lawrence o'donnell hosting. good evening lawrence. good evening lawrence. >> thank you rachel, we're going to continue the live coverage and we're go to ron >> thank allen in just a minute. you rachel we're going to continue to live coverage. also we're going to be going to run thank you for your live allen in just a. minute coverage rachel i appreciate thank you for your live coverage in just a minute it. we're going to begin tonight. will in brooklyn center, minnesota begin tonight in just a minute where protesters have gathered where protesters have gathered, in the cities near the city's in the city's--near the city's police headquarters. police headquarters. we are joined by ron allen who is there at the scene. ron, what is the latest situation there? >> well, lawrence, we have a low at the moment. where we are here, we're down the street from the police station just a little ways. you can see there in the distance but the crowd is sort of left this area has gone back there standing in front of the police again. standing face to

lawrence? >> nbc's ron allen, thank you very much for that report, and we'll be coming back to you, ron, as the hour proceeds as you think is necessary. at 11:30 a.m. this morning, the now former police officer who shot and killed daunte wright was arrested on sunday. the complaint says kimberly ann potter created an unreasonable risk and consciously took a chance of causing death or great bodily harm to daunte demetrius wright. a condition of second degree manslaughter carries a maximum of 20 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. prosecutors said in a statement today, quote, certain occupations carry an immense responsibility and none more so than a sworn police officer. we will vigorously prosecute this case and intend to prove that officer potter abrogated her responsibility to protect the public when she used her firearm rather than her taser. in a press conference today, the mayor of brooklyn center, mikel -- mike elliott, said this. >> i share our community's anger and sadness and shock. an

>> perhaps lawrence. for the most part i think people feel that the manslaughter charge should have been a murder charge. simply put, they feel that dante was murdered, in the streets. during a traffic stop. they think manslaughter is letting the officer off lately. they feel it's evidence of a double standard, evidence of a racial standard. a lot of people point to the case of muhammad norah, former minneapolis police officer who is convicted of murder, and manslaughter back in 2017, in a case that involved a white woman a, resident who had called 9-1-1 reporting a problem, and as she approached the police car, where he and his partner were still in, he opened fire, killing her tragically. in a case of apparent mistaken identity. he said in court that he felt that he and his partner were being threatened. again, it's a very different case, but he was convicted of murder. sentenced a 12 and a half years in prison. this officer, faces manslaughter charges, not murder charges, and that's why people are angr

>> reporter: lawrence, good evening. we just had to retreat within the last 30 seconds because the security team tells me that rubber bullets are being deployed into this crowd in and around the brooklyn center police station for several hours. you can see quite the crowd behind me. i know it's dark but there's several hundred people around the intersection of the brooklyn center police department. just where those lights are in the distance, lawrence, that's where a crowd of at least 100 police officers and national guards men have been advancing for last 15 or 20 minutes or so essentially clearing block by block using tear gas to do so as they've inched the way to our location here. i'm in a parking lot of a strip mall that was vandalized and looted last night. we're seeing that happen again. and we've been told by several people here that are doing that saying don't turn that camera around on us. you don't want to do that. so at this point in time -- excuse me. you can see people are obviously having some issues with

good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel. i think they were just warming up the bleep machine for me. >> have you ever been bleeped on your show or elsewhere? >> i have not been bleeped. as much as i deserve it, i have yet to be bleeped. but, you know, speaking of classified information, you're going to love this transition. chairman adam schiff is going to join us with his reaction to these russia revelations today. and, you know, he might know this answer and might not be able to tell us, and that is when did we know? when did we know what kilimnik did with that information? >> yeah. >> when did the united states of america intelligence services know that? was that during the trump administration? was that suppressed by them? >> especially when the senate intelligence committee said just last year, we don't know anything about what kilimnik did or who he talked to because we didn't have any visibility at all in his communications. is it -- do we newly have this information because of some new capability that gives us visibi

