The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now. Hey, Lawrence. Thanks, Jen.We have Governor Abigail Spanberger joining us tonight. Her first appearance here since elected governor of Virginia. I think her first appearance on this network since then.So she's changing the Republican policy in Virginia of cooperation with ICE. She'll tell us about it when she joins us. So interesting.I just asked Jay Johnson exactly about that. I think it's a fascinating decision. And I can't wait to hear what she says ...

SENATORS HAVE ONE WEEK TO HAMMER OUT A SPENDIN DEAL FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SURITY. RIGHT NOW, DHS IS RUNNING ON A STOPGAP FUNDING MEASURE AS DEMOCRATS DEMAND NEW REFORMS FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. REPUBLICAN SENATOR KATIE BRID, WHO'S ONE OF THE LEAD NEGOTIATORS HERE, SAYS DEMOCRATS HAVEN'T RESPONDED YET TO HER OUTREACH.IN A STATEMENT WEDNESDAY, SHE CALLED DEMOCRATIC PROPOSALS RIDICULOUS. THEN THERE'S SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER WHO SAYS REPUBLICANS HAVE ALREADY SHOWN THEY'RE UNWILLING TO ...

THE WHITE HOUSE HAS ONCE AGAIN CHANGED ITS STORY AS TO WHY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TULSI GABBARD WAS ON SITE DURING THE FBI'S RAID OF A FULTON COUNTY ELECTION FACILITY LAST WEEK. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID YESTERDAY IT WAS ACTUALLY ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BANDY WHO TOLD GABBARD TO GO. THIS JUST ONE DAY AFTER HE SAID IN AN INTERVIEW HE DIDN'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHY SHE WAS THERE.LOOK AT BOTH OF THESE RESPONSES. WHY IS TULSI GABBARD THERE. I DON'T KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE CHEATING COMES FROM, IT'S INTERN ...

Good evening once again I am Stephanie Ruhle and we are now 270 days away from the midterms and right now a whole lot of Republicans are worried that the president's priorities are going to cost them control of Congress in November some of his allies on the Hill think that the president doubling down on the wrong messages is certainly hurting them. For example, this morning, only one day after he told NBC News that a softer touch was needed on immigration, he attended the national prayer breakfast and said ...

Our next guest is Fulfilling a Campaign Promise, Virginia's newly elected Democratic Governor Abigail Spanberger. won her election by 15 points. Four years after, the Republican governor won by two points.She took the governorship away from the Republicans and has now cut THE STATE OF VIRGINIA'S TIES WITH IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT. THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTS ONE OF HER FIRST ACTS AFTER BEING SWORN IN JANUARY 17TH WAS TO ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER RESCINDING AN ACTION BY HER predecessor, former Repu ...

Hi Jen, there is a gargantuan amount of news to talk about today and I want to dig into a couple of things. One of them is Trump's plans to mess with the 2026 midterm elections, which he is pretty much telegraphing and saying out loud for us. But we're also going to talk about what you can do about it.Second is Jeff Bezos just laid off a huge number of Washington Post reporters. What does that mean. What should you know about that.Also, the bad bunny is completely driving the Republican Party insane. We'll ...

I mean, Andrew, when you have the ghost of Venezuelan presidents past somehow factoring into present-day elections, you know you're already in Looney Tunes land. But to your point about the fact that this isn't really retrospective that is all there to set a predicate for what can and may happen in the future you had Steve Bannon on his own podcast giving a preview of how he at least sees HOW DOES THIS POTENTIALLY PLAYING OUT. TAKE A LISTEN.YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ICE SURROUND THE POLLS COME ...

THE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS SIGNED ON TO A LETTER CALLING FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO STOP THEIR PUSH TO GAIN ACCESS TO STATE VOTER DATA, THE LETTER COMES AFTER THE DOJ FILED LAWSUITS AGAINST STATES THAT REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH THEIR ORDER TO HAND OVER THAT ELECTION INFORMATION. JOINING US NOW, NOW, SENATOR MARIA CANWELL OF WASHINGTON STATE, SHE IS ONE OF THE LAWMAKERS THAT SIGNED THAT LETTER TO DOJ. MADAM SENATOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING.WE JUST PLAYED A ...

OUT TO SAVANNAH. WE'LL BRING YOU THE LATEST AS THE SEARCH INTENSIFIES. ALSO THIS MORNING, AN NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE.PRESIDENT TRUMP SITTING DOWN WITH TOM LLAMAS FOR A WIDE RANGING INTERVIEW. THEY DISCUSSED THE FALLOUT FROM HIS ADMINISTRATION'S IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN AND THOSE TWO DEADLY SHOOTINGS BY FEDERAL AGENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS. >> MR.PRESIDENT, SPEAKING OF MINNEAPOLIS, WHAT DID YOU LEARN. >> I LEARNED THAT MAYBE WE CAN USE A LITTLE BIT OF A SOFTER TOUCH, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO BE TOUGH. >> PLUS, WHAT WE'RE LEAR ...

Welcome back New pushback from the courts against the president's aggressive immigration policies. A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily restricted federal officers from using tear gas and other chemical projectiles on protesters at the ice building in Portland. That decision, as the clock is ticking for lawmakers to reach a deal to fund DHS.Democrats now laying out a list of demands in order for them to sign on before the money runs out next Friday. Here's Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer earlier t ...