mass murder there, lewiston, very close to bowdoin college. and he came to our attention because of a school shooting in tennessee that he was trying to bring to the attention of the state legislature and that actually, as people recall, got him expelled. and he, of course, worked his way back in and got elected again, but he is here to consider what this means, what it feels like to him to have that hit close to his college the way it hit close to home in tennessee. i m eager to hear on justin pearson on this. he has remarkably deep and wise thoughts for someone so young on a host of really complicated and distressing topics. yes he s a unique voice. we re lucky to have him here tonight. thank you alex. i have no understanding. those were the under oath words of donald trump jr. today when his temporary job title was witness number 21. called to the witness stand by new york attorney general letitia james to testify against his father, donald trump jr. is a codefendant
children killed in the span of three weeks. we believe. it on that note, my friend, ayman, thank you for your time and thoughts and perspective on all this. evening.social now it is time for the last word, with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. we re gonna be joined tonight by tennessee state representative justin pearson, who, as it happens, is a graduate of bowdoin college in maine. so he has been really struck by what happened in maine, and the mass murder there. lewiston, very close to bowdoin college. and he came to our attention because the school shooting in tennessee that he was trying to bring to the attention of the state legislature and that actually, as people recall, got him expelled. and he of course worked his way back in and got elected again, but he is here to consider what this means, what it feels like to him to have that hit close to his college all the way it hit close to home in tennessee. i m eager to hear on justin pearson on this. when
of today s closing arguments in trump s criminal trial, but do not go anywhere. our coverage continues with the last word and lawrence o donnell who spent all day today in court and has the back pain to prove it. good evening, my friend. i was working on my posture for most of the day. but look, rachel, two full reporters notebooks and a day. i ve never filled up to before, certainly not in a courtroom day. it went longer than any of us expected. longer than most of us thought was necessary, but it was one of those no stone unturned closings by the prosecution. the defense, i thought, was effective as they could be given the cards dealt them. they have some internal contradictions in their theory of the case, but really this is the criminal defense team trying to defend donald trump. good luck with that. it is going to look pretty messy. judge merchan said at the outset that it is a practice in his courtroom where he likes the jury to get both summations on one day. i was
chicken or fish for dinner. so scan the qr code on your screen to buy your tickets. they are selling like hot cakes. now it is time for the last word with my buddy, jonathan capehart, in for lawrence. good evening, alex. you will be in brooklyn. i am here in aspen, where it is lovely. i think you pull the longer straw on that one. all right, alex, thanks very much. thank you, have a good show. in 47 hours, the earliest presidential debate in modern u.s. history will be underway and that debate will mark the first time a sitting president and former president have ever debated. of course president biden and donald trump have debated before, but this time one of the two candidates on that stage is now a convicted felon. in fact the two candidates will debate two weeks before donald trump is set to be sentenced on july 11. today the biden harris campaign release to this ad. donald trump loves to attack joe biden, because he is focused on revenge and he has no plan to
their circumstances in lynchburg prison, they got somec good news. a new lawyer who wanted to try to reopen their case. it is no wonder orzo, the cat, came over to help. i don t think this was photobombing by a cat. i think this was encouragement n by cat. i think this was get it right, maddow. spit it out, you can do it. spit it out. i m the times are you going to restart this sentence? thanks to kelsey and the rest of the podcast team. and most definitely, orzo, the producer cat. episode three of ultra was finally spat out by me. na it is available now for free wherever you get your podcasts, eight episodes altogether. this is three. dc it is a banger episode if i don t say so myself. you can take it for me or you can take it from producer cat orzo, who is a very, very good boy. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. at evening, rachel. i just experienced your description of that cat story the same way that all of our listeners