>> it's a great question, lawrence. for the variants of concern, and there are roughly three from outside the u.s. and there's a couple called variants of interest, the distinction is a little bit hard to explain, but i guess a variant of concern is worse and a variant of interest is something they're watching. the good news is that the vaccines, all three of the vaccines, seem to be effective against all of these variants in one form or another. now, there may someday be a variant as happens with other illnesses like, say, the flu or other things where there are modifications that we will need to amend the vaccines for. right now the vaccine manufacturers are in trials to see if there are additional vaccines or additional boosters that might be required, but the very good news is that while they work to varying degrees on different ones of these viruses, we will see, particularly against the three of most concern, these vaccines do a pretty good job, if not just as good a job. >> andy slavitt, thank you very much for i

>> good evening, lawrence. i think all of us know president biden's compassion and basic human decency, certainly needed that, and i think the two of us speaking in the minutes after the verdict was read -- i don't know if relief is that, but i could hear in president biden's voice a hopefulness that we got something that i think, as the prosecution said, we all saw, we all knew in our heart, and i think president biden, just like i've been talking about, as the floyd family pain was laid bare to the world to see, so with minnesota's pain and our failings. but we know we can do better. we know we can do better and just listening to the point that this isn't about black minnesotans, this is about people of minnesota. that conversation helped meet, the president team has been working side by side with us, having those conversations with them and now the work does begin. >> you said that today. you said we nor were just begins. what is next in that work? >> i think one of the things is that there isn't a knowledge

good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel. ron klain is our first guest tonight on his 100th day in the white house in the hardest job in washington. we'll see how much he has aged in these 100 days. also joining us, rachel, and this is a trivia question that i don't expect maybe anyone to know the answer to at the moment, the very first person who gave ron klain a job in politics. very person to hire ron klain in politics. going to be joining us later in the hour. >> you've booked both ron klain and the person who first hired him in politics pour the same yo' show? >> correct, yes. >> this is your life thing. >> yeah. and both of them have not -- they don't show a sign of age since that 1984 losing campaign that ron klain was involved in. and they've both survived that loss. and gone on to, you know good careers. >> to say the least, man. thank you, lawrence. >> thank you, rachel. >>> well, joe biden is now 100 days into the hardest job of his life, and white house chief of staff ron klain is now 100 days into the hardest job

>> it's very tense, lawrence. and it's been getting more so by the minute over the past half hour or so. we've heard repeated warnings from the state police telling the demonstrators who have protested out here that this is now become an unlawful assembly and they must disperse. we have seen a constant volley of projectiles going in both directions over the fence there, over the fence over police headquarters. there are now tonight, unlike last night, a significant national guard presence of what looked like soldiers in combat fatigues. we also see some heavy armored equipment, big trucks. earlier today, we saw a significant number of troops coming and to back up the police here. so far, again, a lot of back and forth. a lot of warnings. the main concern that the police seem to have at this point, one big concern is that there is a fence there where you see those two young linking yellow lights there. there is a fence that guards and blocks a driveway that goes up into the police compound. there is a big armored v

i'm for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." good evening, lawrence. >> good evening. this historic speech by the president tomorrow night, we'll have to handle both tomorrow night, that's for sure. >> exactly. exactly. thanks, lawrence. >> thank you, rachel. >>> we're one hour away in tonight's curfew in brooklyn center, minnesota. last night, protesters remained on the streets there for hours after the 7:00 p.m. curfew. they're already on the streets tonight. 40 people were arrested last night. tonight, 2,000 national guard troops are there, supporting the small brooklyn center police department, which now has only 47 members after the police chief resigned and officer kim potter submitted her resignation today, two days after she fired a bullet into the chest of 20-year-old daunte wright, killed by that gunshot. officer potter is heard on video saying taser, taser, before firing her gun. then she seemed to realize she had fired a bullet instead of her taser. then she said, holy crap, i shot him. those words appearing as headlines all over the country. her letter of

