Weekend. Here the weeks top stories. Standing before congress and from of the same people who aided and abetted donald trump in trying to overturn the 2020 election the very Scene Of The Crime that is the january 6th insurrection, President Biden on thursday night, painted a picture of a Republican Party that has fallen so far that it no longer respects or adheres to the very basic norms of our democracy. Many of you are here on the darkest of days, we all saw with their own eyes the insurrectionists were not patriots, they have come to stop the peaceful transfer of st power. January 6th lies about the 2020 election and the plots to steal the election pose the greatest threat to you as democracy since the civil war. My predecessor and some of you here seek to bury the truth about january 6th. I will not do that. This is a moment to speak the truth and to bury the lies. Heres the simple truth. You cant love your country only when you win. Remember your oath of office, re defending to al
Movement led by sdon don. He is mon shod the 13 13 times. Trump and the threat he thoses to our democracy here at home to our standing in the world looms large over every line of the speech. New york times describing the president s State Of The Union quote unleashed an unyielding. Mr. Biden seemed to relish the showdown. While he boasted his accomplishments as president s do, he made no aspiration to rhetorical flourishes. He men shod his utty agenda with no utty in it and he. We will not walk away biden said in his address we will not bow down. He was speaking go russia and he seemed to intend it for the fight for his own presidency. President biden came out swinging against donald trump and the gop in the speech that laid out in the bluntest terms the stakes in the upcoming election for our democracy and freedom at home and abroad. With us at the Table Board Member Analyst is here and National Affairs analyst is here. The host of politics nation here, and the president of the Nation
Franklin, its great to see you. Thanks for your time tonight. Thank you. That is our show for this evening. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. We have what we call a quorum here at the last word. We have three senators joining us tonight. Well, okay, wait. Adam schiff, who is one Election Night away from becoming the next senator in california. Hes going to win. Because republicans cannot win statewide there. Hes going to join us. Sherry brown, who actually is currently a Senator Running for reelection is joining us. And the big, Big Winner In Texas Last Night on his way to the general election in november. Senator cruise. Cruz only one by three points last time. This could be the time. Its senate night here. You might be able to hash out a plan for Immigration Reform in an hour. And later, actually, Andrew Weissman and Melissa Murray are going to join me and we did something unusual for tonights segment, alex. We rehearsed it. We rehearsed for an hour in from a Liv
Republicans cannot take the state. Currently a Senator Running for a senator and call in, the big winner in texas last night on his way to the general election in november. Against Senator Cruise, only winning by three points this time, this could be the time. It is senate night here. You might be able to hash out a plan for Immigration Reform in a hour. We did something unusual for tonights segment, we rehearsed it. We rehearsed for a hour in front of a Live Audience at the 92nd Street Y and we will bring all of the best jokes, down to a much tighter version of it during this hour. I heard about the musical number at that event so i am excited for it. Have a great show. And then there were two, it is now the biden versus Trump Campaign for the presidency, the challengers dropped out of the republican and democratic primary today, nikki haley took onestate last night before dropping out today and phillips took absolutely nothing as expected before dropping out of the democratic primary
including at the end of this hour, the kind of story that everybody in washington is dreaming about this summer. as you know, the town fills up with insurance in the summer. we are going to have a senate candidate joining us at the end of the hour, who began her career as an intern in the senator s office. the senator who she is trying to replace, that senator is going to be leaving the senate and she is going to maybe be the next senator, and that s the dream in washington. to go to senator. as someone who started his career as an intern in washington, i m looking forward to that. you have a great show my friend. it s a great story. thank you. we have breaking news tonight in jack smith s investigation, special prosecutor s investigation of donald trump s possible illegal possession of government documents. the department of justice has made its first discovery delivery of information to the trump team. and that discovery that has been delivered to the trump defense team