national political reporter. that is our show for tonight. time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. lawrence, i m gobsmacked by some of these numbers. i m just gonna leave it to you while i scratch my head. ali, you know that thing happens once in a while where one of our great guests really is getting warmed up right when we have to go to commercial break because that s life on commercial television? that happened last week with yale professor david blight, who is an expert on the 14th amendment. he knows everything about how it came to be, the congressional debate about it. we are bringing him back tonight to finish his thoughts about that. that is worth watching because the most important amendment nobody ever thought about six months ago, and this is worth staying and listening to. certainly not thought about in this context. and he will follow harvard law professor laurence tribe, also an expert on constitutional law and the 14th amendment, who will give us
lawrence, i m gobsmacked by some of these numbers. i m just gonna leave it to you while i scratch my head. aly you , know that thing happens once in awhile where one of our great guests guests really is getting warmed up right when we have to go to commercial break because that s life on commercial television. that happened last week with yale professor david blight, who is an expert on the 14th amendment. he knows everything about how it came to be, the congressional debate about it. we are bringing back tonight finishes thoughts about that. that is worth watching because the most important amendment nobody ever thought about six months ago, and this is worth staying and listening to. certainly not in this context. and he will follow harvard law professor laurence tribe, also an expert on constitutional law and the 14th amendment, who will give us his view of how the 14th amendment, how it has the power to keep donald trump off the ballot in some states. i look forw
It is good to be back with you on this second hour of Chris Jansing reports. At this hour, scenes of devastation in michigan after tornadoes pommel homes and businesses ripping the sides off a fedex facility and wiping out an entire mobile home park. The risk isnt over. More than 50 Million People still under Severe Weather alerts told. Also told, Donald Trumps battle against the d. A. And his Georgia Election case. The new development as he tries to get fani willis thrown off the case. Plus, another campus crackdown, Police Moving into clear an encampment at Gw University as other schools scramble to salvage Graduation Ceremonies. The growing fallout. And the cease fire talks underway right now in the middle east. Can a deal get done, even with israeli tanks inside rafah. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin in michigan with nbcs Maggie Vespa Covering the after math of devastating tornadoes. What are you seeing . What are you hearing from fo
convicted of 34 felony counts in his new york hush money case, eight republican senators vowed to oppose all biden nominees and all democratic legislation as retribution. today six republican senators led by trump vice presidential short lister jd vance put oppose all nominees into writing. anyone who endorsed trump s guilt, anyone who supported organizations that celebrated the indictment of donald trump, and anyone who supported manhattan s district attorney alvin bragg orn supported law fare or censorship in other ways, which is just vague enough to include basically anyone president biden s nominated. now, these republican senators say their blockade will last until election day, and in practical terms that means the u.s. government will not be able to appoint representatives to thingsep like the u.n. general assembly or the world health organization or even to the not particularly seeming places like the international civil aviation organization and the public buildings
apply for it is running out. the amicus briefs, harry litman, those filed in addition to the briefed by the parties in this very important appeals hearing in washington d. c. and today the court said we want to hear from both sides about these amicus briefs. the one that has the most vivid piece that does not appear in jack smith s pleadings is the amicus brief saying the appeals court doesn t even have jurist diction over this at this stage. what is your assessment of what we see in these amicus briefs and the pieces of them that the appeals court would be most interested in? there are now four. we just ran the gamut from reinforcing the arguments with very eminent parties to now there s a new one that actually says jack smith is an unconstitutional officer in the first place. but lawrence, i think the one you mentioned really bears