unknown is always good to see you, my friend. thanks to you for joining us this evening. on april 3, 1968, the mason temple in memphis was packed. memphis was a city in mourning. it was grappling over the deaths of two employees of the memphis department of public work, employees who were crushed to death while taking cover from severe weather. today marks the 55th anniversary of their deaths today.th under the slogan i am a man more than 1,000 black employees were on strike and tensions were rising. so despite a bad thunderstorm that april night the room was filled, and there was one man the crowd wanted to hear from. martin luther king jr. had visitedhe memphis twice before. he was trying to help the black workers get a living wage and decent working condition, and that night he was back, delivering what would be his final speech the night before he was assassinated. dr. king began his famous mountaintop speech by saying something is happening in memphis, something h
word with ali velshi, in for lawrence. as he said, and i thought to myself, is that not the horse medicine? have i ve been getting it wrong? it s all in the category of stuff that was not supposed to be talked about during covid. it s all stuff that has nothing to do with the curing you if you have covid. it s for other things, and it s in that box in my mind. i do not want any horses to be given the wrong medication. as you know, we take our health care very cc. as we should. and also the truth. thank you for that. i appreciate it. have yourself a great weekend, we ll see you next week. you too, ali. ek donald trump has spent six years stress testing our democracy, our laws, our norms, our sense of decency and today, two years after he left the white house and disgrace after his failed attempt to overturn joe biden s presidential victory, he s likely to test us again. donald trump is out of power and facing legal and financial peril for which he believes running
and also the truth. thank you for that. i appreciate it. have yourself a great weekend, we ll see you next week. you too, ali. donald trump has spent six years stress testing our democracy, our laws, our norms, our sense of decency and today, two years after he left the white house and disgrace after his failed attempt to overturn joe biden s presidential victory, he s likely to test us again. donald trump is out of power and facing legal and financial peril for which he believes running for public office concealed him. his hasty presidential announcement in november, nunes before marco island as a special prosecutor to investigate him. all this pressure that trump is facing is likely to make him more desperate to recapture his position and our attention with these same fluid in the zone playbook, lies, hateful rhetoric, undercutting democracy, he s been doing it at a breakneck pace online over the last few days. a church in florida called donald trump out for doing j
start, tomorrow in federal court in d.c., but we ve just learned that it s not gonna start tomorrow, instead that trial will be delayed for a, day and, won t start until wednesday, because one of the defense attorneys for the proud boys, just got his law license suspended. and so the judge in the proud boys cases decided to postpone the start of the trial by one day, to give the proud boys a chance to find a lawyer, with an active law license. little matters like, that gumming up the works in the most unexpected ways. opening statements expected now to be wednesday, the trial is expected to last at least a month, i keep you posted, now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell, good evening lawrence. that evening rachel, exactly one week ago, unite we re discussing damar hamlin, going down on that field, in that football game, in a way that we didn t know if he is gonna live. and today, he returned to buffalo, it has been an amazing week of recovery for him, and s
she. it s important to point out that the biden push was very different. a very sharp contrast to donald trump s handling of the situation. in a moment i will talk to congressman jim clyburn, a member of the democratic leadership, about that and the looming debt ceiling showdown with house republicans this week. plus more calls for the removal of serial liar george santos from office. we will look into his mysterious political fortune. in missouri, democratic women fight back against an effort to police what they wear. i spent 1200 dollars on a suit and i can t wear it in the peoples house because someone who doesn t have the range tells me it s inappropriate. and that s not why any of us were elected, mister speaker. none of us. and that is state representative rachel who will join me this hour to talk about her battle to bear arms. we start this hour at the top here with president biden and his allies defending their handling of classified materials as a third disco