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Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Joining us now intelligence and National Security reporter for nbc news, politics editor at theroot. Com and former Chief Adviser or al gore and a former senior aid to president obama. When a trump tweet ends with National Disgrace, a tweet that includes a misspelling by the president , it reminds me of the days when misspelling was a National Disgrace when done by the Vice President of the United State...

Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. What mr. Mcgahn had said, according to a person close to the president. Yesterday in what was for reasons we will get to later Rudy Giulianis most spectacularly ridiculous tv interview ever, giuliani actually admitted that the Trump Lawyers do not know everything don mcgahn told the Special Prosecutor. We have ...

Civilians. this is horrible. >> and your president of ukraine, zelenskyy, has become this kind of super-hero. everybody knows his name. this was a man who was elected after a career as a television com comedian. his popularly wasnt high before the war. now i imagine most majority of the ukrainians look to him for inspiration in the resistance to invasionment did that surprise you to see zelenskyy step up like this? >> i think the inspiration it mutual. people inspired by zelenskyy. also zelensky...

Solemn occasion, donald trump has other plans. so that presents a very interesting question, doesnt it? what level of coverage do you give him for whatever he says on january 6th? luckily, i dont have to make that decision here. dont forget tonights survey question at smerconish.com. i discuss this with dr. hotez earlier. really interesting question. should vaccination status be a factor when distributing limited supply of the new covid pill? so we have great news. pfizer has this new pill, but ...

Question at smerconish.com. i discussed this with dr. hotez earlier. really interesting question. should vaccination status be a factor when distributing limited supply of the new covid pill? so we have great news. pfizer has this new pill, but theyre going to be going to be rolled out without enough supply for all who need them. so should we look at a scenario where we determine the need and whether someones vaxxed or unvaxxed? thats what im asking. go to my website and cast a ballot on the que...

Our country and im hoping that he sees how climate change is impacting in the inner cities. remember, this is not a large wave or tide increase. this came from the sky. and we need to change our conversation on how we deal with the climate change and in the inner cities and across our country. >> yeah, it is important to point out, this wasnt actually a hurricane by the time it got to the northeast. this is the remnants of something that had gone through the gulf coast and had sort of weakened a...

S wel wilmington and the devastations in the northeast. >> no because there is nothing the president could do about it. we have a polarized country. and weve seen approval across presidents of different parties be very, very steady only moving microscopically in response to very large events. president trump for example never reached 50%. but his -- even when we had the pandemic and the economy shut down last year, his approval rating didnt go -- it wasnt high to begin with but it didnt go down ...

Should stop texting about the crimes and maybe tell the crimes over the phone so that the crimes dont leave little crime footprints. >> mike, werent you subpoenaed by congress? >> i was. but i think i bought myself a little time. >> this meeting of the house intelligence committee will now come pompeo? pompeo? [ laughter ] >> listen, listen. ive been asking around. and i think this whole impeachment thing could be really bad. >> who told you that? >> like, america. >> so, on a scale of one to te...

Approve, 47% disapprove in his handling of the economy, don. that used to be a big advantage for him. that advantage has been wiped away. its still his best issue, but it isnt the big advantage it used to be. and i think that has something to do with where his overall numbers are. >> the economy, dana, has been one of the presidents biggest assets. >> yeah. >> better hope it hangs on. but for the first time in serve months in our polling, his approval has dropped below 50% to 48%. is he losing h...

To 48%. is he losing his best argument for -- or at least on the verge or the possibility of losing his best argument for re-election? >> look, thats exactly what david was just referring to, and that is what frankly im told his biggest concern is right now when he looks to his re-election. understanding very well that a humming economy was keeping him at least above sea level in general polling-wise -- >> but even having a humming economy, his approval rating still wasnt high for a humming econ...