>> reporter: lawrence, good evening. we just had to retreat within the last 30 seconds because the security team tells me that rubber bull lets are deployed into the crowd in and around the brooklyn center police station for several hours. i know it's dark but there's several hundred people around the intersection of the brooklyn center police department. just where those lights are in the distance, lawrence, that's where a crowd of at least 100 police officers are and national guardsmen have been advancing for last 15 or 20 minutes or so essentially clearing block by block using tear gas to do so as they've inched the way to our location here. i'm in a parking lot of a strip mall vandalized and looted last night and seeing that happen again and told by several people here that are doing that saying don't turn that camera around on us. you don't want to do that so at this point in time -- oops. excuse us. you can see people are obviously having some issues with the tear gas used here and right now a significant law enfor

now it is time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnel. >> good evening, lawrence. >> there is no drama in the world quite like the return of the verdict. the suspense is always total. there is no polling or hints, they don't give signals. the only indication was the relative speed on the verdict this complex with no questions to the judge at all, certainly gave people like me the belief there is going to be at least one guilty coming out of this, if not all three. but, when that moment comes, there is nothing like it. >> yeah. >> the interesting thing about the coverage of this trial with covid restrictions and the public being stricter in the room so there are cameras there but not been there usual which means business in the courtroom. and presering the anonymity and there is no drama quite like that. i felt like i didn't take a breath for a very long time much. >> yeah, what so fascinating o f what you just said, when you removed all of those visual elements from the trial that we were not allowed to see. never allowed to see jurors and it did not suffer. the flawless radio pl

good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel. and you grew up on the west coast so you have a sense of the kind of distance i'm talking about. imagine yourself in california thinking about harvard college 2,800 miles away, but -- but you're living in a mobile home where the internet doesn't work very often and you're trying to read your college acceptance or rejection e-mails and you can't quite get your internet to work. and then you eventually do and you see your admissions e-mail from harvard college. that's what happened to 17-year-old elizabeth esteban going to join us at the end of this hour because her story is just amazing. she grew up speaking her tribal language, her parents language from mexico. and so it's one of those stories when you see it in real life it's the only way you can believe it. >> lawrence, i will tell you something, a little behind the scenes thing, which is that today when i was talking with my staff and producers about what we were going to do on the show tonight and when we were booking and what sto

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now it's time for the last word lawrence o'donnell. good evening lawrence. good evening rachel and see you in that coverage tomorrow night too. i will be joining the discussion. we have congressman jim clyburn joining us tonight, rachel. to discuss what he expects to hear in that speech tomorrow and we have so much to do in this hour that congressman jim clyburn will get the last word in this hour. because we have so much leading up to that. we have the lead prosecutors from the derek chauvin murder trial joining us, starting off tonight. this is when i get nervous rachel, because i have in awe of these lawyers. in the masterful job they did in court, and so i have been looking forward to this, since every day i was watching them in court actually. >> i will tell you, news meeting with my staff and talking people in the building today, everyone is very excited you've got these lawyers. i haven't heard these prosecutors speak outside the courtroom, other than the immediate aftermath of that historic case. i'm in awe that you've got them and i'm not going to h

>> well, lawrence, my reaction is we actually do not know much. and that is the problem. the family was shown this 22nd video, we know solely that the suspect slash victim was unarmed. and we're not sure how many shots were fired how many police officers were on the scene. we're not even sure how much video footage was captured. and this is a tremendous problem. in this era where police have lost the benefit of the doubt you would think that police officers, i'm sorry, police departments would err on the side of transparency. and that doesn't seem to be the case here. so this leaves the door open for speculation from the public. and that's not a good thing in this day and age. so unfortunately, we know very little except that this man was unarmed. and when a person is shot by the police, and particularly a person of color, and they are unarmed. in this day and age, the public does deserve some form of information far beyond. we have to wait to complete the investigation. >> but if these accounts are accurate that his hands were on the steering wheel the entire time that h

