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
220400 or go to miso book dot com. hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. it is a very, very busy news day. thanks for sharing your time. some new cnn polling releasing this hour. it is a sober reality check for president biden. tough performance grades and a big wow on the question of deserving four more years, plus a simply blockbuster blonde bombshell report. get this supreme court justice clarence thomas. did not disclose luxury trips around the world worth hundreds of thousands of dollars paid for by a billionaire, conservative activist and protests and controversy right now in tennessee, three democrats in the legislature could soon be expelled for staging a gun reform protests on the floor of the statehouse, and today they are still making their case for change. we are making this political statement today by trying to act like we re doing something that is not going to do anything to prevent what occurred. more police officers in schools. u
President and this administration, really the world, wants north korea to finally step down with regard to its nuclear process. John . All right, dana bash. Fascinating interview from right there in the Demilitarized Zone in north korea, between north korea and south korea. The Vice President with a message that Military Action might be on the table, but a different message coming from inside the white house. Cnns athena jones is there. And athena, we have heard from the National Security adviser maybe some different language than the Vice President. Reporter hi, john. Thats right. H. R. Mcmaster, the National Security adviser, putting the emphasis on nonmilitary options. But john, the Central Question in all of this, or a big Central Question in all of this is what china will do. Will china do more . President trump has made it clear he wants to see China Step Up Pressure on north korea to rein in its nuclear ambitions, and he believes china can do so because china is the norths main