after they took the house floor , demanding action in the wake of the nashville school massacre , plus more breaking news rockets fired into and from gaza tonight, tensions there at a breaking point. we ll take you there live and the district attorney who indicted former president trump tonight, taking on republicans, accusing them of attempting to undermine his criminal case. let s go, outfront. and good evening, everyone. i m bianna golodryga in for erin burnett outfront tonight, breaking news expelled . the republican led tennessee house has voted to expel one democrat and just moments ago it failed to expel a second and now the tennessee house is about to take action against the third. what is taking place is a dramatic act of political retaliation after the representatives justin jones, justin pearson and gloria johnson took to the floor last week to rally for stricter gun control after six people, including three children, were killed during a mass shooting at a nashvil
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
, all members of netanyahu s own party, suggests halting the controversial reforms. let s now go to journalist elliott godkin. he s in television for us, elliot. it looks like these demonstrations are growing their building. what are the what are the protesters want? they want an end to this judicial overhaul . jim that s what they ve been calling for. for the past three months or so. they ve been protesting and that s what they want even more now that the defense minister has lost his job because he became the first minister to come out. from this government to call for a pause in this judicial overhaul. and as you say other ministers are also saying that they would potentially support a pause to and they may not seem like a large number of ministers. but it s important to remember that prime minister benjamin netanyahu s coalition government has 64 out of 120 seats in the knesset. it only takes five of presumably members of his party because ultrareligious parties and the m
live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington less than two days after deadly tornadoes ripped through the south and new threat of severe storms is now hanging over some of the hardest hit areas, and the threat includes possible tornadoes. some 30 million people fall under this new threat, including mississippi were 25 people are confirmed killed in friday night s tornado outbreak today, the secretary of homeland security toward the area, along with the head of fema and other top federal officials. they were joined by the state s governor, who delivered this message to his fellow citizens in mississippi. what we ve seen. over the last 36 hours in mississippi, on the one hand, has been heartbreaking to see the loss and devastation of these communities, but on the other hand has been inspiring and gives me great reason for optimism and, quite frankly, makes me proud to be a mississippi and because mississippians have done what mississippians do in times of tragedy in t
mexico premieres tonight at 10 on cnn. brought to you by guilt , visit guilt dot com today for up to 70% off designer brands, designers that get your heart racing prices everyday. hurry on in a flash sales it up to 70% off guilt .com today. you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin and tornado ravaged mississippi, where people have lost their homes, their possessions and, sadly, some have lost their own loved ones. but right now there are new concerns hanging over the ruins of these communities, a new threat of severe storms, including tornadoes is looming over some of the hardest hit areas. that includes mississippi , where 25 people are confirmed dead from friday night s tornadoes today, top state and federal officials saw the damage for themselves, and they vowed to help these communities. face the years long challenge of rebuilding. but we ve come to do we have come to see it in person to communicate to the people of mississippi. that we are