this political violence, lawrence, is not going anywhere. that is the warning that we see. >> professors, thank you both very much for joining us tonight. the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. >> good evening once again. ali velshi in for brian williams. day 77 of the biden administration and there is breaking news about matt gaetz, the florida congressman now under federal investigation for possible sex trafficking. tonight the "new york times" reveals gaetz was looking to get a blanket pardon from former president trump. in the final weeks of mr. trump's term he privately asked the white house for blanket preselfive pardons for himself

now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. hi, lawrence. >> good evening, nicole. i'm just guessing it's my coal by the sound of your voice because there is absolutely nothing on my monitor right now around thank you for filling in on rachel tonight on a night she needed to take off. >> thank you, lawrence, have a freight show. >> thanks, i'll be watching tomorrow, nicole. thank you. well, today jay nye delivered the most important expert testimony of the trial so far. from dr. martin tobin took the witness stand. >> how long have you been a physician, sir? >> i have been a physician for three months short of 46 years, over 45 years. >> and where did you go to school? >> i went to medical school in dublin, ireland, and i took my degree there. >> not that anybody noticed the accent. but are you from dublin? >> no, i'm not from dublin. i'm from a small village called frankfort in rural ireland. >> 662 people at last count live in the village of fresh? ford in the county of kilkenny where he grew up. its 70 miles west of dublin, where he went to medical school and com

todd >> thank you, lawrence. the shock is beginning to bear off that rudy giuliani would be served with a search warrant relating to his work for donald trump. that being said, my first question is could this have taken place under the trump administration and as a former prosecutor, i can tell you time is of the essence in these investigations, especially with so many communications taking place now through electronic, especially with electronic encrypted devices as they could've done this six months ago or a year ago and they did not because trump officials win that greenlight, it would've given giuliani ample time to destroy evidence or to at least make it harder to find evidence. that question will be answered in preview of the judiciary committee. and second, lawrence, all say this, you do not go after an attorney, especially in attorney for the president of the united states with knowing the land mines around attorney-client communications unless you have the goods. i think we can probably conclude they've

>> lawrence, my reaction was twofold. first of all you hit the nail right on the head, he was very clear, he was very direct. that is something that we have not seen during the week, to a certain extent, he seemed very clear very direct. that was the first one [inaudible] of his carbon monoxide poisoning. it took us all by surprise. the second purpose he served whether it was intended or not was to i guess, for better or worse, remind the jury what's a credible expert witness looked like. i think that is going to stay with the jury. we had a litany of defense witnesses this weekend as we have discussed, it they did not seem as credible as the witnesses that the prosecution put forward. here, this is the last person that the jury sees, as far as witnesses are concerned. i do believe that people tend to remember the first thing that they saw, heard, and the last. i thought it's very helpful for the prosecution to have mr. tobin come back. >> and the judge has now given the jury and the law is a long weekend, no session tomo

>> lawrence thanks for having me on. i too am sitting here with two shots of moderna, feeling quite good. in my best guess is that i might need a booster next year. we don't know for sure, as doctor fauci said, there's a lot to sort out. the science on this is not clear, but the evidence so far says, that these vaccines have a very strong level of protectionist six months. i would not be surprised if it lasts at least a year. but it is possible that for the first couple of years of this pandemic, we are going to need annual booster shots. i don't know for sure, small chance it will be earlier. but that's my best guess. >> do we already have information about that slope downward that doctor fauci was talking about? >> for example if it's 95% when it's relatively fresh, let's say a month after you've gotten a shot, does that effectiveness, how long does it take for it to slow down to say 90%? >> it doesn't it's not like we lose a little bit of effectiveness every day or every week. what happens is, we have plenty of antibo

