thank you. that is our show for tonight. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. tonight we are answering a question i ve been wondering about which is how can marco rubio be on the same ticket as donald trump, because the constitution says, i have to say this right, that the electors from a state cannot vote for two candidates who are from the same state. they can only vote for one. it would make little marco move, right? that s the thing, does he have to move? how does the senator from florida moved from florida? is that legal? anyway, we need an election lawyer to figure this out for us. i just don t understand how they can be talking about rubio as if that is some sort of easy choice to make. i m glad you are getting to the bottom of this. that is quite the pretzel twist. i will be watching. presidential campaign debates were invented by and for tv. 1960 wasn t just the first televised presidential debate, it was the first. george washing
Good morning, its wednesday, september 20th. We are following a number of stories. President trump was America First se u. N. And steps up his warnings to north korea meanwhile, republican as far as see daylight on Health Care Reform. Some gop governors arent so sure about that. The Russian Investigation rolls on with new details on whos paying the president s legal bills but first, two Natural Disasters unfolding in real time. Rescue efforts happening right now in mexico after a powerful earthquake ripped through that country yesterday and Hurricane Maria about to slam directly into puerto rico. Well go straight to meteorologist bill karins with a check on the storms latest track. Bill. Power knocked out. Roof damage done, structural damages beginning as the strongest weekends are moving on shore in puerto rico. Overnight, can you see the storm, 124mileperhour winds in st. Croix. Now the storm is about to make
landfall. Lets get into the zoomed in radar. You see san juan to the north
42-37. although rasmussen polling does not meet cnn s standards, nevertheless one of their surveys last week caught my eye and raised an interesting question about 2024. its findings suggested that trump and desantis are stronger as a ticket running against biden and harris than trump would be with another running mate which made me wonder, is that allowed, where they are both residents of the same state? well, yes is the legal answer. but not the practical one. it s why, preceding the 2000 election, dig cheney moved his residency from texas to wyoming, not particularly unusual there, because he represented the latter in congress, but bush cheney wanted to avoid the practical limitation of running mates from the same state. the misconception is that the constitution bars individuals who are residents of the same state from running as a ticket. it doesn t. political scientist dr. kevin wagner from florida atlantic university has looked that the issue and confirms the
great, great cheney grandfather, on her father aez s side. well, that s exactly right. and dig cheney was someone who had to think a lot about pardons and consequences because as you know, he was later, the chief of staff, for president gerald ford, so these are things that liz cheney heard about in her house growing up. but what she also heard about is she saw artifacts which the cheney family has, and documents that show the service of samuel fletcher cheney in the civil war, guarding the united states against insurrection, and protecting the united states government, so that the cheneys and all of us would be protected when we grew up, you know, over a century later on. it s remarkable to remember, when it is put in the context of a great, great, great grandfather, how close we are to what seems like distant history, when we were just talking about it, in terms of generations removed. michael beschloss, thank you very much for joining us.
mom, i don t want to. kerrigan may be tarnishing her golden image. whatever. for those in leadership positions, these hot mic moments provide a glimpse into what they really think, such as when george w. bush and dig cheney were smiling at a campaign rally while sharing thoughts on a new york times reporter. yeah, big time. also, we see the occasional glimpse into how the sausage is made between world leaders, such as when president obama was trying to deliver a message to vladimir putin. it s my last election. these moments also show the political loyalty only goes so far. jesse jackson famously cried when barack obama was elected president. but just a few months earlier,