allegation that may have been made, and something that trips the wire, if you like, it s the threshold for former disciplinary action. a man is arrested by police in the us state of illinois after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accomodation as record numbers are placed into care. the world s first fully working sand battery is installed in finland, with developers calling it a major breakthrough for green energy. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson s decision to appoint chris pincher as deputy chief whip is facing further scrutiny as a former top civil servant at the foreign office, lord mcdonald, writes to the parliamentary standards commissioner this morning, saying that borisjohnson was briefed in person about an inv
u.s. supreme court overturned the landmark roe v. wade decision. for anti-abortion activists, it s a victory that s been decades in the making, and for abortion rights supporters, it s a devastating setback. at the white house, president joe biden says decision to ultimately put women s health in jeopardy. it s a sad day for the court and for the country. now, with roe gone, let s be very clear. the health and life of women in this nation are now at risk. it was three justices named by one president, donald trump, who were the core of today s decision to upend the scales of justice and eliminate a fundamental right for women in this country. so on capitol hill, lawmakers on both sides of the abortion debate reacted to the supreme court decision. take a look. what this means to women is such an insult. it s a slap in the face to women about using their own judgment to make their own decisions about their reproductive freedom. americans celebrate this historic victory
probe into an ex-president s handling of classified material. new york times notes that it is incredibly rare for even a partial affidavit to be released at all. they add this, quote, the submission by the justice department is a significant legal mile post in an investigations that has swiftly emerged as a major threat to trump, whose lawyers have offered a confused and at times stumbling response, but it is also an inflexion point for attorney general merrick garland who is trying to balance protecting the prosecutorial process by keeping secret details of the investigation and providing enough information to defend his decision to request a search unlike any other in history. the impending release of a critical document in doj s investigation into the ex-president is where we begin today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. carol leonnig is here and former national security adviser to president obama and neal katyal is back former solicitor general and now law
here on msnbc. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. but evening, rachel. and i m sure you know what my absolute favorite part of your show was tonight. show was tonight no, what was a? i went into the control room to watch the isolated cameron rachel, so that i wouldn t miss a single fraction of a second of rachael blushing while alex wagner was was raising her and thanking her for what she has created here at msnbc. and you think a lot of that shot at home was on alex, so a lot of people couldn t see your blush in part, as much as they deserved to see it. all i could do in that moment, while you are staring at, me because you know me well enough to do that, is like, could i have done this in such a way that i precluded this from happening? could i have spoken the beginning of this interview and this discussion in such a manner, but there s no way that alex could have maneuver this into talking about me? and i just was s
shot at home was on alex, so a lot of people couldn t see your blushing, as much as they deserved to see it. all i could do in that moment, while you are staring at me because you know me well enough to do that, is like, could i have done this in such a way that i precluded this from happening? could i have spoken the beginning of this interview and this discussion in such a manner, that there s no way that alex could maneuver this into talking about me? and i just was sitting there going, do it again, maddow, fix it, go back in time. meanwhile, you had me trapped in your gaze. well, she was in fact speaking for all of us it, since you know, before these this version of me on this network, i, for some years, had the pundit title of a senior political analyst, which i got, i think, because no one knew you could get titles. and i guess, can i get that, and they were like, yeah, sure. so i kind of predated you hanging around here. i was here before you arrived, and i c