. >> thank you, lawrence. >> thank you. well, when president joe biden does address the nation wednesday night, in a joint session of congress, he will be the first president of the united states to have two women sitting behind him vice president of the united states, kamala harris and the speaker of the house of representatives nancy pelosi. when the president addresses the nation on wednesday, at the end of the 99th day of his presidency, he will have the approval of a solid majority of americans something that the previous president never had. joe biden is running 13 points ahead of the previous president and the latest nbc poll that shows joe biden's approval rating 13 points higher than the previous presidents approval rating at this exact point four years ago. the trouble for republicans is that the most popular person in their party is the person who lost the presidential election to joe biden. and that means republicans now believe they simply cannot win. republicans believe they cannot win presidential elections i

and it -- you go back to the founding of our country, lawrence, and, yes. people came to this country because they were -- wanted economic freedom. they wanted to have political freedom, religious freedom. and they didn't want to buy everything from the east india tea company and do business with a bunch of monopolies over the pond. and so, you literally go back to the beginnings of america. and you see this entrepreneurial spirit. where, literally, capitalism has rejuvenated itself, every-few decades. by new companies coming on. by every so often, the government breaking up at&t, and giving us lower long-distance rates and starting the cellphone business because we didn't have it all controlled by one company. and where we are today is years of inaction. so, i thought, how can i make this real for people? because we've done nothing, as i've said, for decades in congress. the courts have gotten increasingly conservative. using the theories of robert bork. and so, now, it's on us. i thought, okay, i am going to write this big book. i'm going to try to make i

now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." good evening, lawrence. >> it was wonderful to see the glee in your eyes at the beginning of your hour, knowing you had breaking parliamentary news to deliver to america about the mysterious workings of the united states senate, and getting into it with adam jentleson. >> i knew you would appreciate me doing that, because you're as much of a dork about these things as i am. but having adam talk me down and explain what it means in practical terms was good. because i was giddy. >> the idea of three reconciliation bills this year, most years they don't have any. these are not -- they're just not things that are used all the time. so here we are, this is unprecedented. and it's going to be exciting to watch. >> and it also means that they're going to have to think about legislation and legislative priorities in a very different way. if you're honest about the prospect of getting ten republican votes, it's never going to happen on anything. that means they now know it's not just one more

now is time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnel. >> i am guessing nicole by the sound of your voice because there is nothing in my monitor right now. thank you very much for filling in for rachel tonight on a night she needed to take off. >> thank you, lawrence. >> i will be watching tomorrow, nicole. >> well, today is day 9 of the trial of derek chauvin for the murder of george floyd. the most important expert testimony when dr. martin tobin took the stand. >> how long have you been a physician? >> 45 years. >> where did you go to school? >> i went to medical school in dublin and ireland and i took my degree there. >> not that anybody noticed the accent but are you from dublin? >> no, i am from a small village. >> 662 people live in the town of fredford. he went to medical school before getting additional training in london and now in chicago. martin tobin has become one of the leading authorities on pulmonary. he's an expert on how we stay alive moment to moment by breathing. dr. tobin's clarity and authority effortlessly held everyone in his grip for every second that he wa

again, you're right, lawrence, we've seen that time and time again. an issue that we have to address is an officer's mindset at the time of the incident. we would hope that in an instant like that, we would route zero to our lowest level of training, and we hope that those levels of training is our basic training that we receive from the economy in our inserts. but it is an individual situation, where was that officer's mind? and at that point in time, when it was all going on, that's what we have to address. >> chief gary hill, and joseph foster, thank you both very much for joining us tonight, and joseph foster stay safe when you get out there are behind the badge. we really appreciate you joining us. >> thank you sir. >> that is tonight's last word, at the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. >> good evening once again, day 93 of the biden administration. today saw increasing demands for an overhaul of policing in our country. the emotional issue brought into clear focus on this day during a funeral for a young man killed by police. less than

