scott pruitt, the attorney general of that state. his office and the top lawyer at the corrections department they decided with this execution date bearing down on them, they were going to figure it out. never mind the protocol, in every mind the rules. lawyers from scott pruitt's office and the corrections office got online and said they just started browsing around. they started basically randomly looking around online to see if they could figure out how long it takes for various drugs to kill people. these are not medical professionalings of any kind who have any expertise. i want to read you litally. wikileaks or whatever. i did my own research, i looked online, you know, what passed the key, wikileaks, wikileaks or whatever it is. that's where they say they found the information. they looked around online. the attorney general of the state is not supposed to be involved in a process like that. picking the actual drugs, that is not the attorney general's purview. nobody in the attorney general's office is expected to have any exp

scott pruitt, the attorney general of that state. his office and the top lawyer at the corrections department they decided with this execution date bearing down on them, they were going to figure it out. never mind the protocol, in every mind the rules. lawyers from scott pruitt's office and the corrections office got online and said they just started browsing around. they started basically randomly looking around online to see if they could figure out how long it takes for various drugs to kill people. these are not medical professialings of any kind who have any expertise. i want to read you literally. wikileaks or whatever. i did my own research, i looked online, you know, what passed the key, wikileaks, wikileaks or whatever it is. that's where they say they found the information. they looked around online. the attorney general of the state is not supposed to be involved in a process like that. picking the actual drugs, that is not the attorney general's purview. nobody in the attorney general's office is expected to have any exp

good thing you rushed the vote on scott pruitt. if scott pruitt does end up taking fall because of this growing scandal around him, he will be falling for a much greater height because of the way republicans rushed him into the cabinet. that does it for us tonight. see you again tomorrow. "first look" is up next. >>> shannon, shannon, shannon glenn, this is not a tv program. shannon, you don't just get to yell out. we are going to have you sit down like big boys and girls. >> glenn, glenn, who here hates glenn? that shows that everybody raised their hands because everybody hates glenn. >> it was a slow of unity at cpac. steve bannon and reince priebus denied reports of

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good thing you rushed the vote on scott pruitt. if scott pruitt does end up taking fall because of this growing scandal around him, he will be falling for a much greater height because of the way republicans rushed him into the cabinet. that does it for us tonight. see you again tomorrow. now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. >> rachel, i have worked on tv dramas where we have tried to write cliff hangers at the end of a particular season or episode, but the cliff hanger you just left us is better than anything we could come up with in tv drama. >> and when the republicans decided they were just going to put a brick on the gas pedal and jump out of the car, they could see the cliff and they did this an

senate went along with coretta scott king's wishes. they rejected that nominee for a federal judgeship. his name was jeff sessions, he went on to be a u.s. senator from alabama, he's now nominated to be attorney general of the united states and tonight elizabeth warren took to the senate floor to express her opposition to the nomination of jeff sessions to be a.g. and she decided to wield i think what most people would agree is the most devastating rhetorical weapon she had at her disposal, she had that same letter from the widow of dr. martin luther king making the case against jeff sessions 30 years ago which democrats say is the same case which could be made against him now. result of that, as a result of elizabeth warren quoting coretta scott king, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell moved to cut her off, to end her speech due to a breach of senate rules. >> they are -- >> majority leader? >> mr. president, the senator has impugned the motives and conduct of our colleague from alabama as warned by the chair. i call the senator t

good thing you rushed the vote on scott pruitt. if scott pruitt does end up taking fall because of this growing scandal around him, he will be falling for a much greater height because of the way republicans rushed eed him the cabinet. that does it for us tonight. see you again tomorrow. now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. >> rachel, i have worked on tv dramas where we have tried to write cliff hangers at the end of a particular season or episode, but the cliff hanger you just

