see what kind of shape i m in. now, it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. oh, you will get the vaccine, rachel. it s only a matter of time. especially, according to what the president said today. everyone is getting this vaccine eligible, for it, certainly, by the middle of may april. april. so i know. but but a matter of time is, like, the matter of time. exactly. like, i just feel like i feel like i m hanging by my fingernails. you know what it is? i m really, really ready. once you once you meet the qualifications, i have seen this with many people. the minute they meet the kboiskzs in their state, suddenly, it becomes the most urgent thing in their lives. and many of them, the week before, thought, i ll get it when i get it. and then, it was just instantly refresh, refresh, refresh, just like you say. i am telling you, i have become eligible in new york, apparently, tomorrow. i don t know what time tomorrow means,
but but a matter of time is, like, the matter of time. exactly. like, i just feel like i feel like i m hanging by my fingernails. you know what it is? i m really, really ready. once you once you meet the qualifications, i have seen this with many people. the minute they meet the qualifications in their state, suddenly, it becomes the most urgent thing in their lives. and many of them, the week before, thought, i ll get it when i get it. and then, it was just instantly refresh, refresh, refresh, just like you say. i am telling you, i have become eligible in new york, apparently, tomorrow. i don t know what time tomorrow means, specifically. they said that appointments, as of 8:00 a.m. but as if i m going to go to sleep between now and 8:00 a.m., really? are you kidding me? i m going to look like the living dead on tomorrow night s rachel maddow show. i can tell you right now. well, we have the camera crew ready to go for whenever you do get that shot. we ll recor
that here. a sweeping multi-trillion dollar package that democrats can only pass, everyone knows this part, if they remain united. meanwhile, republicans are threatening everything from the default of the united states to a federal government shutdown. voting is underway on one of those issues in the senate right now. republicans have made it clear they will block a bill that would simply fund the federal government while also raising the debt ceiling now few republicans would claim that either of those would be reasonable outcomes, a default or shutting down the government right now but the gop s threat to cause widespread american suffering for its own political agenda, well, that has proven to be a credible threat in washington let me tell you what else is going on later this hour the house will formally evaluate its trillion dollar plan. the speaker will move to the votes from today to thursday and the president today conceding this time line has been changing what woul
trump s disgusting lies about january 6th, which really looked like this, with death and destruction in the halls of the u.s. capitol. it was all part of a disastrous and embarrassing maga town hall hosted by cnn. which made only a half hearted effort to fact check him. and trump quite likely dug himself a deeper hole in the investigations he s facing. plus, breaking news. with the announcement late today of criminal charges in the choke hold death of jordan neely on the floor of a new york city subway train earlier this month. but we begin with donald trump, who by now you know was handed an opportunity to speak to his fans at a national audience last night on cnn. and it went about as well as you would expect because trump was who we already know he is, a liar, a narcissist, and a fascist. so it was an unmitigated disast in every way and a reckless insult to our democracy. it s completely fair to say we didn t need a town hall to find out what candidate trump thinks,
being fined the maximum penalt of one point $6 million. all of the logistics like weight, it not a lot has happened yet but, trump and many have his allies have already bega criticizing and accusing the justice system of being corrup and biased against him donald trump, like anyon accused of a crime in th united states, is presumed innocent until proven guilty and is also entitled to his da in court in order to defen himself. but, his focus of the moment seems to be delegitimizing the justice system altogether. i think that lebron support of the republican party the vast majority of you elected members of which hav already come to his defense. and latinos continuing to ru against him as the leader of the party in the 2024 gop trum presidential nominee like his own vice president, mike pence i think the unprecedented indictment of a former president of the united states for a campaign finance issue i an outrage i think it s clear to th overwhelming majority of the american p