Seconddegree manslaughter in the death of george floyd. State prosecutors are asking for a 30year Prison Sentence while chauvins attorneys are requesting time served. Vice president Kamala Harris taking a visit to the border to stem the migration crisis three months ago. Former President Trump is planning to go to the texas border with members of Congress Next week. We begin with the breaking news. Announcing a new lawsuit over the states restricted voting law weeks after promising action to protect Voting Rights nationwide. The complaint alleges that the state enacted those restrictions with the purpose of denying or bridging the right to vote on account of race or color. This lawsuit is the first of many steps we are taking to ensure that all eligible voters can cast a vote, that all lawful votes are counted and that every vote are has access to accurate information. We believe the civil rights of americans have been violated. We will not hesitate to act. Joining me now nbc justice c
It seems like. If you listen to House Speaker nancy pelosi, theyre going to start to craft that legislation next week, hope to have it passed by end of the month, definitely passed by middle of march. Jobless benefits start to run out, thats the threat the white house referenced so much. Wolf, heres the catch. No republicans are on board. Theyre opposed to this. Despite calls for bipartisanship and invitations for republicans to the white house, President Biden now appears ready to move on without them. Theyre just not willing to go as far as i think we have to go. Reporter President Biden making clear in the strongest terms yet, he wont wait for republicans to pass his pandemic relief bill. What republicans proposed is to do nothing or not enough. Reporter days after sitting down with Senate Republicans in the oval office, biden said he wont delay the bill in hopes of getting some of them on board. If i have to choose between getting help now to americans who are hurting so badly, get
senator night course of the eve of the supreme court argument, we have senator sheldon whitehouse. but we have senator jon tester. and alex, i don t know, we know him as the mild mannered and of course toughest person in the united states senate, because he s an actual working farmer. yes, he has a major, majorly huge tractor, which, yes. he sent out an email today that begins with i am sick of this bs. mm. so, i don t know. sounds we might be getting calls off, jon tester, in the next hour. sounds testy. we are gonna find out what bs exactly he s keep it up. keep it a family program tonight, lawrence. thank you, alex. have a good show. donald trump had been administering a national until the test of american since 2011, when he began lying about president obama s birth certificate. millions of americans failed that intelligence test when they believed donald trump s lies about president obama s birth certificate in his lies about how he was invest
michelle goldberg, thank you for your time tonight, my friend. that is our show for this evening, now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell, good evening, lawrence. o donnell, good evening, lawrence. good evening, alex, we will be joined by a yale law professor who won t be elaborating on what hillary told you, what the supreme court might be doing, exactly about hillary clinton s idea in detail. it s of course on the supreme court argument. we have senator sheldon whitehouse but also, we have senator jon tester, and, alex, we know him as the mild mannered and, of course, toughest person in the united states senate, because he s an actual farmer. he has a majorly huge tractor, yes. he sent out an email today that begins with, i am sick of this bs. . so, i don t know. we might be getting gloves off. sounds testy. we ll find out what bs he s exactly into. that s coming up. keep it a family program tonight, lawrence, we ll be watching. thank you, alex
to speak at any moment about the latest in his state. some of the hardest hit areas aren t out of the woods yet. another strong line of storms is forecast to move in later this evening. that is expected to compound the challenges for first responders and those who still have no homes. hotels and motels are full. so are shelters, which are forcing some people to sleep in their cars now. in perry county, one official said more than 50 bridges have been washed away. let s begin in eastern kentucky. cnn s evan mcmorris-santoro is in the town of hazard. we spoke to you last week. things look pretty bad. as the waters recede, you really see the extent of this devastation. reporter: that s right, jim. not only do you see what came before, you can get a look at how hard it s going to be to get everything back together here. you talk about bridges in perry county. i m in perry county and i m along highway 28, an important road here. i can explain to you exactly what went on when it