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scott pruitt, the attorney general of that state. his office and the top lawyer at the corrections department they decided with this execution date bearing down on them, they were going to figure it out. never mind the protocol, in every mind the rules. lawyers from scott pruitt's office and the corrections office got online and said they just started browsing around. they started basically randomly looking around online to see if they could figure out how long it takes for various drugs to kill people. these are not medical professionalings of any kind who have any expertise. i want to read you literal ly. wikileaks or whatever. i did my own research, i looked online, you know, what passed the key, wikileaks, wikileaks or whatever it is. that's where they say they found the information. they looked around online. the attorney general of the state is not supposed to be involved in a process like that. picking the actual drugs, that is not the attorney general's purview. nobody in the attorney general's office is expected to have any

scott pruitt is still subject to that court order. he still really does have to hand other hundreds of those e-mails between his office and oil and gas companies. has to hand over hundreds of them by tuesday. has to hand over thousands more over the next ten days. for whatever reason he has been illegally withholding those thousands of e-mails that document his relationship and his communications with the oil and gas industry which, of course, he'll now be dealing with directly as our new epa administrator so, yeah, scott pruitt is taking over as head of the epa but that means scott pruitt will start his brand new job at the epa with his first big scandal already waiting for him when he walks in the door. ooh, boy. >> so pruitt for epa? oh, boy. what on earth are they fighting here? whatever it is... it's hunting. the great wall. rated pg-13. that has everything to do with the people in here. their training is developed by the same company who designed, engineered, and built the cars. they've got the parts, tools, and know-how to help

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coretta scott king points out, the irony of mr. sessions' nomination is that, if confirmed, he'll be given life tenure for doing with a federal prosecution what local sheriffs accomplished years ago with clubs and cadle prod lcattle pr. >> let's talk w what's happene in the intervening hours since this happened on the floor. your democtic colleagues have gone down to the senate floor. they've been reading this letter out loud. was that something you asked them to do? >> nope. >> and so far, they've been allowed to continue speaking. some say it was sexist to silence you on the floor last night. >> you'd have to ask mitch mcconnell. he's the one who shut me down for doing this. but i will tell you what i did. as soon as i was no longer allowed to read, i went outside the senate chamber and i read the whole speech, just did it live on video and posted it on facebook. i hope everybody reads the speech. i have tried to put up as many connections. i want children to read this speech. i want adults to read this speech. i want all people,

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it was simply it this, cover ret that scott king said that mr. sessions exercised the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by african americans. that was more or less a fact about the conduct that was examined back in 1986 by the senate judiciary committee. and the senate committee did find mr. sessions, senator sessions unfit to serve as a judge based on the testimony and the testimony of many others. and this had to do with the suppression, the of the opportunity for african americans to vote in alabama. this is part of the historical record. it's already part of the senate record. part of the reason she has great concerns about whether jeff sessions serving as the attorney general of theelieves in justic all. >> what would constitute a violation in your mind because we just played marco rubio there saying look he's concerned, he says there is a slippage in decorum in civility. i know this is something senators on both sides of the aisle at different times talk about, cherishing sort of the culture of the senate. w

one is quan scott. the other is antwan timberlake. >> do not turn off that wall, timberlake. >> the fight occurred inside his locked cell. >> in here? >> yeah. >> inmates sometimes finds ways to open up doors and sometimes they tamper with the lock. >> when used properly, a hard, flat object can sometimes jimmy a lock. >> in this case there was a chess board and he was able to pop it from the outside. >> officers separate the two men to get their versions of what happened. >> what's going on? >> nothing's going on. >> huh? >> nothing. >> nothing? i'm up here for nothing? what happened? >> just fighting, man. >> how did you get in his cell, his cell was locked. >> i don't know how [ bleep ]. >> who popped it open? >> he had to. >> where were you fighting at, outside or inside the cell? >> outside then inside the cell. he pulled me in, man. >> take him down. >> the officers then move to timberlake's cell and question him. >> i was just laying in my bed trying to read and i heard my door pop. i thought it

coretta scott king. forced to sit down by a rarely invoked rule not used against republicans. >> senators impugn the motives and conduct of our colleague from alabama. i call the senator to order under the provisions of rule 19. >> mr. president, i am surprised that the words of coretta scott king are not suitable for debate in the united states senate. i ask leave of the senate to continue my remarks. >> is there objection? >> i object. >> a peeled the ruling -- >> objection is heard. the senator will take her seat. >> senator warren speaking out just moments ago to msnbc's kasie hunt. >> i want children to read this speech. i want adults to read this speech. i want all people and particularly i want the republicans who are going to vote tonight on whether or not jeff sessions becomes the next attorney general of the united states. i want them to read this speech before they vote. >> coming up, we'll talk to senators bernie sanders and tom udahl two democrats who came to the floor to finish what elizabe

