69 days of Trump’s war and no deal has been reached
5/8/202643 min
Tonight on The Last Word: The U.S. and Iran exchange strikes in the Strait of Hormuz. Also, MS NOW reports FBI Director Kash Patel has ordered polygraphs of current and former members of his security team. And The New York Times wins a Pulitzer Prize for exposing Donald Trump profiting as president. Sen. Adam Schiff, Andrew Weissmann, and Eric Lipton join Lawrence O’Donnell.
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Jen Psaki· Host0:14
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now. Hey, Lawrence.
Lawrence O'Donnell· Host0:19
Hey, Jen. Um, I got a social media note tonight- Oh ... from Beverly Foy, who's one of our faithful followers, and she has- Ooh, hi, Beverly ... she has kind of a complaint. She said, uh, "Lawrence should tell us in advance if he's taking a week off so I can plan my schedule accordingly." [laughs] And, [laughs] and I was not taking a week off, and I can understand how she thought I was, 'cause I've been missing for the last two days, uh, m- under the weather, uh, with a very quick passing, uh, health storm that I'm now, is completely behind me. Uh, but it forced me then to tell Beverly directly on social media, and I'll tell you, but it's just for you and Beverly. I, uh, she said, you know, she, I should say in advance when I'm taking a week off. I am taking next week off.
Jen Psaki· Host1:10
Oh.
Lawrence O'Donnell· Host1:10
I'm gonna be on vacation next week.
Jen Psaki· Host1:12
Now people know.
Lawrence O'Donnell· Host1:13
Um, I, it's really just you and Beverly I want to know this. Um- It's just, it's just between us, the three of us. Yeah.
Jen Psaki· Host1:19
Now, I will tell you, Lawrence- Yeah ... if I had traveled the last two days anywhere, people would've stopped me and asked me, "Where is Lawrence O'Donnell, and is he okay?" Because I get that question