have a great weekend, lawrence. >> lawrence: thanks, bret, i enjoyed the "notable quotables." [laughter] >> bret: see you, buddy. >> lawrence: thanks, my friend. welcome to "fox news primetime." ♪ >> lawrence: hi, i'm lawrence jones. and tonight the media is slowly starting to catch up. ever since he burst onto the national scene last year, dr. anthony fauci has become one of the most recognizable people in america. he is everywhere, on every channel, at every briefer. he is even on every cover of every magazine. dr. fauci is on the national tv more than j low but he

but let me tell you something, lawrence -- that would be the beginning. when i talk about reimagining -- we've got reimagine how we em implement law enforcement in this country, and one of those things we've got to do is stop talking about training. they've got some of the best training that can be created by any mind. our problem is about recruiting. what kind of people that we are hiring in these positions. one need only look at the video from that police officer up there in virginia pointing his gun at a lieutenant in the united states armed services, who is pleading with him. and he ignores all of his pleas, and yelling at him like he's some animal. these kinds of people should not be on the police forces. that's our big problem, not training. it's recruiting. we got to recruit better people, and we got pay better salaries. you're not going to get good people for the kind of salaries that we pay these police officers. we've got to do better. >> congressman james clyburn, thank you very much for joining us again tonight. we always appreciate it. >> tha

but that's not a luxury that police officers have. >> not at all, lawrence. you're absolutely correct. and this is something unique to the policing profession. the chief touched on this. quite often, there's only one opportunity to make an impression with a member of the community. police officers tend to not have multiple contacts with people in the community. it's usually just that one time, a police officer pulls you over to issue a summons or that you call 911. often, that's how you are judged. so imagine if that interaction is negative, the police do not have an opportunity for multiple bites at the apple. i think that's what the chief was trying to get across. he mentioned the initial contact with the public. and this lack of judgment based on the body of work, but on that one incident. many will say that's unfair, but that's the nature of the beast, that's the job, and that's always been the job. >> thank you both very much for joining us tonight and starting us off. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> my pleasure. >> thank you. >>> coming up, it's

good evening, lawrence >> good evening. the strange standards of republicans in the house of representatives and what it takes to change anything there rachel, we are joined tonight by secretary of transportation pete buttigieg and he, of course, is the point person in dealing with the congress on getting this, what i thought, what i thought an hour ago, was a giant infrastructure bill passed biggest one in history and then i watch congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez with you say it's not big enough. and i worked on the infrastructure committee in the senate, the environmental public works committee before the finance committee. so these are big numbers to me and i waited with suspense as she rolled out what that number should be, and she thinks joe biden's $2 trillion should be $10 trillion, and we'll find out where pete buttigieg thinks the compromise point is between those two. >> yeah, i mean, she is basically saying, if we spent $2 trillion on the covid relief bill, and most of that is to be spent in a year, what we

the dripping continues. >> yes, lawrence. i'd like to start by requesting a blanket pardon from you for all future transgressions on this program. any time in the future that i engage in, profanity, on the air. can i get a pardon for that? >> i can't pardon you ahead of time. that's the thing about the pardon. it only works backwards on what you've already done. and you have been pardoned on this program several times. >> look. i think, yes. the drip, drips are going on. this is a person who has lived a seedy and shady life as we are now finding out and when you have lived a seedy and shady life and consorted with people that are indicted sex traffickers and i won't take pot shots at marijuana entrepreneurs but the people that gaetz surrounded himself with are not the most savory. the behaviors he's engaged in that we know of are not the most savory and we have learned that he has no friends in congress. maybe except donald trump but donald trump is not even coming to the rescue right now except in a very, very, very, very li

hi, lawrence. >> lawrence: hi, bret. thank you. good evening, i don't want "fox news primetime." ♪ ♪ i'm lawrence jones, and tonight, minnesota braces for more violence in the weight of the death of daunte wright. it's been more than a little -- 48 hours since wright was killed and the officer who shot him in brooklyn center police chief have resigned. this is in the greater minneapolis region, destroyed and looted. we'll have an update on the ground for you in a