and he didn't just silence elizabeth warren, he silenced coretta scott king. and jeff sessions was not a senator when these comments were made about him. they're comments that came in the unfortunate senate nomination for judgeship where he was rejected by a republican senate. so the idea that these words that moved a republican majority senate in 1986 are now not fit to be spoken. and she wasn't just prohibited from continuing that statement, she's prohibited from making any statement through the rest of the debate on sessions. i just didn't know that was possible. >> i just think it's profoundly stupid of mitch mcconnell. i mean, what has he done? he's shone a light on the objections to jeff sessions as essentially a racist, that coretta scott king, who is still a revered figure in this country brought up now the attention of the nation or people who are interested in politics is riveted on this. to use a cliche, the optics are horrendous, as they have been for the trump administration so far. it's almost like the disease of bad optics is contagious and now

first of all, coretta scott king is an iconic national figure. next to every great man is a great woman, and coretta scott king partnered with dr. king to help change this nation. >> no doubt about it. >> in a way that was phenomenal, and she sacrificed greatly. >> and continuing it after he was assassinated. >> absolutely, the legacy continued beyond dr. king's assassination in 1968 and she continued to carry the torch forward. and so, the fact that her words would be deemed offensive in any way, shape or form, is shocking. the second problem is that elizabeth warren is clearly being held to a double standard. senator ted cruz on the floor of the united states senate called mitch mcconnell a liar. >> on the floor? >> on the floor. >> did they call rule 19 when he called senator mcconnell a liar? >> not at all. he wasn't sanctioned, wasn't disciplined. >> even mcconnell didn't call for rule 19 when he himself was attacked as a liar on the floor? >> absolutely not. apparently, the word liar is not a dirty word in the republican dictionary, or ther

ishat wha we'rebout to see with scott pruitt? >> hallie yesterday it was the finance committee so it was steve mnuchin and tom price for hhs. the republicans got fed up, they pushed it through anyway and it looks like that is what is going to happen here today for scott prosecute to head the epa. we have not seen any democrats go through this door where senators have been entering into the committee room. we did speak to john bar rasso, the chairman of the committee, he said he's going to force this through. we'll see how he manipulates the rules. he called it a employ that senator schumer is using to delay these nominees. this has been the tactic the democrats have takenin wake of the executive order over the weekend that sparked protests all over the country. we've gotten some questions to senators who have come by on those questions. i asked bob corker about that reported phone call between donald trump and the prime minister of australia that apparently got heated and that donald trump has been tweeting about this morning say

americans are aware of coretta scott king's letter. shwas reading a historic document by an icon o the civil rights movement describing the behaviors that she observed so i think it was a vast extension, attempt to -- all the senators were allowed to read the same letter. i think there was a grave mistake made. >> what do you make of that letter, the influence on hr thinking? you may have already decided but do you think that letter is condemnatory? what would you say about that letter from mrs. king all those years ago? 31 years ago. >> i think what the letter describes was coretta scott king's view of senator sessions based upon her experience, her knowledge. i think it was sincere. it is more than 20 years old, perhaps close to 30 years old. but i think it was written with, you know, a meaningful and sincere intent by mrs. king. >> how do you think this is going to hurt or help your colleague from massachusetts? i would think this is the best thing. you know, however it happened, it seems to me mitch mcconnell, the republican leader

one is kowan scott. the other is antwon timberlake. the fight occurred inside his locked cell. >> in here? >> yeah. >> inmates sometimes find ways to open up doors. sometimes they'll tamper with the lock. >> when used properly, a hard flat object can some time jimmy a lock. >> in this case he was able to pop it from the outside. >> officers separate the two men to get their versions of what happened. >> what's going on? >> nothing going on. >> huh? nothing? i'm up here for nothing? what happened? >> we were fighting. >> how did you get in his cell? his cell was locked. >> [ bleep ]. >> who popped it open? he had to. >> so, where were you guys fighting, his cell or outside ? >> outside, then we went inside the cell. he pulled me in the cell. >> take him down. >> the officers then move to timberlake's cell to question him. >> i was laying in my bed trying to read and i heard my door popped. i thought it was the co and i looked up and i seen him coming in here. i just seen my door shut. >> at no time you never left this cell? you guys wer

