legislators. michael smerconish in philadelphia. it s hard not to jump to conclusions about the tennessee state house. the r word it needs to be reserved for clear and convincing cases of prejudice, discrimination or antagonism. against the person or people based on their membership in a racial or ethnic group. after all, there is an appropriate permanence to labeling conduct as racist. but from the outside looking in this short does seem to be such a case. three tennessee state legislators who engaged in roughly the same behavior were meted out disparate treatment. just days after 39 year olds and three adults were murdered in a mass shooting at the covenant school in nashville. these legislators led what was described as a disorderly gun reform chant that interrupted house proceedings. there seems to be no debate as to whether they broke the rules. justin jones of nashville, justin pearson of memphis and gloria johnson of knoxville the only difference between the behavior o
you cancel unwanted subscriptions with just a tap. download rocket money today to start saving longoria searching for mexico tomorrow at nine on cnn. i live in the cnn newsroom . i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the hour with a crucial ruling out of the state of texas . that arguably marks the most significant blow to women s rights since the supreme court overturned roe versus wade. last summary, trump appointed judge in texas ruled friday that the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug, preston. should be halted. it s one of the most trusted and widely used drugs for medication abortions. the court did pause the ruling for one week so that an appeal, which is already underway can be filed. democrats are slamming the decision, with the biden administration vowing to fight back. those um, record in the abortion medication. decision came down today. i haven t read it yet, so i m going to do an analysis of it. but if general matter, i ll say that there is n
washington. we begin this hour with the tempers flaring in nashville. where emotions are raw politics, much like the rest of the us bitterly divided republicans in the state house there voted to expel lawmakers were breaking decorum during a raucous but peaceful protest demanding gun reform that protest ignited by the nashville school shooting that left three adults and three young students dead. how the expulsion vote ended, has only added to the anger representatives justin pearson and justin jones. who are black, were expelled their fellow protester and colleague gloria johnson, who was white kept her seat by one vote. cnn correspondent isabelle rose salas joins us now with the latest isabelle what happens now? i guess there is some hope that these two lawmakers who were expelled might get their seats back. and that is certainly a very real possibility. here, jim. right now the spotlight is on filling those two vacant statehouse seats, and what we re seeing is local lawmak
ahead. i ll speak with the family of paul weiland, another american, the kremlin has locked up on espionage charges and a group of military families gets the tragic news. nine service members killed when two black hawk choppers crashed. cnn has a crew right near that save. plus tension in the house from paper tossing to hallway shouting in your face. debates are getting heated on the hill. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start today with our world lead. top u . s. officials are strongly criticizing russia after an american reporter was detained on charges of spying. evan gersh covic appeared in a moscow court today accused of trying to steal russian state secrets. his employer, the wall street journal, says it quote vehemently denies those claims. but now gorshkov itch faces up to 20 years in prison. and today , lawmakers on capitol hill are accusing russia of using this journalist as leverage, and the white house is dismissing the charges.
started and the response from the u. s and other countries. hundreds of atlanta area inmates are being moved as a jail deals with an outbreak of infectious illnesses. the measures being taken to address the problems plus how one man s family says those conditions contributed to his death. boston marathon s tomorrow with this year s race marking 10 years since the deadly bombing. we re joined by a survivor who s turned that trauma into a cause to help others. we re starting in washington. the debt ceiling deadline just one of the major issues facing congress when members return this week, president biden house speaker kevin mccarthy, they are locked in a standoff over raising the debt limit, and biden s message to mccarthy is show me your budget, mccarthy is holding a conference call with house republicans today ahead of a speech tomorrow at the new york stock exchange. cnn reporter elena train has more on the week ahead for mccarthy and congress. good morning, victor and amra