tonight on msnbc for the bes possible reason. it s because she was on route, traveling to texas o assignment joy is in texas tonight. she will be there tomorrow for a roundtable with vice president harris it happens tomorrow night at seven pm right here on msnbc one year post roe, a readout special with vice presiden harris joy can tell you more about it herself in the next hour whe she joins the last word with lawrence o donnell that will be it for me for now but now it is time for the las word with lawrence o donnell a that is correct, joy is going to join us in this hour. and rachel, am i the only on who is untroubled by the washington post reporting toda about how long it took for the justice department to get wher it is now on the jack smit investigation of january 6th it s slow, i think they will claim it was deliberate in the best sense it was careful and they ve ended up where man people, including many of ou guests tonight were urging the to end up. and a year, i
menendez. as we begin this hour, action in the face of distraction. the bluster and bombast of donald trump s new reporting shows jack smith is relying on the facts, not the fury. also this hour, departed to pardon trump or not. a new witness tests in the republican quest for the nomination. we ve pardoned a president before, but doing so again presents a further danger to democracy. we are going to ask historian, michael beschloss. and my sit down with actress eva longoria, making her flamin hot directorial debut. this is american voices. we begin this hour with donald trump and his allies, trying to deflect attention away from his decision to keep government secrets after his presidency. we ve heard these excuses before. trump is relying on the same old script, distract with baseless claims of a witch hunt, to stopped stop his political witch hunt. on his knockoff version of twitter, calling special counsel jack smith, quote deranged, saying the indictment is fake.
enough is enough. trump s former national security adviser, john bolton is among those speaking out, and he is coming up first. plus, if trump hasn t enemies list, congressman adam schiff is probably on it. so what does he think about trump s promises this week to weaponize the doj against his opponents if he is reelected? i will ask him when he joins me in just a few minutes. also today, we hearing a lot of complaints for the former president s defenders about a two tiered justice system, and they are right, just not in the way they think. and later, a trip to maryland for a conversation with one of the governor democratic party sees rising, sars governor westmore. i get assaulted republican candidates running for president, his work to fight crime in gun violence, and his own political future. well, donald trump once again made history this week for all the wrong reasons. on tuesday, he became the first former president to ever be arraigned on federal charges. in a truly su
case to get the ball rolling on getting security clearances to handle classified material. cannon wants them to file a notice of compliance for this coming tuesday. meanwhile, donald trump responded to his indictment with aggressive threats against president joe biden and the justice department. here is what he said a few hours after his arraignment. i will not point to a real special prosecutor to go after the most corrupt president in the history of the united states of america, joe biden. and the entire biden crime family. i will, totally, obliterate the deep state. in new reporting, the new york time says that while trump hammers the justice department, vowing to use it to go after his enemies, his allies are laying out a strategy to, basically, eliminates the doj s independence from the white house. earlier, democratic congressman, eric swalwell, warned at that specific plan could have devastating results for the country. the risk is more political violence of a gr
than 30 hours of oxygen left. the sub losing contact while on its way to explore the titanic. five people on board. search teams lowering a remote dive vehicle into the sea. the coast guard says there s been no sonar contact, no sign of the sub. the search area covering 10,000 square miles. the u.s. navy and new york international guard now joining the search. gio benitez in canada. also tonight, the plea deal signaling an end to a tumultuous five-year investigation. president biden s son, hunter biden, agreeing to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and settling a gun violation charge. former president trump blasting the deal made by a federal prosecutor he appointed, calling it a mere traffic ticket. house republicans and gop presidential candidates saying it s a sweetheart deal. how president biden is now responding. pierre thomas at the justice department. as for the classified documents case against former president trump, the judge today setting a trial date