said about you but lawrence o'donnell essentially described you as a kind of guy who checked off all the boxes got it all done right life of privilege you know white guy from rich part of connecticut you know ran for this office got you know kind of bland unspectacular and you acknowledge this in the book that you took an extraordinary risk and you you launched one of the most powerful filibusters in the u.s. senate with cory booker and other people down there on the floor of the senate with you i'd love to hear because part of what i'm wondering whenever i read a book like yours is your story replicable can't others find a way through it because they don't come packed with all your experiences and knowledge right now but have you been able to penetrate the rich the powerful the ambivalence with something different and move from what lawrence o'donnell calls you at that moment from being bland to spectacular and i want to acknowledge that lawrence o'donnell said you did the spectacular in that you did take a risk. yeah this is sort of one of the more interesting moments of my politic

now it's time for the "last word" with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel. we will continue the breaking news story. jeffrey goldberg's reporting about donald trump refusing to visit a military cemetery in france because he was afraid his hair might get injured in the rain that day and the attitudes in that article that he expresses about the military. we got a statement from mary trump, and i was so -- about this, i was so fascinated to see you begin your coverage tonight with mary trump because as i was reading this, that's who i was thinking about this because

whew. >> lawrence o'donnell, how did joe biden do first? >> well, joe biden did what he had to do, which was go in and maintain his lead. you know, when you have polling where you have a very clear front-runner who in the polls tonight is winning and another candidate who's losing, really the only thing to watch is the guy who's in second place. what did he do to move up? for me, the only thing i was really watching from a professional standpoint was what did donald trump do to move up? what did donald trump do to change votes in his direction? i didn't see a single moment where that happened. but this is a debate that defies the tools that we normally bring to it at this hour, brian. in the last hour, rachel said that she feels that this debate needs something other than fact checking, but she wasn't sure what it is. i'm not sure that i know what it is. i did get a lot of personal messages during this debate, and i just want to cede my time to one of them. this is a mother in washington, d.c. who grew up in washington, d.c. and has the unu

kamala harris just spoke with lawrence o'donnell about this. let me play this sound bite. >> lawrence, this is why the american people deserve to have a full accounting of the financial interests, including the indebtedness of the president of the united states. and i do share in that concern. who does he owe the money to? tell us. we need to know that. the american people have a right to know when the president of the united states acts, he acts with their priorities in mind, not with his priorities in mind. >> eugene, how serious of a question fundamentally is this? who does this president owe money to? >> i think it's an extremely serious question, and look, excessive debt is a routine factor in denial of security clearances, because the theory goes that if you have excessive debt, you are vulnerable. you are exposed in a way that makes you less than reliable custodian of the nation's secrets. well, president trump is the ultimate custodian of the nation's secrets. he theoretically is able to know all of them. and he's in this exposed, vulner

now it is time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. >> now that people are paying attention to the united states senate and its role in the confirmation process, it is a pretty good time i think to remind voters they have a chance to change what the senate looks like. they have not elected a democrat for the senate since i think 1996. we have time to check that before he gets here. and he's running basically in a tie right now in georgia. so georgia is possible for the democrats with the senate race. >> i'll tell you, lawrence, since the passing of ruth bader ginsburg, the conversations about politics that i had and about public service that i had were all the first ones were all about justice ginsburg. and the second round of conversations that i had sparked by that were all about people that i know trying to find ways to contribute to senate races around the country, trying to figure out ways to phone bank and make donations and to otherwise meaningfully effect the senate. it was like step one, step two. my anecdotal experience of how people reacted to that, i think the ginsb

but right now it's time for "the last word" can lawrence o'donnell. he last word" celebrating it's 10th anniversary. kamala harris. oh, good evening, lawrence. didn't know you were there. >> hi, rachel. i don't see how it can be ten years since i'm only five years older since when i started the show, so i don't get it.

>> good evening rachel word" with lawrence o'donnell. >> good evening, rachel.elf capable of ranking the enormity of the different revelations of the bob woodward book? >> the thing that pushes the covid stuff to the top is the unexpected fact that the president did understand the public health risk of covid. it has been easy for those of us who have been critical of the president's response to assume that he did not get it to learn and hear that he did get it and he deliberately lied to the american people while understanding how big of a lie he was telling

