Welcome on to the lead. Im jim sciutto. And we begin with the politics lead. The primary election that could signal the divide between democrats and republicans getting bigger. Andrew gillum backed by Bernie Sanders scored the democratic nomination. He would be the first africanamerican governor of florida. That is if he can beat republican congressman ron desantis, the far right candidate endorsed by president donald trump. But the morning after desantis won his partys nomination, he was on fox news using language that many are calling racist today. This while talking about his opponent. The last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda. Phil mattingly joining me. Hard not to say it, it is getting off to an ugly start. Yes, it is a race that will put somebody in position to decide Something Like medicaid expansion, lay the groundwork for a swing state in 2020. But it has already started into a fierce battle and it didnt look like it will ease an
Tonight, Andrew Gillum responds. The 11th hour begins now. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im ali velshi in for brian williams. Day 587 of the Trump Administration brings the sudden news that the west wing attorney who has been the pivotal link to Robert Mueller during the russia investigation is out. White House Counsel don mcgahn will soon be making his exit. Axios was first out with a report this morning. That was quickly followed by this tweet from President Trump. White House Counsel don mcgahn will be leaving his position in the fall shortly after the confirmation, hopefully, of judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. I have worked with don for a long time and truly appreciate his service. This afternoon trump was asked about the departing white House Counsel. Don mcgahn is a really good guy, been with me for a long time. Privately before this he represented me. Hes been here now almost two years, and a lot of affection f
That does it for us tonight. We will see you again tomorrow. Now it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. If you are looking to me for some senate insight as to why Chuck Schumer did that, im sorry. Hes going to have to come on your show or my show and explain it. There is 15 nominees free for nothing. We dont want to take up any time. We want to make sure there is nothing on the calendar, nothing taking up anybodys time so that we can therefore ask for a delay for Brett Kavanaugh. Taking up time and running out the clock is the major tool that the minority in the senate has used for generations now. Only tool, yes. So dont ask me. Rachel, i loved your coverage of andrew gillu ms win last night in florida. He is going to injoin us here i this hour and tell us how he did it and tell us what he think it is strategy is for going all the way. But we will also cover impeachment and last week really became the week where everyone was talking about impeachment. The president was t
Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im ali velshi in for brian williams. Day 587 of the Trump Administration brings the sudden news that the west wing attorney who has been the pivotal link to Robert Mueller during the russia investigation is out. White House Counsel don mcgahn will soon be making his exit. Axios was first out with a report this morning. That was quickly followed by this tweet from President Trump. White House Counsel don mcgahn will be leaving his position in the fall shortly after the confirmation, hopefully, of judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. I have worked with don for a long time and truly appreciate his service. This afternoon trump was asked about the departing white House Counsel. Don mcgahn is a really good guy, been with me for a long time. Privately before this he represented me. Hes been here now almost two years, and a lot of affection for don. According to several reports, mcgahn did not know i
Tonight, Andrew Gillum responds. The 11th hour begins now. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im ali velshi in for brian williams. Day 587 of the Trump Administration brings the sudden news that the west wing attorney who has been the pivotal link to Robert Mueller during the russia investigation is out. White House Counsel don mcgahn will soon be making his exit. Axios was first out with a report this morning. That was quickly followed by this tweet from President Trump. White House Counsel don mcgahn will be leaving his position in the fall shortly after the confirmation, hopefully, of judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. I have worked with don for a long time and truly appreciate his service. This afternoon trump was asked about the departing white House Counsel. Don mcgahn is a really good guy, been with me for a long time. Privately before this he represented me. Hes been here now almost two years, and a lot of affection f