Now, it is time for the last word with Lawrence O'Donnell, good evening, Lawrence.

Good evening, Alex.

And I am now ripping up the script that I had for Senator Sheldon Whitehouse's introduction

on this show tonight, because you just did it with Dahlia.

That's perfect.

I just want the audience to remember everything that Alex and Dahlia just said that Dahlia

said.

And later in the show, apply that as the imagined introduction to Senator Whitehouse

who's going to join us.

Can I just say Lawrence, you have been so tenacious on reporting on this, talking about

it, bringing Senator Whitehouse on, I mean, the hat goes off to you, sir, for following

the story just doggedly.

The only thing we can do at this point is just keep it in front of people, let people

know what is really happening.

That's what Senator Whitehouse, he, Senator Whitehouse on the Senate for today, it was

one of those days where boy, I wish I could have been sitting there listening to this.

It's one of the, it's the best speech I think he's done on this subject and we're going

to see some of that later in the hour.

So important, great show.

Thanks Alex.

Thank you.

Well, today, at a time when we all need a lesson in hope, we got such a lesson that

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