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national political reporter. that is our show for tonight. time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. lawrence, i m gobsmacked by some of these numbers. i m just gonna leave it to you while i scratch my head. ali, you know that thing happens once in a while where one of our great guests really is getting warmed up right when we have to go to commercial break because that s life on commercial television? that happened last week with yale professor david blight, who is an expert on the 14th amendment. he knows everything about how it came to be, the congressional debate about it. we are bringing him back tonight to finish his thoughts about that. that is worth watching because the most important amendment nobody ever thought about six months ago, and this is worth staying and listening to. certainly not thought about in this context. and he will follow harvard law professor laurence tribe, also an expert on constitutional law and the 14th amendment, who will gi ....
to remove trump from their. ballots california says not so fast. why? well, i will as the california secretary of state. this is all happening as republican presidential contenders are gearing up for the first major test. the iowa caucuses and new hampshire primaries, there just a couple of weeks away. who has the most at stake in these early contests? we ll ask our political panel this hour. plus, our culture critics are here to ring in the new year. we are looking at the biggest moments of 2023, and what s in and out in 2024. i am symone sanders-townsend, i have something to say. in just over two weeks, all eyes will be on iowa. that s when the state republicans will caucus in the first nominating contest of 2024 for the president of the united states. now, these make-or-break races for republican presidential hopefuls, they will be happening against the backdrop of an urgent and unprecedented constitutional question. you are looking at the first seconds of dona ....
lawrence, i m gobsmacked by some of these numbers. i m just gonna leave it to you while i scratch my head. aly you , know that thing happens once in awhile where one of our great guests guests really is getting warmed up right when we have to go to commercial break because that s life on commercial television. that happened last week with yale professor david blight, who is an expert on the 14th amendment. he knows everything about how it came to be, the congressional debate about it. we are bringing back tonight finishes thoughts about that. that is worth watching because the most important amendment nobody ever thought about six months ago, and this is worth staying and listening to. certainly not in this context. and he will follow harvard law professor laurence tribe, also an expert on constitutional law and the 14th amendment, who will give us his view of how the 14th amendment, how it has the power to keep donald trump off the ballot in some states. i loo ....
history today by saying dante be on the presidential ballot there. it seems like a really fast 24 hours ago that you and i were having our first discussion of what nikki haley said when asked about the cause of the civil war. it really exploded since then. it is truly incredible that she, the governor of south carolina, cannot even talk about this issue without tying herself up in knots. it s truly astounding. we have your pressure david whyte with us tonight. oh he s perfect. originally booked of course as history professor as an expert on what caused the civil war, as are many high school students jean robinson s with us too, he s also an expert on what caused the civil war. but we will also get a chance to talk to professor blight about the 14th amendment, which is what is being used to knock non-trump off the ballots. he s very much an expert on that. and so much to come. lawrence, if you do me a favor, could you ask professor blight what he thinks frederi ....
what nikki haley said when asked about the cause of the civil war. it really exploded since then. it is truly incredible that she, the governor of south carolina, cannot even talk about this issue without tying herself up in knots. it s truly astounding. we have your pressure david whyte with us tonight. oh he s perfect. originally booked of course as history professor as an expert on what caused the civil war, as are many high school students jean robinson s with us too, he s also an expert on what caused the civil war. but we will also get a chance to talk to professor blight about the 14th amendment, which is what is being used to knock non-trump off the ballots. he s very much an expert on that. and so much to come. lawrence, if you do me a favor, could you ask professor blight what he thinks frederick douglass would make of what nikki haley said. have you ever read your monster biography, it s epic. all right, there you go, there s question one for prof ....