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Other lawsuit involving the president's accounting firm that he lost in federal court yesterday. but 2:30 p.m. tomorrow a judge will hear those arguments about the deutsche bank part of this. i cannot wait to hear those arguments. that does it for us tonight. that does it for us tonight. now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> good evening, rachel. if you really can't wait to hear the arguments, why don't you wait a few minutes and hear harvard lawyer professor laurence tribe talk about the arguments we've already heard in the case that the president lost and in the case ...

President's business is all about, but, of course, as the judge explained, it is very much the people's business. it's related to legislation that might have to be enacted to enforce the ban on presidential receipt of foreign bribes and emoluments. it's related to possible corruption. it's related to the ethics in government act. there's no basis to deny that subpoena so the court refused even to say its decision. when it gets to the supreme court, i would expect that all nine justices, and i mean all nine, would follow the law. this is not a close case. it's not rocket science. so the preside...

Today, again, refusing to answer a question from congresswoman ayanna pressle y. >> yes or no. if left unaddressed, do you believe the substandard public housing conditions pose a risk to tenants' physical, mental and emotional health? if left unaddressed. >> yes or no, can you ask me some questions, yourself -- >> you don't get to dictate what my line of questioning is. reclaiming my time. >> joining our discussion now, former secretary of housing and urban development, julian castro. he's also a former mayor of san antonio, texas, and he's now a democratic candidate for president. and, secre...

Hearing today and what it means for the department of housing and urban development. >> well, it's a classic case of, you know, it would be funny if it weren't so sad because as you pointed out, and representative katie porter and others pointed out today, there are 4.4 million people who are waiting for housing ahous housing assistance, not being served who need it. at the same time, the trump administration proposed over a 16% cut to hud's budget that already is only serving one out of every four americans who qualify for housing assistance. and on top of that, you add the performance that w...

If that's the case, is it possible that this court, if they're unanimous in that view, that they wouldn't even hear the case if the president appeals it from the circuit court of appeals? >> it's quite possible. it's possible that they would just duck. if the circuit court does what any self-respecting circuit court would do, and that is affirm this obviously correct decision, they might simply deny, or might put the thing on a very fast track and rule against the president. but the reason, it's not that i'm, you know, i'm not without my own cynicism, and i do think that there are a lot of ide...