now it s time for the last wor with ali velshi, in fo lawrence tonight, good evening ali. alex, i m, like you are like all the shows where do we do, think i like all the shows, bu i particularly excited but tonight i m zoe zephyr on wh is censored by the montana house. we have justin jones fro tennessee, and i ve got maxwel frost on here. it s interesting to me, becaus a man of a certain age, to hav these young people, who are th civil rights fighters of our time, it s amazing to watch. and such a contrast wit what we are led to believe about government, and it s antipathy towards the people and if there is reason for optimism in this moment, it you didn t guess on your show. the really, it is and there s people who don t believe in the way things work or the way things are an prepared to challenge, it an say there s a different wa going forward, i m excited for it will be a great show iconoclasts, we ll be watching ali. before we get to, that we v got some breaking
we have justin jones fro tennessee, and i ve got maxwel frost on here. it s interesting to me, becaus a man of a certain age, to hav these young people, who are th civil rights fighters of our time, it s amazing to watch. and such a contrast wit what we are led to believe about government, and it s antipathy towards the people and if there is reason for optimism in this moment, it you didn t guess on your show. the really, it is and there s people who don t believe in the way things work or the way things are an prepared to challenge, it an say there s a different wa going forward, i m excited for it will be a great show iconoclasts, we ll be watching ali. before we get to, that we v got some breaking news though. donald trump has lost anothe legal battle tonight, a federal appeals court rejected his attempt t block his former vice presiden mike pence, from testifying in front of the jacks mitt federa grand jury, investigatin trump s role in overturning th 2020 elect
vested denver following several major stories this afternoon two big rulings on a key abortion pill praising the legal stakes to protec abortion rights for millions o women. reaction is coming in, fast an furious. new developments in the ouster of two - lawmakers in the tennessee legislature as the vic president lends her voice to the fight. they understood the importance, these three, o standing to say that peopl will not be silenced we are also keeping a close eye on israel after severa attacks this easter weekend. a new move from the white hous on trans athletes that has all sides of the debate upset. all of that, plus the news thi week that the former vic president will testify against donald trump, what he migh say. once he is under oath. we re gonna look at that comin up as well we begin though with the breaking news on abortio rights a federal judge in texas has essentially blocked the fda approval of mifepristone potentially undoing two decade of legal and safe
also recently met with prosecutors in manhattan and just yesterday, source told nbc news that local state and federal law enforcemen agencies have already starte preparing security measures in new york in case charges are filed against trump. this is, of course, happenin against the backdrop of th start of the 2024 presidential race trump s campaign confirmed tha he will hold his first officia rally next saturday in waco, texas. joining me now by phone is m colleague, lawrence o donnell, the host of msnbc s the last word lawrence, thanks so much for kicking us off at the 10:0 hour what do you make of trump latest post? he s made a lot of claims an called for his supporters to protest other things in th past we run the, we ve heard them is there something different about this particular post thi morning? well, it actually, when w think about it, it s consisten with the way donald trump ha dealt with development involving criminal investigations beginning with the fbi searc
it might be wise for them to look at what is happenin across the atlantic. that does it for us tonight, i will see you again tomorrow, and now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell good evening, lawrence good evening, alex we have charles blow joining u tonight. the title of his most recent new york times op-ed piece it s not hard to follow it all it s donald trump must b prosecuted i think he s gonna get hi wish, it sounds like there are charges imminently well, i think we know it on charles blow s mind when h joins us he has much to say about it, it s not as obvious an arguments people might think this is a special night for me because david lamy is a member of the british parliament wh have followed on twitter for years. and i recommend. and has been on this program a number of times from london. tonight, in studio, right here in washington d.c., i will actually meet david let me for the first time i am glad, lawrence get his signature. and post it in t