are paying diesel. the president wants to suspend that through september. he needs congressional approval to get it done, however. members of both parties are a bit skeptical. dana: jason chaffetz echoed concerns of republicans who say it won t address the real issue. it s a pure gimmick and does not solve the problem at all. it really doesn t. we have a supply problem and the president has no plan other than to go to the saudis, cut some gas tax, tap into the strategic petroleum reserve, all of which are bad ideas. produce the energy at home and they can solve the problem. that s not what he is doing. bill: what is he doing? peter doocy joins us from the north lawn leading the coverage today. good morning. even if this gas tax holiday gets passed by congress, it is unclear this morning exactly how much help people are going to get. markets don t respond to gimmicks. the administration it is an unserious solution to a serious problem and they are just not takin
Have been shot and killed in a u. S. Marshals task force serving a warrant in east charlotte, North Carolina. Just getting these breaking details. News conference ongoing. Correspondent Jonathan Serrie has been following the latest tonight from atlanta, our southeast newsroom. Good evening, jonathan. Good evening, bret. Charlotte Mecklenburg Police say the scene is now safe for residents. They no longer need to shelter in place. But the shooting is exacted a heavy toll. Police in that ongoing News Conference confirming just moments aid officers were shot in this incident and that three Law Enforcement officers were killed. Of the surviving officers one of them is listed in critical condition. Of a u. S. Marshals service. But also members of Law Enforcement agencies. They were attempting to serve a warrant for a firearms violation. Some sort of weapons charge on a resident, when this suspect, allegedly opened fire on them. Police say the officers returned fire. Killing the suspect found
thank you. that is our show for tonight. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. tonight we are answering a question i ve been wondering about which is how can marco rubio be on the same ticket as donald trump, because the constitution says, i have to say this right, that the electors from a state cannot vote for two candidates who are from the same state. they can only vote for one. it would make little marco move, right? that s the thing, does he have to move? how does the senator from florida moved from florida? is that legal? anyway, we need an election lawyer to figure this out for us. i just don t understand how they can be talking about rubio as if that is some sort of easy choice to make. i m glad you are getting to the bottom of this. that is quite the pretzel twist. i will be watching. presidential campaign debates were invented by and for tv. 1960 wasn t just the first televised presidential debate, it was the first. george washing
is how can marco rubio be on the same ticket as trump because the constitution says and i have to say it right, that the elect tours from a state cannot vote for two candidates who are from the same state. they can only vote for one. they will make marco move right? that is the thing, does he have to move? how does the united states senator of florida move from florida? is that legal? we need a election lawyer to figure it out. i do not understand how they are talking about rubio as if it is eight ea choice to make. i am glad you are getting to the bottom of this. i will be watching. presidential campaign debates were invented by and for tv. 1960 was not just the first televised presidential debate, it was the first. washington never debated. lincoln famously participated in the lincoln and douglas debates but that was in a senate campaign and lincoln lost. we had 34 presidents in a row who never debated to get the job. if you are around 70. you can actually remember
want to read to you from chief justice roberts and sotomayor. roberts said the state pays tuition for certain students at private schools so long as the schools are not religious. that is discrimination against religion. sotomayor says if a state cannot offer subsidies to its citizens without being required to fund religious exercise any state that values its anti-establishment will have to curtail the support it offers to its citizens. when you heard this news, i know you have said a lot about school choose. what was your reaction? i thought it was great news. it is a two-fer. a win for kids and a win for religious liberty in this country. i don t think it was a hard case, dana. you cited chief justice roberts there and he had written in an earlier case two years ago involving a similar program similar type of situation in montana. all he is saying is states