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begins in new york city, premiers sunday at 2:10 pm eastern on msnbc and wil stream on peacock. but tomorrow john will join me here in conversation right her in - premiere of this series. we ll have that show for you tomorrow you will not want to visit that is us for tonight i will see you again tomorrow. now it s time for the last wor with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence o donnell. - at 9 pm. he sure is. he s my favorite, he s my favorite this and i ll be watching. yes, as well. i thank you, alex wagner. thank you. we begin this hour wit breaking news about supreme 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 ....
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 transactio ....
If you are a supreme court justice, the answer should be, you would do absolutely nothin for that guy you would never let hi preference is empty your min in any way, in any workplace you would never let the good will you have for him think and we don t trust human being to be able to do that an that s why we have laws. that s why we have ethic rules. and that s why it appear tonight increasingly impossibl for clarence thomas to be able to fulfill his oath as a supreme court justice to, quot these are the words in the supreme court justice oath - quote, administer justic without respect to persons and to do equal right to the poore ....
For clarence thomas to be able to fulfill his oath as a supreme court justice to, quot these are the words in the supreme court justice oath - quote, administer justic without respect to persons and to do equal right to the poore poor and to the rich leading off our discussion tonight is democratic senato sheldon whitehouse, member o the senate judiciary committee and the chairman of the senate budget committee senator whitehouse, we now - it feels like we are in an emergency situation here wit the supreme court. and you are calling tonight fo an investigation by th attorney general of clarence thomas and based on this failure to disclose, which is - it s impossible to see this as anything but an extremely clea violation of law yeah, this all takes plac under a federal statute, the ethics and government act. ....
Basis. these applications were denied for quote suspicious financial activity. and then harry reid, realizing that he could benefit his son financially and potentially himself politically decided to overturn those petitions by directly contacting u.s. cis and asking them to overturn those petitions. reporter: now the ig report did not call mayorkas a liar though in 2013 he said under oath quote i have never in my career exercised undue influence to eninfluence the outcome of a case. yesterday dhs secretary jeh johnson backed him up, calling him honest and patriotic. martha? martha: william, you re also saying this wasn t the only case where mayor york cast pulled some strings for powerful democrats according to reporting, right? reporter: exactly the ig report involves a film project in hollywood. he overturned decision after calls from former dnc chairman ed rendell. ....