Start wholesale Firing People in the white house and in his administration. She is predicting that right after the election there is about to be a purge. Sleep tight, everyone. That does it for us tonight. Well see you again tomorrow. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. You know, you do a factbased show. You are a presenter of fact, a finder of fact. And i rarely get to hear your opinion in your show. And so i listened. I was hanging on every word. And i heard you say to Hillary Clinton, early in your hour, that you believe that the kavanagh nomination is, quote, hurtling toward the sun. You want to expand on that . You are my little eagle eyed friend, lawrence odonnell. Yes, i did say that. That is my take on it. And i am a terrible predictor and nobody should bank on anything that i predict ever, in politics or in anything. But given the way Christine Blasey ford is approaching this, given the corroboration that has alr
She says she will not testify until the fbi investigates claims. Her attorney saying her client wants to cooperate with the Senate Judiciary committee but the process must not be rushed. Its premature to talk about a hearing on monday. And i think people understand that because she has been dealing with the threats, the harassment, and safety of her family. Asking her to come forward in four or five days and sit before the Judiciary Committee on national tv is not a fair process. Fords request for delay seeming to shift the momentum among republicans. Judiciary chairman grassley saying in a statement that nothing the fbi does would have any bearing on what dr. Ford tells the committee. So there is no reason for any further delay. Even senator bob corker, a frequent trump critic, tweeted republicans extended a hand in good faith, if we dont hear from both sides on monday, lets vote. President trump so far maintaining that restraint. He has shown since the accusations against kavanaugh w
Body against hers and clumsily attempted to pull off her onepiece bathing suit and the clothing she wore over it. When she tried to scream, she said he put his hand over her mouth. I thought he might inadvertently kill me, said ford. Now a 51yearold Research Psychologist in northern california, as he was trying to attack me and remove my clothing. Kavanaugh released a statement saying, quote, i cat agoricly deny this allegation. When asked for comment, the white house referred nbc back to that statement. The Washington Post says kavanaugh declined to comment further on the allegations today. Nbc news has also reached out to kavanaugh and they have not independently confirmed the accusers identity. Lets bring in our panel, Kristen Welker, also vox political reporter andrew procop, and also Johns Hopkins professor and contributor to the hill, wendy aseffo, and danny cevallos. Kristen, lets start with you. As were all watching the president s twitter feed, nothing yet. Anything from the w
It wasnt him. That means they cant believe Christine Ford because she is 100 sure it was him. And kavanaugh painted a picture of himself as perfect. In that powder puff interview on fox, and by doing so, he painted himself into a corner, and he spent today fighting himself out of it. I saw it as a he said, three said. Because he had three women against him but only one was allowed to speak. You saw a battle of stereotypes, she was even, fairly unemotional, did he everen shall, you know why . Women have to be. Otherwise theyre called high strong and emotive. He was attacking, as men are allowed to be. And the senators especially on the right, shows why this country agrees on almost nothing except the belief that our elected officials let us down too often. The big question is kavanaugh going to be confirmed. You have to believe the odds are, if anything, hes closer to that goal after today. But for all the wrong reasons. Our job tonight show you the highs and the lows, test those who ha
Contested. They may portend an escalation into whether President Trump will seize on this report to pursue his own version of a saturday night massacre. So given this years scale of this, were going to start our broadcast here on the beat a little differently. Were going to begin with the conte context for these leaks and the details about them. Then were going to share what we know. And then well turn to our experts. So first, theres the context here. The heat on donald trump right now has never been hotter with the doj flipping his oformer Campaign Chair and long time personal lawyer. Its only the past days and weeks that the news leaked that both men are not only guilty but talking to rm right lane. Its amist that heat that sources say its no surprise that were seeing fresh attacks on the doj leadership maybe giving everything theyve got. The report focuses on a few comments made in a meeting that these sources say were either sarcastic jokes or were never acted on and noted how odd