now for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening lawrence. good evening alex. seeing is kevin mccarthy s first order of business in the house of representatives is to prove how much we do not need a house of representatives if it is to be run by the legislative crazies of the republican party. maybe that will never be seated. maybe this is it. maybe it s just about the upper chamber? so far, the republicans have done no damage in the house of representatives. the damage begins as soon as they have control of it with the speaker. we are wishing for the good old days when nobody was seated, once they do. and, alex, one nice note for history today is that the person who is next in line for the presidency, after the vice president, is, once again, a woman, because patty murray became the president pro tem of the united states senate, and there is no speaker of the house. so, as of now, the next in line for the presidency is a woman in the united states senate
47% of trump supporters. dr. fauci this weekend practically pleading with trump who is vaccinated in secret at the white house in january to urge his supporters to get the shot. watch. how much of a difference will it make if president trump leads a campaign for the people who are most devoted to him to actually go out and get the vaccine? chris, i think it would make all the difference in the world. he is a very widely popular person among republicans. if he came out and said go and get vaccinated, it is really important for your health, the health of your family and the health of the country it seems absolutely inevitable that the vast majority of people who are his close followers would listen to him. i m surprised at the high percentage of republicans who say they don t want to be vaccinated. i don t understand where that s coming from. this is not a political issue. this is a public health issue. the divide is also playing out on the floor of the house of represent
offer up a name that is not kevin mccarthy. that seems to be what this is all about. by the way, even if he were to win, he seems perfectly fine being speaker, if he has no power. i think he just wants his portrait in the speakers gallery. if it winds, it would be with the votes of the insurrectionists, and i wanted international criminal, and all of the concessions that he is willing to give. so, that is no way to govern. by the way, lawrence, this is the easiest vote you can take. this is my sixth term, this is the easiest vote that we take. now, it is taken at least 11 tries. funding the government, extending our ability to pay the governments bills, and funding the efforts in ukraine will be much harder. they re much more consequential. he has shown no ability to bring on board those members, when those tougher decisions come to force. david jolly, if you will walk down the hallway saying who, who could get to 2:18, it has already been suggested that
hospitalized, we ll have the latest on the 93-year-old s condition. a scene that reminds many of black friday, these people are running for a bargain, i ll explain the frenzy. from the cnn center, this is cnn saturday morning. we begin with breaking news out of afghanistan, two u.s. officers have been killed, possibly in response to nato troops burning qurans. it happened at the afghan interior ministry in kabul. let s go to nick paton walsh, nick, what are you learning? reporter: a lot that is unclear, what we do know is two americans were shot dead in the interior ministry here in kabul. that should be one of the safest places, frankly, for them in the country. we do also know the taliban have claimed responsibility for this attack. naming the man they refer to as their holy warrior, saying he shot four american personnel, obviously at times they tend to exaggerate their claims of their acts here. unclear at this point from a senior security source, exactly who was