you know, drink to a little bit done. great assignment, don have fun this morning continues right now. mike pence, headed to the witness stand and the boj s january 6th investigation. this would be the first time that a former vice president testifies about his former boss and criminal investigation. do you think that there will be more than he can shed light on, particularly when it comes to his conversations with the former president, having the vice president of united states with a special counsel under oath, i think adds enormous value. take our support for the people of taiwan seriously, the white house has tried to downplay the historic nature of the meeting, trying not to overreact, threatening to fight back of violation of its sovereignty. the speaker of the house, there is no place that china is going to tell me where i can go or who i can speak to. concern is mounting in the middle east after israeli police and palestinians clashed at one of islam s holiest sites d
i m abby phillip in washington and you are live in the cnn newsroom, unprecedented political retribution. that is what is on the agenda in the tennessee state house right now , protesters have been at the capitol in support of the so called tennessee three democratic state lawmakers who are on the cusp of being expelled from that chamber. and any minute now the gop dominated chamber will vote on whether to remove them from office because get this. they protested on the house floor calling for stricter gun laws after the nashville shooting that left six people dead. three of whom were children. now, if the vote passes, it would be the first time in that body s entire history more than 200 years that a violation of house rules resulted in members being ousted . and so just to recap these three lawmakers, they may be stripped of their elected positions for speaking out of turn. after 39 year olds were gunned down in their grade school. cnn s ryan young is on the scene for us, ry
forced to perform sexual acts once you see exactly from the report, it says from the 19 forties through 2000 to over 100 priests and other archdiocese personnel. engaged in horrific and repeated abuse of the most vulnerable children in their communities. while archdiocese leadership looked the other way . time and again, members of the church s hierarchy resolutely refused to acknowledge allegations of child sexual abuse for as long as possible. now 13.2 million has been given to 303 victims at this point since the 19 eighties. the money is going for counseling and for settlements. many alleged victims were too late here because according to the civil statute of limitations in maryland, victims have no recourse if they are over 38 years old. the report cites why they didn t come out sooner. some wanted their parents to pass on before they would come
from priests. male priests are the main alleged offenders. in all of this. i did see some sisters, some nuns that were in there, along with with other clergy and personnel and deacons. but the report goes into great detail that the victims were plied with alcohol and with drugs, so they were not able to do anything, and then they were coerced to engage in these sexual acts. i want to read a portion from the attorney general s report because it says it very, very strongly quote from the 19 forties. the route 2000 to over 100, priests and other archdiocese personnel engaged in horrific and repeated abuse of the most vulnerable children in their communities, while archdiocese leadership looked the other way, time and again members of the church s hierarchy resolutely refused to acknowledge allegations of child sexual abuse. for as long as