republican debate, wednesday ten pm eastern, the day after tomorrow. i will see you here then. that s gonna do it for me for now. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, rachel. at 9:30 a. m., it means i m gonna be glued to my sofa listening to msnbc, which i have to say is way more dramatic than images, for me, it actually carries what i guess was the drama of radio drama before television, you know, before i was around. and just your imagination is more active. and my concentration is better, i think, just locked on those words that we can hear. for me, it also means that i can, like, do the dishes, walk the dogs, and, like, get on the treadmill, although i probably wouldn t, while listening to it because i can focus on the audio like that in a way that i can t focus necessarily on taking it in visually. so, i mean, federal court ruling, d. c. circuit. a huge deal, huge implications for the case in general and wha
defeated confederates couldn t accept the verdict of the war. they had lost. so they say they embrace what s known as the lost cause, a self-serving lie the civil war was not about slavery but about state s rights and they call that a noble cause. that was a lie, a lie that had not just a law lie but it had terrible consequences. it wrought on jim crow. president biden yesterday in south carolina condemning white supremacy at the site of a deadly race related mass shooting back in 2015. the president s campaign creating a clear contrast between the words and actions of his potential opponent in 2024. speaking of the former president, we ll get expert legal analysis on a key hearing today for president trump s claim of presidential immunity in the federal election interference case. also ahead what investigators are learning about that alaska airlines flight that had a section of the plane break loose while mid-flight. good morning and welcome to way too early on this
party, to decide who the winner will be of their contested primary for the republican party s presidential nominated contest this year. and you know all that, but it s worth just sort of going back to brass tacks for a second. in a two party system, each party is important, right? in a two party system, the relative strength, skill, the organizational capacity, the financial status, the size, the health of each party is at least a little bit important in every single state in the country, even in states that are dominated by one party or the other, the health and the capacity of each party matters. it s particularly crucial in swing states, though, where one party doesn t dominate, and in places where it s likely gonna be a close race between the republican nominee and the democratic nominee and the general election this fall, it is particularly important how healthy the state parties are on both sides. and the battleground states, the swing states these days, it s a pretty f
tomorrow morning, 9:38 am eastern, a federal appeals court in d.c. is going to hear arguments on trump s claims that he is immune from prosecution. federal courtrooms, there are no cameras. but for a big case like this, you re going to release live audio of the hearing while it s happening. we are all gonna be able to hear that as it happens. we will have it live here on msnbc starting, again, 9:38 am eastern time tomorrow morning. i will also be back with you here wednesday night this week, live at 10 am eastern, for a special coverage for the next week republican debate, wednesday ten pm eastern, that day after tomorrow. i will see you hear that. that s gonna do it for me for now. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, rachel. at 9:30 a.m., it means i m gonna be glued to my sofa listening to msnbc, which i have to say is way more dramatic than images, for me, it actually carries what i guess was the drama of radio
but it s worth just, sort of, going back to brass tacks, i think, for a second. in a two-party system, each party is important, right? in a two-party system, the relative strength, the relative skill, the organizational capacity, the financial status, the size, the health and capacity of each party is at least a little bit important in every single state in the country. even in states that are dominated by one party or the other, the health and the capacity of each party matters. it s particularly crucial, of course, in swing states, though, where one party doesn t dominate and the places it s likely to be a close race between the republican nominee and the democratic nominee and the general election this fall. it is particularly important how healthy the state parties are on both sides.e and the battleground states, the swing states these days, it s at familiar list. states like arizona, georgia, pennsylvania, michigan, a few others. given all that, though, here s today s po