politicsnation tonight s lead, a dangerou precedent. robert right now, the eyes o the nation are on tennessee, o the eve of a vote that may reinstate one of the two democrats expelled from thei seats in the state house las week and tomorrow, a county counselor in nashville wil vote on the next step for on of those vacancies a majority of its members on record saying they will vote t reinstate former state representative justin jones, along with justin pearson, was voted out by republica legislators for protesting gun violence on the state hous floor earlier this month the first time in tennesse history that house members hav been expelled for chamber rule violations we will hear from jones in jus a moment here. just as we heard last nigh from tennessee state representative - johnson, a white democrat wh narrowly escaped her own expulsion. and she pulled no punches in our assessment of why her tw male colleagues did not. of course, along with th racial overtones of thes exposu
politicsnation let s turn to my panel april ryan, white house bureau chief at thegrio, and brand-new miss msnbc contributor. welcome to the team, april and katie brenna, justic reporter for the new york times. let s talk about forme president donald trump who tweeted not guilty last week t 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the firs degree before and after his arraignment, trump has lashe out at the judge in this cas and manhattan da alvin bragg but now that the media circu is over, trump will have t adjust to a new reality. april, you had a front row sea too much of the trum presidency how do you expect he will deal
congress. these are some individuals. bakari sellers, a yunlg individual from south carolina, a state representative of south carolina. he s another trailblazer. there are a lot of people that we believe you guys will be talking about for some time to come. david, i love your list, and i m glad you included a lot of mayors. that s where it starts. mayors are on the front lines of american government here. fascinating read. you ve got to get folks to keep looking at it all year. and a reminder, you can read about the 100 people on t thegrio s list of 100 history makers in the maker on thegrio.com. coming up, the messy fast food must have that s getting a much-needed makeover. plus, the uproar of putting suspected terrorists on trial in civilian courts. we go inside the debate with someone who s been inside the room, the courtroom. defendant ed mcmahon defended 9/11 co-conspirator, zacarias