we ll show you that terrifying video. wildfires out west, no relief in sight. now firefighters are being pushed to the limit. we are so glad that you woke up with us this saturday july 17th. amara, it s always great to be with you. it s always great to be with you. thank you, boris. a dangerous deja vu, covid cases picking up as vaccination rates are lagging in the fight to eradicate coronavirus. the white house calling this new face of the covid crisis a pandemic of the unvaccinated. for the first time since january, cases are rising in all 50 states and the outlook is much worse in parts of the country struggling to get residents life-saving vaccines. indoor mask mandate regardless of vaccination status in los angeles, county, california, will take effect. and number of places recommending everyone to mask up is growing. meantime the white house is putting the blame on social media companies, saying that anti-science messages spreading on platforms like facebook
blockbuster new reporting in this yet to be released report bears that out and adds to our understanding of the horrors of january 6th including the new detail that trump s white house counsel expected trump to be charged with a crime, sedition, on that day. in the new book we learn more about the extreme pressure campaign. donald trump exerted upon his vice president mike pence to overturn the will of the american people on january 6th. they write this, quote, trump called pence, who was spending the morning at his naval observatory residence before heading to the capitol. pence again explained the legal limits on his authority as vice president and said he planned to perform his ceremonial duty as prescribed by the constitution. but trump showed no mercy. quote, you don t have the courage to make a hard decision, he told pence. it s a sentiment he repeated even as the crowds turned violent with the threat mounting. the excerpt says this, quote, as rioters marauded through t
starting early tomorrow. the president will be speaking on voting rights, at 3:00. should be a big-news day, tomorrow. i will see you again, here, tomorrow night. but now, it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. evening, rachel. ow first guest tonight is going to be representative inohosa who on this program last week, gave us a little bit of a hint, in that i asked her, did they have any other secret moves up their sleeve? for this session. and she, kind of, said, yeah, we do. but i m not going to tell you. and so, i think, now, we know what that move turned out to be. it s one of those days when you are like looking at the headlines and you think, oh, yeah, there it is. i knew, that s what she meant. yes. and rachel, thank you very much for getting david fink to come on your program. tonight. i was watching that hearing, today, that went on forever. and i so admired, the way he handled himself. the way judge parker modeled sanity
watching msnbc reports with yasmin vossoughian. high, everybody. if you are still with us. thanks for sticking around. if you re just joining us, welcome, take a seat. nancy pelosi drives the news today, like a boss. will you be reporting more repping like adam kinzinger? now it s official, the speaker adding adam kinzinger to an increasing january 6th committee, much to the annoyance of one of the republicans she will not seat. he claimed the reason she booted me was antics on the part of jim jod jordan and i. we were prepared to ask questions that no one else was asked. coming up. you could call him the pied piper of vaccine disinformation. new york times profiles a florida doctor that is response for more misinformation on the vaccine, that leads to things like this. what about the efficacy of the vaccine itself, among adults? why does it matter how many covid cases we have in this country? there s a lot of people giving you medical advice on television
laws, implemented after black and brown voters in georgia gave joe biden the presidency and democrats control of the united states senate. a lot of people were hailing lewis on this anniversary including arizona conservative democratic senator kyrsten sinema, who got quite a bit of blow back for calling him her dear friend and personal hero. since sinema stands in opposition to ending the filibuster. meanwhile, other democrats were making good trouble in atlanta today. for the first time in 20 years, the senate rules committee held a field hearing, starting with impassion remarks from georgia senator, the reverend raphael warnock. john lewis s pastor at ebenezer baptist church. sadly, what we re seeing in georgia is an attempt to deny certain people the ability to have their voices heard in our democracy. as i have said time and time again, some people don t want some people to vote. congress must take action on voting rights. we have no time to spare. there is nothing more