no one said it better than coretta scott king. freedom is never really won. you earn it and win it in every generation. if senator sessions won't, then it is incumbent upon the rest of us to persist. i urge my colleagues to vote no. mr. president, i yield the floor. >> we've been listening to freshman, california senator camilla harris. she was quoting coretta scott king. her letter that senator harris tried to read t was stopped . it was stopped by the senate majority leader. that vote expected this evening. let's turn to that nor'easter, expected to hit parts of the northeast. a look outside our windows at 30 rock. this is kind of hard for new yorkers to believe. >> look at these temperatures on your board. >> new york city saw a high of 62 degrees. if we didn't have modern forecasting, we wouldn't know that 58 million of you will be under winter weather advisories, with heavy amounts snoeof snow. that low really strengthens up hire. we are going to look at the system developing. you are kind of on the border out towards d.c., a little farther north out tow

pruitt who will be coming before the senate just 140r9ly or tom price, scott pruitt who wants to tear down the epa and has voted against things that save children lives. tom price, it's been reviewed on the program so much, these are deeply flawed individuals. >> and very quickly, are you going to filibuster the supreme court nominee, mr. gorsuch? >> 60 vote standard. it's what obama's team met with his nominees and it's absolutely what the nominees should meet coming from president trump. >> and you're not worried about a nuclear option on the part of your colleagues across the isle? >> well, there's already been a nuclear option and that's when the republican majority decided to steal the supreme court seat from president obama and deliver it to president trump. unprecedented in our history, deeply jeopardizes the integrity of the supreme court. sets a precedent that will cause problems for decades to come so i'm concerned about the entire process and i hope my senators across the aisle decide they're going to defend and fight for our key institutions in america instead of tearing t

he stood up for coretta scott king getting the gold medal. he has been a tireless advocate of voting and civil rights tlus his career. i would just hope if she was still with us today she would share the sentiments of former senator specter. >> last two. the administration's diversity issues. you have been slammed on that recently. i understand there has been a meeting with vice-president pence talking to j.c. watts, michael steele and others. can you elaborate on that? >> there is a lot of ground swell about this hcu executive war. what's going on with that? >> the hbcu presidents will be in town. we will have further updates on the meetings that we may have with them and the activities surrounding that in terms of the administration. then i think we will have further updates. with all executive orders, we have nothing to update on that. the president has a strong commitment to them. he understands over the last eight years they have been woefully fleg glekted. wasnt to show a commitment in funding to hbcus. i think you will see not just a p

senator bernie sanders reading that letter from coretta scott king now. you're seeing him live on the floor. is there any hope for republicans and democrats to work together during the trump years? any hope at all? we'll find out. >>> before you get to totally hopeless, check out something to brighten your day. a police officer breaking it

that's south carolina senator tim scott. that is actually not tim scott, i apologize. that's an ame minister, before you begin to tweet and send me emails, that's a pastor from mother emmanuel that is not tim scott who by the way is there. president trump expected to meet with the senator from south carolina who is from that area at some point here this afternoon, we're told. while we wait for the president, i believe i do have time to continue this conversation. one of the more controversial moments of that news conference this time yesterday came during president trump's exchange with correspondent april ryan. >> reporter: are you going to include the cbc, mr. president n your conversations with your urban agenda, inner city agenda, as well as -- >> am i going to include who? the congressional black caucus -- >> i would. do you want to set up the meeting? are they friends of yours? no, set up the meeting. >> reporter: i know some of them but i'm sure they're watching. >> i would love to meet with the black caw kaus. i think it's great the congressional black caucus.

