House GOP careening U.S. toward government shutdown

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 30 September 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: A new Jack Smith filing cites a Trump social media post about Gen. Milley as potential witness intimidation. Also, New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking a $250M fine in the Trump fraud suit. Plus, labor unions are notching wins negotiating with businesses. And Ukraine aid is at the center of the shutdown showdown. Rep. Eric Swalwell, Jennifer Rubin, Norm Ornstein, Adam Klasfeld, Tim O’Brien, Eric Haywood, Jeri Ryan and Rep. Adam Smith join Ali Velshi.

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0:00.0	Now, it's time for the last word with Ali Belchi in for Lawrence, good evening, Ali.
0:05.0	And I'm wondering if Diane Feinstein is looking down from above and heard what Claire McCaskill
0:10.3	said about.
0:11.3	We only ever had just one, what her response to the whole marketing story would be.
0:16.0	I love that caveat.
0:17.3	Respect.
0:18.3	They just had one martini over two hours.
0:20.4	They had more than that that's fine too.
0:23.8	It's okay.
0:24.8	They were entitled to it.
0:25.8	They are ground breakers.
0:26.8	Alex, have a great weekend.
0:27.8	We'll see you.
0:28.8	You too, Ali.
0:30.3	Well, with 25 hours to go, the country is on the verge of another Republican-led shutdown
0:36.0	of Congress, and Kevin McCarthy has no plan.
0:39.9	Or at least no plan that's likely to stop the government from grinding to a halt.
0:44.2	The chaos caucus, not the speaker, is in charge tonight.
0:47.6	The house has gone home.
0:49.5	Republicans have scheduled votes for tomorrow, but so far, none of the votes that they've
0:53.9	held have brought us closer to any resolution.
0:57.7	So barring some unexpected intervention at 12.01 a.m. Sunday, some important parts of
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