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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 i...

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...

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 a...

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 ...

talked about what has been thus far but also talked what is to come. >> what is to come. here's the quote, clark decided - it's like a movie. >> you know, like mussolini or something. >> yeah. >> sort of like al haig. no disrespect. you got to know whether you're a utility, infielder or cleanup -- >> like the justice department. >> he decided they're going to take over the justice department. they're going to wipe out everything. >> and trump. >> they call in rosen -- is it donahue -- >> yeah. >> some of these characters, like him and the other guy who said i don't want to hear two w...