momentous showdown in tennessee . a white democratic lawmakers survives the vote to expel her from the statehouse, while republicans ousted two black lawmakers over gun protest what the white house is now saying at the sour, plus free luxury trips and lavish trips for more than two decades. yet supreme court justice clarence thomas failed to disclose any of them new reporting on who s been funding those vacations. and overnight violence is erupting in israel and now lebanon two days after israeli forces stormed one of islam s holiest sites live on the ground in jerusalem and beirut. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m omar jimenez in for christine romans. as always , we ve got a lot to get to. so let s get to it. we begin with the extraordinary actions of the republican controlled tennessee house today, expelling two democrats for staging a gun violence protests on the house floor last week. as everything. gallery erupting after the gop super
unit describes his former boss now that he s defected. also, we re watching for a vote any minute now to remove three tennessee democrats for protesting against gun violence after last week s horrific shooting at the covenant school. our nbc reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we begin with that unprecedented vote happening today in nashville nbc s lindsey reiser has been following this for us. what s happening on the house floor now, and where does the vote stand reporter: they went through the normal business of the day, hearing 29 bills now they re in a section of the proceeding called unfinished business and they re in a bit of a recess, it appears, but then each resolution to expel each member will be voted on separately the members will have a chance to defend themselves we have justin pierson of memphis, gloria johnson of knoxville and justin jones of nashville. you re looking at video here i was here at the capitol in nashville on this day
still early in that that we re going for longer. we don t really know the outcome. a q t, i think would be writing about q , e and q. t for 50 years, quite okay. diamond also says, however , that the u. s economy is strong and he feels hopeful about the strength of human capital in the u. s in paris and 11th day of violent clashes have erupted, especially on thursday between police and protesters against plans to raise the pension age to 64. forcing their way. demonstrators forcing their way into the building that houses blackrock, the world s biggest money manager, holding red flares, striking images they re firing smoke bombs and chanting anti reform slogans. they also set fires across the city, including the bistro frequented by french president emmanuel macron. cnn s saskia van dorn, his live in paris with
claudio is with us what are we seeing today reporter: they haven t backed off, chris the protests that have gripped france for the past few weeks against the pensions reform have now intensified, and the reason is that yesterday, the trade unions and the prime minister of france failed. now, today just to give you a couple of examples of protests that flared up all over the country, and especially in paris, on that occasion you just mentioned at the offices in paris now the black rock offices are in a major building in the center of paris, near the royal opera house and in the other opera house, and there were about 100 other trade workers protesters who stormed the hall of that building, holding red flares and firing smoke bombs, spent about a half hour in there and left the building. in another part of paris, a restaurant, where president macron in 2017 held a