tonight. but your usual host at thi hour would be alex wagner s of on a family vacation this week great week to choose, alex and because she is a way you are stuck with me. i apologize. alex we ll be back next week but tonight, because you are stuck with me, you are als stuck with this. gentlemen, i believe you ve all received copies of the prepared statement that i read to the court in open court as i said in that statement, the reason i changed m decision to fight this matte is because i do not believe it would be against the nationa interest and we have a brutalizing effect of my famil and is gone a through two-year struggle concerning this matter. you also may be aware that wha i said in open court, that i categorically and flatly den the assertions that were mad by the private prosecutors wit regard to their contentions of bribery and extortion on m part i will have nothing more to sa at this point. i will make an address to th nation within a few days and so the cri
it might be wise for them to look at what is happenin across the atlantic. that does it for us tonight, i will see you again tomorrow, and now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell good evening, lawrence good evening, alex we have charles blow joining u tonight. the title of his most recent new york times op-ed piece it s not hard to follow it all it s donald trump must b prosecuted i think he s gonna get hi wish, it sounds like there are charges imminently well, i think we know it on charles blow s mind when h joins us he has much to say about it, it s not as obvious an arguments people might think this is a special night for me because david lamy is a member of the british parliament wh have followed on twitter for years. and i recommend. and has been on this program a number of times from london. tonight, in studio, right here in washington d.c., i will actually meet david let me for the first time i am glad, lawrence get his signature. and post it in t
new york times op-ed piece it s not hard to follow it all it s donald trump must b prosecuted i think he s gonna get hi wish, it sounds like there are charges imminently well, i think we know it on charles blow s mind when h joins us he has much to say about it, it s not as obvious an arguments people might think this is a special night for me because david lamy is a member of the british parliament wh have followed on twitter for years. and i recommend. and has been on this program a number of times from london. tonight, in studio, right here in washington d. c., i wil actually meet david let me for the first time i am glad, lawrence get his signature. and post it in the office on your autograph wall. will. do thank you, alex do thank you, alex at 6:12 pm today, donald trump announced he is now in ful panic mode expecting to be indicted by th manhattan district attorney at any moment donald trump did not put it in exactly those words, because donald trump is the most
elections. and house speaker kevin mccarthy trading partisan political fights for a diplomatic one, meeting this hour with the president of taiwan mccarthy says the meeting will help make the world safer. china says it s doing just the opposite so a lot to get to we start with today and donald trump embarking on an effort rarely tried in american history running for president while simultaneously fighting criminal charges. his late night speech at mar-a-lago gave us a glimpse of what s to come, a defiant trump surrounded by a loyal band of ardent supporters thumbing through a well-worn political playbook lashing out at his perceived enemies and seeming a little stunned by what happened. i never thought anything like this could happen in america never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it one of many things that need fact checking. i want to bring in nbc s vaughn hillyard outside