plans to roll back voting laws. that s going to do it for us tonight. at least for now. now, it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, rachel. there was a strange development in arizona today on the house of representatives on one of these laws. republicans pulled back. they were about to vote on it, and then they pulled way from it. one report indicates they might not have the votes they need. they need every-republican vote, in that house, in order to win. the secretary of state of arizona s going to join us, later, in this hour. oh, good. to give us her read of, exactly, what happened there, and what might happen there. there is a lot weird going on, in arizona, right now, in republican politics around the vote and the election. so that s perfect timing. well done. thanks, rachel. thanks. thank you. well, today, in day four of the trial of derek chauvin, for the murder of george floyd, we heard from the emerg
plans to roll back voting laws. this one s rolling fast. that s going to do it for us tonight. at least for now. now, it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, rachel. there was a strange development in arizona today on the house of representatives on one of these laws. republicans pulled back. they were about to vote on it, and then they pulled way from it. one report indicates they might not have the votes they need. they need every republican vote, in that house, in order to win. the secretary of state of arizona s going to join us, later, in this hour. oh, good. to give us her read of exactly what happened there, and what might happen there. there is a lot weird going on, in arizona, right now, in republican politics around the vote and the election. so that s perfect timing. well done. thanks, rachel. thanks. thank you. well, today, in day four of the trial of derek chauvin, for the murder of george floyd,
on this thursday night. good evening, once again, i met chris jansen in for stephanie ruhle. we begin tonight with that explosive new audio of house republican leader, kevin mccarthy recorded in the days after january 6th. and the promise of even more audio to come. this all has to do with how the two top republicans in congress privately pushed to punish trump for the capital insurrection. but then, eventually backed off. the revelations are in a new book called this will not pass. trump, biden and the battle for america s future. by the new york times reporters alexander burns and jonathan martin. nbc news has obtained a copy of that book which says that after the right on january 10th, 2021, house republican leader kevin mccarthy head held a phone call with other republican members, including liz cheney, and discuss asking trump to step down. quote, he envisioned telling trump of an impeachment resolution. i think this will pass, and it would be my recommendation you shoul
the right on january 10th, 2021, house republican leader kevin mccarthy head held a phone call with other republican members, including liz cheney, and discuss asking trump to step down. quote, he envisioned telling trump of an impeachment resolution. i think this will pass, and it would be my recommendation you should resign. i ve had it with this guy, mccarthy said it near the end of the call. today, mccarthy was quick to deny it all. posting on twitter quote, the new york times reporting on me is totally false and wrong. nbc news asked mccarthy s office if leader mccarthy said he would push trump to resign. a spokesman said quote no, he did not. but tonight, there are tapes. the bucks authors have just sheared this recording of that january 10th phone call with kevin mccarthy, with directly contradicts that denial. less, you on the phone? yes, i m here. thanks, kevin. i guess there s a question. when we re talking about the 25th amendment resolution yeah. and you
famous advice, sometimes we will speak softly and carry a large javelin because we re sending a lot of those in as well. and announcing how he plans to streamline red tape to keep his praumps of p promise. i m announcing a program, unite for ukraine, a new program to enable ukrainians to come directly from europe to the united states. it will provide an expedeiate channel for secure legal migration for ukrainians who have a u.s. sponsor, such as a family or an ngo. and the president challenged vladimir putin s claim today that his troops now control the strategic port city of mariupol, where ukrainian fighters and some of their families have been barricaded for weeks in a steel plant. it s questionable weather he does control mariupol. there is no evidence yet that mariupol is completely fallen. in kyiv today, president zelenskyy told reporters that while russia does control a major part of mariupol, ukrainian troops are still defending some of their strong holds