two democratic members for disorderly conduct after they took part in a protest for stricter gun laws in the chamber last week. justin jones and justin pearson have been ousted, but a third democrat seen in the middle of these pictures, gloria johnson narrowly survived the vote, which requires a two thirds majority. the three led a protest in the state capitol in the wake of a deadly school shooting in nashville that left six people dead, including three young children. with me now is former representative justin jones, one of the democrats who was just expelled from the tennessee house. justin, thank you very much for joining us here on bbc news. first and foremost, where exactly are you? you know there have been massive protests at the house in nashville so what is happening around you? yes. is happening around you? yes, thank you is happening around you? yes, thank you so is happening around you? yes, thank you so much is happening around you? yes, thank you so m
done effort. quite frankly, i ve had meetings with these people, they have looked me in the and told me that they believe that the afghans who served alongside us are nothing more than islamic fundamentalist terrorists and it is theirjob to prevent them from coming to the united stop they are deeply misguided individuals, they do not have the correct accounting of these people. none of them have ever served in uniform, none of them have ever been to afghanistan, they probably don t know a single afghan in their life and they don t speak to the vast majority of the american people on this issue. in majority of the american people on this issue. on this issue. in the very short time on this issue. in the very short time we on this issue. in the very short time we have - on this issue. in the very short time we have left, | on this issue. in the very - short time we have left, what you think we can learn from this entire experience and the report we saw come up? collapse ha ens repor
live from washington, this is bbc news. two democrat lawmakers in the state of tennessee expelled by the state legislature over protests for stricter gun control. we ll be speaking to one of those expelled lawmakers, justin jones, shortly. and the biden white house releases a report blaming the chaotic afghanistan withdrawal on the trump administration. hello, i m sumi somaskanda. welcome to our show. we start tonight in the us state of tennessee where, in an extraordinary move, republican legislators who control the house of representatives in the state have voted to expel