The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now.

Hey, Lauren.

Hey, Jen.

We have some breaking news here that I'm going to have to read to you straight from, from

military.com, which is very good at covering this, saying the 4,000 California National Guard

soldiers who President Donald Trump surged into Los Angeles remain unpaid due to delays in issuing official

activation orders, leaving compensation and benefits in limbo.

According to more than a dozen guardsmen across four units who spoke to military.com,

none has received formal activation orders, the critical paperwork that not only authorizes

their duty status, but also unlocks pay, tri-care health benefits, and eligibility for

Department of Veterans Affairs Services. Without those orders, troops remain in legal and administrative limbo. And Jen, as someone

who worked in a White House where things were done with the utmost care, you knew then that

there are a thousand reasons to do it carefully, and no one there knows all of the reasons,

but this is one of those things that happens when you decide to deploy the National Guard in a way that hasn't been

done before.

When there's absolutely no planning, we spoke with a San Francisco Chronicle reporter last

night, Lawrence, who reported on with photos, the National Guard has meant sleeping on the floor because

there was no preparation. There wasn't preparation done because the governor didn't ask for them

to come. I mean, I was speaking with Congressman Jake Akinclos about this earlier. I know you've

had him on before. He's a Marine veteran himself about how these men and women are being asked

to do things. They're delivering on orders. They're being asked to do things they shouldn't be

asked to do. Obviously not getting pay, obviously potentially violating the law. They are serving our

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