discuss this is steve clemons, the washington editor at large for the atlantic and msnbc's lawrence o'donnellare saturday morning appearance. >> well, this involves getting up at an ungodlier hour. >> tell me about it. every weekend morning. let me start with you, lawrence. on the column we quoted from. got a lot of attention. people looking at that saying what he's arguing there is the united states ten years after iraq has been haunted by the experience of iraq by the experience of intervention that it's almost too timid this the world now and we need to shake ourselves. >> what i make of it is every advisory issued from op-ed columns in the 21st century. they have a batting average worst than the worst hitter in basketball. there could be some wisdom in that. it could be completely wrong. in every one of these ventures of the 21st century in uncharted territory. we don't have a previous experience in that region with russia or with the soviet union, its predecessor that use it is guideline to say, oh here is why this will work. so whatever steps you're taking have to be taken with the humi

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now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." notice. mr. chairman, we noticed. that does it for us tonight. now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> rachel, no one would have noticed without you. great job. >> thank you. >>> today, king abdullah of jordan called for a relentless war against the islamic state. last night, the king ordered the executions of two terrorist prisoners in response to a 22-minute video showing a jordanian combat pilot being burned to death. now the white house is considering its next move. >> president obama said today that the u.s. was going to double down on the efforts to defeat and degrade isis. or isil. what dose does that mean the >> nothing is going to slow down. we're going to continue to put as much pressure on them as possible, with our partners in iraq and in syria. >> we did see reports that the jordanian government did carry out the execution of two prisoners. these were two individuals that did go through the jordanian justice system. >> the white house is not criticizing that? >> we need partners on t

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now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." notice. mr. chairman, we noticed.it for us tonight. now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> rachel, no one would have noticed without you. great job. >> thank you. >>> today, king abdullah of jordan called for a relentless war against the islamic state. last night, the king ordered the executions of two terrorist prisoners in response to a 22-minute video showing a jordanian combat pilot being burned to death. now the white house is considering its next move. >> president obama said today that the u.s. was going to double down on the efforts to

now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." good evening, lawrence. >> thank you for joining me over here last night during the show. that was really fun. >> it was really fun. i'm sorry that you could see i was wearing jeans under the table. >> i didn't know that was big news that you wear jeans under the table. >> big news at my house. >> thanks, rachel. >>> president obama is asking congress to formally authorize the use of military force against the islamic state. a jury in texas began hearing evidence in the murder of real american sniper chris kyle. and rush limbaugh offers a not so fond farewell to jon stewart. >> our coalition is on the offensive. isil is on the defensive, and isil is going to lose. >> i believe that if we're going to authorize the use of military force, the president should have all the tools necessary to win. >> we have 17 days until the expiration of the funding of homeland security. >> some people are saying how are we going to get the department of homeland security funded? >> powerball fever sweepi

now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." wrence. >> i tried to take a snow day today in solidarity with the lazy members of the north carolina legislature, but the

now time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel. we've got a chair here. i'm always going to have a chair here. so whenever you feel you didn't get in everything you needed to get in, just run over here and jump in. >> i'll be right there. >>> tonight, we will be covering that trial in texas. the man who killed chris kyle goes on trial tomorrow. and benjamin netanyahu continues to ignore everyone advising him to can sill his trip to washington. and jon stewart shocked the media world and the political world tonight. >> this is "the daily show with jon stewart." >> jon stewart announced he's leaving "the daily show." >> but first -- >> it's becoming known as the american sniper trial. >> it's ten women and two men. >> i just hope a fair trial gets done. it's just kind of the persona that he's guilty period. >> i'm going to the united states. not because i seek a confrontation with the president, but because i must fulfill my obligation. >> the prime minister of israel has come many time

now time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." uild your snow mountain with all this snow in your driveway? >> in my cold cold heart. >> thanks rachel. today, president obama said we are at war with people who have perverted islam. jeb bush said he loves his father and brother but he is his own man. >> we are here today because of a specific challenge, countering violent extremism. >> in is a summit on

