thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we re grateful the beat with melissa murray in for ari starts right now. hi, nicolle thank you so much. welcome to the beat. we re tracking breaking news out of tennessee these are pictures of celebrations in nashville, tennessee. just moments ago, the national metro council voted to reappointment justin jones jones was one of the two lawmakers expelled last week after protesting for tougher gun laws here is the moment that the council voted to reappointment him. justin jones has been elected as the interim successor for the vacant seat of tennessee house district 52, pursuant to the state law and the rule of governing a metropolitan council. jones is expected to retake his seat in the legislature tonight. and the legislature is gathering into session this hour so we could see justin jones dramatic return to the floor secondly, later this week, a different local council in the
this is historic you ve not seen anything like this since the nashville street movement when we were on at the metro council hearing, and i m going switch my camera so you can see some of the activity as the troopers are gathering i guess they asked for it. when we were at the metro council building, that has been renamed diane nash plaza after the black woman who was a student at this university. right. and who led the nashville student movement just as a member of the united methodist church which is the church of my childhood in nashville. the wait are, shea they singing now? are they singing this is very much like the student movement of the 1960s. i m going let it shine they re sing this little light of mine. let it shine, let it shine, let it shine everywhere i go, i m going to