hey, lawrence. >> lawrence: hey, bret. great show as always. good evening and welcome to "fox news primetime." ♪ ♪ hi, i'm lawrence jones, and tonight, the high court hijacking is underway. a coalition of far left democrats convened this afternoon to roll out their most radical agenda point and yet, the supreme court. >> the united states supreme court is broken. it is out of balance. leader mitch mcconnell, his senate republican colleagues, and donald trump broke it. the republicans stole two seats on the

lawrence o'donnell hosting. good evening lawrence. good evening lawrence. >> thank you rachel, we're going to continue the live coverage and we're go to ron >> thank allen in just a minute. you rachel we're going to continue

i spoke with reverend lawrence turner, pastor at the mississippi boulevard christian church in memphis, tennessee, about king's legacy and today's movement in the fight against poverty and for racial justice. reverend, here we are, easter sunday, 53 years after the assassination, and it seems that the civil rights movement, the leadership of dr. king, what he was working for, is resonating in a different w now than maybe two years ago, three years ago. >> yes, we're-- i think, we've come to what some have called a racial reckoning. these are things that have certainly been going on for years. this year, what makes it different is that people of all races in this country have had to stop. it's called the nation to examine its soul as to where we are as it relates to what we're trying to achieve in this democratic project we call america. and so, of course, that's sprung up from the protests that happen as a result of the murder of george floyd and then breonna taylor that gain lots of interest. i am cautiously optimistic that we will move far beyond mere symbolism and begin to take some

lawrence andrea, public safety and breaking news reporter for the "indianapolis star," has been covering the shooting. i spoke with him earlier today from indianapolis. do the police have any reason to believe that this was motivated in any way, or that it was random? i mean, do they have computers? have they checked his web history, social media accounts? >> well, authorities on friday searched his home and did remove desktop computers and other electronics regarding the march 2020 incident. they said that they found no racially-motivated extremism in that particular incident, but have not released any motive behind thursday's shooting. >> sreenivasan: what do we know about how thvictims-- and their families, i should say-- are dealing with this now? i know four of the victims were members of the sikh community, which i can't imagine is that enormous in the indianapolis area. >> yeah, well, the coalition said that there are about 10,000 sikh americans in indiana, about 5,000 in central indiana. we're still learning more about these victims and who they were. that'll be something that, i

"fox news primetime" hosted by lawrence jones starts right now. >> lawrence: thank you, bret. i appreciate it. good evening and welcome to "fox news primetime." ♪ ♪ i'm lawrence jones, and tonight, the left is done reimagining policing. they are now in the beginning stages of implementing the radical criminal justice agenda to blow up our current state of policing. that became very apparent today when kristen clarke, joe biden's nominee to lead the doj's civil rights division, testified before the senate. she faced tough questions like "why did you want organize a conference of champion cop killers and domestic terrorists" and "why did you

good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel. there was a strange development in arizona today on the house of representatives on one of these laws. republicans pulled back. they were about to vote on it, and then they pulled way from it. one report indicates they might not have the votes they need. they need every republican vote, in that house, in order to win. the secretary of state of arizona's going to join us, later, in this hour. >> oh, good. >> to give us her read of exactly what happened there, and what might happen there. >> there is a lot weird going on, in arizona, right now, in republican politics around the vote and the election. so that's perfect timing. well done. >> thanks, rachel. >> thanks. >> thank you. >>> well, today, in day four of the trial of derek chauvin, for the murder of george floyd, we heard from the emergency medical technicians who arrived at the scene, in an ambulance. and derek smith told us that, in less than a minute, he knew george floyd was dead, while he was still being held down by police.

