Franklin, its great to see you. Thanks for your time tonight. Thank you. That is our show for this evening. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. We have what we call a quorum here at the last word. We have three senators joining us tonight. Well, okay, wait. Adam schiff, who is one Election Night away from becoming the next senator in california. Hes going to win. Because republicans cannot win statewide there. Hes going to join us. Sherry brown, who actually is currently a Senator Running for reelection is joining us. And the big, Big Winner In Texas Last Night on his way to the general election in november. Senator cruise. Cruz only one by three points last time. This could be the time. Its senate night here. You might be able to hash out a plan for Immigration Reform in an hour. And later, actually, Andrew Weissman and Melissa Murray are going to join me and we did something unusual for tonights segment, alex. We rehearsed it. We rehearsed for an hour in from a Liv
this is american voices. as the battle of control of congress heats up before the 2024 election, republicans are showing us how they plan to governor govern if they win. case in point, they re attacking civil rights under the guise of military readiness. on thursday, the house passed a new defense spending bill, going after anything they deem as quote, woke. republican amendments to the bill include ending diversity training, limiting health care for trans service members, that bill would also rollback a pentagon policy covering travel expenses for military members. who must now travel out of state for abortion access, following the overturn of roe v. wade. this legislation made possible by a far-right faction of the house that demanded these controversial amendments to negotiations with house speaker kevin mccarthy. and this week could be a preview of the battle over government spending this fall. the new york times writes quote, mccarthy s to the right is a gambl
christopher nolan s oppenheimer in london last night as the strike was declared. the studios say they have made meaningful offers but that s been rejected by those on strike. the guild s president, fran drescher, said the decision by actors to walk out was a moment of truth . we are being victimised by a very greedy entity. i am shocked by the way the people that we have been in business with are treating us. i cannot believe it, quite frankly. how far apart we are on so many things. how they plead poverty, that they are losing money left and right while giving hundreds of millions of dollars to their ceos. it is disgusting. shame on them. they stand on the wrong side of history at this very moment. the issues in the strike go much deeper thanjust the film industry itself. the screen actors guild wants streaming giants to agree a fairer split of profits and better working conditions. but other demands like protecting actors from being replaced by digital replicas reflect
meteorologist on why it feels, quite literally and figuratively like a turning point on climate change. this is american voices. as the battle for control of congress heats up ahead of the 2024 election, republicans are showing up how they plan to govern if they win. case in point, they are attacking civil rights under the guise of military readiness. on thursday, the house passed a new defense spending bill, going after anything they deem as quote, woke. republican amendments to the bill include ending diversity training, limiting health care for trans service members, that bill would also rollback a pentagon service policy covering travel expenses for military members. who must now travel out of state for abortion access, following the overturn of roe v. wade. this legislation made possible by a far-right faction of the house that demanded these controversial amendments to negotiations with house speaker kevin mccarthy. and this week could be a preview of the battle over