protest for gun control. their republican colleagues called it breaking the rules of decorum. the lead starts right now. debate and voting underway right now, as tennessee state house republicans try to expel three statehouse democrats, they protested on the statehouse floor in the wake of the nashville school shooting, but should they really be kicked out of office plus airspace over northern israel shut down after rockets were intercepted, fired from lebanon. this is just one day after israeli police raided a mosque in jerusalem all of the moves, sparking fears of a greater conflict and luxury trips. travel on yachts, all on the dime of a republican mega donor, a new bombshell report alleging that supreme court justice clarence thomas accepted at all and disclosed almost none of it. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start in our national lead any moment now the republican controlled tennessee state house will be voting on whether to expel three state house democr
the road. hang on. hey soft! mr mr. clark please stop clock. mr. wendell, please. that is that is not appropriate. the suspension of the rules. request mr clerk. can we just go back? over what what that was. one second one second. alright, we re gonna. be watching the proceedings here just to bring people up to speed state representative gloria johnson. ah again born just like a former state representative jones, not born in tennessee, moved to tennessee to go to college. he went to university of tennessee at knoxville became an activist more traditional path for her knox county democratic party chairwoman and then elected to the tennessee house, which includes knoxville. tennessee um and she and two of her colleagues in the wake of that horrific covenant school shooting christian school were three little babies, 39 year olds and three students, three faculty and staff were murdered. by a disturbed individual. um she took to the floor and disruptive manner that was made me th
course, it s been a really fun series to watch. all right. thank you. and the next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. it is the top of a brand new hour. good morning to you. and welcome to cnn this morning . i m victor blackwell. camera walker. thank you for sharing a part of your morning with us, and there won t be much trash talking here at least between me and victor right during the commercial during the commercial breaks. here s what we re watching this morning major decision by the supreme court and a major win for abortion rights supporters, a widely used abortion pill will stay protected, at least for now, but legal challenges still remain. what happens next and what it means for women across the country and explosive mistake. russia accidentally bombs one of its own cities and leaves a trail of destruction will show you the stunning images safe and easy to steal. more than a dozen attorneys general are calling for a federal recall on some hyundai and kia cars
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
truth about violent crime in our city, we will be the worst for it. if we say yeah, the police department is spending all this time and resources to rest but a case on and then the judges and the prosecutors say, you know what? we re going to let you out on electronic monitoring to wreak havoc again. and if we don t call that out every single day with these prosecutors and with the judges, many of whom don t live in our city and don t care about what s happening, then we are going to lose an opportunity to advocate for the victims and the witnesses and a resident who just want in deserve peace. we gotta say it. she was one of the four black mayors leading america s biggest cities who gathered at the african american mayors association conference. new york city mayor eric adams made a similar point. we need to be honest and forthright about the small numerical number of people who are repeated offenders we have about 2000. people in our city that are extreme result of recidivi