national political reporter. that is our show for tonight. time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. lawrence, i m gobsmacked by some of these numbers. i m just gonna leave it to you while i scratch my head. ali, you know that thing happens once in a while where one of our great guests really is getting warmed up right when we have to go to commercial break because that s life on commercial television? that happened last week with yale professor david blight, who is an expert on the 14th amendment. he knows everything about how it came to be, the congressional debate about it. we are bringing him back tonight to finish his thoughts about that. that is worth watching because the most important amendment nobody ever thought about six months ago, and this is worth staying and listening to. certainly not thought about in this context. and he will follow harvard law professor laurence tribe, also an expert on constitutional law and the 14th amendment, who will give us
lawrence, i m gobsmacked by some of these numbers. i m just gonna leave it to you while i scratch my head. aly you , know that thing happens once in awhile where one of our great guests guests really is getting warmed up right when we have to go to commercial break because that s life on commercial television. that happened last week with yale professor david blight, who is an expert on the 14th amendment. he knows everything about how it came to be, the congressional debate about it. we are bringing back tonight finishes thoughts about that. that is worth watching because the most important amendment nobody ever thought about six months ago, and this is worth staying and listening to. certainly not in this context. and he will follow harvard law professor laurence tribe, also an expert on constitutional law and the 14th amendment, who will give us his view of how the 14th amendment, how it has the power to keep donald trump off the ballot in some states. i look forw
whether it s a mental illness or not having enough food, these are just not intractable problems in the least. they are uniquely exacerbated in the united states as it relates to developed countries. but absolutely solvable problems. especially here in new york city. a city awash in wealth. that s right. among a very few number of households. i appreciate that you are staying on top of. it thanks alex, have a great weekend. thanks ali, have a great show. the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned. that is america s constitutional mandate. and who in the current negotiations between president biden and kevin mccarthy appears to be violating that? who really knows what s going on with the white house negotiations with kevin mccarthy ten days before a potential default date. here s the update. talks briefly resume tonight with no progress after republican negotiators abruptly left a meeting with the biden administration officials t
us this hour. this is the video that former trump attorney rudy giuliani called the smoking gun of the 2020 election. mr. giuliani claimed the georgia election workers in fulton county were stuffing ballots into suitcases and passing around usb ports like they were speaking, quote, vials of heroin or cocaine. mr. giuliani said this illegal activity was obvious to anyone. turned out it was all a lie. the workers in this video we re putting ballots in secure lock boxes because they were wrapping up for the night and need to keep them secure until the next day. what giuliani told his legions of followers were usb ports filled with nefarious information, that was actually election workers passing out mintz, ginger mintz. and as wild as giuliani s claims were these were real people and so his lies had a profound impact on their lives. here s ruby freeman, and her daughter, shaye moss, two of the people giuliani publicly named, telling the january six committee how giuliani s words
briefly resume tonight with no progress after republican negotiators abruptly left the meeting with officials this morning saying that they needed to quote, press pause, and quote. calling the talks not productive. the republicans exit was widely seen, not as an order from the speaker, kevin mccarthy, but rather as kevin mccarthy taking marching orders from the chaos caucus. otherwise known as the house freedom caucus. and it s spiritual leader, donald trump. who said today, quote, republicans should not make a deal on the debt ceiling unless they get everything they want, including the kitchen sink. that s the way democrats have always dealt with us, do not fold. exclamation, exclamation, exclamation. and quote. that the chaos of kevin mccarthy s speakership taught us anything, it s that kevin mccarthy does not control his caucus. and now those hard-liners who one unknown concessions from mccarthy to make and the speaker, seemed to be calling the shots. a source familiar wit