>> good evening rachel word" with lawrence o'donnell. >> good evening, rachel. do you find yourself capable of ranking the enormity of the different revelations of the bob woodward book? >> the thing that pushes the covid stuff to the top is the unexpected fact that the president did understand the public health risk of covid. it has been easy for those of us who have been critical of the president's response to assume that he did not get it to learn and hear that he did get it and he deliberately lied to the american people while understanding how big of a lie he was telling it is hard to shock me in the trump era but i am legitimately shocked about that learning about what dan coats thought about the president is shocking, too. >> yes >> but the covid stuff and hearing him do it in his own word is worse than nixon's oval office tapes in terms of what the president is admitting because it is tens and thousands of american lives on his hands >> we'll approach from on many angles tonight adam schiff is going to be with us john brennan is going to be with us and s

reminder for tonight, democratic vice presidential nominee kamala harris will join my colleague lawrence o'donnell at 10:00 p.m. eastern. you do not want to miss that. and of course you can catch me back here tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. eastern. "the reidout" with my friend joy reid starts right now. ♪ >>> donald trump is the greatest con man in america. and the foundational myth of his entire political career was evident from the moment he announced his run for the presidency, descending from an elevator in his gilded tower, promising to build a wall and strengthen our military, saying he'd make america not just great again but also rich again. we now have confirmation that not only was trump's richey rich act a scam, but he's actually been living on credit and drowning in debt the whole time. while pretending to be the world's greatest businessman. what wealth he did have, he withheld from our troops, our roads, our bridges, federal law enforcement, and more because trump is the ultimate tax dodger. living in public housing at 1600 black lives matter plaza while not chipping in to pay for anything tha

i finished with lawrence o'donnell coming around this corner and someone was handling a fire and was trying to stop traffic with a gun that they had pulled out. that's what has people here rattled. >> all my people, right? >> the follow day, the governor called for calm while deploying the national guard on the streets of the city. >> we cannot let breonna's legacy be marred by violence and we can't let our streets turn violent. so today i'm taking a step to ensure the safety of everybody by calling up the national guard to help keep peace in louisville. >> coming up, with the country in the grip of the coronavirus and at a breaking point, we're in louisville as protests grow and become increasingly contentious following the deaths of breonna taylor and george floyd. plus, we're on the ground in tulsa as black lives matter protesters and trump supporters meet in the streets. >> this was a [ bleep ] mess right here. 1921, you do it. tulsa riot massacre! by about '. and still going for my best. even though i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib... ...not caused by a heart valv

that might be a good place to bring in ply colleague lawrence o'donnell, lawrence, i wonts woernd ifrhaps sums up part of halloweens your mind tonight in terms of why this is so important? >> well, yes, it does but there are so many reasons why it's important. in terms of the president al campaigns one reason is the clarity of this story the simplicity of this story. on the debate stage tuesday night everyone on,000 stage pace more taxes than donald trump. joe biden pays for taxes than donald trump. the moderator pays more tax than drumplt everyone watching the debates pay more than donald trump pace. >> the number $750, tlorp more years that he paid zero than the years he paid $750. he decided to pay $750 when he became president. and then keep this hidden so no one would know amounts. certainly whauf here is the teens the question why did candidate donald trump refuse to disclose his tax returns in 2015 when all the other candidates were diegt that he was running against. why did he don't refuse to do t that in the 2016 and now we know. because it was going to show that he pays zer

now it is time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. g, rachel. tom seaver was such an idol of mine. i had the thrill of watching him pitch in person, and i was a high school pitcher myself at the time. you would just sit there like a student and just try to memorize every bit of it. he was just a genius on the mound. just amazing to watch. >> one of the all-time greats. hall of fame is an achievement, but even it's sort of not big enough to explain what he was. >> yeah, and a wonderful person. a truly wonderful person. that's absolutely right. i'm so glad you included that in his bio.

now it is time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel. tom seaver was such an idol of mine. i had the thrill of watching him pitch in person, and i was a high school pitcher myself at the time. you would just sit there like a student and just try to memorize every bit of it. he was just a genius on the mound. just amazing to watch. >> one of the all-time greats. hall of fame is an achievement, but even it's sort of not big enough to explain what he was. >> yeah, and a wonderful person. a truly wonderful person. that's absolutely right. i'm so glad you included that in his bio. >> thanks, lawrence. >> thanks, rachel. >>> well, at the end of the hour, we all met her on television on the first night of the democratic convention. >> hi. i'm kristin arkesa. i'm one of the many who has lost a loved one to covid. my dad was a healthy 65-year-old. his only pre-existing condition was trusting donald trump and for that he paid with his life. >> kristin will get tonight's last word. kristin is one of m

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now it's time for the "last word" with lawrence o'donnell. wrence. >> good evening, rachel. we will continue the breaking news story. jeffrey goldberg's reporting about donald trump refusing to visit a military cemetery in france because he was afraid his hair might get injured in the rain that day and the attitudes in that article that he expresses about the military. we got a statement from mary trump, and i was so -- about this, i was so fascinated to see you begin your coverage tonight with mary trump because as i was

