got to be some sort of video component to this. i guess a part of the drama of the announcement, no one knows what this thing is going to look like or sound like. we will be interviewing ron desantis and he quite an announcement to make. it will be the first time that something like this is happening on social media and with real time questions and answers. not scripted. jesse: not scripted. okay. this is obviously a nontraditional way to announce. usually candidates have a big rally with a huge crowd behind them holding up signs, clapping. you capture the raw energy of supporters live and then it s distributed everywhere. it s possible desantis didn t want to compete with the trump rally phenomenon. you don t want to get into a crowd measuring contest with the former president. trump also isn t on twitter he is on his own social media deal truth social so that could be a factor here. we are wondering how the event is going to be editing and distributed throughout the med
we will see you again tomorrow. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence o donnell. good evening, alex i know as you watch this next hour, you are going to be wondering, how can to members of congress be sitting in the studio with that guy? and the answer is, i m in washington d.c. this week. and so, that is how the magic is going to happen. that s a good week of shows. knowing you, your experience in washington d.c. and what is happening in that town, there is a lot to discuss. it s going to be an important week here. i will be watching. thanks, alex. thanks, lawrence. tonight, the family of tyre nichols held a press conference at the mason temple church of god in christ in memphis, tennessee. that is the same place where, 55 years ago, the reverend dr. martin luther king junior jr. to a standing room only crowd on the final night of his life, the night before he was assassinated. that night, dr. king said, like anybody,
as you watch this next hour, you are going to be wondering, how can two members of congress be sitting in the studio with that guy? and the answer is, i m in washington d. c. this week. and so, that is how the magic is going to happen. that s a good week of shows. knowing you, your experience in washington d. c. and what is happening in that town, there is a lot to discuss. it s going to be an important week here. i will be watching. thanks, alex. thanks, lawrence. tonight, the family of tyre nichols held a press conference at the mason temple church of god in christ in memphis, tennessee. that is the same place where, 55 years ago, the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. delivered his final speech, which, like all of his speeches, was really a sermon, to a standing room only crowd on the final night of his life, the night before he was assassinated. that night, dr. king said, like anybody, i would like to live a long life. long javits he has its place. but i am not
he was preparing for the funeral of his wife of 24 years. they were college sweethearts. they were high school sweethearts. his death leaves their four children paralyzed. it is a reminder, as if this town needed one, the tuesday s tragedy is not over. the shockwaves will reverberate across this community in, countless ways, for countless weeks, months, and years. the raw grief among the residents here, of course, is no less than it was on tuesday. increasingly, the sadness is mingled with frustration, and anger, as people are unable to get them here on what they re happen to do here. it is over an hour before they were shot, and killed by law enforcement. they are trying to treat authorities as the massacre unfolded. in the aftermath of any horrific event, information is spotty. our understanding of what happens evolves over time, but even by those standards of breaking, and developing news, the inability of officials to give a consistent, and coherent account of a key porti
with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. we will have a very special 11th hour. enough is enough. we re going to break down what s happening, why and where the hell we go from here. go from here they say a picture is worth 1000 words, this is perhaps more. this is the leader news today. the date is may 24th 2022. this, of course, is the day, two days ago. it s been 48 hours killing 19 children, and two teachers. here, at the robb elementary school, in texas. today, another death. the grieving husband of one of the slain teacher says died. joe garcia, married to the teacher irma, collapsed, and i today, courting to his family. he was preparing for the funeral of his wife of 24 years. they were college sweethearts. they were high school sweethearts. his death leaves their four children parent-less it is a reminder, as if this town needed one, the tuesday s tragedy is not over. the shockwaves will reverberate across this community in, countless ways, for countless weeks,