should happen now it should get dismissed. we re not going to stop on this nothing s changed. we believe he s overstepped. two top republicans in the house are promising to investigate the manhattan district attorney following the indictment of donald trump that comes as the former president is escalating his attacks on social media which now include a call to defund federal law enforcement. meanwhile mike pence will soon have to testify before a federal grand jury in one of the cases tied to trump. we ll tell you which one and why the former vice president appears finally ready to talk. plus the gop controlled statehouse in tennessee could take historic action today against three democratic lawmakers. we ll explain the controversy connected to calls for new gun legislation. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, april 6th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin today with the fallout from this week s historic arra
disorderly behavior. those three democrats approached the house podium in between bills last thursday. they chanted with protesters in the house chamber gallery calling for action on gun violence after six people were killed in a nashville school shooting just days earlier because the lawmakers were not recognized to speak at the time republicans say they broke chamber rules. the tennessee house speaker went as far as comparing their actions to the january 6th insurrection nbc news spoke to two of the democratic representatives facing expulsion what we re seeing now is an assault on our democracy to silence the voices of not just us but of our constituents and to silence the voices of a movement this has only been done three times in tennessee house history, and they re doing this as a way to distract from the issue, which is the mass shooting that happened here. i am a teacher. i taught for 27 years.