are focussing on the possibility of donald trump committing a crime on january 6th. you know, it s an interesting liz cheney s role in the january 6th commission, which itself is shakespeare, which itself is a novel, not with standing, the investigation is proving to be so aggressive isn t the right word but comprehensive and energetic. i feel like that alone is sort of restoring a lot of people s faith in what congress can do when they set their mind to it. the professional staff they hired, energy and diligence and persistence with which they are approaching this task. i don t know what the ultimate resolution of it is going to be, but all these historians and other people who i talk to tonight, people are really looking to them to get it right, to get this moment right and to get their remit correct. they are inspiring confidence in the way they re approaching this. i m sure one of the things that the staff of the committee did, one of the things they began with, was
including an evening vigil and testimonials. the day began in statuary hall. president biden laced with direct and scathing attack on donald trump. former president of the united states of america has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. because his bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy or our constitution. he s not just the former president, he s a defeated former president. defeated by a margin of over 7 million of your votes. and a full and free and fair election. those who storm this capitol and those who instigated and incited and those who called on them to do so held a dagger at the throat of america. at american democracy. i will stand in this breach. i will defend this nation. i ll allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of democracy. moments after biden finished trump responded with a series of statements calling the president s speech, quote, political theater among other things. most republican lawmakers stayed away from
of us. i ll see you again tomorrow night. it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. i want to ask you and the audience for forgiveness for something i m going to do. haven t done it yet. i m going to do it. possibly as early as next week, and that is the last line of this show every night, which is a line i wrote myself, is the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. brian s not going to be doing it as of next week. i m going to say brian williams. i mean, someone else is going to be hosting. that name, i ll have them put the person s name in the teleprompter, i will memorize, ally velshi, whoever it is that s doing it, i m going to slip. you re going to tell you the mistake you re going to make. i just know how the brain is going to miss that every once in a while. the habit is so deep, so many years of saying it. i m going to miss him so much. yeah. that i kind of don t want it to be true. it will be a wishful state. and it s brian at 11. a wishful
democrats left tying to piece together next steps. this is one of the problems that we have now, not just with senator manchin, but senator sinema. we need every democratic vote. we re not going to get one republican vote. our individual citizens will suffer a generation or two down the road and the economy will, as well. so, it s a shame that we would have to strike the policy initiative out of this package, but we have to get 50 votes. a massive strike that could have shut down much of hollywood s tv and film production avoided of crew workers reach a tentative deal with studio execs and their new contracts include some major perks. but will all union members actually still go for the deal. we ll ask that question in a live report, as we do say good morning, everybody. it is sunday, october 17th. i m kendis gibson. where did this month and year go by? it s not over yet. feels like it. i know. i m lindsey reiser. so good to be with you on this sunday. and we have a
2030, according to the proposal. considering that man chin s home state of west virginia is one of the largest producers of coal in the united states and the senator himself as a financial stake in the coal industry, his opposition to this program is not particularly surprising. but a spokesperson for manchin told the new york times, quote, senator manchin is clearly expressed his concerns about using taxpayer dollars to pay private companies to do things they re already doing. well, regardless of the reason, manchin s rejection of the climate program is yet another thing that democrats will be considering as they continue negotiations this week. and as they work to pass two major parts of biden s economic agenda. the stakes couldn t be higher. right now democrats have a very narrow majority in the house of representatives and in the senate. but republicans are practically salivating over the chance to take back both chambers of congress and prevent democrats from following