Well see you again on monday provided i still have a job. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. And who needs commercials . Come on. The audience is very grateful for that move. Rachel, i listened to your interview with Attorney General Keith Ellison who managed the prosecution of Derek Chauvin, so fascinating to hear his perspective on it. He of course, among many other things, really great moves, hired the dream team of special prosecutors. He brought two attorneys out of private practice to prosecute this case, the lead prosecutors. Theyll join us in this hour. They wouldnt have been there, they wouldnt have been in that courtroom without Keith Ellison calling the plays and putting them in that courtroom. And to have had not only the conviction but to have had this landmark sentence today, i mean, that number is going to mean Something Different to everybody who is looking at it, but to have the judge conclude that on a
December 14th is the day already marked in the history books. Its the tragic anniversary of the massacre as andy hook elementary school. December 14th happens to be the anniversary of the death of george washington, who died on this day in 1799. But when the history of these times is written, december 14th, 2020, will warrant a double entry. Today, december 14th, 2020, the day that we passed the solemn milestone of 300,000 Coronavirus Deaths right here in the United States. Also marks the first day of the Vaccine Rollout in this country for the deadly coronavirus pandemic. These images of Front Line Health Care workers and residents of Nursing Homes are filling our televisions today and providing a realtime solve to our pandemicweary nation. Fridays latenight approval of the pfizer vaccine, which is expected to pave the way for approvals of similar vaccines in the coming weeks and months. Today, december 14th, 2020, also marks the day that is typically noted by broadcasts like this one
they re already slap happy. happy new year and welcome to special edition of outnumbered, i m julie banderas. joining me today is dr. nesheiwat and host of kennedy saves the world podcast, saving the world, kennedy, tech policy director kara frederick and retired nypd inspector and attorney and founder of opes desk.org, paul mauro joins us now. new questions surrounding president biden s political future, it appears american voters and democrats are losing faith in our commander-in-chief and there are concerns about his age and mental acuity for months. house republicans ares about r building a corruption case at the same time. the president s son hunter is facing several federal charges in two states. worst of all, president biden s poll numbers, they are worst than any president in the last decade. president biden s approval rating is just 39% in the month of december, lower than donald trump or barack obama during the same point in their races for reelection, making ma
dangers the men and women in the capitol faced that day. the perils that our nation faced as a whole and the former the president s justification for what happened. i went to washington because they were angry with an election that they think was rigged. a very small portion went down to the capitol. a very small portion of them went in. but they were angry from the standpoint of what happened in the election because they are smart and they see and saw what happened. among the crowd that day, far right extremists like the proud boys and oath keepsers welcome the focus of tomorrow s hearing along with trump s role encouraging them to march on the capitol. the president tweets on the wee hours of december 19th to be there and be wild. it was a siren call to these folks. and we ll talk in detail about what that caused them to do, how that caused them to organize as well as who else was amplifying that message. the committee member who will lead tomorrow s hearing says th