now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." good evening, lawrence. >> i tried to take a snow day today in solidarity with the lazy members of the north carolina legislature, but the boss is here. >> if you ever need a note just let me know. >> okay. thanks, rachel. the white house convened a meeting today on violent extremism. a texas judge stopped the implementation of president obama's executive orders on immigration, and it's being called the biggest bank job ever. how did hackers steal a billion dollars from banks? >> we spend more time more time talking about what do you call it. opposed to what do you do about it. radical islam, islamic extremism. i'm not sure a lot is gained by saying that. >> the topic of discussion in our meeting was about what to be done in europe now. >> leaders are gathered for three days of meetings on how best to address the threat posed by isis. >> i'm not suggesting that i think america has all the answers here. >> these meetings come just days after terror attacks in denmark. >> we just have a

now time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." good evening, lawrence. >> where did you build your snow mountain with all this snow in your driveway? >> in my cold, cold heart. >> thanks, rachel. today, president obama said, we are at war with people who have perverted islam. jeb bush said he loves his father and brother but he is his own man. >> we are here today because of a specific challenge, countering violent extremism. >> in is a summit on countering violent extremism. >> leading up to this summit, there's been a fair amount of debate about the words we use to describe and frame this challenge. >> this is not a war on islam. >> al qaeda and isil they are terrorists. >> under this administration, they are indecisive. >> he's dealing with a republican party very different than the party that nominated his brother. >> i love my brother and dad, but i'm own man. >> officials are now accept iranian students into its engineering programs. >> it's not the only school with this kind of policy. >> defense attorneys for eddie ray rout

time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. >> word has it that you are an official pincher for christoday the egyptian military struck back against islamic state. and lorne michaels will talk about the 40 amazing years of saturday night live. >>> a dramatic escalation of egypt's role in the battle against isis

now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." . >> thank you for joining me over here last night during the show. that was really fun. >> it was really fun. i'm sorry that you could see i was wearing jeans under the table. >> i didn't know that was big news that you wear jeans under the table. >> big news at my house. >> thanks, rachel. >>> president obama is asking congress to formally authorize the use of military force against the islamic state. a jury in texas began hearing evidence in the murder of real american sniper chris kyle. and rush limbaugh offers a not so fond farewell to jon stewart. >> our coalition is on the offensive.

now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> you've been great about pushing the lorettavote in the senate. and insisting that there's no reason for delay. finally we have movement. >> there is movement. and our sources tell us it's going to happen next week. no official word on that. ted cruz is saying it should never happen. we shall see. >> we heard it from rachel first. a vote next week, that means she's going to be sworn in at the end of t

now it's time for "the last word", with lawrence o'donnell. >> i've never seen you so excited about a word. are you going to have a veto party? >> it's very exciting. we haven't had any. >> and it's a real constitutional power. let's see it work. >> yay, civics. thanks lawrence. >>> first up tonight, john boehner and mitch mcconnell. they are washington's current masters of painting themselves into a corner and they have done it once again. and later in the rewrite, the

now time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >>> two days after jordan's king abdullah promisedresponse for the killing of a jordanian pilot by

now time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >>> there is a new part-time member of the republican congressional leadership. his day job is prime minister of another country. >> this is not a personal disagreement between president obama and me. >> one of america's strongest allies and its very existence is under attack. >> i'm going to the united states not because i seek a confrontation with the president. >> he getting chosen to come before the congress and i'm glad he's accepted that invitation. >> i would hope we could find common ground to have bipartisan support. but that takes work. it's called legislating. >> i do have concerns about the president's submission. >> there are many questions, i think, that need to be asked. >> should you trade your liberty for security? >> let's talk about rand paul, because he was out today and playing coy. >> i'm not promoting any change to vaccine law. so to those who jumped all over me for this need to stand up and say what they're for. >> and scott walker dodged a question whether he believes in evolution. >> right now, one of the highes

