Lawrence

[liberal from boston]

Great News--Lawrence tweeted he will be on tonight @ 10 PM.

[chillfactor]

1. Thank goodness....

Joy does great when she covers for him, but I miss Lawrence.

[liberal from boston]

3. chillfactor

Totally agree.

[rurallib]

2. does that mean his contract dispute is settled?

I think he only has a week left on it.

[BigmanPigman]

4. I was wondering about that too.

[angstlessk]

5. Maybe he will update tonight?

Like saying, see you tomorrow next week and the week after that and...

[liberal from boston]

7. Lawrence

Lawrence tweeted: "I've been @ Harvard graduation this week covering the Zuckerberg presidential campaign. Return to @TheLastWord tonight live from Boston 10 pm". No statement about contract.

[DDySiegs]

9. Very Pessimistic About the Prospects

Maybe I'm reading the Tea Leaves the wrong way, but I think the deafening silence is a very bad sign. If MSNBC wanted Lawrence to stay on, I think it wouldn't take more than 15 minutes for a deal to be struck -- and we would have heard about it . But it's obvious that's not happening.

I will not watch Brian Williams, or anyone else for that matter, in the 10pm slot. I am also tending toward a decision to simply not watch MSNBC at all if Lawrence is not renewed.

[spooky3]

14. It's anyone's guess, but I'm leaning another way...

...I think there is a good chance that they will announce a deal at the very last minute. MSNBC may well want to make a deal but not at the price Lawrence would command if they showed their hand. I think he does have other options (because he said he would tell us where we could watch him if his contract was not renewed--I believe him, though this may be a negotiation tactic). So both sides may be pushing hard for a favorable bargain.

I hope he has an agent like Bebe Glazer:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0582337/

[grantcart]

16. agreed

[csziggy]

10. We may not find out until June 2 or even June 5.

Lawrence had tweeted that he would be somewhere on June 5 even if it was not on MSNBC. June 5 is a Monday, so if he is dumped by MSNBC he might announce his leaving on the previous Friday, June 2. Or if the negotiations are bitter, he may just not be on their programming on June 5 and all us fans will have to hunt for where he will be posting his commentary.

[Leghorn21]

6. Hey, how cool is it that I saw "Lawrence" and knew exactly who you were talking about?!

- not that outrageous an event on DU, I guess, but I'm glad he's an only-one-name-needed icon, even if it's "just" on DU!

[Leith]

12. Same Here

In my house, we only have to say "Rachel" or "Lawrence" and we both know who we're talking about.

Everybody else needs a last name.

[SCVDem]

8. Holiday Weekend

There are few shows with new material.

[zentrum]

11. Meaning it's permanent for now?

[Dream Girl]

13. Maybe he is saying farwell😞.

I dearly hope I'm wrong. And what is this zuckerberg president thing about?

[workinclasszero]

15. Watch it!

Huge breaking story from the WP just broke!

**Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret communications channel with Kremlin***
Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret communications channel with Kremlin
By Ellen Nakashima, Adam Entous and Greg Miller May 26 at 7:01 PM

Jared Kushner and Russia’s ambassador to Washington discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure communications channel between Trump’s transition team and the Kremlin, using Russian diplomatic facilities in an apparent move to shield their pre-inauguration discussions from monitoring, according to U.S. officials briefed on intelligence reports.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029121504