now for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening lawrence. good evening alex. seeing is kevin mccarthy s first order of business in the house of representatives is to prove how much we do not need a house of representatives if it is to be run by the legislative crazies of the republican party. maybe that will never be seated. maybe this is it. maybe it s just about the upper chamber? so far, the republicans have done no damage in the house of representatives. the damage begins as soon as they have control of it with the speaker. we are wishing for the good old days when nobody was seated, once they do. and, alex, one nice note for history today is that the person who is next in line for the presidency, after the vice president, is, once again, a woman, because patty murray became the president pro tem of the united states senate, and there is no speaker of the house. so, as of now, the next in line for the presidency is a woman in the united states senate
chamber. so far the republicans have done no damage in house of representatives. the damage begins as soon as they have control of it, with the speaker. we will be wishing for the good old days when nobody was seated. and, alex, one nice note for history today is that the person who is next in line for the presidency, after the vice president, is, once again, a woman, because patty murray became the president pro tem of the united states senate, and there is no speaker of the house. so, as of now, the next in line for the presidency is a woman in the united states senate. so, you know, we could live with this. we could. they are welcome. have a great show. thank you alex. thank you. in other news, that you should know, that is actually happening in this country while, in a way, nothing is happening in the house of representatives, is that in south carolina today, the south carolina supreme court has ruled that the south carolina constitution provides a right to priv
On the egyptian side of the gaza border, because of israels blockade, the trucks have been unable to cross into gaza where more than 2 Million People have been without many of those basic necessities for 11 days, until now. After arriving in israel today President Biden announced that the u. S. Had convinced israel to let humanitarian aid into gaza via egypt. The deal is strict, and it is fragile. All of the aid must be inspected before entering gaza and it must go to civilians. If hamas steals or diverts any of that aid, the deal will end. After repairs to the Border Crossing are completed, this aid should start moving on friday at the earliest. And it is needless to say, but it has been a very long and very difficult week already. Today, President Biden fifth speech fifth about this war, is it for eight pm eastern in the u. S. , tomorrow, which is coming on the heels of his Diplomatic Mission to israel. As the only american president to visit israel in wartime, bidens visit today was
And water, that line of trucks has been waiting at the Rafah Crossing on the egyptian side of the gaza border because of israels blockade, the trucks have been unable to cross into gaza where more than 2 Million People have been without many of those basic necessities for 11 days, until now. After arriving in israel today President Biden announced that the u. S. Had convinced israel to let humanitarian aid into gaza via egypt. The deal is strict, and it is fragile. All of the aid must be inspected before entering gaza and it must go to civilians. If hamas steals or diverts any of that aid, the deal will end. After repairs to the Border Crossing are completed, this aid should start moving on friday at the earliest. And it is needless to say, but it has been a very long and very difficult week already. Today, President Biden announced his fifth speech fifth about this war, is it for eight pm eastern in the u. S. , tomorrow, which is coming on the heels of his Diplomatic Mission to israel
Spewing more violence. He has asked the d. C. Giants to have trumps legal team has just over a week to respond. Starting us off this sunday Special Correspondent for that is a fair and host of the fast politics podcast. Matt dodd, county but and former chief strategist for bush cheney president ial campaign. Msnbc Political Analyst. And joyce vance, msnbc contributor and former u. S. Attorney. She is a professor at the university of Alabama School of law and the cohost of the hashtag, sisters emma podcast. It is good to see you all. Joyce, trump told nbc that he made the decision. And not his lawyers to challenge the 2020 election results. What does that mean for the special counsels case against him . Every time trump takes his television, or any other public form and begins to speak, my assumption is that someone at the Justice Department is taking notes. Because very often he says things that are contradictory or he undercuts his own defenses. Mostly importantly what is going on is