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now it's time for the "last word" with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel. we will continue the breaking news story. jeffrey goldberg's reporting about donald trump refusing to visit a military cemetery in france because he was afraid his hair might get injured in the rain that day and the attitudes in that article that he expresses about the military. we got a statement from mary trump, and i was so -- about this, i was so fascinated to see you begin your coverage tonight with mary trump because as i was reading this, that's who i was thinking about this because jeffrey goldberg has taken us inside a very perverse section of donald trump's mind, which is his attitude toward the military, as you pointed out. and that footage that we have never seen before about your interview with mary trump was so helpful on this. this is what she said in an exclusive statement tonight in response specifically to the reporting of jeffrey goldberg that you have been going through for the last hour. mary trump said anybody who i

but now it is time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell". >> i'm so glad you began with a formeras so lucky. she was so, so lucky. i think that's what we were all

now it is time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." good evening, lawrence. >> take as much time as you want when you're breaking news like that. the melania tapes apparently are going to be heard. >> you know, lawrence, the -- if you read her book, there is a ton of new information in there about the inaugural, which is one of the trump scandals i've been obsessed with for a long time. it's never good, even in a sober presidency, for there to be tens of millions washing around in a slush fund. but the personal stuff involved these long, very detailed, in -- detailed quotes from the first lady that feel like they are verbatim. and it just -- reading them in such a way makes you think they must have been based on a recording. and i did not expect her to confirm that tonight, that in fact, there are tapes, including of the first lady saying the disturbing stuff about kids on the border. but that's what she just confirmed. >> yes. and then it was so fascinating to hear her explanation, when you asked her about what did it feel like for a f

now it is time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." vening, lawrence. >> take as much time as you want when you're breaking news like that. the melania tapes apparently are going to be heard. >> you know, lawrence, the -- if you read stephanie's book, there is a ton of new information in there about the inaugural, which is one of the trump scandals i've been obsessed with for a long time. because it's never good, even in a sober presidency, for there to be tens of millions of dollars washing around in a slush fund. but the personal stuff involved

now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell. abrams is going to join us a little later in the hour about voting, of course and she's a producer of a ne

but now it is time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell". good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel. i was so glad you began tonight with a former clerk of justice ginsbu ginsburg, because she was so lucky. she was so, so lucky. i think that's what we were all thinking watching it, she was so lucky to have that job, to have that proximity to justice ginsburg, to have that experience, to know her so well. >> i also just feel like we're obviously and for totally understandable reasons with what's going to happen with the succession of the court and the vacancy that's created on the court by justin ginsburg's death. but for all of the mourning of her passing, one way to honor her legacy is to make sure that we understand it. and the people who were involved working shoulder to shoulder with her when she was writing her most important opinions and doing her most incisive and long far-sided thinking about the constitution, i think have stuff to tell us that we should learn from in terms of how to approach this moment and how to be strategic.

now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence >> stacey abrams is going to join us a little later in the hour about voting, of course and she's a producer of a new documentary about voting and all the struggles involved in voting now with voter suppression and the title, listen to this title. the title of her documentary is "all in. i'm not sure why they just didn't call it the rachel maddow show does chris hayes have -- did they check with him? can you just pull that title right off of chris hayes' screen >> now you have something to fight with stacey abrams about >> it would be petty, wouldn't it be petty for -- maybe during the commercial break, we can discuss that >> we're on tv, nothing is petty for people like us, lawrence >> there you go. there you go rachel maddow sets the bar thank you, rachel. >> thanks, lawrence. >>> bob woodward will join us for the full hour tomorrow night, where his new book "rage" in this week where his new book has overwhelmed the trump white house. and because bob woodward h

now it is time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." ake as much time as you want when you're breaking news like that. the melania tapes apparently are going to be heard. >> you know, lawrence, the -- if you read her book, there is a ton of new information in there abou

now it is time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. . now that people are paying attention to the united states senate and its role in the confirmation process, it is a pretty good time i think to remind voters they have a chance to change what the senate looks like. john ossoff is going to join us tonight at the end of the hour, running for senate in georgia, where they have not elected a democrat to the senate since 1986. we have time to check that before he gets here. and he's running basically in a tie right now in georgia. so georgia is possible for the democrats with the senate race. >> i'll tell you, lawrence, since the passing of ruth bader ginsburg, the conversations about politics that i had and

now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell. chemical. stay secey abrams is going to jn us a little later in the hour about voting, of course. and she's a producer of a new documentary about voting and all the struggles involved in voting now with voter suppression and the title, listen to this title. the title of her documentary is "all in.

