lawrence o'donnell's show is a complete and total disaster. eted spot, now even at 10:00, it's a mess. so i have an idea. maybe rosie o'donnell and lawrence o'donnell, and they must be related somewhere along the line, they should get together, form a show, and they'll have the lowest rated show of all time. what a good idea. i'm a natural at television. >> shortly thereafter, rosie o'donnell responded to trump on twitter. how many billionaires sell ties and have crappy nonreality shows, none. go back to selling snake oil. bankrupt much? then trump tweeted thousands of e-mails from folks urging me to seek the americans elect presidential nomination, to which rosie replied only in your dreams, donny. it went down from there. there were ugly, hateful things about rosie's new partner. i'm not going to read that. get that off the screen, we're not doing that. and rosie signed off with this tweet. lawrence said it all and best. her treat linked to this video. donald trump has never suffered sharper, more accurate criticism than what was said about h

that's "the last word with lawrence o'donnell," week nights at 10:00 p.m.on msnbc, the place for politics, not comedy. we're going to keep it straight here. >> wow. >>> all right, welcome back. it is time now for entertainment news. and megan fox has been grinding her teeth, and apparently, it has nothing to do with michael bay. that is the "transformers" director who fired her. the "hollywood reporter" says fox is wearing a sports mouth guard because her tattoo removal sessions to laser off marilyn monroe are incredibly painful. apparently, she's clinching her jaw so hard, she's endangering her teeth. >> i thought it was women's rugby. >> no, i don't think so. katy perry photographed in hawaii without bo russell brand and her wedding ring is fueling rumors of some trouble. "us weekly" reports a source saying a mega fight between the two led them to spend their holidays apart with brand heading to england. >>> and "e" news reports bradley cooper is involved with actress zoey zeldana. her spokesperson dismissed the rumors, but a source says the two are datin

thank you to lawrence o'donnell for joining us. you can find him right here on "the last word." ork. and thank you to phil, alecia, a tis patricia, ben. thank you, i will not be back monday, but tuesday. have a great holiday after you have opened all all of your presents. keep us with us on facebook.com/alex. luke russert is in next for andrea. hello, luke. >> good afternoon, alex. great job. enjoy your christmas. get some break, all right? >> i do just that. >>> and coming up next on "andrea mitchell reports", the deal is done but at what cost? we'll look at the winners and losers in the payroll tax fight and deadly week in the mideast. what is next in that volatile region and ron paul is on the rise in iowa but could new questions about an old controversy drag him down? q" i'd never ride without one now. and since my doctor prescribed lipitor, i won't go without it for my high cholesterol and my risk of heart attack. why kid myself? diet and exercise weren't lowering my cholesterol enough. now i'm eating healthier, exercising more, taking lipitor. numbers don't lie. my choleste

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. >>> last night on "the last word with lawrence o'donnell," lawrence and democratic congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz discussed late-breaking rumors that republican leaders in the house wouldn't even allow a promise vote on the payroll tax bill and why. >> we've adjourned for the evening. the house republicans didn't bring the vote up -- didn't bring the senate bill up for a vote tonight, pushed it to tomorrow, and now we're hearing that the rules committee is going to basically punt the legislation, we're not going to have a vote on the bill at all, and we're just going to have a vote on a motion to go to conference with the senate. because i think what you alluded to a minute ago, lawrence, is exactly the problem republicans face. they probably have a couple dozen of their members that want to vote for the bill that are in districts that they are very vulnerable to a loss next year, and if they vote against a middle class tax cut and extending that middle class tax cut right at the holidays, and they know that that is going to cause the economy some harm, they don't want to be in

last night on "the last word," former obama administration adviser elizabeth warren told lawrence o'donnelle thinks of a new attack road funded by crossroads gps that paints her as a friend of wall street. >> it seems like the strategy now is the kitchen stink strategy. throw anything you can at her and let's see what happens. let's keep in mind what was going on three years ago, karl rove was part of the inner circle while george w. bush is telling congress and a nation we got to bail out the big financial institutions, his secretary of the treasury is handing out money to the largest financial institutions. no strings attached i go down to washington and i'm calling him out for it. i'm calling him out on executive bonuses and on the fact that they're giving this money away, no strings attached. and i get attacked for it. okay, then we roll forward three years. now karl rove takes money from wall street in order to attack elizabeth warren for being cozy with wall street? this one just goes beyond anything i had never imagined. >> be sure to watch "the last word with lawrence o'donnell" at

