now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, rachel. so i m wondering is this more or less homework for you? because back when you couldn t get the cdc director you would still have to do stories about it, and you d have to try to figure out certain things that were not easily apparent. tonight you could actually go into that interview not knowing the answers to the questions because you re going to get actual answer tuesday the questions. well, the thing that i mean the thing that changes that you don t have to anticipate what the interviewee is going to say, what they think or what was their motivation because you can ask them directly. but you still need to know about the issues and you know how to follow up and press them on it. it is just being able to interview dr. fauci and dr. wolensky and, you know, you ve been talking to the white house chief of staff ron klain, and andy slavitt has been on chris show. being
the issues and you know how to follow up and press them on it. but it is just being able to interview dr. fauci and dr. wolensky and, you know, you ve been talking to the white house chief of staff ron klain, and andy slavitt has been on chris show. being able to talk to the people who are making decisions about the decisions they re making particularly when the decisions are causing consternation like this issue of teachers not having to be vaccinated before schools reopen. it s just night and day in terms of actually understanding the government s take and being able to press them where they need to be pressed. i think everyone knows that it was a trick question. that, of course, there s no way rachel is going to find a way to do less homework for her show. that s just not gonna happen. work is a force that gives life meaning. that s true. that s true. for you, for you. thank you, rachel. thank you, lawrence. thank you. well, our first guest tonight was in the
good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m josé diaz-balart, the long awaited deal from negotiators is here. i know it s not seeming like that with all that s swirling around but this is a historic moment and i feel it. reporter: house speaker mike johnson says it is dead on arrival. life-threatening weather, has crews rescuing people amid flooding, and power outages. a deadly drone attack on a base housing u.s. troops in syria. it s the first since the u.s. launched a wave of strikes over the weekend. and in the race for president, new nbc news polling showing president biden s approval rating sinking to a new low, trailing behind former president donald trump in a general election matchup. we begin this morning on capitol hill where senate negotiators have finally released a text of a bill that would provide aid to ukraine, israel and taiwan in exchange for overhauling the nation s immigration system. after weeks of closed door meetings,
scenes from the scene of the killing. sandra: the first two witnesses took the stand, phil and lori are here to break down the latest developments from the courtroom coming up. but we begin america reports with bipartisan outrage boiling over after the senate intelligence committee had denied access to classified documents handled by president biden. former president trump and former vice president mike pence. hello, welcome, everyone. john: good to spend friday eve with you. senators are sounding off saying they need to review the documents to assess if there is damage to national security, congress grapples how to keep the sensitive information secured. sandra: met with more stonewalling. deferred the lawmakers to the justice department following the two-hour briefing that happened yesterday. john: troy nels will join us in a moment. sandra: the white house where our correspondent, peter doocy is standing by. live on the north lawn. hello, peter. good afternoo
presidential debate or in history has ever faced. nothing even close to it and it is one that could create a gigantic challenge for joe biden. he may not be able to say anything about donald trump s indictments during these debates and that is a prospect no one has considered yet. andrew weissmann will consider it for us in the discussion coming up. let s talk about wednesday, the codeword, maybe. ask if that is legal. i m going to be watching. we will check. thanks, alex. have a good show. thank you. donald trump s red necktie friends who alex was talking about came to the manhattan criminal courthouse this week to praise one of the criminal defendants in the building and attacked district attorney evan bragg, who donald trump falsely accuses of spending all of his time and resources on the prosecution of donald trump. people versus harvey weinstein. we are moving forward in that matter. we intend to retry it and those of you in court saw that the court set a win