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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump is “proud” of his role in overturning Roe v. Wade. Also, Jack Smith urges the Supreme Court to reject Trump’s immunity claims. And global protests erupt as the Gaza war hits the half-year mark. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Rep. Colin Allred, Joyce Vance, and Thomas Friedman join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	Now it's time for the last word with Lawrence O'Donnell. Good evening, Lawrence.
0:04.3	Good evening, Rachel. So the eclipse did not disappoint. I watched it from New York City and
0:10.9	we got 90%
0:12.8	apparently eclipse.
0:14.6	I just I wasn't expecting much and then it was much.
0:19.3	Yes, exactly.
0:20.4	It did not disappoint.
0:21.7	I was in a place where it was like I think we were like 97 so I was pretty close
0:26.7	Yeah and the feeling of first of all the birds went crazy and then the birds went totally silent that was weird but then the feeling of like it
0:34.7	being both dark and suddenly cool you know like feeling the temperature drop was just
0:40.2	otherworldly it was just I mean I guess literally it's otherworldly it was
0:43.1	crazy I just thought it was fantastic yeah we had the temperature drop here of
0:46.8	course but birds aren't permitted in New York City so we didn't have any
0:52.0	galloping giraffes or any of those other phenomenon that apparently
0:56.2	happened around the planet under these circumstances.
0:59.1	But it was pretty great.
1:00.1	Yeah.
1:01.1	It was pretty. I was waiting for my dogs to be weird and they both just slept through it
1:04.5	They knew it was come. Yeah, they were like oh, it's dark by yeah sure
1:09.9	We have a lot of legal stuff to get to tonight, Rachel.
1:13.4	We have the jury questions for a jury that's going to start
1:17.1	be getting impaneled one week from today.
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