Im ed harding along with political reporter, janet wu. Thank you for joining us on the record this morning. This morning well debate one of the four questions you will decide here in massachusetts. Its on the ballot in november, question 3. Let me walkthrough it so you understand what we are talking about. A yes vote would end the practice of containing farm animals like chickens, calves, and pigs in tight cages here in massachusetts. And also prohibit the sale of such foods raised in other states that do not meet the a no vote would leave Farm Practices as they are right now. Let me introduce to you our guest to discuss both sides of this issue. In favor of question three is stephanie harris, Campaign Director for citizens for farm protection. Opposing is dianne sullivan, the Campaign Manager for citizens against food tax injustice. Thanks for joining us being as i put it on the table the way it should be . You have. Ed thats the launching point. Janet ms. Harris, quickly, what succin
We dont know how this is going to work out. Watch this space. That does it for us tonight. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. I watched the beginning of your show tonight after that cliffhanger that you left last night. Theres so much to talk about in it, but the basic lesson seems to be that the people who are telling us that its all fake news might want to actually produce, deliver some fake news that they can therefore point to as proof that its all fake news. Yeah. I dont know who i mean i dont want to speak to the origin of this thing, this forgery that we were shopped. I think the bottom line is we all need to do Due Diligence all the time. But it is worth being aware that somewhere, for some reason and we dont know what that reason is somebody is shopping pretty good forgeries of what appear to be nsa documents about trump and russia. And so its just i felt like its kind of a weird thing to do a news story about,
and not agreed on. again, you said that the verdict will come down between 1:00 and 2:00 central, is that right? that s right. 1:00 to 2:00 central. they said when a verdict was reached they would give in excess of two hours. we appreciate it. thank you so much. we re going to stay on top of that story. the other top story today, we now know why the casey anthony murder trial came to an abrupt halt this weekend. when court resumed this weekend casey anthony was present but attorneys were in chambers with the judge and a court reporter. after an hour the judge emerged and the judge explained what happened. on saturday the defense filed a motion to determine competency to proceed. the court appointed three independent experts based upon the reports that the court has reviewed, the court will find that the defendant is competent to continue to proceed. the first witness on the stand when testimony resumed the lead investigator in the case. he testified about the cell