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
i m abby phillip in washington and you are live in the cnn newsroom, unprecedented political retribution. that is what is on the agenda in the tennessee state house right now , protesters have been at the capitol in support of the so called tennessee three democratic state lawmakers who are on the cusp of being expelled from that chamber. and any minute now the gop dominated chamber will vote on whether to remove them from office because get this. they protested on the house floor calling for stricter gun laws after the nashville shooting that left six people dead. three of whom were children. now, if the vote passes, it would be the first time in that body s entire history more than 200 years that a violation of house rules resulted in members being ousted . and so just to recap these three lawmakers, they may be stripped of their elected positions for speaking out of turn. after 39 year olds were gunned down in their grade school. cnn s ryan young is on the scene for us, ry
220400 or go to miso book dot com. hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. it is a very, very busy news day. thanks for sharing your time. some new cnn polling releasing this hour. it is a sober reality check for president biden. tough performance grades and a big wow on the question of deserving four more years, plus a simply blockbuster blonde bombshell report. get this supreme court justice clarence thomas. did not disclose luxury trips around the world worth hundreds of thousands of dollars paid for by a billionaire, conservative activist and protests and controversy right now in tennessee, three democrats in the legislature could soon be expelled for staging a gun reform protests on the floor of the statehouse, and today they are still making their case for change. we are making this political statement today by trying to act like we re doing something that is not going to do anything to prevent what occurred. more police officers in schools. u
at the intersection of the second amendment, and the first protesters are rallying at the tennessee state capitol as three democratic lawmakers could lose their jobs today for doing this a week ago. democratic state representatives . justin jones, justin pearson and gloria johnson, using a bullhorn during a gun control rally at the capitol to call for action in the wake of last month s deadly shooting that left 39 year old children and three adults dead. the three democratic lawmakers are accused of breaking house rules at any moment. we expect their colleagues to vote on whether or not they should be expelled. cnn national reporter ryan young is live for us in nashville ryan lots of noise still ongoing, a lot of protesters that were with the lawmakers one week ago are back there today to support these three legislatures. yeah we really seen this swell fred. in terms of protesters, we have thousands earlier outside. now you can see this small crowd that s still behind me. som
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