verdict came along and we made some emergency arrangements. here in boston. to get into this coverage tonight. we have lisa birnbach joining us, as the first guest tonight, as you know, she is e. jean carroll s best friend and the most supportive witness that e. jean carroll had in the trial. she s the very first person who heard e. jean carroll s story. that very day. minutes after it happened. when she had that encounter with donald trump. and you know, lisa burn box testimony about this, i think should so much light into the ways in which victims of sexual assault often have a hard time grappling with what they just went through. and lisa birnbach did, i think the whole country a service. by helping illustrate the confusion and the denial that a lot of sexual victims feel in those first moments after an assault. it s gonna be really important guest to hear from tonight, lawrence, it s great to have her. yeah, alex, last night, on this program, we hand harvard law profe
little melancholy. and i were just big man, you know, you re not too macho and it s no big deal. the people are gonna hurt more than anyone else is your family. we re so glad the senator was able to get the help he needed. remember, if you need help, please ask for it. and if you can give help, please give. it we are all in this together. and on that note, i wish you all a good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks and nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow thank you at-home for joining us this hour. quote, no one is above the law, not even a former president of united states. that is how roberta kaplan, the lawyer for writer e. jean carroll, that is how she began her statement after the verdict was read in the case against former president trump. carol herself said, quote, i filed this lawsuit against donald trump clear my name in to get my life back. today the world finally knows the truth. this afternoon a ju
the whole country a service. by helping illustrate the confusion and the denial that a lot of sexual victims feel in those first moments after an assault. she s going to be a really important guest to hear from tonight, lawrence, it s great to have her. yeah, alex, last night, on this program, we hand harvard law professor lawrence tribe. and i alerted the audience to the fact that is very likely that president biden would be paying attention to what professor tribe said about the debt ceiling and the 14th amendment on this program last night. and sure enough today, when president biden was asked about it he said, i have been considering the 14th amendment, and a man i have enormous respect for, larry tribe, who advised me for a long time, thinks that would be legitimate. i m not saying he was watching the show. i think you could say that. i think you can say that. i think that means you are allowed to say that. i don t know. i don t know. i think you deserve it.
Number two, it never happened. it never happened, okay? carroll filed this lawsuit against the president a few months later, in november of 2019. the first one. that case remained stalled for years over whether or not trump could be held liable or if he was immune from liability because he was president when he made those comments. but then last month, the case was sent back to a federal court here in new york. to the same courthouse where today s proceedings took place, and before the same judge. same courtroom, same judge. keep an eye out for round two. that s our show for you for tonight, we ll see you again tomorrow, now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, alex. just got my cough drop out in time, i m coming to you from boston tonight, where i was planning to not be on tv. i was doing an event at the boston public library, my favorite library, but then that
Tomorrow, now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. tonight, where i was planning to not be on tv. i was doing an event that the boston public library, my favorite library and then that verdict came along and we made some emergency arrangements here in boston to get into this coverage tonight. we have lisa birnbach joining us, alex, as the first guest tonight. she, as you know, is e. jean carroll s best friend and the most supportive witness that e. jean carroll had in the trial. she s the very first person who heard e. jean carroll s story. that very day. minutes after it happened. when she had that encounter with donald trump at bergdorf goodman. and lisa birnbach s testimony about this, i think, should so much light into the way victims of sexual assault often have a hard time grappling with what they just went through. and lisa birnbach did, i think