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
after sandy hook. i was subbing a classroom. it was second grade , and in the hallway, a trade dropped. normally, when i was little, we were the k. i kinda screened and giggle and laugh. these creek kids screamed and looked at me, but they had tears . they were afraid and then i almost had tears because they re looking at me. where do we go? but it was just a trade that dropped in the hallway. as a dad in my last question, real quick . are you afraid? sometimes when you send your kids to school? yes honestly. yes i mean, i have daughters. i mean, this is not the same life i grew up in like it s not. so you hear the passion abby. and of course, we re still watching what s going on the inside, but people coming together to have their voices heard doing what we should do in democracy. abby. yeah ryan, that gentleman marquez young saying it s not normal anymore, i think reflects what a lot of people feel is happening. ryan young, thank you very much, and we will bring you more on that stor