good evening, sounds like it s time to check the latest rules on right in ballots for the new hampshire primary. bring a pan, if you are a democrat. back in 68, when the new hampshire primary became a giant event because jean mccarthy went up there and challenged the sitting president, lyndon johnson, the sensation was, mccarthy won. he got more than 40% of the vote. but lyndon johnson won, and his name was not on the ballot. it needed to be written in. so who knows. who knows. lisa murkowski will tell you, are right in ballot is fine by her. so, alex, before you go, i m a little concerned. i have governor gretchen whitmer booked for the show tonight, but that was done before i read jennifer palmieri s vanity fair profile of her. have you read this? i saw it, i got an alert about it, i m a big fan of jennifer. great. but when you get, i don t know, 50 words in it says, and this is jennifer palmieri s reporting, so it s real, it s true, she says, whitmer does not
dnc rules and bylaws committee plans to review, and potentially finalized, the primary plan. that is a show for tonight, we ll see you again tomorrow, now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, sounds like it s time to check the latest rules on right in ballots for the new hampshire primary. bring a pan, if you are a democrat. back in 68, when the new hampshire primary became a giant event because jean mccarthy went up there and challenged the sitting president, lyndon johnson, the sensation was, mccarthy won. he got more than 40% of the vote. but lyndon johnson won, and his name was not on the ballot. it needed to be written in. so who knows. who knows. lisa murkowski will tell you, are right in ballot is fine by her. so, alex, before you go, i m a little concerned. i have governor gretchen whitmer booked for the show tonight, but that was done before i read jennifer palmieri s vanity fair profile of her. have you read this? i saw it,
trump s legal team went to the justice department to meet with the one and only jack smith. remember, just two weeks ago, trump s lawyers sent an official letter to attorney general merrick garland asking for a chance to make their case. the attorney general was not at today s meeting, we don t know everything that was discussed. but the washington post reports this, people familiar with the matter say trump s lawyers asked the department of justice not to charge the former president. earlier, former federal prosecutor andrew weissmann said this meeting is a sign of what s to come. there is no reason to have the meeting if there weren t going to be potential charges. when you look at what the facts are, it would actually be a violation of the rule of law for donald trump, not to be charged. not long after, his lawyers left the department of justice, donald trump himself posted this on his social media platform, quote, how can doj possibly charge me, who did nothing wrong,
to all of the details of what they went through. the degree of difficulty of what they were dealing with it so much greater than anything that i was ever exposed to or involved with what i was working in the senate on similar issues. look it is like i just cannot believe how easy we had a compared to this team. this is a story, and that was an interview opportunity that resonates on you like somebody put the world s biggest tuning fork on you. it goes right to the heart and soul of what you know best in the whole world. it s so good. and we are starting tonight with neal katyal and andrew weissmann because apparently, there was some, you know, trump legal developments today that are worth discussing, and maybe this week in a big way. if ever there was a day for your defendant, trump, franchise, this is it, my friend. this is it. thank you, rachel. thank you. well, here is the kind of newsday it has been on that defendant trump beat. our first guest tonight, former fed
for me for now. but now, it s time for the guy who i ve been talking about for the last few minutes. now, it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, rachel. and thank you for that. we taped this interview with the white house negotiating team in the room where it happened today. and i could still be there. i could listen. i could listen for hours on end, all of the details of what they went through. and the degree of the difficulty of what they were dealing with is so much greater than anything that i was ever exposed to or involved with when i was working in the senate on similar issues. look, i just can t believe how we had compared to this team. this is a story, and that was an interview opportunity that resonates on you like somebody put the world s biggest tuning fork on you. it goes right to the heart and soul of what you know best in the whole world. it s so good. and we are starting tonight with neal katyal and and