since the periods of time when we saw the attacks on u.s. forces, in iraq and syria, you either stop or slow down when the u.s. and iran were engaged in either directly or through some other country. that is how we keep a personal abroad. it is not by escalating these words. it is by talking to our enemies. that is what diplomacy is. thank you very much. that is all in on this thursday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. we will start this hour with breaking news. the new york times is reporting that trump former finance chief, allen weisselberg, is in negotiations to plead guilty to perjury for allegedly lying on the stand during trump s civil fraud trial. and while we don t know for certain wished alleged line he might be owning up to, the testimony of the new york times points to the thing that they heavily suggest maybe the lie in this case. it s maybe the most trumpy thing ever. just a few months ago, back in october, allen weisselberg
with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, alex. it is here for the favorite is gonna join us this hour. he is of course the miracle worker of ohio, the only democrat who seems to be able to get elected statewide in ohio and i think he has much to teach us about how to win in november for democrats. the recipe to the secret sauce for democrats. and alex, i don t know if you have a policy on this. maybe you do. what s your policy when a guest shows up in formal wear. i celebrated, lawrence. mine is just no comment, no questions. black tie, where have you been, i don t think that it s i think it s because you expect your guests to arrive like. that it throws me every time. and that s all i m going to say about it, okay? i am not going to,. and we ll know who the guest is momentarily. the audience will figure it out. they can ask their own questions on twitter. who knows. i ll be watching. thanks alex. have a good show. we ha
forman for a very special broadcast. the last man in america, the road to 2024. you do not want to miss it. and, on that note, i wish you all a very good night. i appreciate you being here. for all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. i ll see you again tomorrow. . i ll see you again tomorrow. the new york times is reporting that trump former finance chief, allen weisselberg, is in negotiations to plead guilty to perjury for allegedly lying on the stand during trump s civil fraud trial. and while we don t know for certain wished alleged line he might be owning up to, the testimony of the new york times points to the thing that they heavily suggest maybe the lie in this case. it s maybe the most trumpy thing ever. just a few months ago, back in october, allen weisselberg took the stand to defend the trump organization and new york attorney general, letitia james, had a civil fraud lawsuit. that is the case for trump and its com
Out to you . Out to you . Firstly, if this is true, it out to you . Firstly, if this is true. It says out to you . Firstly, if this is true, it says israel out to you . Firstly, if this is true, it says israel is true, it says israel is attacking the isfahan Nuclear Facility. Three reactors there that form the concrete for the fourth reactor. Isfahan really is, to a great extent, the centre of the Iranian Nuclear programme, both in terms of training, research and fact, some would say the development of the Nuclear Capability so it is a likely site that israel would hit because again, the greatest fear that the Israelis Haveis Greatest Fear that the israelis have is not continued missiles today but a Nuclear Capability tomorrow. We today but a Nuclear Capability tomorrow today but a Nuclear Capability tomorrow. We have heard, of course, several tomorrow. We have heard, of course, several times tomorrow. We have heard, of course, severaltimes not l course, several times not only from us
between the two and while israel is unlikely to ask the us for israel is unlikely to ask the us for permission or perhaps even us for permission or perhaps even to us for permission or perhaps even to give it full details, israel even to give it full details, israel would want to notify the united israel would want to notify the united states because the united united states because the united states because the united states has assets in the region- united states has assets in the region and air base in qatar and region and air base in qatar and other region and air base in qatar and other places like kuwait and other places like kuwait and the and other places like kuwait and the uae and elsewhere. and so, any and the uae and elsewhere. and so, any israeli action against iran so, any israeli action against iran potentially brings risk to the us iran potentially brings risk to the us interests and us forces and so the us interests and us forces and so israel, a