reid wiseman added we can see the artemis 2 mission take off late next year that does it this hour, our coverage continues with alex witt right now very good to be with all of you. i m alex witt in for katy tur. we begin this hour in tennessee where any minute now the state s republican-led house will hold a vote to remove three democratic lawmakers from office. those lawmakers are currently making their opening statements. you see one of them right there doing so state representatives gloria johnson, justin jones, and justin pierson participated in a protest on the house floor where they held signs, led chants demanding stricter gun laws. the protest was in response to last month s shooting at a nashville school that left six dead, including three 9-year-old students those three democrats were stripped of their committee assignments, they were hit with three separate filings for their exp expulsion. it is a step that the tennessee state house has only taken twice since t
was targeted. and we re getting a disturbing look at the moment that suspect who police say is a transgender person and a former person at the school shoots out the school s windows and walks inside to carry out the attack. we re also learn much more about the six victims. three students, just nine years old and three adults in their 60s, including the head of the school. the lost, once again, renewing calls to do something to prevent the next shooting. the mayor of nashville sharing this call to action earlier on today. the country needs to pick itself up and say no to an assault weapons lobby that, again, is making it too available and too convenient and too first of mind for people to go out and commit terrible acts. and that is where we begin today. yasmin is in nashville for us. you were on your way home from one disaster in mississippi when you got the call to reroute to another tragedy. this time in nashville. i know you as a mom, your two boys, you keep thinking a
king is off today. israel shuts down schools, shops, the airport embassies even mcdonald s all closed as demonstrators swarmed the streets to protest a dramatic government overhaul. it s called checks and balances . there is no checks and balances, but the only will actually it s the only check and balance in israel to the government is not plus all about him. donald trump makes his 2024 message all about his legal troubles while warning of dark forces trying to stop him. and 2024 is the final battle that s going to be the big one, either. the deep state destroys america or we destroy the deep state. they re not coming after me. they re coming after you and i m just standing in their way. and twisters terrorized the south, steamrolling through towns, leaving nothing but piles of bricks and heartbreak. you say you lived right here? what s this? like to look at all of this? never seen anything like it, man. ba could be. i wish it was all a dream. right now. we begin with word o
retaliation. senator tom cotton calling on the white house to take a stronger stand against china in support of taiwan. president biden and the white house is going out of their way to minimize this visit, to say it s merely a private visit, not to defend the rights of senators and congressmen. not only are we going to continue this practice, but we ll stand up to any provocation that china undertakes in the western pacific because of these meetings. senior national correspondent william la jeunesse l live in si valley. with many western countries angry for china right now for a variety of reasons, this is an opportunity and pivotal moment for taiwan, which is about the size of maryland with a population of florida. taiwan is david. china is goliath. that s one reason president tsai needs support not just from the white house, but members of congress, including speaker pelosi, formerly, of course, and speaker mccarthy to counter that threat. china claims the island as i
address rising crime. chicago will now have another mayor who has previously called for the defunding of police. gillian: what impact will that new mayor have on the windy city s ongoing crime surge? we ll speak with raymond lopez about just what chicagoans say they are expecting. john: begin with the fox news alert, the taiwanese president meeting with kevin mccarthy in los angeles as part of a week long trip to america that has left china threatening to retaliate. those pictures coming in moments ago. hello, john roberts in washington. we live to fight another day. gillian: allegedly. see how today goes. good to be with you, john. john: it s early. gillian: gillian turner in for sandra smith. this is america reports. taiwan s increasingly close relationship with the u.s. is a major source of anxiety for beijing for years, china called it a provocative move that threatens to derail relations and undermine stability across the pacific. john: the biden administra