When Donald Trump boasts that a new steel plant is already under construction in Iowa, who better to check the veracity of that claim than the people in Iowa who live where the plant is supposedly being built? Jen Psaki shares examples of Donald Trump making promises on the campaign trail that have no basis in reality as far as the people most closely connected to the news can tell.

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After Georgia’s GOP-led election board asked the Trump Justice Department for “intervention” ahead of the midterms, MS NOW’s Luke Russert talks to Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA) about what can be done to stop Republican plots to meddle in November’s election.

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Republican Sen. Thom Tillis has shared private text messages he sent to President Trump ahead of launching his new book. Jen Psaki reads some of the “spicy” messages.

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Trump’s Justice Department is reportedly reviewing whether Watergate prosecutors committed misconduct. It’s the latest move by the Trump administration to recast Richard Nixon as a victim of the “deep state.” Former Rep. Liz Holtzman, who served on the House Judiciary Committee that voted to impeach Nixon, called the effort “beyond stupid.” Rewriting Watergate, she said, is an attempt to “work out some way” of exonerating Trump. “It was a high moment in American history — that we held a powerful president accountable,” Holtzman said. “And Trump wants to take that down.”

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Listen to the audio version of The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell from the Oct. 5 broadcast.

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