Thats going to do it for me tonight. Ill see you again tomorrow for our debate coverage. But right now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. The last word celebrating its 10th anniversary. Lawrence does have a big guest joining him tonight, Vice President ial candidate Kamala Harris. Oh, good evening, lawrence. Didnt know you were there. Hi, rachel. I dont see how it can be ten years since im only five years older since when i started the show, so i dont get it. It cant 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 on the very first night ten years ago and still is. And the beloved greg has put together a fantastic staff that has made this show possible. I wouldnt 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
Welcome to the cnn special report the insiders a warning from Trump Officials. Im jake tapper in washington. The world has never before witnessed so many former top government officials warning about the president for whom they once worked. Its just never happened before, not in these numbers and not with the same stark conclusion that President Trump in their view is unfit for the office he holds, the office hes asking you to return him to for a second term. Its a phenomenon that we cannot ignore. His former chief of staff, retired marine general gene kellie has told friends about donald trump, the depths of his dishonesty is just astounding to me, the dishonesty, the transactional relationship of every relationship though its more pathetic than anything else, he is the most flawed person i have ever met in my life. Retired general james mattis said earlier this year, quote, donald trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American People, does not even
Told friends, the depths of his dishonesty is astounding to me, the dishonesty, the transacti transactional nature of every relationship, its more pathetic than anything else. He is the most flawed person i have ever met in my life, unquote. Trumps former defense secretary, james mattis said, donl donald trump is the first president in my lifetime who doesnt try to unite people, instead he tries to divide us, unquote. This hour, you will hear from trumped aminu ed amied aminut r insiders. They know how he makes decisions, to whom he listens, how he governs, from those inside the most exclusive meetings to those responsible for keeping our nation safe. Tonight, we begin with the pandemic that killed more than 200,000 americans. Two officials who were part of the early response from the Trump Administration. Olivia troy, a forger member of the White House Coronavirus task force, and rick bright who was involved in trying to develop a vaccine. Lets talk about the Trump Administration. Pre
To celebrate mr biden s supporters take to the to celebrate take to the streets to celebrate take to the streets to celebrate. These are live pictures from new york city. He is due to speak in a few hours. President trump has been playing golf. It seems unlikely he will concede in a conventionalfashion. He has claimed again without evidence that he won the election. So, in the last few hours, we have had the news we have been anticipating for days. Joe biden is to become the 46th president of the United States. It happened when the bbc projected him to win pennsylvania, which put him past the 270 Electoral College votes needed to become president injanuary. Pending the outcome of any legal challenges. And then just in the last hour, we also projected the state of nevada forjoe biden as well. So there you have it. Mr biden is now on 279 Electoral College votes, against 214 for mr trump. President Electjoe Biden is due to speak tonight, and not long ago, speaking at his campaign headquar
This is cnn breaking news. Youre in the cnn newsroom. Im dana bash in washington. Breaking news out of nashville this hour where authorities now believe yesterdays explosion was the likely result of a suicide bombing. Thats according to two Law Enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the investigation. The blast which happened in the early hours of Christmas Morning shook the city, damaged dozens of buildings and injured at least three people. And now video obtained by cnn appears to show the same rv at the center of the explosion in downtown nashville previously parked outside this home in antioch, tennessee. Cnn crime and justice correspondent Shimon Prokupecz is on the scene for us in nashville and shimon, the fact that this may have been a suicide bombing, how has that changed the investigation . Reporter well, for one thing its done, theres no manhunt. Theres no one to search for in connection with the bombing and at least the threat has been minimized and weve heard that fro