we ll see you tomorrow. now, it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. i hold in my hands the democrats secret plan to seize power from kevin mccarthy in the house of representatives. it has been hiding in the house of representatives since it was filed on january 30th, and today we discovered how this secret plan is supposed to work, and the secret agent, the secret legislative agent who introduced this plan, is gonna be my first guest tonight. america is going to find out who it was who planted this in the house of representatives, this being the device that can save the country from default for the first time in history. and alex, here s the great thing. i barely understand how this works. and you know from capitol hill yeah, here is the level that s at. when i read it, i understand it while the words are passing through my mind. i couldn t possibly then transfer that knowledge to another human being. but we re gonna do a version of
hosted by alex witt will start at 5:00 a.m. eastern. that is going to do it for me. deadline white house begins right now. hi there, everyone. happy friday. it s 4:00 in new york. donald trump s once loyal attorney general bill barr recently said that the classified documents probe was the most threatening to trump, and brand new reporting in the new york times reveals why that may be the case. new york times out with some blockbuster new reporting that shows that special counsel jack smith is leaving no stone unturned in his pursuit of answers to questions about trump s conduct. namely, whether he sought to obstruct efforts by the government to get back classified documents. some of which contained incredibly sensitive national security secrets. from that new times story, quote, federal prosecutors investigating former president trump s handling of classified documents have obtained the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked for him at mar-a-lago. it
that they don t want to default. they want to avoid that, but they don t agree on how to do it. mccarthy wants to hold it at hostage in return for massive cuts on discretionary programs meaning basically everything but social security and medicare which along with defense, make up the clear bulk of the budget while president biden has been adamant that no cuts are on the table. none. so what are these guys going to talk about? and how will mitch mcconnell, chuck schumer and hakeem jefferies factor in? they will also be at that may 9th meeting. does it end an agreement to disagree until this fall? in other words, a short-term deal to avoid collapse? because that is what economists are worried about, a default that will send the markets into a freefall, add rocket fuel to inflation, slash millions of jobs, cut off social security payments and veterans benefits and drag the u.s. economy into an ugly and potentially prolonged recession. no one wants that. joining me now is nbc n
of rape in court today. what e. jean carroll says happened in that department store dressing room in 1996. she plans to testify tomorrow. why is donald trump not expected to? plus, tucker carlson s former producer reveals that she has many audio recordings of her time at fox. i still have, i have several recordings that i m still going through that we ve recovered from all the phones. there are 90 that we have. so, we will discuss the vile behavior that grossberg says is part of daily life at fox. and why fox management allows their hosts to create that toxic workplace. all right, the panel is here with me, they re raring to go. we have former senate candidate joe pinion, paula reid, cnn senior legal affairs correspondent, natasha alford, host of the brio weekly, and motion new, most of the moe news podcast. let s begin with the e. jean carroll case. the trial started today in new york, where attorneys laid out their case that donald trump raped carol in a department stor
we ll see you tomorrow. now, it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, alex. i ve got, for me, a very exciting segment coming up. i pulled my hands, the democrats secret plan to cease power from kevin mccarthy in the house of representatives. it says hr 626, so it doesn t look like a sacred document. it has been hiding in the house of representatives since it was filed on january 30th. yeah. and today, we discovered how this secret plan is supposed to work. and the secret agent, the secret legislative agent who introduced this plan is gonna be my first guest tonight. oh, that s great. we re gonna find out who it was, who planted this in the house of representatives, this being the device that can save the country from the fault for the first time in history. and, alex, here s the great thing. i barely understand how this works [laughter] and you know from capitol hill. yeah, here is the level that s at. when i r