official confirmation of what led to the shooting but president biden has described it as outrageous and unacceptable. one of the four killed has been identified as philstavious dowdell by local media. he was a standout high school athlete and was planning to attend jacksonville state university on an american football scholarship. earlier, alabama police gave this update on the victims. some of those injuries are critical. they are in critical condition. and that s why it s so important that we absolutely need everyone to continue to pray for those individuals to allow them to recover from what very enduring, as well as their families. live now to our correspondentjess parker. i understand you havejust arrived there. can you give us arrived there. can you give us a sense of how the community is reacting? we a sense of how the community is reactinu ? ~ . , a sense of how the community is reactin: ? ~ . , ., , ., reacting? we arrived ust as a viuil reacting? we arrived ust a
of representatives in the state have voted to expel 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. with me is the bbc s helena humphrey. we helena humphrey. have seen some extraordinary images we have seen some extraordinary images from tennessee, tell us what we have been witnessing? certainly an extraordinary day, as we speak right now protests are continuing their outside of the state capital in tennessee, all of this coming off the back of the news that two accredited representatives avenue you say have been ousted today. firstly justinjones, 27 years old representing parts of nashville and justin pearson, 29 years old representing parts of memphis. two black representatives and then gloria johnson was a
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
is cnn breaking news. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight. we do have breaking news, the supreme court making a major ruling tonight one that many across the united states were waiting anxiously to hear the court ruling just hours before a midnight deadline. right? so we re on a friday night here. seven o clock eastern, just this ruling coming out their ruling that are widely used abortion drug. kristen will remain available for now. okay so here s the crucial context here. it was just two weeks ago that a trump appointed federal judge suspended the medications approval by the fda. so an appeals court then decided to impose restrictions on the drug that included blocking mail delivery requiring a doctor visit to get it determining what point during a pregnancy. the drug could be used all of this. so it goes to the supreme court, which is now weighed in which is stopping those lower court rulings from taking place. now here s the key, at least until the appeals pr