we can feel it, right? in the moment yesterday. that history was being made in the state of tennessee yes, of course it was shameful that it came to all of that. expelling two state lawmakers ostensibly on procedural grounds over peaceful protests but ask yourself this. if the ultimate goal of any demonstration is to draw attention, to shine a light on injustice, then who is really better off as we come on the air less than 24 hours later today the tennessee republican party or those three democrats of whom they sought to make an examine pl representatives justin jones, justin parson and gloria johnson, they lit the match that started a bonfire, one that burned from coast to coast as americans watch transfixed yesterday afternoon into the evening on the east. now millions across our country are infinitely more aware not just of the barriers to do anything more than nothing about the epidemic of gun violence but of rank anti-democratic fervor among republicans. we are still
median income is lass than $45,000. east palestine is overwhelmingly white and politically conservative. more than 70% of the voters in the surrounding counties supported donald trump in the last election. that shouldn t be relevant but you re about to hear, it very much is. 11 days ago, 150 car train derailed in east palestine and it spewed poisonous chemicals onto the ground and in the surface waters. after the crash, the ohio state epa found evidence of yabbial acura late in the water and streams and creeks that feed it. this was more of a concern for east palestine given the ohio river supplies drinking water to about a tenth of the u.s. population. this train derailment was a environmental disaster. not an environmental disaster like climate change is, but an actual environmental disaster, one that s hurting actual people. then it got worse. several days after the derailment, officials decided it was a good idea to set fire to the spilled chemicals. the result of that
we are coming on the air following several big developing stories. a city on edge. new reaction to a disturbing video. and an interesting visitor on the hill. let s talk first about memphis. bracing for protests. the release of body cam footage of tyre nichols hours away. we heard the nichols family calling for peaceful demonstrations, with the five police officers charged with his death out on bond. our team is on the grounds standing by. also this hour, the first reaction from former house speaker nancy pelosi, you saw it live here, since the release of the police video showing the attack on her husband paul. you will see more of that and the former speaker s news statements in a moment. and back here in washington, what is up with elon musk on capitol hill today? what is he up to? why is he meeting with top republicans? we will have more on that. i want to bring in antonia hylton live for us in memphis, our senior legal correspondent laura jarrett is us with, along w
84-year-old man expected before a judge accused of shooting a black teenager after he mistakenly went to the wrong house and rang on the man s doorbell how the community is rallying around the injured teen. and in texas, a man under arrest accused of shooting two cheerleaders after one in their group mistakenly got into the wrong car. one of the girls being treated in the icu new this morning, a hearing for a massachusetts air national guardsman accused in a massive leak of classified intelligence documents. that hearing delayed but now new details about what those documents reveal it is one of the largest defamation payouts in history. a huge settlement between dominion voting systems and fox news, but fox s legal troubles are not over in florida, governor ron desantis feud with disney heating up today as he faces new criticism from his potential presidential rivals. and we begin this morning with what appears to be yet another tragic incident of gun violence this tim