Yesterday. We want to remind viewers as we peel away the layers of this law from march of 2010 when then speaker of the house nancy pelosi said this about obamacare. But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it away from the fog of the controversy. Now were finding millions of americans could have their insurance dropped as a result. Steve, want to p put you on pause in a moment. When we come back well talk about the politics. 10 any hoyer said yesterday the law should have been more precise. You wonder how many more democrats are falling into that way of thinking, but, steve, standby. There is sebelius in the room. Martha has more. Martha shaking hand to say hello to everybody as she gets ready to go here. A lot of smiles and friendliness on way in. Well she as she sits at table. The lead contractor on healthcare. Gov, warned her, warned hhs, the holt and Human Services website was not ready to go. So what under after that is one of the Big Questions that we exp
Is. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Such a small world, rachel, such a small world. Millions of americans have told pollsters the possibility of a Trump Presidency skashz them. There are new polls tonight that just might terrify them. And in breaking Campaign News tonight, a former republican governor says he would like to run for Vice President. A new National Poll shows trump leading Hillary Clinton by three points. Put an exclamation point. Trump released a formal list of 11 court nominees. Can we trust trump to stick with it . I am happily volunteering my services for mr. Trump. L. The guy has a channel pin see level understanding of National Security policy. Said sure a President Trump would sit down with north koreas kim jongun. Meeting today with Henry Kissinger. One stupid reckless thing after another. Ooh, okay, excuse me. Lets hope we get back to people running that actually understand policy and can read a book. I would love to
Woodlands, texas. Patti ann i am Patti Ann Browne in new york with continuing live coverage of Tropical Storm harvey. A crisis of Epic Proportions as Mother Nature continues to unleash her deadly fury on the people of Southeast Texas. Tonight, thousands remain stranded in a historic flooding. Trace rescue crews are stretched to their limits, Evacuation Centers are running out of space and supplies. As you might imagine, if you have been in this mess, they are running very thin. The federal government is racing to provide help while Tropical Storm harvey regains his strength and prepares to deliver yet another harsh blow. We have thrown every coast guard asset available at this response. But there are conditions where its just not safe to fly. If we have also brought in over 27 Fast Response teams to deal with the situation, but integrate that with the local responders, so this is a coordinated response, as well. Trace for the latest on the storm, lets bring in meteorologist adam klotz,
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Justice as well. Which is that it might work. High ranking government officials dont obstruct justice because they misunderstand the law and nobodys ever told them that its a crime. High ranking government officials risk that criminal liability because sometimes its worth it to try. Because sometimes you really want to obstruct justice, right . Depending on what you might otherwise be on the hook for if justice proceeds unimpeded. I mean given how many famous people have been busted so badly for obstruction of justice, no one would still try it nowadays, right, unless it sometimes still worked. During the president ial campaign in 2016 the u. S. Intelligence community saw something going on with regard to russia and that election of ours. And part of what they were noticing is that russia seemed to be taking more than an acute interest in our alection thelec year. They seemed to be making moves to influence that election. And simultaneously they also saw something that concerned them t