that one was not -- you don't have to be as good as lawrence o'donnell at calling the lies of donald trump to know that one was a lie. >> john heilemann gets tonight's last word. and once again, the last word is "lie." thank you, john. really appreciate it. that is tonight's last word. >>> well, good evening once again. glad to be back with you. as we come on the air, day 1,328 of the trump administration. 56 days remain until the presidential election. and tonight the president is driving home that law and order message on the campaign trail. he held his 21st campaign rally of the year 2020 in north carolina tonight. he mocked the idea of social distancing. he said a biden victory will crush the economy, destroy the u.s. suburbs. indeed, much of the crowd was unmasked. seating was pre-pandemic standard seating while those behind the president, in the curated camera angle crowd were wearing masks for the most part. here is some of what the president had to say about the pandemic. >> we built the greatest economy in the history of the world. we were forced to close it because of the c

but right now it's time for "the last word" can lawrence o'donnell. "the last word" celebrating it's 10th anniversary. kamala harris. oh, good evening, lawrence. didn't know you were there. >> hi, rachel. i don't see how it can be ten years since i'm only five years older since when i started the show, so i don't get it. it can't be. >> getting younger all the time. >> i want to say thank you. i want to say a thank you to greg kordik who was the executive producer on this show ten years ago and still is. and the beloved greg has put together a fantastic show that has made this show possible. i wouldn't be here without them. and, this is very important, for a variety of reasons that we will not get into at the moment, i know that i would not be here, i would not be here tonight if you were not introducing this show every night for the last ten years and so for that, rachel, a very big thank you. >> that's crazy talk, but i'm going to take the thank you anyway because this has to be over now and i'm getting embarrassed and it is your anniversary. take it

don tell lawrence o'donnel that i told you, i sort of said it, today is the ten years anniversary of que"the last w" on the occasion of that big celebatory birthday, lawrence is having a live interview with senator kamala harris. you should plan to stay on after me to watch that with lawrence and senator harris. she will be debating vice president next week. the vice president debate is next wednesday. tomorrow is the first

>>> it is now time for me to get out of the way and quickly because lawrence o'donnell has bob woodward tonight i am out of here go, lawrence, go i cannot wait to see this. it's all yours. >> rachel, thank you very much really appreciate it thank you. i have been riveted to every word of interviews bob woodward has given about his new book "rage," and i have a list of things that have not been included in any of his previous interviews including his reporting on the mueller investigation, which in this book is called the rosenstein investigation because this book makes clear that robert mueller was never really in charge of that investigation because rod rosenstein was bob mueller's boss and he kept tight control of the investigation all the way. this book has the first words the attorney general said privately after reading the mueller report it has sinmatic screens, the deck tear of defense repeatedly getting into this position of watching missiles being launched from north korea not knowing whether this would be the one headed for seattle that would force him to launch a response, po

now it's time for the "last word" with lawrence o'donnell. >> good evening, rachel. you used the word obsessed before this last break, that basically kind of apologizing to your staff for being obsessed with this subject. speaking for the audience, let me thank you for your being obsessed with what's been happening, both in the meat packing plants and at the cdc. and your reporting tonight is the essential kind of reporting we rely on "the rachel maddow show" for and i'm hoping the various organizations that consider awards for the work done in this field are watching, because this is -- this is as important as anything that this network has done this year. >> lawrence, you are very kind. i'm just going to go now. thank you very much. >> thank you, rachel. >>> well, the breaking news of the night is that the widow of former republican presidential nominee senator john mccain is breaking with her husband's party and endorsing joe biden for president of the united states. cindy mccain tweeted, my husband john lived by a code, country first. we are republicans, yes, but

now it is time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> good evening, rachel. we will be going to cal perry louisville where the situation is tense. confirmation of apparently two police officers in louisville being shot tonight. there is going to be a press conference there very soon, so we may be going to that live. that might be what's coming up here, but it is another one of those nights, rachel, where we're watching the protest developments in a situation that began with police use of deadly force on breonna taylor. >> that's right. just another one of those nights when it just feels like such a snapshot of everything all at once in america. things just as dire as they could be in a lot of different fronts. serious times. >> thank you, rachel. >>> well, a curfew has been in place since 9:00 p.m. tonight after kentucky's attorney general announced that a grand jury returned no criminal charges against two louisville police officers that shot and killed breonna taylor. they did return a charge of wanton endangerment against a third officer outside of breonna