i say my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, are taking is to expel us for speaking about the issues of weapons of war on our streets. as protests raged outside the tennessee house chamber, republicans carry out their despicable act of expelling that democratic legislator, who wanted nothing more than to protect children from being murdered at school something republicans refuse to do now, expelled state representative justin jones who you just saw joins me moments from now and we begin tonight with an unprecedented and frankly shameful day in american politics the tennessee house took up resolutions to expel three democratic lawmakers, not for breaking any laws, mind you. they moved to expel these members for standing in the well of the chamber despite being ruled out of order by the speaker, and attempting to speak loudly against gun violence. and against children being shot dead in schools. something that literally just happened weeks ago in nashville. these three
ruled out of order by the speaker, and attempting to speak loudly against gun violence. and against children being shot dead in schools. something that literally just happened weeks ago in nashville. these three members were standing in alliance with gun reform supporters, including hundreds of students who packed the gallery, hoping, hoping and prayer that the legislature would take up a gun reform plan. instead, this was the plan to expel the members who stood up for gun reform. one state representative, justin jones, was expelled this afternoon. while late today, state representative gloria johnson survived expulsion by one vote a third lawmaker, justin pearson, still faces a vote at this hour. republicans likened the actions of these three lawmakers to the january 6th insurrectionists here are the three democrats
saying they re not pleased with the not so gradual shift. sara murray, cnn, washington. the white house is considering using a phone app for some gun background checks. sources tell cnn the app would be used for private sales, not commercial ones. the app would be connected to the national instant criminal background check system. gun rights and privacy advocates have already expressed concerns about the app s security, and say the app could become a de facto registry. officials expect a gun reform plan to be released next week. coming up. for the first time since he was ambushed in june, one of baseball s most beloved figures is speaking out about a terrifying moment when he was shot in the dominican republic. his message today straight ahead. at verizon, we re building the most powerful 5g experience for america.
checks. you know, senator elizabeth warren also had things to say. she just wrapped up her rollout of a gun reform plan. how was it received? reporter: well, fred, it was received well in this room. she got several rounds of applause throughout her speech. elizabeth warren is setting this goal of trying to reduce gun deaths in this country by 80%. some of the ways she wants to tackle that is by expanding a universal background check. also banning assault weapons. she s calling for a federal licensing system for people who buy guns and ammunitions. elizabeth warren is one of the candidates who is calling on walmart to stop selling guns in their stores. take a listen to a little bit of what she had to tell the attendees here at this forum earlier today. i come to you i know with these latest shootings in el
say, oh, not me. he wants to say, oh, yes, i could support changes on gun safety and then say but let s all be sure to bow to the nra. that just doesn t work. reporter: now elizabeth warren will release a gun reform plan of her own in the coming days and some candidates aren t just looking for changes legislatively or through executive action, they re also, some of them, at least four of the presidential candidates tweeted today calling on walmart to stop selling guns since that shooting in their store in el paso. elizabeth warren, bernie sanders, cory booker, julian castro, the four cantons who have made that call so far and tomorrow attention will turn over to des moines where many of the 2020 democratic candidates will speak at a forum on gun reform, that issue taking significance since the shootings last week, jim.