now time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >>> there is a new part-time member of the republicanship. his day job is prime minister of another country. >> this is not a personal disagreement between president obama and me. >> one of america's strongest allies and its very existence is under attack. >> i'm going to the united states not because i seek a confrontation with the president. >> he getting chosen

time for the last word with law lawrencelaw lawrence o'donnell. >> word has it that you are an official pincher for chris matthews. >>> today the egyptian military struck back against islamic state. and lauren michaels will talkke -- lorne michaels will talk about the 40 amazing years of saturday night live. >>> a dramatic escalation of egypt's role in the battle against isis. >> the first time it's taken military action against the militant group. >> executing nearly two dozen egyptian christians. >> two men are under arrest. >> the danish nation is strong and we will not accept any attempt to threaten or intimidate our liberties. >> this latest terror attack comes as our department of homeland security runs out in just 12 days. >> we cannot cut funding for the department of homeland security. >> one more time, the house has done its job under the constitution. >> and what if the department of homeland security funding runs out? >> democrats are to blame, plain and simple. >> and you're prepared to let that happen? >> a single csx train car went offer the tracks causing a massive explo

now time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >>> two days after jordan's king abdullah promised a "earth shaking response for the killing of a jordanian pilot by the islamic state," as many as 20 jordanian fighter jets launched air strikes against the islamic state. today, the king said -- >> as "the new york times" reports, muslims all over the world are condemning the islamic state's execution of that pilot. in egypt, the muslim brotherhood and the egyptian government for once agreed on something, the bar barety of the militant group for the way it murdered the jordanian. and in cairo, they called for the islamic state extremists to be killed or crucified or their hands and legs cut off. today, president obama commented on the islamic state at the national prayer breakfast. the place where presidents go to pander to leaders of organized religions once a year. >> i agree with those who have said that in my first statement after i testified, i was not contrite enough. i don't think there is a fancy way to say that i have sinned. it is important to me that everybody who has been

now time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> you should have seen me on my sled on capitoll when i worked in washington on those snow days. >> snow disks. i know man. >>> well mitch mcconnell has a new strategy to end the strandoff over the funding of homeland security and republicans don't like it. and a texas

erin is going to be on the last word with lawrence o'donnell with more on the interview and is we areoing to post the whole unedited thing online. great get by erin. great interview. all right. we've got lots of other news tonight, including this. which is the kind of thing that is never good news but at least today it did happen in the middle of a giant snowstorm. that made it better in terms of the huge fireball, but worse in terms of first responders getting there. that's ahead, stay with us. want to know a secret? i wasn't always a redhead. you'd never know it though because it's nice'n easy color so natural looking it's clairol's #1 authentic color that's always true to you. so shift a shade and still look like your most amazing you. you wouldn't do half of your daily routine. so why treat your mouth any differently? complete the job with listerine®. kill up to 99 percent of germs. and prevent plaque, early gum disease and bad breath. sfx: ahhh listerine®. power to your mouth™! >>> it was a big day for snow and ice average huge swaths of the country. in one corner of america, thi

now time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> good evening, rachel. you got a minute? >> yeah. >> i loved your segment with david corn. the exaggerations of bill o'reilly. but i feel it's my responsibility to explain the angry irishman to you and david corn. the threats, when he issues that threat and says i'm going to come after you with everything i've got. what he's got is a tv show. that's it. that's all he's going to come after anybody with. it's all going to be in the safety of that studio. no one has to worry about a thrown punch or anything like that. that kind of irish bluster is something i grew up with. everybody relax. >> should we we see the size of the bluster as inproportional to the size of the real threat sp >> absolutely. the guys that were really scary never threatened anybody. they just did it. >> well done. thank you for that cultural translation. i'll take that to heart. >> thanks, rachel. well, the stair down between mitch mcconnell and harry reid over the funding of the homeland security department apparently harry reid's magic sunglasses made m

