friday agreement was signed, t bring if not an end, at leas some long overdue respite from the decades of fighting an violence and terrorism i northern ireland it leaves tomorrow t commemorate the good frida agreement. it will be back on friday. now it is time the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening rachel it is on msnbc you just had reinstate representative justin jone from tennessee i am going to have the not yet reinstated representativ justin pierson join us as ou first guest tonight. and so it is remarkable to see how fast this story has move and to see that reinstatemen tonight was just really, reall exciting as a video. i am glad you relayed it the way you did during our hour. that document you gave us. well, i have to say, seeing people on the lawn of the fron of a tennessee capital today saying no justin s no piece, n justin s, no peace, i though that was pretty irresistible but yeah, and looking forwar to seeing that - thank you rachel. thank you
now, we re gonna be keeping an eye tomorrow on presiden biden s trip to ireland in northern ireland, marking 25 years since the good frida agreement was signed, from the decades of fighting i violence and terrorism i northern ireland he leaves tomorrow t commemorate the good frida agreement, he will be back o friday now it is time for the las word with lawrence o donnell good evening rachel. it i on msnbc. you just ha reinstated representativ justin jones from tennessee. i am going to have the not yet reinstated representativ justin pierson join us as ou first guest tonight. and so it is remarkable to see how fas this story has moved and to se that reinstatement tonight was just really, really exciting a a video. i am glad you relayed it the way you did during ou hour. that document you gave us well, i have to say, seeing people on the lawn of the fron of a tennessee capital today saying no justin s no piece, n justin s, no peace, i though that was pretty irresistible
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