3 already. Buckp up and watch this space. We will see you again tomorrow. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, rachel. And you know Something Big is going on when the Rachel Maddow show ends with the stock market. Yeah. And the futures market, and, boy, you just taught me everything i now know about the markets. Actually, if you give me all your money, just trust it to me ill take care of it. You know how future markets stuff works . Ill take care of it. I will hand it over tomorrow. Thank you, rachel. The Coronavirus Crisis is going to get much worse for donald trump. We know at least that much. He will probably stay physically healthy throughout the crisis, but his Mental Health which is weak on his best day can only get much worse every day of this crisis. At the end of this hour we will consider Donald Trumps complete bewilderment in the face of this crisis which was on display last night in his press conference and will continue to be on display whe
We begin in the us, where there are increasing calls to remove pro slavery confederate names and symbols in response to the Anti Racism Movement triggered by the Police Killing of george floyd but President Trump says army bases named after officers who fought for the confederacy during the civil war wont change because theyre part of the american heritage. It comes as police in the Southern State of virgina are trying to Disperse Protesters who attacked a confederate war memorial. David willis reports. They are potent symbols of a racist past, erected in honour of those is thought to keep African Americans of those is thought to keep african america ns enslaved. Now, the statues of confederate generals are being cut down and carried away as a nation incensed by the death of george floyd seeks to turn its back on the past. But the memory of slavery and segregation lives on through army bases, which bear the name of confederate offices, such as braxton bragg. There are ten of them in to
He has not made it yet, but tonight we do have senator al franken whose question created this gigantic Jeff Sessions controversy. Is it perjury . Well roll the tape of what was said in the house Judiciary Committee. They had a fight. The chairman arguing about what was actually said in the video where al franken asks that question. As if we dont have a record of it, as if we cant all check it. In the hearing senator franken said to the chairman, just check the video. Of course, they dont have video of the hearings, but we have video here. We will complete the Judiciary Committee meeting here tonight with al franken. Earning your senate pension. Yes. Well done, by friend. Tonight, as i say, we will ask senator al franken in attorney general Jeff Sessions perjured himself at a congressional hearing. The new Trump Health Care bill ran into fierce resistance in its first day on capitol hill, but first is donald trump fit to serve as president of the United States . What is the point of wir
With lawrence odonnell. Good evening. We have an open invitation to Jeff Sessions on the program. He has not made it yet, but tonight we do have senator al franken whose question created this gigantic Jeff Sessions controversy. Is it pur perjury . Well roll the tape of what was said in the house Judiciary Committee. They had a fight. The chairman arguing about what was actually said in the video where al franken asks that question. As if we dont have a record of it, as if we cant all check it. In the hearing senator franken said to the chairman, just check the video. Of course, they dont have video of the hearings, but we have video here. We will complete the Judiciary Committee meeting here tonight with al franken. Earning your sete pension. Yes. Well done, by friend. Tonight, as i say, we will ask senator al franken in attorney general Jeff Sessions perjured himself at a congressional hearing. The new Trump Health Care bill ran into fierce resistance in its first day on capitol hill,
Clouds like that developed around nominations, the party in power always pumped the brakes a little bit, because they were afraid of exactly this. Like, we dont want to confirm him this week and be in trouble two weeks later. Exactly, they would at least delay it if not just yank it to avoid the controversy and now theyre about to pay the piper. Thanks, rachel. Today, the columbia journalism review said the elephant in the room, thats their phrase, the elephant in the room is Donald Trumps Mental Health. Well have more on that tonight with the author of that rally and a psychiatrist who believes donald trump is unfit to serve as president. At cpac today, the elephant in the room was the most powerful man in the white house, steve bannon. More jobs, less taxes, and abiding faith in the goodness of the American People. I want to thank you for finally inviting me to cpac. Interesting look. Donald trumps rise involved breaking one after one the institutions of established conservative powe