back on the hill this afternoon, the senate officially confirms scott pruitt to lead the epa, a department he built a career fighting in court. he has sued and fought the epa tooth and nail over regulations, particularly when it comes to fracing. we'll get into that. >>> finally, what do coal miners have to say about president trump after he signed a roll-back of regulations on mining waste and water waste. that's coming up as well. we have our panel of pros to walk us through all of this. we'll start by talking about this afternoon's main event, president trump's speech to boeing workers in north charleston, south carolina, the main topics there, industry, factories and defense. >> we're also working on the air force one project, which was a difficult project for previous administrations, but it looks like we're getting closer and closer. and we're going to ensure -- [ applause ] >> that our great service members have the tools, equipment, training and resources they need to get the job done. as george washington said, being prepared for war is the best way to prevent it. >> katy tur is e

well, this is the hearing for scott pruitt, the president's pick to lead the epa. remember that the senate has been in a talk-a-thon essentially about this pick. we're getting words that there will be a vote in about 90 minutes from now on a democratic motion to delay the vote on scott pruitt. this was called for by oregon senator jeff merckly. looks like another battle for one. president's cabinet choices. and we're also talking about action at the white house. did you catch this, one of the more contentious exchanges between him and april ryan? watch. >> are you going to include the congressional black caucus -- >> i will. do you want to set up the meeting? >> no, no, no. >> are they friends of yours? >> ear going to be joined by congresswoman brenda lawrence, a member of that congressional black caucus to get her reaction to the exchange after the break. hey, come look what lisa made. wow. you grilled that chicken? yup! i did... n't. mhm, lisa. you roasted this? uhuh... n't. introducing smartmade by smart ones. real ingredients, grilled and roasted using the sam

here's senator warren reading from corps rhett 125 ta scott king's letter. >> if confirmed he will be given life tenure for doing with a federal prosecution what the local there haves accomplished 20 years ago with clubs and cattle prods. >> in the midst of her remarks, elizabeth warren was interrupted. >> mr. president -- >> the majority leader. >> the senator has impugned the motives and conduct of our colleague from alabama. i call her to order under the provisions of rule 19. >> mr. president i am surprised the words of coretta scott king are not suitable for debate in the united states senate i add ask leave of the senate to continue my remarks. >> under senate rule 19 which bars senators from assigning bad conduct or motives, republican senators voted not only to relieve warren of her speaking role but to boot her from the chamber for the remainder of the debate on session's nomination. mcconnell summed it up on words that have become a rallying cry for words. >> she was warned, she was given an explanation, nevertheless she persisted. >> since then, a number of male colleagues

from political art says senator tim scott is not uncle tom. he is a house negro like the one in jang goe. he writes anthony burr ham has been active on my twitter feed. i'm km pleat horror. a black man racist against black people. think for yourselves. are you disgrace to your race. i left out the ones that used the "n" word. i felt that would not be appropriate. >> what is wrong with some people? >> thanks for watching. have a great weekend. if if you cannot watch live, check out facebook page. it's "meet the press" i'll join colleague chuck todd at the table. "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >> this is is moscow. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews. in washington facing early set back, new details about president trump's national security adviser have come to light that threaten to become a embarrassment for the administration. despite "the washington post" that general flynn did discuss

coretta scott king's speech said this. we think you're a changed man. i'm not voting for you tonight and i hope you're a changed man is all i meant. i'm not suggesting the speech should not have been delivered. the speech last night affected most likely elevation for perhaps 2020. i hope the end result for the next few years. >> you can boil it down if you're going to shoot at the king you better kill him and u you -- >> you better knock him down. >> so people don't freak out about the old saying but that is what is always said in political circles. if you are going to try -- you better take somebody down if you're throwing everything you have at them. if you can't, there may be a better way to do it. >> we will never know because they cut her off and all she was doing, quite frankly, her presentation was elegant. >> right. >> it wasn't unmeasured. it was invoking history. >> right but we are not talking about her -- >> jeff session has a very, i'd say, controversial history. >> we are talking about -- yeah, but -- come on. they have worked with him. >>

she was trying to read the coretta scott king letter. what senator warren did after that is left the chamber of the hall floor, went to another room and read the letter live on social media. and that led to a #letlizspeak, which is trending on twitter. so the letter was written. it was talking about how senator jeff sessions who was then u.s. attorney in alabama used his power of his office to depress the black vote down in alabama. so that's what she was trying to get into record. it never got onto the record of the senate floor. but elizabeth warren did read it on social media. >> she said she will not be scienced. edward, thank you so much. >>> after the tooth and nail fight, betsy devos was sworn in. there was a 50-50 tie and mike pence became the first vice president to break the tie on a cabinet appointment, calling it the easiest vote he's ever made and raising the question of what did democrats gain from this fight? >> the fact that we had to get to the point where the vice president had to be pulled in to overcome the democrats

