The sun coming up 6 00 a. M. Its wednesday, august 28th. And we have a lot to get to this morning. Including special counsel jack smith trying to salvage the federal Election Interference case against donald trump. Filing a formal indictment against the former president. Were going to bring you excellent analysis in just a moment. Meanwhile, donald trump now says that he will debate Vice President Kamala Harris in two weeks, but the Harris Campaign still needs to be resolved. And well have more details about that the operation that rescued an israeli man who was held hostage by hamas for more than 300 days. That comes as israel launches a broad operation in the west bank with raids and air strikes in that territory. Im Jonathan Lemire along with u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news katty kay in this morning for joe, mika and willie. Well be joined by Symone Sanderstownsend, and mike barnicle, and nbc news capitol hill correspondent, you just saw her on way too early, ali vitali. Lo
[laughs] but i do it all the time, sorry. That does it for us tonight. Well see again on monday, provided i still have a job. Now is 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. Theyre going to join us in this hour. But they wouldnt have been there. They would have been in that courtroom without Keith Ellison calling the police and putting them in that courtroom. Yeah, 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 Di
[laughs] but i do it all the time, sorry. That does it for us tonight. Well see again on monday, provided i still have a job. Now is 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. Theyre going to join us in this hour. But they wouldnt have been there. They would have been in that courtroom without Keith Ellison calling the police and putting them in that courtroom. Yeah, 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 Di
[laughs] but i do it all the time, sorry. That does it for us tonight. Well see again on monday, provided i still have a job. Now is 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. Theyre going to join us in this hour. But they wouldnt have been there. They would have been in that courtroom without Keith Ellison calling the police and putting them in that courtroom. Yeah, 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 Di
[laughs] but i do it all the time, sorry. That does it for us tonight. Well see again on monday, provided i still have a job. Now is 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. Theyre going to join us in this hour. But they wouldnt have been there. They would have been in that courtroom without Keith Ellison calling the police and putting them in that courtroom. Yeah, 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 Di