Now on the last word with lawrence o donnell. Good evening, we will get to andrew weissmann and other news, but we will begin with the hurricane. As you just heard from alex wagner, there are 600,000 people are ready without power. We will go straight to nbc news meteorologist bill karins at this hour for the latest on exactly what the track of the storm is. What do you see coming? we are in the impact his own. We are now watching the northern eye move onshore and it is like the equivalent of a tornado that is 40 miles wide that is now moving into florida and it will knock down everything in its path if it is not made of concrete or brick. You can see where the storm is. It has intensified all afternoon and all evening long. It is a solid category 4, almost to the higher end of category 4. The hurricane hunters said it is still intensifying right up until landfall. This is the coast and where the really destructive winds are and now they are starting to close in on populated areas. Thi
Project 2025 tax project 2025 tax plan would cut taxes for households making more than 10 million a year. By an average of 2. 4 million a year. Which is great news, for the hyper wealthy. But what about for the rest of us . This is a visualization of the added tax burden for these middleclass married couples with two children under project 2025 tax plan. Families by that description that make anywhere between 35,000 a year and 175 a year would all see their taxes go up. A married couple making a collective 80,000 a year would see nearly 2000 more in federal taxes a year. The same is true for single americans. Every american making between 75 and 85,000 a year would see their taxes go up. There is a very good reason that donald trump claims to have nothing to do with project 2025 every time hes asked. Now, compare the nonsense in here to Vice President harriss tax proposal. At the core of the proposal is a continuation of the Biden Administration promise that no one making less than 400
Until election day. I have read it to you do not have to. It has plans for every aspect of the federal government, mostly shrinking it except where it allows the government to control the lives of the citizens. And then there s this other part about cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthiest. Today center for american progress released an analysis of what project 2025 tax plan would actually look like for america s bank accounts it trump enacted it. Top lines are amazing. According to them, the tax plan would cut taxes for households making more than $10 million a year. By an average of $2. 4 million a year. That s great news for the hyper wealthy. What about the rest of america? this is a visualization of the added tax burden for a middle class a married couple with two children under plan. Families by that description that make $35,000 a year and $170,000 a year would all see taxes go up. For example a married couple making $80,000 a year would see nearly $2000 more in federal
Mmm the more you know. How important is it that so many people who were speaking so strongly to the grand jury and presumably will to a jury, are republicans . I think it matters quite a bit, chris. I think in the world of politics and media it may matter because it suggests that it isnt just the Democratic Party that is out to get donald trump, but i think in court it also matters. Their Defense Attorneys will always be looking for an example to crossexamine witnesses. If they say you are a member of a different party, that can be used to undermine credibility in the eyes of the jury. When they are aligned with them in the same political party, this really takes away the opportunity to suggest that they are just making this up. So i think it bolsters their credibility in the eyes of the jury. Speaking of the eyes of the jury, lets go to what you witnessed today, the comings and goings of the courthouse. Clearly fani willis said we did this by the book and we are going to prosecute thi
Prosecute gangs or mafia crime families sums up the entire coup plot. Here is how District Attorney willis puts it last night. The indictment alleges that rather than abide by georgias Legal Process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a Criminal Racketeering Enterprise to overturn georgias president ial election results. Now, her indictment of this Criminal Racketeering Enterprise begins with a very simple and clear statement, it goes like this. Quote, depth donald trump lost the United States president ial election held on november 3rd, 2020. Prosecutors allege that the entire coup plot was in service of reversing that one single, simple fact. They say that trump and his 18 codefendants along with 30 unindicted coconspirators, quote, constituted a criminal organization, whose members and associates engaged in various related criminal activities, including and not limited to false statements and writings, impersonating public officers, forgery, filing false documents, in