with, like, spreadsheets and flow charts. the man is a walking encyclopedia of all things election-related and pennsylvania election related. so he ll be exactly the man you need him to be tonight. he is the guy, he s the guy. thanks, alex. by. after day of meeting with chinese president xi jinping in california today, president biden held a conference. president biden said the number one issue in the discussions today was fentanyl. first, i m pleased to announce that after many years of being on hold, we re restarting cooperation between the united states the prc and counter narcotics. in 2019, you may remember, china took action to greatly reduce the amount of fentanyl shipped from china to the united states. but in the years since that time, the challenge has evolved from finished fentanyl to fentanyl chemical ingredients and pill presses, which are being shipped without control. and by the way, some of these pills are being inserted in other drugs like cocaine, a
judge chutkan might rule on this? i think those are very different questions. the rules and federal courts are clear. cameras are prohibited. media groups have come in and they have argued a couple of different things, and one is that the rule is unconstitutional, that it violates first amendment rights so judge chutkan should set it aside. the other is a technical argument about the nature of broadcast which says that this can be done in a way that wouldn t violate the rule. i think it s unlikely that judge chutkan would go ahead and alter the long-standing practice in federal court, but that s very unfortunate because this is a case that should be put on television so that everyone can see it as it happens. the real problem is that donald trump s response in this case, this sort of last-minute response that he files, saying they jacks mitt is engaging in a show trial that he wants to conduct under cover of darkness, is really nothing other than theater because that is sim
tonight. she s the chair of the usually obscure senate rules committee i know where you re going with this one. it did the weirdest thing today. the senate rules committee voted to change a senate rule and so we ve got to hear about that. don t do that every day. they sure don t. and it s a good tease, lawrence. it took the madness of tuberville to provoke the senate rules committee to actually vote to change a senate rule. the madness of tuberville could be a three by bbc series but unfortunately it s an american drama playing out in real life, right here. it will be the title of a limited series at some point. i am sure. thanks, alex. today, in response to leaks of prosecution video interviews in the case of georgia versus don trump and multiple codefendants, just attorney fani willis did exactly, and i mean exactly, what joyce vance predicted she would do last night on this program. there wasn t a formal protective order in place that i think we ll see
now it is time for the last word with the great lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. stephen colbert is so lucky to have, you rachel. rachel, coming up in the show tonight i don t think you will be surprised to know senator sheldon whitehouse, who will be addressing that age old question in washington him, is something better than nothing? senator sheldon whitehouse, who certainly more than any other elected official, maybe more than anyone else in america pushed the court to be responsive in this totally unprecedented way, for all the shortcomings that they have done today, they had never before fognini through answer to their ethical failings before the american people and i think sheldon whitehouse indeed i state senate is the man who more than anyone, push them to. it will find out if he feels like he has a big win or a tie, or he s losing by fewer points that he was losing by last week. just hottest feel senator whitehouse. listen, if at a regular day, you
tomorrow night, to talk about a new book, pickle, and american faye against fascism. i ll see you there which stevens colbert tomorrow night, and i ll see you back here on monday. now it s time for the last word with the great lawrence o donnell, good evening, lawrence. stephen colbert is so lucky to have you, rachel. i know he knows that. so, ritual, coming up in the show tonight, i don t think you ll be surprised to know is senator sheldon whitehouse. , who will be addressing the age old question in washington, is something better than nothing? senator sheldon whitehouse, who certainly more than any other elected official, maybe more than anyone else in america pushed the court to be responsive in this totally unprecedented way, for all the shortcomings that they have done today, they had never before fognini through answer to their ethical failings before the american people and i think sheldon whitehouse indeed i state senate is the man who more than anyone, push them