His allies say is not tenable. Do you see how Jeff Sessions is responding to that now . Well show you. After the people of carolina are fighting to get back on their feet after a monster storm, so are the people of puerto rico one year later. Father of hamilton creator and star lin manuel miranda. Both have been helping in that effort. Well start with our panel with their latest reporting. I want to start where we are right now in this supreme stalemate. Tomorrow at this time is the deadline that senator Chuck Grassley set for Christine Blaseyford as to whether shell testify. Her attorneys fighting back, saying that multiple witnesses should be at the hearing. Rushing is contrary to the truth, they argue. The unredacted letter she received from dr. Ford and all of this is going down as we are watching protests on capitol hill. You can see this live. Demonstrators sharing their stories of Sexual Assault, demanding that senator Chuck Grassley take notice. Lots of developments on the hill
Strange, right . I mean, there will be in that hearing room, we expect, Democratic Senators asking questions of Brett Kavanagh and Christine Blasey ford. And then when its the republican senators time, they will not say anything and instead they will defer to this pinch hitter, this outside counsel who has come in. That does not happen in confirmation hearings. We think that it hasnt happened in decades, if at all, in modern times. That announcement that they were going to do that over the objections of one of the two witnesses at the hearing, and then the announcement that they had hired somebody but were not allowed to know who it is, its all so weird. You know, im ready to stand corrected by a senate historian, but i believe there has never been, never been outside counsel asking questions in a confirmation hearing. Only in the major and unusual and special investigation hearings like watergate have they done that. So its beyond unusual. I believe in confirmation hearings. Its never
Experience, that if unreasonable constraints have been put on this investigation, that he would expect us to hear about it in one way or another. And, you know, weve had all this interesting reporting about whether or not the investigation is constrained, whether its operating under unreasonable bright lines. I dont think we know, just as i dont think we know when this report is going to come out, we wont know until its done. But this is, this is a process that i feel like we have very little window into. What we have seen with the Washington Post and the New York Times, for example, what a difference every day makes. Every additional day the Washington Post or the New York Times seems to discover something we did not know the day before about Brett Kavanaugh. Yeah. And to the extent that this process is allowing for there to be more reflection, not just on the specific allegations against him, but whether or not hes the right person for this job both in terms of his temperament and hi
Men and a 2yearold boy were killed. The passenger plane crashing into the sea. The u. S. Navy responding. And tonight, the stunning under water video. And here in the u. S. , two plane crashes at the same airport less than 24 hours apart. Now one year since the las vegas massacre, our team promising to go back. And tonight, theyre there with a reality check. Are bump stocks, those attachments that allow a rifle to shoot like a machine gun, still readily for sale in the u. S. , after promises to get rid of them . And the medal of honor tonight, the American Hero on the battlefield. Good evening. And its great to start another week with all of you at home. And we begin tonight with fastmoving developments in that fbi investigation involving allegations against judge Brett Kavanaugh. This monday marked the first day of the Supreme Courts new term starting one justice short. And today, President Trump lashed out when the questions came about his Supreme Court nominee. The president did say
That does it for us tonight. Well see you again tomorrow. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, rachel. Can i have all the scripts you didnt use tonight . Yeah. Thanks. It turns out we have an hour to fill and more things are happening by the minute here. This story about Rachel Mitchell being the mystery lawyer who is emerging tonight as the person who is likely the Washington Post uses that word likely to be asking the questions for the republicans. Its so fascinating that this was a and remains a closely held secret. Mitch mcconnell announced it publicly today, and yet its a secret, hiring of a Public Employee in the United States senate is a secret . What has to be secret about that . I mean, this whole thing is strange, right . I mean, there will be in that hearing room, we expect, Democratic Senators asking questions of Brett Kavanagh and Christine Blasey ford. And then when its the republican senators time, they will not say anything and instead th