anthony from political art says senator tim scott is not an uncle tom. he doesn't have a shred of honor. he's a house negro. i left out all the ones that use the "n" word. just felt that would not be appropriate. >> some pretty tough talk there from senator scott. sessions is sworn in at 10:30 this morning. he's expected to arrive at the justice department this afternoon. >>> senator elizabeth warren is putting senators on notice after she was silenced. senator majority leader mitch mcconnell said she broke rules reading a letter written 30 years ago, opposing sessions nomination as federal judge. the fallout was swift. hillary clinton sweeted saying she was warned, she was given an explanation. nevertheless, she proceeded, so must we all. bernie sanders and brown read the same letter by king on the senate floor without being told they were breaking the rules. >> i certainly hope that this anti-free speech attitude is not traveling down pennsylvania avenue to our great chamber. especially, mr. president, when the only speech being stifled is speech that

chairman and members of the committee, this is fro coretta scott king, "thank you for allowing me to this opportunity to express my strong opposition to the nomination of jefferson sessions." >> mr. sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens in the district he now serves and he now seeks to serve as a federal judge." >> anyone who has used the power of his office as united states attorney to intimidate and chill the free exercise of the ballot by citizen should not be elevated to our courts." >> kasie hunt with me now fresh off that interview with senator warren. one of the things that struck me about that conversation is that the senator seemed to go out of her way to say she did not necessarily think this was being done to her because she was a woman. >> reporter: craig, that's right, and you know this was something that democrats seized on immediately, and the suggestions that this was happening, she was being silenced because in part she was a woman is something that bubbled up right away and that has been an immedia

here's senator warren reading from corps rhett 125 ta scott king's letter. >> if confirmed he will be given life tenure for doing with a federal prosecution what the local there haves accomplished 20 years ago with clubs and cattle prods. >> in the midst of her remarks, elizabeth warren was interrupted. >> mr. president -- >> the majority leader. >> the senator has impugned the motives and conduct of our colleague from alabama. i call her to order under the provisions of rule 19. >> mr. president i am surprised the words of coretta scott king are not suitable for debate in the united states senate i add ask leave of the senate to continue my remarks. >> under senate rule 19 which bars senators from assigning bad conduct or motives, republican senators voted not only to relieve warren of her speaking role but to boot her from the chamber for the remainder of the debate on session's nomination. mcconnell summed it up on words that have become a rallying cry for word>> she explanation, neve persisted. >> since then, a number of male colleagues have taken up the charge reading king's word

administrator, scott pruitt, scheduled for 1:00 p.m. today. a judge in oklahoma ordered pruitt to turn over e-mails between him and fuel companies, fossil fuel companies. he has until tuesday to do that. the vote is today, the deadline is tuesday. >> we should delay the vote. they are important e-mails looking into scott pruitt's background. he wasn't vetted by the administration, he was thrown up here. we had to do the vetting and do our job. that vote should be delayed is what should happen. >> senator, finally, congressional lawmakers are turning to the congressional review act to dismantle regulations that came in late in president obama's final term. is this all fair game? >> it's fair game and it's law. it's only been used once. it's a very blunt instrument. they are dismantling things that are very much in the public interest. the methane rule, we have a huge methane cloud, the size of delaware, over new mexico and the four corners area. we are trying to clean that up. it's good in cleaning it up for public health. it's good to tackle c

as she was reading out loud a letter decades old from scott king to the u.s. senate, she's a congressional gold medal recipient, miss king, was after all when the senator was told to sit down and stop speaking. i am joined by our white house's correspondents kelly o'donell and eli. >> this is one of the last place of american politics -- there is a rule and it goes back a long time where a senator is not permitted to sort of impugn of the integrity from a sitting senator. >> and so when senator warren of massachusetts was using that letter and another from ted kennedy and speaking for an hour in sharp terms against the nomination of jeff sessions to be attorney general, the sort of punishment was triggered by two things. first, senator warren, was warned by the chair of the presiding officer that she had crossed that line and asked no t to do so and it was mitch mcconnell who enforced this report and kind of instant tan yous punishment was having her sit down and not to speak again on the topic for the remainer of the time. there were two theories protecting h