now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." good >> that is absolutely amazing to learn and at the same time unsurprising, that women are better at cooperative activity. >> anecdotally, we've seen it happen. to see it proven over time is kind of nice. >> yeah. thanks, rachel. >>> well, today, rudy giuliani clarified what he meant when he said that president obama doesn't love america. and it turns out what he meant is exactly what he said. and he just added a little more clarification in the last hour on fox news. and here in los angeles today, the king of porn -- king of revenge porn may be on his way to prison. >> the notion that the west is at war with islam is an ugly lie. >> have we reached peak obama derangement on the right or is some of the recent criticism justified? >> they are an islamic movement. a brutal one. a literalist one. but they're certainly an islamic movement. >> a leader of the republican party said the president doesn't love us and doesn't love the country. >> first of all, i'm not questioning his patrio

now time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> we're going to be covering more about that crash, including an eyewitness who saw the whole thing happen. that's coming up. thank you very much, rachel. >>> well in amazon's brilliant comedy series about politicians, pen gillette was cast as a libertarian candidate for senate. now we have to figure out how to get him cast as a real libertarian candidate for president who is not afraid to tell the truth about vaccinations. >> hi i'm pen, this is my partner teller. you may have heard autism causes autism. [ bleep ] that. but let's say it does. let's say my group gets vaccinations teller's group doesn't. my vaccination wall knocked one children out of line. in the 1920s before vaccinations were common there were 13,000 to 15,000 deaths a year from that disease. if you got it your chances of dying were about 40%. in 1952 just before the vaccine became common there were 58,000 cases of polio. if you get unlucky, you would be disabled. flu, mumps, whooping cough, pneumonia, rue bela tetanus chickenpox. we have rack si nations against all

now time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell."> good evening, rachel. we've got a chair here. i'm always going to have a chair here. so whenever you feel you didn't get in everything you needed to get in, just run over here and jump in. >> i'll be right there. >>> tonight, we will be covering that trial in texas. the man who killed chris kyle goes on trial tomorrow. and benjamin netanyahu continues to ignore everyone advising him to can sill his trip

now time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> we're going to be covering more about that crashitness who saw the whole thing happen. that's coming up. thank you very much, rachel. >>> well in amazon's brilliant comedy series about politicians, pen gillette was cast as a libertarian candidate for senate. now we have to figure out how to

now it's time for "the last word", with lawrence o'donnell. >> i've never seen you so excited about a four-letter word. are you going to have a veto party? >> it's very exciting. we haven't had any. >> and it's a real constitutional power. let's see it work. >> yay, civics. thanks lawrence. >>> first up tonight, john boehner and mitch mcconnell. they are washington's current masters of painting themselves into a corner and they have done it once again. and later in the rewrite, the four-letter word that has more possible means than any other. >> we need a fully-funded department of homeland security. >> the coast guard, secret service workers. >> it shouldn't be controversial. >> inside the mall of america this afternoon, heightened security. >> shopping centers on alert after a terror propaganda video targeting the mall of america. >> congress should do their job. >> with the clock ticking, late today, another senate debate. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> but no resolution. >> it just doesn't make any sense. >> let's try to focus on some of the things we have in common. >> still

now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> you've been great about pushing the loretta lynch vote in the senate. and insisting that there's no reason for delay. finally we have movement. >> there is movement. and our sources tell us it's going to happen next week. no official word on that. ted cruz is saying it should never happen. we shall see. >> we heard it from rachel first. a vote next week that means she's going to be sworn in at the end of the week. thanks rachel. >>> with funding for homeland security running out tomorrow night, republicans in the house and senate are still arguing about exactly when they should surrender to the democrats and president obama. and rand paul is opening up a new campaign attack against jeb bush. jeb's use of drugs when she was in high school. >> every mayor, governor police chief, sheriff and police commissioner should be concerned about this. >> funding the department of homeland security. >> it's absolute insanity for republicans if we don't vote on a clean bill. maybe if their state was attacked they would knock it off. >> this

now time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >>> there is a new part-time member of the republicanleadership. his day job is prime minister of another country. >> this is not a personal disagreement between president obama and me. >> one of america's strong

