world. you are watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church just ahead, expelled and then reinstated two democratic lawmakers in tennessee are pushing to get their seats back this week, president biden getting ready to visit northern ireland this as we mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement that brought peace and the fallout from leaked pentagon documents how it could make ukraine s fight against russia that much harder. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary coach. good to have you with us, and we begin here in the united states were officials in nashville, tennessee, to determine the fate of expelled democratic state lawmaker justin jones. in the coming hours. the nashville metro council will vote on whether to reinstate him back into the states house of representatives. jones was one of two black lawmakers expelled by a republican supermajority last week. for taking part in a gun reform protests on the house floor. third member who is whi
charlotte, a big day for northern ireland and a huge security operation under way, with a security alert that revised to severe head of the 25th anniversary? yes. alert that revised to severe head of the 25th anniversary? the 25th anniversary? yes, you can robabl the 25th anniversary? yes, you can probably see the 25th anniversary? yes, you can probably see behind the 25th anniversary? yes, you can probably see behind me the 25th anniversary? yes, you can probably see behind me the - the 25th anniversary? yes, you can. probably see behind me the security operation is well under way. just by the court and is the president s hotel, and this road was closed yesterday afternoon more than 2041 was before he was due to arrive just behind the cordon. we have seen hundreds of police officers on the streets, police land rover driving around that us security services. this will be one of the biggest police operations in northern ireland for many years. last week they raise the terror t
it is to engage on something like this i think message to the irish and british alike that this is an important issue to i applaud him for doing that. i hope it s relatively well managed. he had an unfortunate comparison to the irish and palestinians i think the last time he talked tonight topic. we are not there to pick sides, to say this side is a winner or loser. we are there to encourage dialogue and continue progress. we want to see northern ireland succeed. we want to see the republic of ireland succeed, we want to see the entire uk succeed. these are our closest friends. this is family. this is people with whom we speak mostly the same language. so we are invested in seeing it succeed. we are are are are not a signatory to the agreement. i think a lot of folks in my country don t recognise that. i d like to think we helped to get it created and get it signed but we didn t sign it. we are here as an interested third party to
this building is the location for his main visit to northern ireland. the trip is notjust about celebrating good friday agreement and its anniversary but also about looking forward to the future of northern ireland and many of the generation stating here do not remember the troubles or perhaps were not born at that time. his trip properly starts on wednesday. a meeting with rishi sunak and a visit to ulster university s new campus. butjoe biden won t be visiting this building stormont the home of the devolved government. power sharing here in northern ireland collapsed over a year ago, with the democratic unionist party refusing to return over post brexit trading arrangements. the president seemingly wants to avoid the political standoff. from wednesday afternoon, he ll be in the irish republic, and it will be a mix of political business and personal visits. he ll meet the irish president and prime minister in dublin and his relatives in county mayo and county louth. joe biden desc
hello and welcome. we begin in northern ireland where final preparations are being put in place forjoe biden s visit to mark the anniversary of the signing of the good friday agreement. the white house says the us president is very excited for his trip, which will also take him to the republic of ireland, where he has his ancestral roots. he lands in belfast later today, from where charlotte gallagher sent this report. the us president is coming to town. belfast is really gearing up at the moment for the arrival of us presidentjoe biden. with his presidentialjet, air force 1, tonight. this building is the location forjoe biden s main public event in this trip isn tjust main public event in this trip isn t just about celebrating the good friday agreement and the good friday agreement and the 25th anniversary.