i will save democracy. what would a second trump term look like? top trump ally j.d. vance of ohio is ahead. plus on the line. a split over foreign aid divides congress as world pressure grows over the civilian death toll in gaza. there s more that has to happen. does the biden administration have any conditions in its support for israel in the war? secretary of state antony blinken is next. and survival, world leaders meet to confront the climate crisis and consider phasing out fossil fuel, but will they go far enough? if there is an agreement to phase out fossil fuels, it will be a success. if there s not, it will be a failure. former vice president al gore joins me exclusively. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is preparing for what looks to be a quite ugly 2024. we are closing in on a presidential election year in america already feels irreparably divided. late last night we saw former president donald trump leaning into his n
works extensively in this conversation. jaime harrison, chair of the dnc, thanks for joining me tonight. that is social for tonight. is now time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. with good evening, alex. it was exactly ten years ago today the nelson mandela died, and tonight at the end of this hour, his grandson, quaker mandela, is going to join us from rwanda. he has been traveling around africa spreading the mandela spirit, and he will do that at the end of this hour. we need amanda moore mandela spirit in this building right now. i will be watching, lawrence. thanks. whoever, knowing veteran offense against the united states has been committed, receives, relieves, comfort, or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent he apprehension, trial, or punishment, is an accessory after the fact. this is what an accessory after the fact looks like. the breaking republican criminal news of the day is that the republican speaker of the
freedom for women. we know where joe biden and kamala harris. are they have been protecting, as much as they can, with the executives already they have, to protect those rights for women. one more for you. reed hoffman, a sort of top democratic donor. and a friend. gave $250,000 today, for this week, to super pac supporting nikki haley. should democratic donors be supporting nikki haley s candidacy in the hope that the worst-case scenario here is a biden haley matchup? the maga apples on the other side, disobey give maga apples, and they re all rotten, including nikki haley. i know nikki haley probably better than most because i was the party chair in south carolina when she was governor. this is a person who allowed their own home hospital to close. this is a person who wants to get social security and medicare. this is a person who does not believe in a women s right to choose. she may try to moderate what he she is saying now, but look at our track record. my advic
october 7th. so, we need to be doing everything. i think the president is doing everything, but let me tell you what the congress could do. congress could pass that money and send the message to hamas that we re going to support this effort and you need to make accommodations and get those hostages back home. congressman hoyer, thank you. that s going to do it for this hour. our coverage continues with katy tur reports right now. h katy tur reports ri ght now. good to be with you. i m katy tur. what would a second donald trump term look like? six weeks before iowa caucusgoers cast their first ballots, there are warnings from multiple corners about the damage donald trump could do. the atlantic magazine has a special issue outlining what trump s actions would be on nato, on immigration, on the justice department, on autocracy and more. staunch conservative liz cheney is stating plainly that the gop can t and frankly won t reign donald trump in. and mitt romney is basically
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