an exclusive interview last night on msnbc's the "last word" white told a different story to lawrence o'donnell. >> did herman cain that he loved you? >> never. nor did i tell him that i loved him. it wasn't a love affair. it was a sexual affair. as hard as that is for me to say and as hard it is for people to hear it, you know, it pretty much is what it is. and that's what it was. before the commercial break, you asked me, you know, what would i say to mrs. cain. and you are the first person that's asked that question. so it really took me aback. because i am not a cold-hearted person. i'm a mother of two kids. and of course my heart bleeds for this woman because i am a woman and being in a situation like this cannot be fun. and i am deeply, deeply sorry. if i have caused any hurt to her, to his kids, to his family. that was not my intention. >> well herman cain says he's going to make a decision on the future of his campaign before monday after a face-to-face discussion with his wife. >>> and be sure to lean forward with "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell, week nights at 10:00 p.m. easte

thank you. >> thank you. >>> now time for my interview with lawrence o'donnell.the focal point of his 2012 campaign when he was in kansas and used the word middle class 18 times in that speech. is that the path to re-election? >> oh, it's what it's all about. and i'm so glad you pulled it up. because that is a poll-driven phrase. whenever you find that, whenever you find a candidate, which the president is, a candidate out there, using a phrase repeatedly, i promise you they have found in their polling that that's the key words. >> so how do you analyze the president's handling of the economy? do you think he could have done things differently? could he have put an emphasis on it at times? >> this is the single funniest thing about american politics. it's the biggest lie in american politics, especially as told by republicans. republicans are the people who tell you that this is a great capitalist society. they tell you that there is no socialist in america, none. and at the same time they tell you that the economy is the responsibility of the president of the un

now it is time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." have a great night. >>> if it feels like politics is more childish than ever, you're not alone. tonight's show is brought to you by the letters "w," "s" and "j" and the number 40. >> john boehner is defending himself this morning after a blistering article in "the wall street journal" asserts house republicans may be handing the election to president obama. >> basically, house republicans are making sure that president obama gets another four years. >> the article in "the wall street journal" really slamming them for this fight. >> that's "the wall street journal." this is not a liberal opinion page. >> i think "the wall street journal" has it exactly right. >> buckle up, republicans, "the wall street journal" is coming at you, we have water coming on the ship. >> we have mitch mcconnell silenced which is deafening. did john boehner fumble this? >> you have to see republicans are in a corner. >> what this underscores is the war within the republican party right now. >> the house repub

now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell". have a great night. >> breaking news. i spoke to former nebraska senator bob kerry today on this little thing. and he's not ruling out a run. >> gallup's daily tracker today has president obama's approval ratings up. >> the upward trend is good news for the president. >> for the first time since july. >> in the meantime, of course, the republicans are doings battle largely with each other. >> none of them look very strong compared to president obama. >> there's really three primaries going on here. >> this is the final push. >> this libertarian primary which paul is going to win. >> ron paul may win this whole thing. >> if the weather is bad and it's real tough to get out, ron paul will win. >> and moderate primary, gingrich and romney are scrumming for. >> newt's new tact,'s attacking mitt romney as a massachusetts moderate. >> he's trying to come down and pretend to be a conservative. >> i believe abortion should be safe and legal in this country. >> speaker gingrich is a desperate candidate. >> he has more baggage than

lawrence o'donnell, the people sitting here work for nbc news. i think that the fundamental split between entertainment and news should probably be maintained when we're talking about the presidency of the united states. >> certainly, this is something -- donald trump shows no signs of going away. alan thank you for putting this in historical perspective. it is certainly going to be a hot test of egos in 2012. after the break, who's left for the right? that's next on "now." an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money to buy a car that's one model-year newer... with 15,000 fewer miles on it. there's no other auto insurance product like it. better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual. it's a better policy that gets you a better car. call... or visit one of our local offices today, and we'll provide the coverage you need at the right price. liberty mutual auto insurance -- responsibility. what's your policy? >>> budge

in an exclusive interview on msnbc's "last word" white told a different story to lawrence o'donnell. >> did herman cain tell you he loved you? >> never. nor did i tell him that i loved him. it wasn't a love affair. it was a sexual affair. as hard as that is for me to say and as hard as it is for people to hear it, you know, it pretty much is what it is. that's what it was. >> herman cain says he will make a decision on the future of his campaign before monday, after a face-to-face discussion with his wife. >>> meanwhile, this year's santa ana winds are wreaking havoc in southern california. they declared emergency after hurricane gusts uprooted trees, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people. nbc's stephanie stanton reports. >> reporter: the santa ana winds blasted through southern california with hurricane-force winds blowing down trees and power lines. first light revealed a trail of debris everywhere. >> it looked like a tornado had hit, literally. >> reporter: it was enough to blow this giant tree down onto the pushes at a pasadena gas station and send this tree crash

now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. have a great night.

