and this goes and now he has for the last two weeks the republicans on capitol hill tethered to him, tooting a line that is so much in his defense at a moment when they ought to be saying the president of the united states is not above the law. this investigation must go forward. we must find out what happened here and instead, mcconnell, ryan have done nothing to say to their members, let our position be we want this investigation to be completed. we support it. let s find out what happened and then we can move on. cnn confirmed that president trump ordered special counsel mueller be fired and it wasn t followed through. maybe they never worked for before or held positions in washington, that very little remains secret in the white house? you know that. that s very true.
well, actually, he s been very successful in his own terms, which is to say he acts as if nothing sticks to him. and in fact, very little has. and he, if you talk to the people around him, they will tell you, this is his operating presumption. that if he can get his base riled up about a witch-hunt, that is more important than the lying we just saw, more important than firing mueller or giving pardons. he believes on some level i m told he can get away with just about anything. and in fact, he has in many regards. and now he has for the last two weeks the republicans on capitol hill tethered to him, tooting a line that is so much in his defense at a moment when they ought to be saying the president of the united states is not above the law. this investigation must go forward. we must find out what happened here.
now it s time for this week s series home for christmas we re taking you on a tour through europe hunting down the origins of some of the biggest christmas time traditions and we re starting off in germany by traveling to laos which is situated in the highlands of the state of tooting in the town was founded in fifteen ninety seven when two glass blowers sought permission from the governing jews to build a village workshop and with all the resources in place the picturesque town became a hotbed for glass production. but it was christmas ornaments that really put laos on the map one hundred sixty years ago the christmas borehole was invented the becoming a huge success all around the world so let s take a look at the delightful decorations that are produced in the town to this day.
i know. usually i feel weird saying i did a good thing but i think it s good. all right? that does it for us tonight. we ll see you again tomorrow. sorry. i don t mean to be weird. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, rachel. too late on that being weird thing. yeah. what happened to the team work? i m the one to say it s great. and then 9:00 special tomorrow night is really great an sitting here live right after it to cover whatever breaking big stories of the day there will be and i have a feeling there might be some news tomorrow because it s tomorrow. yeah. exactly. it s a day that ends in y in the trump era. thank you, my friend. you know, i don t like tooting my own horn about stuff like this but i think the dossier special we have done i m proud of it. and i think people learn a lot and dig it. i hope lots of people watch. i will be taking notes watching. thank you. thanks. thank you. well, as cable
here live right after it to cover whatever breaking big stories of the day there will be and i have a feeling there might be some news tomorrow because it s tomorrow. yeah. exactly. it s a day that ends in y in the trump era. thank you, my friend. you know, i don t like tooting my own horn about stuff like this but i think the dossier special we have done i m proud of it. and i think people learn a lot and dig it. i hope lots of people watch. i will be taking notes watching. thank you. thanks. thank you. well, as cable news unofficial senate historian, i m going to try to put what happened in the senate today into some kind of historical perspective and i m not sure what that s worth anymore and i don t mean to try to litigate the particulars of the al franken case all though the guests tonight are welcome to do that or discuss any other part of this they want to. i simply want to try to place what we saw today in the context