NBC News projects Ohio votes yes on abortion rights

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 8 November 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Abortion rights are expected to be a key issue in 2024. Also, Special Counsel Jack Smith responds to Donald Trump’s attempts to toss the 2020 case. Plus, the House votes to censure Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib. And Elizabeth Moynihan dies at 94 years old. Steve Kornacki, Sen. Sherrod Brown, Sen. Jon Tester, Neal Katyal and Andrew Weissmann join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	Now it's time for the last word with my friend Lawrence O'Donnell. Good evening,
0:05.2	Lawrence. Good evening, Alex. Don't let Steve Kurnaki go anywhere.
0:08.3	I'm not, you can't. The walls would fall down on a night like this if we did not have Stephen's khakis here to buttress our efforts.
0:16.0	We're going to need them.
0:17.1	Thanks Alex.
0:18.1	We all do.
0:19.1	Thank you. Well, the breaking news at this hour tonight is that Kentucky's Democratic Governor Andy
0:24.8	Bashir has been reelected and Ohio voters have voted to guarantee abortion rights in that state since the Supreme Court overturned Roe versus
0:38.2	Wade last year.
0:40.0	Voters in seven states, including Republican states like Kansas, Kentucky, and Montana, voted
0:45.7	to protect abortion rights.
0:48.0	The vote tonight nullifies the state's six-week abortion ban passed by Republicans in the Ohio legislature that is
0:54.8	currently being challenged in court. Joining us now we think is Steve
1:00.6	Kordaki the national political correspondent for NBC News and MS NBC?
1:07.0	Or perhaps not.
1:11.0	The control room thought we had Steve Kornaki and we thought he was going to be wandering into this studio,
1:17.0	but he may be stuck between studios somewhere on this floor.
1:22.0	We're going to find him. We're going to get him back.
1:24.0	Instead, joining us now is Sherrod Brown, Democratic senator from Ohio.
1:30.0	Senator Brown, what is your reaction to this major news tonight that the voters of Ohio have delivered?
1:37.0	Well, not surprised and thrilled, of course, Lawrence.
1:41.0	I, sorry to do this, I'm going to hijack your show just for a moment
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