'Reproductive freedom is on the ballot': Harris and Beyoncé speak to huge Texas rally

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 26 October 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Grammy-winning superstar Beyoncé introduced Kamala Harris at a massive campaign rally in Houston focused entirely on reproductive freedom and Trump's abortion bans. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell brings you both speeches in their entirety before discussing with MSNBC's Joy Reid and Kaitlyn Kash, a Texas woman who was deprived necessary medical care who has shared her story with America through the Harris campaign.

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0:00.0	I'm going to hand it over to the MC you want for something like this.
0:05.0	It's a great Lawrence O'Donnell.
0:07.0	And the last word, that's his program.
0:09.0	He gets Beyoncé tonight.
0:10.0	He gets Comla Harris.
0:12.0	Lawrence, over to you. Thank you Alex we are and I've
0:14.8	never said this before from this anchor desk we are standing by for Beyoncé and
0:19.3	we will do exactly that here as we cover other news breaking tonight but we will be
0:26.5	going live to that stage in Houston as soon as anything important happens there.
0:32.4	Enjoy it Lawrence have a great show. as anything important happens there.
0:33.5	Enjoy it, Lawrence.
0:34.4	Have a great show.
0:35.2	Thanks, Alex.
0:36.1	Thanks.
0:37.1	As Alex said, that's the live shot of the stage in Houston
0:41.4	where the Harris for President campaign is holding a rally for an audience of 30,000 people, 30,000 Texans, 30,000 Texans in, turned out tonight for Beyoncé and the Vice President.
0:57.2	We have breaking news as we await that, and it is from the Washington Post.
1:02.8	The Washington Post announced today that they would not be endorsing a candidate for president.
1:10.3	Apparently the endorsement was written and ready to go and it was cancelled at the very last minute.
1:16.4	Speculation has been running all day about how this has landed inside the Washington Post.
1:21.3	Various columnists for the Washington Post have publicly objected to this decision. And tonight we have a statement from the living legends of the Washington Post, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward still
1:34.6	working at the Washington Post, they broke the Watergate story in the
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