a remarkable scheme playing ou right now in the tennessee capital, as you can see there. absolutely shocking scenes i tennessee today. we just saw the third of three votes on expelled expulsion, i will take you through what happened today just so you know, what s happening right now, three members were voted on to b expelled two african american members one white member they expelled, successfully, with a two thirds vote, to the two black members and did no expel the white woman who wa up as well they just held that vote kicking out three democrat from protesting gun violence it started a week ago, whe protesters descended on th state capitol, they were calling for lawmakers to pas gun control legislation after shooter had killed 39 year old and three adults at a privat elementary school in nashville the protesters made it into th gallery of the legislature, an those three democratic lawmakers, the ones that we sa today, justin jones, whose district is in nashville justin pea
tennessee today. we just saw the third of three votes on expelled expulsion, i will take you through what happened today just so you know, what s happening right now, three members were voted on to b expelled two african american members one white member they expelled, successfully, with a two thirds vote, to the two black members and did no expel the white woman who wa up as well they just held that vote kicking out three democrat from protesting gun violence it started a week ago, whe protesters descended on th state capitol, they were calling for lawmakers to pas gun control legislation after shooter had killed 39 year old and three adults at a privat elementary school in nashville the protesters made it into th gallery of the legislature, an those three democratic lawmakers, the ones that we sa today, justin jones, whose district is in nashville justin pearson, whose district is in memphis, and glori johnson, whose district is i knoxville, went to the front o the chamber
Outraged by what i ve witnesse today. and i ve had the opportunity and the privilege over the las few days of speaking back an forth with representativ jones. and i m not surprised by wha happened today, but i think it is such a powerful tableau tha tells us precisely the momen we were at in this country, an representative justin pearso just said it you can never normalize the en of democracy every legislature has rules, and rules for the quorum, rule for the conduct, rules for committees, and they also have sanctions for violations o those rules. and they are on a slidin scale. one can be reprimanded, one ca
That there s a rule also in th house that taking video on the house floor violates the rules so, any member who took that video also would have violated the rules. it also wasn t clear whether during that protests, they wer in recess or not in recess you have to go frame by fram and use time stamps to understand whether, in fact, they violated the rules during the session or whether reces had already been established i mean, there was a lot here that needed to be investigated and perhaps going forward, wil be investigated if these two young men choose to challeng this, legally. but this is what we watche today. absolute lawlessness, a vide just introduce from nowher that no one is willing to take responsibility for who took th video because they knew that i violated the rules of th house. i want you to stay with u if it s possible, senator lamar, as well as sherrilyn i want to go quickly to nb news correspondent, priscill thompson, who s there on the ground in the middle of it all
House floor violates the rules so, any member who took that video also would have violated the rules. it also wasn t clear whether during that protests, they wer in recess or not in recess you have to go frame by fram and use time stamps to understand whether, in fact, they violated the rules during the session or whether reces had already been established i mean, there was a lot here that needed to be investigated and perhaps going forward, wil be investigated if these two young men choose to challeng this, legally. but this is what we watche today. absolute lawlessness, a vide just introduce from nowher