earlier, my colleague lawrence o'donnell asked correspondent andrea mitchell about reaction to the killing. >> i think very clear that jordan is first of all experiencing the horror the shock. there's been support for the king and for the royal family and this is something that would be very very important in that society. this was a prominent family. the government had agreed to make the trade of the very well-known hostage, the woman who was the attempted suicide bomber and that was demanded and expected by the head of the family, the father of the pilot. very important tribe in jordan society. and the fact that the king flew back he clearly informed the president at 6:15 when they met this evening, 6:15 eastern and then flew back cutting short his trip. and basically signaled that they were not going to roll over. that they were not going to back off of the coalition against isis. this is an exostential moment for jordan. they have 800,000 refugees from the syrian civil war. they were today signing a memorandum of understanding with secretary kerry for an increase in aid to help them su

it is time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. >> never seen you so excited about a four-letter and it's a real constitutional power. let's see it work. >> yay, civics. thanks, lawrence. >>> first up tonight, john boehner and mitch mcconnell. they are washington's current masters of painting themselves into a corner and they have done it once again. and later in the rewrite, the four-letter word that has more possible means than any other. >> we need a fully-funded department of homeland security. >> the coast guard, secret service workers. >> it shouldn't be controversial.

now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell."solutely amazing to learn and at the same time unsurprising, that women are better at cooperative activity. >> anecdotally, we've seen it happen. to see it proven over time is kind of nice. >> yeah. thanks, rachel. >>> well, today, rudy giuliani clarified what he meant when he said that president obama doesn't love america. and it turns out what he meant is exactly what he said. and he just added a little more clarification in the last hour on fox news. and here in los angeles today, the king of porn -- king of revenge porn may be on his way to prison. >> the notion that the west is at war with islam is an ugly

now time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> good evening, rachel. you got a minute?d your segment with david corn. the exaggerations of bill o'reilly. but i feel it's my responsibility to explain the angry irishman to you and david corn. the threats, when he issues that threat and says i'm going to come after you with everything i've got. what he's got is a tv show. that's it. that's all he's going to come after anybody with. it's all going to be in the safety of

now time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> you should have seen me on my sled on capitol hill when i worked in washington on those snow days. >> snow disks. i know, man. >>> well, mitch mcconnell has a new strategy to end the strandoff over the funding of homeland security and republicans don't like it. and a texas jury is deliberating right now. they are deciding the fate of eddie ray routh, the man who killed the real american sniper, chris kyle. >> it's really sad to see the gamesmanship, the -- i don't know what to call it, the silliness. >> i can't find nibble who thinks it's a good idea to shut down the department of homeland security. >> congress races against the clock. >> the standoff that threatens to shut down homeland security. >> this bill removes excuses, it sets up a simple political equation. >> mitch mcconnell offered a vote on a funding bill without immigration measures. >> the problem is, everybody, i'm waiting to hear from the speaker. >> we need a commitment from speaker boehner. >> where's the house? >> i'm waiting to hear from the speaker. >> the ju

now time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> you should have seen me on my sled on capitolhen i worked in washington on those

i want to bring in some of what my colleague, lawrence o'donnell, said this morning on "up with steve about numbers. and we're talking about religion. the reason people were killed by the ku klux klan was the color of their skin, not their religions. the ku klux klan hated jews and hated catholics and did not lynch jews and catholics. they lynched black people. they assassinated only black people. >> so does that at all change the context for you, jimmy? >> no, it doesn't. i respect our colleague, lawrence. but if you read the piece in "the atlantic" from yesterday, it puts things very much into perspective. they burned crosses. they didn't just burn like other kinds of religious symbols. they burned actual crosses in the 1950s and '60s and '40s. that's the problem there. again, i grew up in the south. and i'm a son of the south. i know what that's about. and the theory -- listen did we have -- churches everyone was christian for the most part, right? but african-americans didn't sit in the pews with white people in church. think about this for a second. >> thank you for the history l