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David Muir reports on how much the great apes have grown over the past year – and what their births mean for the endangered species.
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Jen Psaki takes a closer look at how former weekend right-wing cable news host Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's defense secretary, is gutting the top tiers of the U.S. military while doing a poor job handling Donald Trump's inexplicable war on Iran, and running down the U.S. military with wasteful, ill-considered decisions. Rahm Emanual, former Obama White House chief of staff, discusses the crisis of Pete Hegseth's leadership.
MS NOW’s Ali Velshi reports on the multiple controversies surrounding Victor Marx, the Republican candidate for Colorado Governor, who boasts of having killed a man when he was 7 years old, and is also being accused of campaign finance violations.
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Another top military leader steps down, as the United States and Iran launch fresh strikes against each other. MS NOW’s Pentagon reporter Priya Sridhar discusses the leadership vacuum with Ali Velshi as the USS Lincoln arrives in Thailand following months of supply shortages and poor conditions.
Listen to the audio version of The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell from the Sept. 1 broadcast.
Rep. Chris Deluzio joins MS NOW’s Jonathan Capehart to discuss reports Donald Trump was “surprised” about the extent of the military purge under Hegseth as his war in Iran drags on, saying, “If I were Donald Trump and looking for a fall guy for this war and its disaster, I’d be looking at Pete Hegseth.”
As Labor Day marks the unofficial start of campaign season, it’s clear that Texas has become a top-tier battleground state. A worsening political environment for Republicans, confirmatory polling data and an emerging fundraising picture are impossible to ignore. Texas is truly a toss-up. MS NOW Political Director Shawna Thomas explains why all signs are pointing to a neck-and-neck contest.
Rahm Emanual, former Obama White House chief of staff, makes an emphatic case to Jen Psaki that the Democratic Socialists of America are their own party, separate from the Democratic Party, and should be treated as such, including for primary elections.
MS NOW's Jonathan Capehart talks to Rebecca Cooke, the Democratic nominee in Wisconsin's third Congressional district, about her opponent, GOP Rep. Derrick Van Orden, who is attacking her with deepfake AI videos - something Cooke says really turns voters off from politics.
In conversation with Jen Psaki, Rahm Emanuel draws a line between what he calls the Democratic Party’s pragmatic and progressive wings and democratic socialists, arguing that while Democrats can debate policy differences, democratic socialists represent a separate party.
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