national political reporter. that is our show for tonight. time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. lawrence, i m gobsmacked by some of these numbers. i m just gonna leave it to you while i scratch my head. ali, you know that thing happens once in a while where one of our great guests really is getting warmed up right when we have to go to commercial break because that s life on commercial television? that happened last week with yale professor david blight, who is an expert on the 14th amendment. he knows everything about how it came to be, the congressional debate about it. we are bringing him back tonight to finish his thoughts about that. that is worth watching because the most important amendment nobody ever thought about six months ago, and this is worth staying and listening to. certainly not thought about in this context. and he will follow harvard law professor laurence tribe, also an expert on constitutional law and the 14th amendment, who will give us his view o
off the ballot in some states. i look forward to it, my friend. good to see you. thanks ali. we begin this hour with breaking news, mark meadows, criminal defendant mark defendants, codefendant of tom d entremont georgia, as just filed an appeal with the 11th circuit court of appeals asking for a hearing by the full court of appeals. his first appeal in that case was heard by a three judge panel, who rejected mark meadows attempt to move his case to federal court. he is currently being prosecuted in georgia, in fulton county, georgia. you want to that case removed a federal court. a three judge panel unanimously ruled against him. he is now asking to appeal to the full 11th circuit, that would be 12 judges who within here that case. that could then lead to him
the 14th amendment, how it has the power to keep donald trump off the ballot in some states. i look forward to it, my friend. good to see you. thanks ali. we begin this hour with breaking news, mark meadows, criminal defendant mark meadows, codefendant of donald trump in georgia, has just filed an appeal with the 11th circuit court of appeals asking for a hearing by the full court of appeals. his first appeal in that case was heard by a three judge panel, who rejected mark meadows attempt to move his case to federal court. he is currently being prosecuted in georgia, in fulton county, georgia. he wanted that case removed a federal court. a three judge panel unanimously ruled against him. he is now asking to appeal to the full 11th circuit, that
whether it s a mental illness or not having enough food, these are just not intractable problems in the least. they are uniquely exacerbated in the united states as it relates to developed countries. but absolutely solvable problems. especially here in new york city. a city awash in wealth. that s right. among a very few number of households. i appreciate that you are staying on top of. it thanks alex, have a great weekend. thanks ali, have a great show. the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned. that is america s constitutional mandate. and who in the current negotiations between president biden and kevin mccarthy appears to be violating that? who really knows what s going on with the white house negotiations with kevin mccarthy ten days before a potential default date. here s the update. talks briefly resume tonight with no progress after republican negotiators abruptly left a meeting with the biden administration officials this mornin
that is our show for tonight. now it is time for the last word with ali velshi who is in for lawrence. good evening, ali. you implied last week that who was gonna be, but you didn t tell us. maya could not be a better person to graduate. and that whole point where there is mental illness, you are not having enough these are just not practical problems in the least, they are uniquely exacerbated in the united states, as it relates to developed countries, but actually solvable problems. especially here in new york city, a city awash in wealth. and a very few number of households. i appreciate that you are staying on top of it, have a good weekend. thanks ali, have a great show. the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be a question, that is america s constitutional mandate, and who in the current negotiations of president biden, and kevin mccarthy seems to be violating that? who really knows what is going on with the white house negotiations with kevin mcc