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    Watch The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell Highlights: May 6

    19:41
  • Obama 'terrified' Jen Psaki at first because he was 'larger than life'

    08:09
  • 'He threw down the gauntlet': Judge warns Trump of jail time for contempt

    04:16
  • Lawrence on Trump trial evidence: They wrote the conspiracy down on paper

    07:14
  • Lawrence: ‘You get monsters like Donald Trump thanks to people like Hope Hicks’

    19:13
  • Lawrence: I went to Trump's trial and found him in a jail of his own making

    20:05
  • Watch The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell Highlights: May 1

    17:30
  • ‘Meeting folks where they’re at’: VP Harris talks up economic gains with GA Black voters

    06:37
  • 'Con man' Trump 'will screw over workers': Dem blasts Trump's WI May Day rally

    06:05
  • ‘Sigh of relief’ after Arizona repealed ‘insane’ 1864 abortion ban, says A.G. Mayes

    04:41
  • Watch The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell Highlights: April 30

    16:37
  • Sen. Baldwin slams Trump-backed rival Hovde: Can't let him ‘anywhere near' the U.S. Senate

    05:04
  • Lawrence: Trump's never been closer to spending a night in jail than he is now

    11:26
  • Watch The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell Highlights: April 29

    17:15
  • SCOTUS justices flirt with idea Trump’s above the law, Yale’s Tim Snyder says

    03:43
  • ‘Another window’ into Trump ‘corruption’: Weissmann explains new docs case material

    04:34
  • Lawrence: New Trump docs transcripts reveal lies detailed in case's indictment

    08:51
  • Watch The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell Highlights: April 26

    19:02
  • TN Gov. Bill Lee signs ‘dangerous’ bill allowing teachers to carry guns

    06:54
  • Arizona Trump 'fake electors' indictment alleges plot went to the top

    06:06

Lawrence: GOP's debt limit threat is biggest danger to America right now

06:39

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell says that China's status as one of the largest holders of U.S. foreign debt makes "Republican members of Congress who are ready, willing and able" to force the United States to default on its national debt, a greater threat to our national security than the Chinese balloon shot down by federal authorities on Saturday.