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
Im going to keep fighting. We will restore peace through strength. Get that war settled. Its a bad war. And putin, you know, has so little respect for biden, hes throwing around nuclear. Thats nikki haley while donald trump mixed up president obama from President Biden. Thats straight ahead. Plus Kamala Harris called for a ceasefire and it comes as the Biden Administration continues to face pressure over the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza. And also ahead, well bring you the latest from capitol hill, where lawmakers faced another short deadline to avoid a partial Government Shutdown. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, march 4th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. We have a lot to get to this morning and well begin here. For the First Time Since announcing her run for president over a year ago nikki haley has won her first primary. She won the washington, d. C. Republican primary with more than 60 of the vote. Shes now the first
Right now. I love arizona and i am so proud of what weve delivered. Because i choose civility, understanding, listening, working together to get stuff done, i will leave the senate at this end of this year. Joining us now is msnbc political contributor, jake sherman. How much does this change the dynamics of the senate Going Forward . Drastically. Number one, theres a lot to unpack. Sinema says she chooses compromise. She was part of a lot of compromises in the last three or four years. A variety of compromises including gun legislation. She was part of every major compromise on capitol hill. Number two, this becomes a twoway race between lake and gallego. A head to head race between a republican and democratic where no independent is going to be siphoning off votes. Number three, a real Pick Up Opportunity for either party i guess. Sinema was an independent, but republicans feel as though lake now has a real chance. Democrats feel like gallego has it in the bag. So choose your adventu
Cases may not proceed to trial before the general election in november. Meanwhile, the former president continued his Unimpeded March Towards Becoming the republican partys president ial nominee for a third time. Yesterday, he cruised to victory in the states that held nominating contests in, idaho, missouri and michigan. Let only know trump decidedly win in each of those, races he is projected to receive every single delegate that was a for grabs yesterday. That is just the beginning. March madness is about to kick into gear this, week and im not talking about College Sports because i never talk about College Sports. This is set to be a jampacked month as the primary season reaches its peak, while at the same time trumps legal cases approach some key inflection points. Today, The District Of Columbia is holding its republican primary and north dakota will hold its contest to morrow. Then, two days from, now Super Tuesday, 16 states plus the territory of American Samoa will held democr
Nominee. How it could influence the race to replace the republican leader. And the record busting billions that president ial campaigns will pour into buying a mountain of negative ads. Can all that money buy a winning message or is it just so much white noise . Msnbc chief political analyst chuck todd will join me to talk about that, and why it may takes weeks to get an answer. We start with today, the official start of the rematch most voters say they didnt want. Joe biden versus donald trump, an unprecedented race in extraordinary ways. To candidates, older than any in history, both extremely wellknown yet deeply disliked facing a polarized electorate and toxic political climate, and yet they have essentially cemented their partys nominations even before they have the delegates to make it official. Trump is now the presumptive nominee, after this morning nikki haley suspended her Campaign Congratulating but not endorsing trump with a warning that seemed to directly target him. Our c