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
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the daughter of one of president putin s close allies, aleksandr dugin, has been killed in a bomb attack. russian media says darya dugina died after her car exploded near moscow. there s been no comment from the authorities there. it s thought that her father who s often called putin s brain could have been the intended target of the attack. the pair were reportedly set to travel back from an event in the same car. aleksandr dugin is a prominent ultra nationalist philosopher and strategist. mr dugin was interviewed by the bbc s gabriel gatehouse in 2016. he had this to say about his philosophy. truth is the question of belief and postmodernity shows that every so called truth is the matter of believing. so we believe in what we do, we believe in what we say, and that is the only way to define the truth. so we have our special russian truths that you need to accept as something that maybe is not your tru
we re either using canned peaches or we re having to do fresh frozen. reporter: georgia s fresh peaches are expensive and scarce. lawton pearson, a fifth generation peach farmer, showed us why. you ve got peaches here and that variety has nothing. reporter: not one? not a single peach. that s the way 95% of the farm looks. reporter: his 1,500-acre peach crop is a lemon. all my buddies. they all died and i have to deal with it. reporter: pearson s losing an annual challenge. it s something called chill hours. his georgia peaches, always a diva fruit, generally need 850 hours under 45 degrees fahrenheit to blossom. this year s crop, with climate change, had about 700 chill hours. starting in 2016, it s like we fell off a cliff. the average is about the minimum we need to have a good crop. reporter: no margin for error? that s right. we got to come up to the average every year, and we can t adapt
well as representative johnson, so the so-called tennessee three. we heard from representative johnson just a little bit ago, why she said she made the drive from nashville here, and why she said this was happening today is so crucial take a look at what she had to say. i want people to understand that we need justin pearson s voice in the house it s such a strong and powerful voice, an advocate for the people of his community and that, you know, we need representation from every district in this state this district is as important as any other district in the state. reporter: so chris, remember right now all eyes are on this commission building here behind me that s where we expect that vote to get underway not too long from now will there is a position for public comment. we expect that chamber to be filled with protesters or with supporters rather of pearson s and we ll certainly watch to see what we hear from them
saying something ryan appreciate it will continue to check in with you, of course throughout the hour, also joining us now democrat sam mckenzie, tennessee state representative who is also chairman of the tennessee black caucus of state legislators, good to have you with us this afternoon. i m sure you could hear that from ryan s live shot there, and i m sure you ve seen the pictures of the energy on the streets. do you have any reason to believe that representative pearson will not, in fact be reinstated? none at all. he s going to be reinstated , and they re going to expedite the process. i am hoping to see my colleague at nine a.m. central time when our floor session convenes tomorrow morning. representative last week after both representative pearson s and jones were expelled. you said, we need more howard baker type republicans that say the guy on the other side just might be right. we re right this time is what you said they re wrong. after all of this