happening tomorrow in new york city. that is going to do it for us tonight. i ll see you again tomorrow. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, rachel. that is such a well-deserved parade, and it is simply the beginning of thanks that should be going on for years. yeah, exactly, and you know what? the heroes is such a fascinating history. it s a national honor but it is such a new york thing, and i think it s going to be a big deal and a very moving thing tomorrow. so ticker tape? the stuff doesn t actually exist anymore. are they going to be throwing any kinds of paper out the window? if my experience going to like the, you know, like the women s world cup team coming home for their ticker tape parade, if my experience like that is anything to go by tomorrow, it is a huge, glorious mess with all kinds of stuff that is unidentifiable as anything other than confetti but then part of the process is it all gets cl
smerconish, in for chris on cuomo prime time. thank you, john berman. i am michael smerconish, in for chris cuomo. welcome to a special-holiday edition of prime time. hope you had a great independence day weekend. now, tonight, we have a central figure on the other end of that apparent-pressure campaign by team trump to change the outcome of the 2020 election in the key-battleground state of arizona. i emphasize arizona, because similar pressure was, also, applied on election officials in georgia in the run up to january 6th. this just came to light on friday night. and we played you the voicemails that surfaced from a freedom of information request made by the arizona republic. these were calls left by arizona s gop chair and rudy giuliani, on behalf of donald trump, to those overseeing election results in the state s most populous county, maricopa. a county that president biden won, by about 45,000 votes. i want you to hear it, again. by the way, the music underneath. t
republic. on behalf of donald trump to those overseeing election results in the state s most populist county, maricopa, a county that president biden won by about 45,000 votes. i want you to hear it again. by the way, the music underneath, that was part of the arizona republic s online post. hey, clint, it s rudy giuliani. i was very happy to see that there is going to be a forensic audit of the machines and i really want to talk to you about it, all right? if you would give me a call back, i would really appreciate it. thank you. hey, clint, it s kelly ward. i just talked to president trump and he would like me to talk to you ask also see if he needs to give you a call to discuss what s happening on the ground in maricopa of the give me a call back when you can. thanks, bye. so who is clint? clint hickman at the time was the chair of the board of supervisors in maricopa county, a republican. he says he never returned those calls or ones from the white house switchboard
myanmar s bloody crackdown as the military for tours its own people. and we begin with scenes of anger on the streets of elizabeth city, north carolina. crowds are demanding the full release of body cam video showing the deadly police shooting of andrew brown jr. and you can hear there the chants of hands up, don t shoot and others chanted black lives matter. protesters also gathered outside the home of the county attorney. peaceful marches have taken place daily in elizabeth city since wednesday and that s when sheriff s deputies shot and killed brown while trying to serve a warrant. brown s family members are among those calling for that full body cam video to be made public. they spoke out after watching a 20-second clip of the footage on monday. cnn s natasha chen has more. what do you want? video. reporter: more than five full days after pa kwa tank sheriff s deputies shot and killed andrew brown jr. city in elizabeth city, north carolina, the family viewed
on the one hand, look at this. there s a new sense of freedom for you because you ve done the right thing and gotten vaccinated. on the other hand, there are these variants out there, and they have to say, but wait a minute. you still have to be vigilant here because we have to watch this very, very carefully. and so it s kind of a mixed message. it s very delicate. but they have no other choice other than to do it. it s a great piece, gloria. as you know, i would just like to spend all my time watching gloria borger. is there anything you found really surprising as you were talking to officials about how things have gone or about the challenges before them? i think what i found surprising was the fact that jeff zients who coordinates this said to me flatly, i was left with no plan, and paul mango from the trump administration said they are using our plan. we gave them a plan. and there was no kind of meeting of the minds except for tony fauci saying, well, it was somew