from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc new thanks for staying up late for me, i ll see you tomorrow. chris hayes of the night, of he will be tomorrow night, thi is a special edition of jo scarborough tonight, including our interviews with presiden joe biden, former presiden bill clinton, former british prime minister tony blair, secretary of state hillary clinton, and many of the other architects of the 25-year-ol peace agreements in northern ireland. but we start tonight wit explosive news the announcement from fox news that right-wing host tucke carlson is out at the network. the surprisingly brief statement from fox reads, quote, fox news media and tucke carlson have agreed to par ways we thank him for his service t the network as a host and prio to that as a contributor some reports say carlson s depart was ordered by fo chairman rupert murdoch as early as friday. nbc hasn t confirmed the details, but you don t have to look far to find the reasons fox would
politicsnation tonight s lead, one step at time he right now, abortion right activists are breathing a sigh of relief. as a key abortion pill wil stay on the market for now but, the fight over access t the bill now heads back to a appeals court. where the legal battle wil resume next month. meanwhile, on this earth day weekend, president biden i shoring up his green credential s with the bi announcement on environmenta justice. ahead of an even bigge announcement that he will ru for reelection that news is expected as early as tuesday as the 2024 presidential fields take shape on both sides. and, in just over a week after he was shot twice for ringin the wrong doorbell, kansas cit teen ralph yarl what i recovering at home his shooter, on andrew lester, now facing what could amount t life in prison on a firs degree assault charge. to which he has pled not guilty y all s family and their lawyers want a federal hat crime charge against leicester and, in a few minutes, ralph yarl
msnbc. thank you so much, reverend sharpton, thank you so much, let s begin this saturday with mifepristone and what happen now, supreme court i temporarily protecting acces to the most used abortion drug in united states two of the nine justices justice clarence thomas an samuel alito dissented friday, saying they would have allowed the original ruling, you know, the one by judge matthew kacsmaryk, to stay in effect which invalidated the fda approval of mifepristone this is thanks to the bide administration, the high court got involved in the firs place. this late quote, fridays stay sends long message to the lowe courts that scotus will no entertain the cynical attemp to impose new nationwide restrictions potentially even a ban o abortion if you feel like it is a littl too early to breathe a sigh of relief, well you would b right. mifepristone remains available in certain states wher abortion is currently illegal. that is until the fifth circui court of appeals rules o
democratic lawmaker fo peacefully protesting gu violence on the state hous floor. today, after the vote, pearson made it clear this is not over you cannot expel hope [applause] you can t expel [inaudible [applause] you can t expel our voice! you can t expel our fight! [inaudible so let s get back to work yeah! - yeah! on monday, nashvill officials returned state representative justin jones to his seat republicans also removed him for protesting gun violence on the house floor. meanwhile, we are awaiting a ruling from a federal appeal court on a texas judge s decision to halt fda approva of an abortion pill. the court rule could come at any time, the washington pos reporting that the biden white house is preparing for a major legal and political battle t ensure access to abortio medications. but state officials are alread taking action, some going as far as stockpiling abortio pills. we decided last week to obtain three or four years supply of this product they
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