here's ginger white last night with lawrence o'donnell talking specifically about herman cain's wife. >> i am not a cold-hearted person. i am a mother of two kids. and of course my heart bleeds for this woman. and i am deeply, deeply sorry if i have caused any hurt to her and to his kids, to his family. >> we think about this, we have to remember, there are human beings' feelings involved in all this, personal lives. it's one thing to be a private businessman. there's no such thing as being a private politician. how can a candidate get past something like this if he were to go home, speak with his family and they say, stick it out? >> you know, i don't really know. i do feel, thomas, it's not really my place to sort of speculate on the cain marriage. i will just observe that he said in the interview with the manchester, new hampshire, union leader yesterday that his wife did did not know he had a relationship. he acknowledged a relationship with ginger white and he was giving her financial support. and that his wife did not know this. that would be kind of a hard thing to take home an

on ms nbc last night, she told lawrence o'donnell no one offered her anything. she said she came forward reluctantly in response to leaks. >> did herman cain tell you he loved you? >> it wasn't a love affair. it was a sexual affair. as hard as that is for me to say and as hard as it is for people to hear it, you know, it pretty much is what it is. and that's what it was. >> reporter: the controversy has further torpedoed cain's standing in iowa. a new des moines register poll shows cain is now down to 8% among likely republican caucus goers, a drop from 23% only a month ago. still, even today cain supporters launched new ads in iowa including this unusual pitch. >> it's time for the truth. the media won't tell you what one of the foremost lie detector experts in america said about herman cain. >> reporter: and the campaign announced a new online support group called women for cain. the national chairperson, his wife gloria. cain has cancelled a high profile sunday night dinner party with media stars. tonight he faces his wife for the first time since this latest

that's one thing we know. >>> lawrence o'donnell will join us here on the set.in her must-read opinion pages. [ knock on door ] cool. you found it. wow. nice place. yeah. [ chuckles ] the family thinks i'm out shipping these. smooth move. you used priority mail flat rate boxes. if it fits, it ships for a low, flat rate. paid for postage online and arranged a free pickup. and i'm gonna track them online, too. nice. between those boxes and this place, i'm totally staying sane this year. do i smell snickerdoodles? maybe. [ timer dings ] got to go. priority mail flat rate shipping at usps.com. a simpler way to ship. >>> welcome back to "morning joe." mika and joe have the day off today. mika was kind enough to send in her must read. you haven't noticed ? >> no. >> you're sitting in joe's chair. mika sent in her must read op-eds. >> in kansas, obama lamented that millions are now forced to take their children to food banks. you have to admire the audacity. that's the kind of damning observation the opposition brings up when you've been in office three years. yet obam

but later in an interviewer with lawrence o'donnell, white couldn't believe mrs. cain didn't know. let's listen to both. >> my wife didn't know about it. that was the revelation and the surprise that my wife found out about it. when she went public with it. if she had been just another man that i had helped, it probably wouldn't have raised as much suspicion. but my wife is comfortable with the explanation that i told her regarding, you know, having to help her. >> i would be surprised if she is surprised by this, honestly speaking. i would be surprised. i am deeply, deeply sorry if i have caused any hurt to her, to his kids, to his family. >> howard, he's certainly been consistent. i mean, he's denied, denied, denied, even to the point of saying that he helped this woman because of a charitable instinct. but yet didn't tell his wife about his good deeds. >> yeah, well, i just think that as chris said, that the totality of the circumstances of the life of herman cain is what's the problem here. beyond that, he's just handled everything so clumsily, that even republicans who might h

thank you very much. >>> now for more of the office politics with lawrence o'donnell.ent for obama to face and what is getting in mitt romney's way. >> so deconstruct mitt romney for me right now. why is it he cannot get above the certain threshold with the gop? is it the personality or flip-flopping, or religion -- >> it's everything about him and everything you just said. i have had republican pollsters tell me that they believe the drag on a mormon candidacy in republican primaries is as much as 20%, meaning before you open your mouth, there's as much as 20% of the republican electorate who under absolutely no circumstances would vote for a mormon candidate. and the others don't have that drag going in. everything is available to them. that's a real factor. and then you get into the fact that he used to be a liberal. and they know it. and there's videotape of him being a liberal. that's the horrible part. everybody talks about newt gingrich said some favorable things about the individual mandate in health care. oh, yeah, show me the videotape. it's not like the romn

