legislative agent who introduced this plan, is gonna be my first guest tonight. ameri...

well see you tomorrow. now, its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, alex. ive got, for me, a very exciting segment coming up. i pulled my hands, the democrats secret plan to cease power from kevin mccarthy in the house of representatives. it says hr 626, so it doesnt look like a sacred document. it has been hiding in the house of representatives since it was filed on january 30th. >> yeah. >> and today, we discovered how this secret p...

as part of the 50 nation coalition that president biden has built or whether congress will ignore the lessons weve learned from history and let putin prevail. it is that simple. it is that stark a choice and we hope congress on a bipartisan basis will make the right choice. >> thats national security advisor jake sullivan laying out the high stakes of a vote on more aid for ukraine. well look at where support stands on capitol hill for president bidens $106 billion foreign aid plan jus...

Is the key filing, which you could not, that couldnt be hidden from republicans. >> no, but the bill was public. >> well, so you say. you keep saying the bill was public, the bill was public. no one looking at this had any idea that it had the secret capacity to save the country from default by being the shelf in the debt ceiling. >> well, there are a couple of reporters, and i was truthful with them. i told them that it was potentially, from my perspective, that it was basically to keep our opt...

The inevitable result of their caucus. so, i just thought it was pertinent, unfortunately i had a rule staff, as a former member. to be able to work with me to give us some options. and it wasnt just for the fault. we were thinking that it might be for other things that might come up. the republicans, when they came in charge, change the rules a little bit. so, you can only introduce bills that were single sourced for a committee. this bill covers enough, so that would have changed once we moved...

Explain them to anyone else. i have struggled with such explanation once again today before finally giving up and deciding to defer to roll calls authoritative report. today on how this might work. rules ranking member jim mcgovern filed the rule during tuesdays, meaning today house proforma session, which allows them to begin the cumbersome process of trying to discharge it to the floor against republican leaders wishes. the rule would allow for a immediate consideration of a shell bill congres...

I think, to me and to people across the country. and that is that we all know the state, the battered state of our democracy. and we all understand that this is not just a one-off here or two states that are doing this. this is a concerted, planned, coordinated effort. over 400 voter suppression bills have been introduced across the country just in the last year, just since january 6th. and so its not divorced from january 6th either and i think thats why people are so frustrated because it feel...

For poor countries, they can cause mass starvation. to capitol hill now and the fight for voting rights. president biden will meet with senate democrats over lunch today as they try to plot a path with how to overcome the gop filibuster on this. former president obama also now throwing his weight behind peng shuai -- president bidens efforts. senate majority leader chuck schumer plans to layout what happens next in the uphill battle. he may have found a bit of a loophole. tell us more. >> repo...

The senate has voted to advance the bipartisan infrastructure bill and bring debate on the substitute amendment to an end. i repeat that democrats are ready and willing to vote on additional amendments to the bill before moving to final passage. once again, that will require the cooperation of our republican colleagues. i hope they will cooperate so we can move more quickly. otherwise, well proceed by the book and finish the bill. >> john, whats our sense of the bipartisanship inside this bipart...