After Trump fired Kristi Noem, Klobuchar blasts ousted DHS secretary for pain she caused Minneapolis

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

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🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump fires Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary. Also, House Republicans reject the bipartisan effort to stop Trump’s war in Iran. Plus, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blames the press for the coverage of U.S. solider deaths. And the Iran war is reportedly costing the U.S. one billion dollars a day. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Rep. Jason Crow, Rep. Ro Khanna, Tom Nichols, and Rep. Brendan Boyle join Ali Velshi.

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0:00.0	The last word with Ali Velshi. In for Lawrence starts right now. Hey, Ali. Hi, friend. Always a nice week when I get to see you in person as we were on primary night. An exciting night. You were so good at the big board. I don't even know how you had all those things in your head. You guided us through the night of many, many races and lots of complications. Thank you for doing that. It's like a big iPad, right? It's a tool. If you know, long as you know where to go for stuff, you can get the information. I really enjoyed your conversation with Tim Walls. He's a guy who's pretty careful with his words. He knows he's a good talker. And when he said that Christy Dome should get used to spending time in Minnesota,
0:38.6	I actually wondered if he misspoke and meant getting used to spending time in South Dakota.
0:43.3	And the point he was making was that she should get used to spending time in Minnesota
0:47.3	because Minnesota is going to be looking into a lot of things that ICE and DHS and CBP have been doing,
0:52.6	and she should get comfortable with it. I thought that was a very, it was a surprising and strong statement he made.
0:57.2	And get some good lawyers.
0:59.2	I think that's what he was saying to Christy Knoem too.
1:02.1	Yeah, these folks are not Donald Trump.
1:03.6	They don't have the protections that are built into Donald Trump.
1:06.2	Exactly. Exactly.
1:07.2	We learned a lot.
1:08.5	Thanks, my friend. Nice to see you.
1:09.9	Thank you.
1:10.5	Have a great night. All right. Today, we were just talking about Christy
1:14.0	Nome. Christy Nome became the first cabinet secretary to be fired by Donald Trump in his second term.
1:19.2	Donald Trump announced the news about 20 minutes before Christi Nome was set to deliver the keynote
1:24.5	address at a law enforcement conference in Nashville,
1:32.8	during which she did not address her firing that had just been announced 20 minutes before.
1:36.4	In announcing Nome's firing on social media, Donald Trump wrote,
1:43.1	Nome will be moving to be special envoy for the Shield of the Americas,
1:45.7	our new security initiative in the Western Hemisphere,
1:51.5	we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida. I thank Christy for her service at homeland.
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