house of representatives who have jumped into our present day and we believe into ou history in a way that we haven t seen, as he pointed out, since martin luther king was 2 years old, when he came to prominence as a civil rights leader it is what feels like a terrible moment for the country, but out of it there are thes absolute lightning sparks of hope in the form of those thre lawmakers who have bee unbelievably strong an principled, and just brilliantly the struggle, if you will a reason for hope in the darkness, i guess. one of those sparks of hope representative justin joins us gonna join us tonight. and so very glad to have reverend warnock kind of leading into that. yes, what a ticket. thank, you alex on this day, this very day, 60 years ago, the reverend dr martin luther king junior wa arrested along with 55 other and was jailed and birmingham, alabama. the notorious segregationist will conor ordered the arres of dr. martin luther king on april 12th, 1963, fo
unbelievably strong an principled, and just brilliantly the struggle, if you will a reason for hope in the darkness, i guess. one of those sparks of hope representative justin joins us gonna join us tonight. and so very glad to have reverend warnock kind of leading into that. yes, what a ticket. thank, you alex on this day, this very day, 60 years ago, the reverend dr martin luther king junior wa arrested along with 55 other and was jailed and birmingham, alabama. the notorious segregationist will conor ordered the arres of dr. martin luther king on april 12th, 1963, four, quote, parading without a permit. that was during a protes against segregation in birmingham dr. martin luther king was sentenced to a birmingham jail after the united auto worker paid his 160,000 dollar bail back, dr. king was release from that jail, eight days later. on april 20th. while in that jail, dr. king was in a dark cell, alone, wit no mattress, and was denied an phone calls. he was smuggled
i ret today.it really bears redg ery year on this day as possible. or bill lee of your st w issued an executiv ordeclearly in response ou actions. i m not his would ve ed withoou and this is executive order, a i read i i want you to clarify for requires 72 hours, fortin formation to be enteto system, that is umablylegal devy arrests or information lik what is it what doe executive order this executorder, actually met with the govern next to him when hplainethis the onlyue that executiv der is tspires when th governor leaves. and so we want long-lastin legislation. he s talking about som background checks. he starting to ask us in the legislature to push a red flag law, something democrats bee fighting for years but we know it s not enough. that s what we told th governor yesterday when we met with him i was sitting across for him i said governor, this is gonna take political courage and sacrifice. we know he s endorsed by the nra, he s very fringe extrem groups it s gonna take him pu
lives in children the state, the lives of our community members, over the campaign donations of the nra and the tennessee firearms association i really hope and believe that the government wants to be a good faith partner but, i know that they are extreme forces even within this body, lik speaker cameron sykes, tryin to obstruct meaningful legislation. their solution is to militariz our schools, to have mor police, more laws. one member said if we could pu a tank outside the schools, it will do that but who wants to live in a society like that? dr. king said i want to societ that is at peace with itself that s what we re fighting for so the governor s executiv order is a step forward but no enough we need universal background checks, a ban on assault weapons, like air fifteens, an we need safe towards laws. so much more that we can do in our over the government will step into the moment of courag and conscience and act for the people of our state. the speaker of the house, who we s