now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. good night.u. >>> the republican campaign to destroy the newest surgere rick santorum, is officially under way. >> i've been scrubbed and scoured. >> well, we've seen the surge in the latest poll. >> people know if there's anything out there it's tout there. >> i can argue with you about some of your -- >> i don't claim to be anything other than what i am. >> that would probably help you in the primary if you and i were in an argument this morning. >> rick santorum jumping 11 points in a new poll. >> he's picking up the lion's share of that support. >> don't let me help you win the caucus. >> i've got a strong consistent record. >> rick santorum has done the hard work. >> in two statewide elections running against strong candidates, i was able to win the state of pennsylvania. >> there's really one person who predicted this all along. you. >> the republican clown card. >> that has not been a dull year. that's for sure. >> i live a pretty boring life. >> i've been in the private sector. i know how

joining me is lawrence o'donnell himself. >> good to be here. >> hi, lawrence. how you doing?excited because i can give your big reveal, your big surprise. so since your last report on last night's program, the k.i.n.d. fund has raised $305,274 just overnight and today. and that brings the new total of the k.i.n.d. fund to $3,259,316 since the program started. >> well, that's the biggest overnight we've had since we started this year. that's an amazing number. the truth is, as you do this normally over time, the overnight numbers decline. we just had a huge surge last night. i knew we were less than $50,000 away last night from $3 million. and i went to bed hoping for the $3 million, but it easily could have not happened. this is astonishing. this is $3,250,000, this is incredible. you know, that boy you saw at the beginning who talked about wanting to become an act accountant? he told me a year, year and a half ago that he wanted to be an accountant. when i met him, he was sitting on the floor trying to write math on his legs. there was no hard surface under him. he had never

now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell," including his exclusive interview with elizabeth warren. please stay tuned. >>> tonight, an exclusive interview with the new front-runner. no, not newt gingrich. we've got elizabeth warren. >> let's go to newt versus romney. >> yeah. >> romney unloaded today. >> mitt romney has no time to lose. they are turning the fire hose on newt. >> in florida, gingrich also beat romney by 23 points. >> a lot of the tea party people are for mitt romney. >> gingrich has made the calculations so far that romney is still having a difficult time with tea party supporters. >> newt gingrich over obama in ohio in a head to head match up, 43-42. that is a heart attack. >> that is mind bending. >> conservatives like mitt romney. >> gingrich on top in iowa with 33% support among likely caucus goers. >> gingrich is not the only front-runner, easy roaded romney's ee electric ta built. >> this is clearly a statement from the american people and has less to do with newt gingrich than it does with the state of american politics. >> newt gingrich has an argumen

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now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >>> and now some republicans are actually saying it out loud. as long as the crazy republican house of representatives delays the payroll tax cut, democrats are winning. >> we are looking at 11 days before people will see a raise in tax. >> they have a lump of coal. >> i think the president should attend and brought mr. boehner and mr. reid down to the white house, pulled out "it's a wonderful life" dvd and -- >> are you kidding with this? >> we cannot go into this holiday season without helping our unemployed brothers and sisters. >> all of a sudden the republicans are on the other side. >> a washington stalemate. >> he's not happy about the house republicans. >> they refer to what they are doing as high-stake poker. >> mumbo jumbo. >> the clock is ticking. time is running out. >> what is happening here today is shameful. it is a disgrace. it is unreal. it is unbelievable. we don't believe speaker boehner has any good faith left. >> the person in the hot seat seems to be speaker boehner. >> i need the president to help out.

lawrence o'donnell has news on that. >>> and later on this show, a major day in obama administrationoreign policy including a landmark moment for secretary of state hillary clinton. big, big deals all over the world. stay tuned for that. if you have high blood pressure, like me, and get a cold... ...you need a cold medicine with a heart. only coricidin hbp has a heart, right here. it's the only cold and flu brand that won't raise your blood pressure. coricidin hbp. powerful cold medicine with a heart. >>> quick note. i said something wrong earlier this hour. the consumer financial protection agency nominee is not robert cordray, it's richard cordray. i apologize for that. i was thinking rob cordry, the guy from "the daily show." totally screwed that up. senator brown mentioned mitt romney was going to appear this weekend on "meet the press" but is actually going to appear on fox news sunday. mitt romney has not been on a sunday show since march, since last march, but he's finally going to be on a sunday show this weekend. >>> all right. in further news, this is jerome randolph babbit

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