. >> i also want to thank senator tim scott for joining us today. a friend of mine, a great, great senator from south carolina. i like the state of south carolina. i like all the states where i won by double, double, double digits, those states. >> following the rise of anti-semitic incidents across the country, several muslim groups have started to join in solidarity. cair is offering a $5,000 reward to those responsible. and the crowd-funding page is helping to raise money to repair the jewish cemetery that was desecrated over the weekend. all the money raised will go to other jewish centers that need repairs across the country. >>> the president tweeted last night, the so-called angry crowds in home districts of system republicans are actually in numerous cases planned out by will liberal activists, sad. issa appears at morning rallies addressing supporters and critics. there was a lot of concern over education and russia and immigration and, in particular, health care. >> my problem is that does this extend to people like me who will run out of

as scott was mentioning. our entire republic is based on having different viewpoints and sorting them out in a way that doesn't involve arms. that's the entire premise in the way in which our government was set up. so, i think they're mistaken. i think to scott's point, this is a group, disparate citizens across this country that we need to listen to and listen to attentively. >> you have good political instincts. you've never lost a race. you're pretty great at reading your constituent base. what do you think the mood of voters is out there? and does that give you any cause for concern for going forward, for the republican party going forward? >> yeah, i think that we're at something of an inflexion point. if you look at government spending numbers, we're at a real problem point in government's ability to deliver on promises that have been made. that's not just tied to the affordable care act. it's tied to a whole set of different promises. one of the thin things i said on saturday to the group assembled is

and i spent a lot of time with governor walker and governor rick scott the other day. we were talking about it. they're very expert on the subject and i want to thank them. they spent a lot of time with me. governor christie, who is here someplace. where's chris? governor christie. thank you. we have a lot of talent and a lot of expertise here i will tell you. we have come up with a solution that's really, really i think very good. now, i have to tell you, it's an unbelievably complex subject. nobody knew that health care could be so complicated, statutorily and for budget purposes, as you know, we have to do health care before we do the tax cut. the tax cut is going to be major, it's going to be simple and the whole tax plan is wonderful but i can't do it until we do health care because we have to know what the health care is going to cause and statutorily that's the way it is. for those people that say, oh, gee, i wish we could do the tax first it just doesn't work that way. i would like to do it first. tax cutting has never been that easy but it's a tiny little ant

good thing you rushed the vote on scott pruitt. if scott pruitt does end up taking fall because of this growing scandal around him, he will be falling for a much greater height because of the way republicans rushed him into the cabinet. that does it for us tonight. see you again tomorrow. now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. >> rachel, i have worked on tv dramas where we have tried to write cliff hangers at the end of a particular season or episode, but the cliff hanger you just left us is better than anything we could come up with in tv drama. >> and when the republicans decided they were just going to put a brick on the gas pedal and jump out of the car, they could see the cliff and they did this anyway. >> and in the past, wherever clouds like that developed around nominations, the party in power always pumped the brakes a little bit, because they were afraid of exactly this. like, we don't want to confirm him this week and be in trouble two weeks later. >> exactly, they would at least delay it if not just ya

why was it coretta scott king's letter that seemed to raise their hackles the most? these are good questions we can come to our own conclusions. >> i can read your conclusions on your face. i have one last question for you, sir. >> yes. >> when the new president came to office, one of the intriguing things was that you're both new yorkers. he initially said some not unkind things about you and you talked about the fact that even though you weren't friends you had crossed paths a few times and were able to have a conversation. he has since called you a clown, he has accused you of fake crying over the refugee ban. are you talking to him at all? >> i haven't talked to him much in the last few weeks. when he praised me, it didn't matter. when he called names, it didn't matter. we're guided by our values. we have strong values, it's what america should be about and what happened is the donald trump presidency moved so far to the right it's hard to see compromising with them on almost anything because they are not what donald trump campaigned on. as i said to you last tim