Starting early tomorrow. The president will be speaking on Voting Rights, at 3 00. Should be a bignews day, tomorrow. I will see you again, here, Tomorrow Night. But now, its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Evening, rachel. Ow first Guest Tonight is going to be Representative Inohosa who on this program last week, gave us a little bit of a hint, in that i asked her, did they have any other secret moves up their sleeve . For this session. And she, kind of, said, yeah, we do. But im not going to tell you. And so, i think, now, we know what that move turned out to be. Its one of those days when you are like Looking at the headlines and you think, oh, yeah, there it is. I knew, thats what she meant. Yes. And rachel, thank you very much for getting David Fink to come on your program. Tonight. I was watching that hearing, today, that went on forever. And i so admired, the way he handled himself. The Way Judge Parker modeled sanity, when surrounded by in
Backstop against a true fourth surge. Do You Guys think the election was fair . No. He didnt win fairly. I mean, it was rigged. I got to have the evidence. I got to see it. We no longer live under a system of justice. Im Pamela Brown in washington. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Youre live in the Cnn Newsroom on this sunday. We begin with the same old lines and same old lies on Repeat Today as former President Donald Trump took the stage at the countrys largest republican conference and his Headlining Speech at Cpac Trump revived the baseless claim that the 2020 election was rigged against him. Told the crowd innocent republicans are being prosecuted and railed against the media and the left. Cnn Sara Murray is in dallas. So Scar Sar Sara trump was playo the crowd and we heard chants of four more years. Absolutely. We heard chants of four more years. He got a Standing Ovation when he made a joke about being impeached twice. He covered what you would e
Laws are particularly egregious. In georgia their law disempowers the Secretary Of State removing him as chairman of the State Election Board and empowering the gopled legislature to suspend County Election officials. In arizona, the States Secretary of state has been removed as a statewide official responsible for representing that state in disputed election results. In harris county, texas, the new Voting Restriction expected to pass but for the defiance of democratic State Representatives, well geT To that later, would ban Drivethrough And 24hour voting and further tighten the rules for voting by mail, measures disproportionately used by democrat and minority voters in that state. So here we are today. President Joe Biden putting the full force of his office behind the moral case for protecting the righT To vote in 2021 america. A speech he never should have had to give and would not have had to deliver if the Gop Hadnt lurched toward antidemocratic policies, something President Joe
Issue but maybe not changing the policy. Mayors and Police Chiefs will talk about illegal guns, the Focal Point of the Administrations Response but confront members of his own Party Forville Filing Law Enforcement and pushing to defund the police. Bill from st. Paul. National journal josh will analyze the politics of it all. We begin at the White House north lawn. Mark meredith kicks off the coverage today. The White House admits that crime is on the rise nationally. Now comes the hard part. How do you stop it . Later today the president will be sitting down with the Attorney General as well as mayors from washington, d. C. As well as san jose, California And Police leaders from memphis and chicago to address violent crime impacting Communities Coast to coast. Look at the situation in New York from the month of may of this year compared to last. Shootings were up 73 . Double Digit Increase in robbery, larceny, a State Of Emergency over the rise in violence in the empire state. He said
Antigovernor protests in cuba over the weekend. Cubas president is blaming the u. S. For sanctions causing Power And Medicine shortages. President biden issued a statement supporting peaceful protests. Lets begin at the White House with Nbc News white House Correspondent kelly odonnell. First lets talk about the meeting the president is holding today with Police Chiefs the mayor of dc, as well as the democratic nominee for new york city, trying to get a handle on if surge in violence, incoming attacks from republicans as well. Reporter andrea, this is all about the practical issue of dealing with crime as people are experiencing it, and also the political undercurrent that the White House is facing with pressure from the progressive left to do more, as well as criticism coming from the republican right, questioning whether the president is tough enough on crime. All of these forces coming together at a time when these are difficult problems, theres a clear and, without dispute, spike i