donald good evening lawrence. good evening rachel. i would like to enter the name of tip o'neill into our continuing coverage tonight of walter mondale, because it was his idea suggesting congresswoman geraldine ferraro has the vice presidential nominee to run along with walter mondale and he actually did it in a way that's kind of remarkable when you think back to it now because when you think about the speaker of the house he couldn't have been more powerful. he is saying that he actually said in may long before the conventions that not only should be a woman but should specifically be geraldine ferraro and who knows what was gonna happen if he didn't get behind that idea so early. >> do you know why he thought that early on that she was the right pick? that it not should only be a woman but it should specifically be her? >> there was a movement for its time for a female candidate for vice president. you know, people kind of forget there was a stall in this section of our politics because there was a big surge in this direction in t

good evening lawrence. >> thank you will continue the rival. coverage will be going to run in just a. minute we will begin tonight in brooklyn center minnesota, where protesters have gathered, in the cities, near the city's police headquarters. we are going to be joined now by ron allen, situation there? >> reporter: well, lawrence, we have a lull at the moment, but where we are here, we're down the street from the police station just a little ways you can see in the distance. but the crowd is sort of left this area and gone back there and now standing right in front of the police again. it's been this face to face standoff that's been going on for hours now. and they're not leaving. the last half hour, so there was an exchange back and forth of tear gas. the protesters setting off fireworks. you could see some things being thrown over the fence there. and now you can perhaps see here in the distance people are starting to run this way again. here they come. and i can see a big plume of smoke over the

it's time for the last word with lawrence with lawrence o'donnell, o'donnell. good evening >> good evening lawrence rachel we have bill o'rourke tonight as our. >> we have norah o'rourke tonight talking about those additional first guest with talk about how seats those additional house seats that texas is going to get and how they that we are might try to republicans might try to gerrymander those. gonna get. how they might try and also, of course, what the new to york times is calling the most gerrymander those. also of course, with the new york times is calling the most restrictive restrictive voter laws in the voter laws in the country now being pushed country now being pushed through the legislation texas legislature, but all workers fighting that. fighting that he'll be joining us to discuss that. but rachel, before you go, i gotta tell you about funny thing happened to me on the way to the tv show today. you know, you know how hard it is these days for a--the author of a scholarly book to get on a show like this, because we have so much breaking news and

now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." good evening, lawrence. >> it was wonderful to see the glee in your eyes at the beginning of your hour, knowing you had breaking parliamentary news to

now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. d

good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel. it was wonderful to see the glee in your eyes at the beginning of your hour, knowing you had breaking parliamentary news to deliver to america about the mysterious workings of the united states senate, and getting into it with adam jentleson. who is always the guy to talk about that. >> i knew you would appreciate me doing that, because you're as much of a dork about these things as i am. but having adam talk me down and explain what it means in practical terms was good. because i was giddy. >> the idea of three reconciliation bills this year, most years they don't have any. these are not -- they're just not things that are used all the time. so here we are, this is unprecedented. and it's going to be exciting to watch. >> and it also means that they're going to have to think

good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel. we're going to go to ron allen once again tonight in the streets of brooklyn center, minnesota where he has just been doing invaluable work for us reporting from the streets as he has done in the past in these kinds of situations. this is one of those weeks that we

. >>> joined now by lawrence kobilinsky. so, professor, what did you make of what we heard today from the chief-medical examiner? >> well, the primary cause of death, cardiopulmonary arrest, was brought on by law enforcement. in other words, the subdual of -- of george floyd. the restraints that they used and the neck compression. made -- created a situation or condition that his body couldn't overcome. but the important part of dr. baker's testimony involved all of these different, significant-contributing factors. he spent a lot of time talking about mr. floyd's coronary arteries. two of which were occluded to the level of 70%. while, one, the other, a large -- these are large vessels -- was -- was occluded 90%. so this is a significant occlusion of these very important vessels that feed to the heart. the fentanyl level that he had, as we now know, is 11 nanograms per milliliter which is a lethal dose for a normal, healthy person. what i didn't hear much about is tolerance. george floyd was a drug abuser, and had built up

now it is time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnel. >> good evening, lawrence. >> there is no drama in the world quite like the return of the verdict. the suspense is always total. there is no polling or