andrea. >> tom, that's so great you just keyed up suzanne craig.'ve been covering this, you broke a lot of the news with your team from "the new york times" about the former president's finances for years and years. trump is suing both you and the "times" over your award-winning reporting. so, what do you think about the substance and time? >> off the top, it feels awfully close that the charges could be coming bringing the principals that are the subject of the conversation. that's significant. a few things jumped out at me that give a road map at potentially the charges. i'll zero one for complicity. for these sort of cases where there's valuations, you often say, well, i relied on the advice of professionals. you do the same with taxes. that's a powerful defense in these situations. in this filing from last night, we're now seeing that the attorney general is saying, well, hang on, actually, the trumps themselves, they did a lot of the preparation. and they provided a lot of the advice. they're trying to break down -- you know, particular events

any rumor that suzanne craig was in a different room in my house is totally not true. i know it looked like we were in adjoining cabins. it happened to be a similar aesthetic and that was weird, so -- enough. that's going to do it for me for now. i'll see you again tomorrow for what will look like a more normal backdrop. "way too early" with jonathan lemire is up next. >>> look, i didn't overpromise. what i have outperformed anyone. one thing i haven't done is get my republican friends to get in the game of making things better in this country. >> president biden facing a series of setbacks insists he did not overpromise on his agenda, arguing instead that he has outperformed expectations as he marks one year in office. the question is do the american people agree. one of those setbacks, voting rights reform. republicans block

. >> suzanne craig, investigative reporter for the new york times. i really appreciate you making time. this is a fascinating step. >> yeah it is. >> we'll be right back. so heads up tonight, this is a story where we really don't know what's happening yet, but something is. this afternoon, news outlets in texas are reporting that fbi agents have been seen near the home of a congressman. democratic congressman, henry cuellar, in texas. cuellar is a conservative democrat. he was texas secretary of state, before he was first elected to state in 2004. as for why the fbi was at his home today, we don't know. the fbi is saying that this is only a court authorized, ongoing investigation, and they will not provide any further comments. his office released a statement saying the congressman will fully cooperate in any investigation. but, nobody knows what investigation this is. he was not known to be under vest again for anything, this is all very new and quite mysterious. clearly, something is going on. we'll keep an eye on this story, as it continues to unf

any rumor that suzanne craig was in a different room in my house, is not at all true. i know it looked like we were in joining cabins, it just happens to be a similar aesthetic, and that was weird. enough. all right, that's gonna do it for me, for now. i will see you again tomorrow, with what will probably look like a normal backdrop. now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell, good good evening rachel, you know, evening. denying rumors is sometimes a way of starting rumors. you might wanna, what was the rumor? you didn't have to deny a rumor that was there. >> it's just weird to have two people that look like they were in the same place. it looked like it was a fake thing. it's not fake. >> i believe you. we have a live situation on the set for rachel that we may coming to for the hour. i have, one view on the senate during or hour, and you missed, and i recommend it to you. the speech of jeff -- lifetime. and it's not the most compelling speaker on the senate floor, but he delivered the single most thorough historical analysis of the 60 vote threshold ru

reporter suzanne craig is here, she covered finances and taxes of donald trump and the trump family sinceassistant attorney general, and donny deutsche, host of on brand podcast. let's take the two investigations separately. tell me, give me a viewer's guide, nonlawyer viewer's guide to what attorney general tish james is saying in the filings. >> it isn't all that lawyerly, nicolle. she's saying we have a right to depose trump and his children and there's not a big showing you have to make for that, but there's a little pr component. she says since the republicans and trumps said this is in bad faith, let me tell you what we have, and what they have are some really, really brazen lies and exaggeration or hyperbole would be nowhere near what we are talking about. apartments he said are three times as big as they really are, nonexistent mansions, all kinds of grotesque disparities between valuations for one purpose and for another that defraud banks or insurance companies. she has a really strong 12 instances, letter and verse, flat out brazen lies she's saying for that reason i get a righ