tv. like, did you get a haircut? we re glad you are with us. and it is wow. very busy news friday . let s get started with the five things to know for this. friday april 7th 2023, tennessee republican led tennessee s republican led house has expelled two of its democratic members for violating house rules during a gun reform protests. one of them is justin jones. and he will join us live this morning. a story that is we have so much to cover on that plus escalation in the middle east israel launching airstrikes into southern lebanon and the gaza strip. the move comes after a barrage of rocket attacks were reported in israel. biden administration proposing a rule that would forbid a ban on trans athletes. the rule, however, would allow some exceptions to be made also story. daniels speaking out, saying she is quote absolutely willing to testify in the manhattan district attorney s case against former president trump. she s telling piers morgan. she doesn t think the charges ag
disclosure forms. they tend to put just minimal amount of information there, and recently the rules were tweaked so that this kind of travel so called personal hospitality would have to be revealed. but the bottom line also is caitlin that they have no formal code of ethics or any way that any member of the public could lodge a complaint and then see their complaint resolved. the attitude of the justices has essentially been trust us. we have you can be confident that we have no conflicts of interest here. you know, joan that that lack of a code of ethics is the first thing i thought about when i read this propublica reporting because we talked about that. right around the leak of the dobbs decision, right? like where is the code of ethics? consider and this is another place where it shows how needed that is. is there any precedent for anything like this in modern , the modern history? the court at least, you mean this kind of extensive, you know, not that we know of. and i do have to
about gun violence? what what are we going to do about guns in court? what are we going to do about red flag? well, the conversation can happen because they re drowning out sucking all the air out of the room. so i would just push back on you saying we can t get there. if they won t let us and thank you for letting me speak with you. god bless you, representative. you got a long drive home. one final question for you. all right, well, german faizan has left us. in the final question that i wanted to ask him was his explanation for why the two black democrats were expelled and the woman the white woman, who she acknowledged she believes race played a role in that. survived by one vote. yep it s obvious. um, look, it s they could have done a censure, right? i think the right question was why take the most drastic action afterwards? this is exactly what our country was built on on protesting. not everyone put protests are perfect. it s also unconscious bias. it s racism. it s a double
this statement in response to the new report, saying justice thomas and his wife, jenny never asked for any of this hospitality. we have never asked about a pending or lower court case, and justice thomas has never discussed one. we have never sought to influence justice thomas on any legal or political issue. joining us now for her perspective on this is seen in supreme court analyst joan biskupic. whose new book that was just out nine black robes inside the supreme court s drive to the right, and its historic consequences is kind of the perfect book to set us up for this moment, and joan, you know the supreme court so well, i just wonder initially, as you read this report you learned about this. what your reaction was. were you stunned by it? i was i was, i will be very honest . i was impressed by the reporting the kinds of details they came up with. and how much they were able to ferret out because the truth is so little is disclosed by these justices. there is some ambiguity in the
being we have it under control here, trust us. that s that s really too bad to not hear from them, especially the chief justice. who wants this court to not be viewed as political yeah . thank you. thank you. reporter said that they didn t get a response at all. thomas either. i encourage everyone to read that that s amazing, stunning report on propublica journalism , that s for sure. all right, coming up next, the ceo of america s biggest banks says. we need to let some banks fail exclusive. sit down with jamie diamond from jpmorgan ahead, also his predictions on a potential recession. has this banking crisis even though you think it s almost over which i m really glad to hear, though increased chances of her session here. if your business kept on employees to the pandemic, get refunds dot com can see if it may qualify for a payroll taxax refund of up to $26,00000 per employee, even if it received dpp and all it takes is eight minutes to get started. then