yes, as well. thank you, alex wagner. thank you. we begin this hour wit breaking news about supreme clare justice clarence thomas. sheldon whitehouse a member of the senate judiciary committee committee is calling for a investigation of justice thoma tonight by attorney genera merrick garland. quote, for potential violation of the ethics of government ac under chapter five of th united states code, section 13 106. senator whitehouse will be our first guest tonight in thi breaking news coverage of first in american history. and the 234 year history of th united states supreme court, n member of the united state supreme court has ever appeare clearly to break the law until now. clarence thomas absolutely violated the federal law cited by senator whitehouse in his demand florida investigation o the by the attorney general. the law could not be more clea or more simple it requires supreme cour justices and other federal employees to report any real estate transaction, quo
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
and giano caldwell, but first this. john: to kick off america reports, life expectancy in america dropping to the lowest level in more than two decades, according to the cdc. deaths from drug overdoses and covid fueling the decline. john roberts in washington. sandra, good wednesday to you. sandra: i m sandra smith in new york city. plunged to an average of 76.1 years in 2021. fentanyl poisoning driving that number with more than 72,000 deaths by the end of last year. john: president biden s border crisis making it worse. officials are trying to stop the flow of fentanyl from creeping into the u.s., but despite efforts, parents are feeling the consequences of drugs in their family. fentanyl has changed the game. no longer can we say just be careful or it s not going to happen to my family. it took half of what he thought was a percocet. you have to talk about these pills and other forms that unfortunately they are now taking other than just pills. no mother want
come with us. we re heading for the valley. going where? did you say? mexico. all the way down. you going all the way to mexico tonight in this old heap of junk? reckon the town will get along without us tli monday? oh, i reckon. i was young enough to bounce that far, i d go with you. the last picture show was a movie that, however old i was when i saw it, i said, oh my god this movie is about me. this movie is about us. this movie is about america as we are right now, here in the mid- 70s, not as we were back in the early 1950s. do you think the last picture show is a john ford type movie? no. i think it s a peter bogdanovich type movie. peter bogdanovic loved movies, had a sense of movie history, but had a very strong sensibility. he spoke to a new generation, both visually and emotionally. orson welles read the script. and i said, i d like to get that depth of feel, everything being sharp, the way you did in citizen kane, touch of evil.
one of the world s worst stadium disasters at least 125 people have died in a stampede at an indonesian football match after police tear gassed pitch invaders. king charles will now not be at next month s climate change conference in egypt, following reports that prime minister, liz truss, advised him not to attend. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello. this is what is coming up this evening. it is the little and large show the city. hat tricks for foden and harlan crush united in the manchester derby. max verstappen will have to wait for his world title but it has still been a good day for red bull. english cricketers are in control as they look to seal the t20 series against pakistan. dawid malan helps them pass 200 in lahore. also coming up them pass 200 in lahore. also coming up in the programme, african runners continue their domination of the london marathon with maiden wins in the men s and their women s elite races. well come long and good evening. we ha