channeling energy and an outpouring that is the essence of democracy and is the essence of what makes this country great and my hat is off to him. and i think you re going to see your you re gonna you re starting to see some seismic shifts. and i hope they reverberate. we ll see just remarkable day remarkable few days for him as well. we ll see what happens with justin pearson s vote on wednesday. thank you for joining us tonight . cnn tonight with alison camerata starts right now. good evening, everyone. i m alison camerata. welcome to cnn tonight . the ousted tennessee state. rep. justin jones tonight is reinstated. he was just expelled on thursday for protesting inside the chamber and demanding action on gun reform after that school shooting in nashville that killed 39 year olds and three adults. today we re setting a resounding message that democracy will not be killed in the comfort of silence. then this morning, yet another mass shooting a 25 year old gunman opened fire
many adults, so many people s lives have just been forever changed right guns. it s a clear indicator that something s not working. you ve been on with me when this has happened before, and we ve talked about how we re searching for solutions. and is there anything that could break the impasse? and i was so fascinated to read today that the credit card companies had a plan. i ll read it to you visa, mastercard and discover this month paused a plan to implement a new merchant category code for the nation s gun retailers. after political pressure from republicans, the measure is designed to help flag potential mass shooters and gun traffickers. but two dozen republican attorneys general warned the credit card companies that they should not go ahead with their plans. the republican officials said that adopting a new sales code for gun stores would harm the constitutional rights of gun owners. in other words, they could have flagged when somebody was gun shopping. you know when somebody wa