[laughs] but i do it all the time, sorry. That does it for us tonight. Well see again on monday, provided i still have a job. Now is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. And who needs commercials . Come on. The audience is very grateful for that move. Rachel, i listened to your interview with Attorney General Keith Ellison, who managed the prosecution of Derek Chauvin. So fascinating to hear his perspective on it. He of course among many other things, really great moves, hired the dream team of special prosecutors. He brought two attorneys out of private practice to prosecute this case. The lead prosecutors. Theyre going to join us in this hour. But they wouldnt have been there. They would have been in that courtroom without Keith Ellison calling the police and putting them in that courtroom. Yeah, and to have had not only the conviction, but to have had this landmark sentence today i mean that number is going to mean Something Di
[laughs] but i do it all the time, sorry. That does it for us tonight. Well see again on monday, provided i still have a job. Now is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. And who needs commercials . Come on. The audience is very grateful for that move. Rachel, i listened to your interview with Attorney General Keith Ellison, who managed the prosecution of Derek Chauvin. So fascinating to hear his perspective on it. He of course among many other things, really great moves, hired the dream team of special prosecutors. He brought two attorneys out of private practice to prosecute this case. The lead prosecutors. Theyre going to join us in this hour. But they wouldnt have been there. They would have been in that courtroom without Keith Ellison calling the police and putting them in that courtroom. Yeah, and to have had not only the conviction, but to have had this landmark sentence today i mean that number is going to mean Something Di
Cofounder of the black voter matters organization, and shes here with us today to talk about the black voter and the 2020 elections. Louisiana dash shah latasha, good morning. Guest thank you for having me. Vo host first, tell us what the black Voters Matter Fund is. Guest the organization started in 2016 because we wanted to shift the dynamics around how we were hearing the National Media talk about black voters. More importantly, we wanted to build more power in our communities so we could have more influence on policies impacting us. So we started the back Voters Matter Fund because what we felt is that in order to really have a robust democracy, you have to have an edge gauged electorate. And engaged electorate. And we would do work to engage voters on the ground level, on the local level so that they should shape policies and representation for their communities. Host so wt did your organizing approach look like this year . What didin you do out on t ground to get mor black voters
Question, we will move to the next senator until resolved. I remind all senators that the five minute clock still aflies. You should have a box on your screen labeled clock that shows how much time is on your screen labeled clock that shows how much time is remaining. But we have had some troubles, and i have had senators who cant find that box or dont see it. And so, in fact, last hearing one of the senators ask me again to get a reminder, i will do that at this time for everybody. So at 30 seconds left on your clock, there will be a tone, a bell ring, to remind senators and the witnesses that their time has almost expired. At the end of the five minutes, a bill will ring. That way we can all know how the clock is working, even though we dont find it on our screens. Today we will receive testimony from the security and Exchange Commission chairman jay clayton, regarding the work and agenda of the sec. I thank you chair clayton for your appearance before the committee today, which is e
For women, and why . Find it where you get your podcasts. Host we are back with Latasha Brown to talk about the black voter and the 2020 election. It morning. Guest good morning. Host tell us what the black Voters Matter Fund is. Organization an that was started in 2016 to shift the dynamics around. We wanted to build power and our communities so we could have influence on impact on policies. Because whate fund we felt is that in order to really have a robust democracy, you have to have an engaged electorate. We would engage voters on the local level to shift the policies for the communities. Host what did your organizing approach look like this year . What did you do on the ground to get more black voters to register and to show up and vote . Guest we did not start this year. We started in 2016. We think that what happens is oftentimes in the black community you see people come around election time. Its like if you have a friend that only calls when they want something, youre not exci