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>> congressman cheney is standing up to donald trump for the sake of the institutional vitality and, indeed, survival of the republican party itself. >> i think here was the beginning of something much larger than being one of 435 members of the house, one of 535 members of congress. the language was remarkable. >> and to have celebrate sated herself -- elevated herself to this point where not just people in her own party, but people in the democratic party listen to her, consider her a leader -- howard: this is a total flip prosecute cays that -- days that many dismissed her as a wa...

patel, an msnbc medical contributor. maura, what's the latest? what do we know? >> reporter: according to the first lady's communication director, she confirmed the first lady tested positive via pcr test. she developed mild symptoms yesterday evening, monday evening despite testing negative on monday morning, during one of her covid testing cadences that the president and first lady do. when she started feeling the symptoms, she tested negative on an antigen test but then positive via pcr test. she's on vacation with the president and some family members. we know hunter and his wife...

And it is pretty clear those options are as i just outlined it. Does that mean he couldnt find trump in violation of some other statute that has not been briefed before him . Nobody has also said im not going to summarily find contempt. These are things you have to bring before me. He has made it very clear. These are not summary proceedings. Unless he actually does it in front of me, im not going to do it on my own volition. We could keep going. , we shouldnt. That will do it for us for now. Now it is time for the last word with our good friend lawrence odonnell. Good evening. Good evening, r...

-- that's going to do it for us tonight. it is time for the last word with lawrence for donald. good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel. you did make it look like it was the easiest thing in the world to sit down with you for an hour. i think a lot of people would want to do it, but i'm sure liz cheney is very glad she got the chance to do that. that point she just made about not the lesser of two evils is such an important point to double underline from everything she's written in her book, everything we've learned from the january 6th committee. i know plenty of times over ...

lot easier for you too. why did you take that decision? >> >> >> i don't think it would've made it easier because at the end of the day at the end of the day, the question really is, you know, what's more important here. and to me, there was no world in which you would say maintaining this house seat matters more than standing up for truth. and it became clear that in order to stay in leadership, i was gonna have to tell donald trump's lies. and i was willing to do. that it wasn't a choice for me, and frankly, i don't think it was a choice for any american now given the stakes and gi...