moments ago. secretary mayorkas, thanks for coming to the sunday show. thank you very much for having me, jonathan. so mr. secretary, the administration seems to be sort of haggling over language. it s not a crisis. some have called it a challenge. why not just say flat out what s happening on the southern border is a crisis? jonathan, we re not haggling over language. we re focused on mission. and that is securing the border, and the border is secure. the border is closed and that s what we re focused on. and i will not use language that is not applicable. we have dealt with surges in migration at the border before. we have a plan. we are executing our plan. we will succeed. we know what to do. we are doing it. and that is the fact of the matter. mr. secretary, what is driving the surge at the border? i mean, i know these surges have been happening, they happened under president trump, they happened under president obama. they are now happening under president bide
this afternoon and i am glad to hear it that s going to do it for us tonight. see you again tomorrow time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening. the strange standards of republicans in the house of representatives and what it takes to change anything there rachel, we are joined tonight by secretary of transportation pete buttigieg and he, of course, is the point person in dealing with the congress on getting this, what i thought, whati thought an hour ago, was a giant infrastructure bill passed biggest one in history and then i watch congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez with you say it s not big enough. and i worked on the infrastructure committee in the senate, the environmental public works committee before the finance committee. so these are big numbers to me and i waited with suspense as she rolled out what that number should be, and she thinks joe biden s $2 trillion should be $10 trillion, and we ll find out where pete buttigieg thinks the compro
lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence good evening. the strange standards of republicans in the house of representatives and what it takes to change anything there rachel, we are joined tonight by secretary of transportation pete buttigieg and he, of course, is the point person in dealing with the congress on getting this, what i thought, what i thought an hour ago, was a giant infrastructure bill passed biggest one in history and then i watch congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez with you say it s not big enough. and i worked on the infrastructure committee in the senate, the environmental public works committee before the finance committee. so these are big numbers to me and i waited with suspense as she rolled out what that number should be, and she thinks joe biden s $2 trillion should be $10 trillion, and we ll find out where pete buttigieg thinks the compromise point is between those two. yeah, i mean, she is basically saying, if we spent $2 trillion on the c
candidate seemed to refusal in the specter of violence that resulted from his ambition to cling the power. we will explore how the false claim of a stolen election by the twice-impeached expresident and his party s refusal to knock down that lie has infected our body politic. we will talk to two reporters that reveal the documents, memos and private conversations behind what amounts to a coup plot by the expresident. we will also speak to georgia s secretary of state, brad raffensperger who was famously harassed by donald trump just days before the insurrection and asked to find enough votes to overturn the will of the voters of georgia. we will also speak to someone who has sought to protect their country from donald trump and who is now trying to protect the country from another trump-like term, democratic congressman adam schiff. but we begin with that fresh evidence remerging in the also few days that shows just how close this country came, potentially, to a second trump
safe. it was a simple question for this top doctor wouldn t answer. why democrats walked out of his confirmation hearing and refused to vote. good morning, everyone. it is thursday, january 27th. it is 5:00 a.m. here in new york. thank you for getting an early start with us. i m laura jarrett. i m christine romans. good morning, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin here with a thunderbolt in washington, d.c. the retirement of supreme court justice stephen breyer. the liberal justice is expected to formally announce his decision at a white house event with president biden as early as today. more on that in just a moment. now, as for his replacement, the president has promised to make history here, naming the first black woman to the high court. such a move could serve as a political lifeline for democrats hoping to motivate the base before midterm elections this fall. but for now, many in the party are breathing a sigh