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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Top Trump officials evade accountability during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. Also, Sen. Rand Paul questions Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s “anger issues” in a confirmation hearing. Plus, Democrats claim Attorney General Pam Bondi is trying to avoid a subpoena. And a new MS NOW series exposes the impact of Donald Trump's pardons and commutations. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Sen. Ruben Gallego, Rep. Ro Khanna, and Ken Dilanian join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now.
0:03.6	Hey, Lawrence.
0:04.7	Hey, Jed.
0:05.1	This is one of those nights when we just have too much.
0:07.4	I mean, just from the Tulsi Gabbard hearing alone, there's too much to cover, which is why I'm glad you covered the Georgia part of it.
0:15.6	Because in your hour, because we don't have that here.
0:19.4	And we don't have enough time to get through
0:22.7	what we have to get through.
0:24.1	Too many hours to cover, but I'll look forward to watching.
0:27.3	What will you pull out of that crazy morning?
0:30.4	Well, we're going to get right to it.
0:31.9	Thanks, Jen.
0:33.0	Thanks, Lawrence.
0:34.9	Well, this afternoon, the dignified transfer of six Air Force personnel who were killed
0:42.7	when their refueling plane crashed in Donald Trump's new war zone took place at Dover Air Force Base.
0:49.9	Donald Trump was in attendance this time after he skipped the second dignified transfer of his war.
0:55.5	This time, Donald Trump did not demean the event by wearing a ridiculous hat.
1:00.1	It was closed to the press at the request of the families, but one of the families has already seemed to indicate that Donald Trump is to blame for the death of Air Force Sergeant Tyler Simmons, age 28 of Columbus, Ohio.
1:15.8	Here's what Sergeant Simmons' grandmother and cousin said on Monday.
1:21.9	This could have been prevented.
1:23.9	We didn't need to be in this war.
1:26.8	You know, this is uncalled for, and this is what we get.
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