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Today of all days. happy valentine's day. that is it for us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. good evening. lawrence >> good evening, alex. and those 100 judges are -- a really big joe biden and ron klain accomplishment. ron klain having worked the judiciary committee with joe biden when he was chairman and the business of confirming those judges. ron klein told me about is last week of working for the white house that he's their they are way to feeling every vacancy in the federal courts. they might get to a point this year where ...

We've got a story about him coming up stealing a dead dog's money. i mean, it actually gets worse. we'll have that in just a moment, but richard haass, given everything we're talking about, can you talk about the global implications given that some of these extreme crazies, if i could use the word, are now in power, and despite over the debt limit is getting dangerous lis serious? ? >> a couple reactions. one is the united states is the world's oldest functioning democracy. what this does is in many ways puts democracy in a terrible light. give authoritarians ammunition to justify the way they...

>> the hysteria part was referring specifically to what president biden did the other day. which is basically trying to set the election up as a choice. you can elect democrats or you can end american democracy. so what we heard from democrats following the president's lead was a lot of this talk about democracy is on the ballot. it is under threat. we might not have a functioning democracy after next tuesday. that kind of talk. it is pretty extreme extreme, but it is fairly characteristic of the final days for election. people are very worked up it's all coming down to this. and they are thro...

Committed to the constitution. senator lee has failed that test. he betrayed the document that i think also the american republic, and he's got to be held accountable. most utahans are united around that fact and united around the need for a senator representing us to work across party lines to solve problems. and that doesn't happen unless we have a functioning democracy. senator lee has worked very hard to tear it down. >> you look at the polling averages. you certainly have closed the gap. senator lee does have a lead, but you're within the par gin of error in a couple recent polls. how hav...

Minnesota, nevada. talking about trump-aligned candidates whole reason for running seems to turn over elections if their team doesn't win. a basic problem for a functioning democracy. we can appreciate those with integrity. georgia's republican secretary of state rafsenburger. we can't assume that will happen. a common sense solution to the problem. american should have all non-partisan election administration. no business overseeing elections if you have a rooting interest in the outcome. speaking of conflict of interest, you want a really relevant deep cut? look no further than ohio. you pro...