contentious hearing inside tennessee s capitol building is underway right now as republican state lawmakers into expel three democrats over their protest for gun control. inside the chamber and expulsion vote is set to happen very soon. also right now , violence is erupting in the middle east. dozens of rockets fired into israel from lebanon. lebanon claims israel is firing back but israel denying that relies in jerusalem and in paris , scenes of outrage cars getting smashed bottle of paintballs flying protesters clashed with police, these breaking stories and more all coming in right now to cnn news senate. these are live pictures from inch by the chamber there in tennessee of lawmakers prepare for a big vote right now. potentially historic legislative session has begun in the statehouse as lawmakers prepare to vote on a resolution to expel three democratic state representatives. all three are accused of breaking house rules while calling for stricter gun control measures al
is saturday, april 22nd. i m aymara walker. victor blackwell and you re in the cnn newsroom we begin this morning with the battle over abortion. the widely used abortion bruggeman kristen will remain available to women in the u. s without restrictions , at least in those states where abortion remains. the decision protects access to the drug at least until the appeals process plays out, but the protection could ultimately be taken away again. court ruling in texas earlier this month suspended government approval of the 23 year old drug. it s the latest in a series of moves against abortion rights. cnn supreme court reporter ariana vogue is with us now. so the decision stands in the hands in the body administration. they got a big win, also for abortion rights community a major victory, but the battle is not over. right the bind administration is relieved today, right because those lower courts put in these restrictions significant restrictions on this key abortion drug, the b
freeze a lower court s ruling that placed restrictions on the drug mifepristone pill is the predominant method for ending pregnancies in the u. s. but now that decision sets up the most consequential abortion related disputes since the overturning of roe v. wade another appeals court is scheduled to take up the case. it is made. cnn s jessica schneider has more. the supreme court, stepping in to protect full access to the abortion pill mifepristone while this appeals process plays out, that means it will be status quo for the administration of this drug woman can continue to take it up to 10 weeks pregnant, they can continue to receive it by mail and via telehealth visits with their health care providers, and the generic version will remain widely available. this is exactly what the biden administration and the fda what they were asking for. they warned that if there were restrictions imposed on this drug at any point, there would be confusion and chaos. now this chaos has re
not been able to confirm that with people who knew the shooter , nashville s police chief, telling nbc the shooters time as a student at the christian school may have played into the motive. there s some belief that there was some resentment to having to go to that school. don t have all the details of that. just yet, and that s why this incident occurred late last night. nashville police released chilling new security video from the school showing the attackers shooting out a set of glass doors to gain entry to the school. and then roaming the hallways rifle raised searching. for targets. cnn s dianne gallagher has more. tragedy at another american school, three children and three adults, staff members shot and killed at the covenant school in nashville, tennessee, in what police are calling a targeted attack by a heavily armed 28 year old former student, nine year olds. who were killed. evelyn. dick house. william kenny. halle scruggs. three adults. mike hill. custodian age
old audrey hale hale had just gunned down 39 year old children and three staff members. a warning. what you re about to see is disturbing. it begins with officers, injuring the covenant school after receiving the first call at 10 13 am. three happening. one more. let s go. metro police. mm. i mean, you know me. i don t know where he is. police door. bathroom, bathroom, small bathroom. next. let s go. door door with me with me. hold the door. yeah. next. this. open it. i got it. i got it. let s go. right now. let s go, go right cover left! cover luck, right. let s take this with him this. no that s locked. take this story. take this store . take it . it s upstairs. sounds like something. i don t know. right? personnel, pbs. that is chilling video. cnn s amber walker is in nashville and emma emma, before we talk about this heart stopping footage. we know that national police just gave an update in the last hour. what did we learn? we just heard from the chief of police from the