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it's a hard look to put down but i got up. for that does it for us tonight we're gonna see tomorrow it's. time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. good evening my friends. good evening ali and thank you for bringing us that story about zak. i'm sure that someone in the administration was watching. i expect there is going to be some movement on this, there has to be. >> it would be great to have zak and people like him as an addition to our country. >> well, donald trump can't
zak, you see my son, and he was wearing a blue t-shirt and i saw them, i said this is who i am, and they jumped around and went back and i saw them go down to the gate and open the gate where i was at and i thought i would get out then. at that time was still scared. >> you're here. >> the last time i was worried about you, you ended up in america, so this time i'm worried about you and hopefully that means you will get your visa to stay in america, and it is a great honor to meet you. thank you for your service to our country. >> thank you. >> and thank you for your service to our country. >> thank you. >> we appreciate it. this is a beautiful story of your friendship and your compliment to each other. and to both of your countries. so thank you for being here. >> thank you. marine major thomas schueman and former interpreter zak, a book
it is actually now been reduced to 12 months, zac served for almost four years. there's, we've found supplemental documentation from that unit, we have that now as well. with that supplemental information, his last application was still denied. we put the appeal. in and we're still waiting. so you can infer what you would from that process but it surely does not seem to work. >> in the spirit that it is intended. zak, when we last spoke to you, as i said, your face was covered, you were frightened, chi tell you were frightened and now hearing from you tonight that you thought that might be the last time you would do an interview and that they would come for you, the taliban would come for you, what happened after that, how did you get out? >> we did like three attempts to the airport, to go there and go in, and somebody help us, tom's
the country is kind of catching up to what we've been living for quite a long time. >> and joining me now is nbc's star ship burns reporting live from overland park, kansas, a suburb of kansas city. can you explain with this measure will do if passed, and what's the latest polling tells us about where this measure stands? >> yeah, hey, jonathan, good morning. i'm standing right now in front of one of those few abortion clinics here in kansas that zach mentioned. the stakes are incredibly high, after the supreme court decision, after dogs, after roe is overturned, the surrounding states around kansas went dark. there is no abortion access around this state. so, this is really sort of an island when it comes to abortion access in this entire region. zak there did mention to me that they have seen a significant increase in the number of calls they're getting outside of the state seeking
and fusing at local and state level with extremists. one in five local and state gop officials has sympathies or affiliations with radical groups. that is why we also see the logic of the party eating its own as it becomes the far-right extremist party. the rhino phenomenon where moderates had to be pushed out. this has happened before in history. it has also happened when there are military coups. it happens whenever you have far-right authoritarians or get to power. >> let's pick up on that threat. zak, you are right. the republican establishment repeatedly flirted with middle american radicals. they're defined as middle and lower class voters who make up the radical right. how big of a threat is this group too liberal institutions? how big has it gotten compared to where it is --
joined by a history professor at nyu. she specializes in fascism. she is the author of strongmen, mussolini to the present. she is also the founder of a newsletter that follows the threats to democracy. she has also been interviewed 70 times by the january six committee. thank you for joining me. zak, let's start with you. there is the new piece that you write. you wrote, quote, white america faces now is a conservatism unbound it. partnered with the radical right, even shared some of its belief, and even please it. today's conservatism has jettisoned that modicum of caution. it is not conservative, but downright revolutionary. having had a taste of victory, there is no sign of the republican party is willing or capable of reimposing the limits that once made is safe for democratic politics. zak, what has changed? why do you believe the
gun violence, that actually care about saving children's lives. but, yeah it is disappointing that one of the -- well isa murkowski and we are just hoping that after today was -- >> you know, zak, you might remember after the columbine shooting there was an nra convention just like what happened a couple weeks ago following the shooting in uvalde, and in buffalo. but we also have this bipartisan group of senators who say they are making progress on a gun bill. i know there is some reason for optimism as that sort of work is happening, but as you think about what is possible outside of the halls of congress, would you like to see the rest of us, regular folks doing to try and affect some real change where possibly lawmakers won't? >> right, i think it comes down to individuals ultimately, i
money on its stock. it is the subject of a new documentary airing tonight here on msnbc. check out this clip. >> the boomers, they think we are lazy. we just got fed up with the world. that i was being told, go to college you get a job. frankly, that is just not realistic for our generation. >> this is the first time that somebody with a very small amount of money can go get involved in the stock market. >> they understand if we gather together, we can force this stop hire. >> who wins and loses one short sellers social media and retail investors collide? >> it is the social construct. we say it has value. that's it. >> everybody wants a piece of this. >> the stimulus talks are coming. >> a weapon, gamestop. >> joining me now is exacting apart, one of the directors of this film. zak, welcome. let me tell folks, once you start watching this film, you will have to stay with it start to finish. it is so complicated. there are so many layers to this. how did you approach for this?