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i know it looked like we were in adjoining cabins. it just happens to be a similar aesthetic, and that was weird. so, enough. that s going to do it for me for now. i will see you again tomorrow with what will probably look like a more normal backdrop. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, rachel. and you know rumor. you didn t have to deny the rumor that wasn t there it s just weird to have two people who look like they re in the same weird place in split screen. like it looked like it was a fake thing. it s not a fake thing. it s a real thing. i believe you. we ve got a live situation on the senate floor now, rachel, that we might be cutting to during our hour. i have one ear on the senate floor during your hour, and you missed because you were working and i recommend it to you, the speech of jeff merkley s lifetime. and he s not, you know, stylistically the most compelling speaker on the senate f ....
charged including their leader, stewart rhodes. the highest profile individual charged so far in connection with january 6th. so-called oath keepers are the ones we saw in tactical gear and combat formation that day. you can see them there. the indictment says that rhodes and the others engaged in a conspiracy to, quote, oppose the lawful transfer of presidential power by force, by preventing, hindering, or delaying by force execution of laws governing the transfer of power. now, according to the prosecutors, the so-called oath keepers stationed themselves around the d.c. area, some near the capitol, with a group waiting at a nearby virginia hotel with a cache of weapons. they also say the plotting did not end with the attacks and that rhodes and others met later to celebrate the day and, quote, discuss next steps. this was by any stretch a big deal, which is we ll discuss with our legal team in a moment, could get much bigger. attorney general garland may have telegrap ....
good evening. in so many ways the stakes for democracy only grew higher and perhaps so too did the cost of defending it because now for the first time in its criminal investigation, the justice department has brought charges of seditious conspiracy in connection with the january 6th attack on the capitol. conspiring in the words of the law to overthrow, put down, or destroy by force the government of the united states. short of treason, the stakes can t get any higher. 11 members of the right-wing group the extremist group, the so-called oath keepers have been charged including their leader, stewart rhodes. the highest profile individual charged so far in connection with january 6th. so-called oath keepers are the ones we saw in tactical gear and combat formation that day. you can see them there. the indictment says that rhodes and the others engaged in a conspiracy to, quote, oppose the lawful transfer of presidential power by force, by preventing, hindering, or delayi ....
need to be four times longer. i don t know. right. but, yeah, the gulf between the reality and how we re perceiving is massive, and very disturbing. adam mckay, it s a great movie, you should check it out. thank you so much. thank you, chris. always a pleasure. that is all in, the the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. thank you, chris. thanks for joining us on this hour. we have a lot to talk about. after president biden s big voting rights speech in georgia, and all the fallout from that. we ll talk to a senator who was there at the speech, and has a bit of an inside track on whether or not the senate is going to deliver on what vice president harris and president biden called for today. this is a senator who has been with the president all day. she s going to be joining us live in just a few minutes, after she touches back down in d.c. on the air force one flight back from georgia. very much looking forward to that conversati ....
we ve got a lot going on in the show tonight, after president biden s voting rights speech, in atlanta georgia, all the fallout from that. going to be talking tonight with a senator who is that the speech and who has a little bit of an inside track on whether or not the senate is actually going to deliver on what vice president harris and president biden called for today. this is a senator who has been with the president all day. she s going to be joining us live in just a few minutes. after she touches back down in d.c., on the air force one flight back from georgia. very much looking forward to that conversation. also going to be speaking to one of the leading voting rights activists in the country. someone who, to be honest, has actually given president biden a really hard time on this issue. has been really confrontational with president biden and the biden administration on this issue. been pretty relentless in saying that president biden needs to do more. needed ....