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
the president has been meeting this morning with key allies in the east, including the president of egypt and the prime minister of iraq before posing for the traditional family photo at the summit in jeddah. one of the most controversial meetings was president biden s sit-down with saudi s crown prince, mohammad bin salman. our colleague wolf blitzer is traveling with the president and joins us from saudi arabia. wolf, members of the biden administration have been stressing that these meetings are really about trying to reset that relationship between the middle east and the united states, right? they certainly do. they believe this is a moment that the u.s. can reset the overall u.s. relationship with countries in the middle east, and they re working to do that right now. president biden, right now, kristin, is laying out his mini strategy, on this, his last day o a trip to the region. he s talking about everything from security to economics and human rights. but it s h
Im anna foster. Were live in Southern Israel, near the gaza border, where theres been a significant intensification of israeli airstrikes over gaza, with bright flashes and huge explosions overnight lighting up the night sky above the territory. It comes after the israeli army said that it was expanding its Ground Operations there. It comes after the israeli army said that it was expanding its Ground Operations there. A spokesman for the Israeli Government would not confirm that this heralded the start of a much anticipated Ground Offensive against hamas. The armed wing of hamas, which is a proscribed Terror Organisation by the uk and the usa, has said it is involved in violent confrontations with Israeli Forces in northern and central gaza. There has also been rocket fire from the territory into Southern Israel. This is the scene live in gaza. The United Nations has warned of what it described as an unprecedented avalanche of Human Suffering there and the Un General Assembly called fo
Mark, you cant possibly think were going to pull this off. That call was crazy. He looked at me and started shaking his head, no, cass. He knows its over. He knows he lost. But were going to keep trying. There are good options out there still. Were going to keep trying. Cassidy hutchinson talking about mark meadows and tonight, there is blockbuster new reporting that meadows has been granted immunity to testify under oath about trumps efforts to overturn the election. Also tonight, a Tearful Jenna Ellis apologizes for her role in the Georgia Election interference rico crimes. Agreeing to tell prosecutors and a jury all that she knows about the trump gangs illegal activities. Plus, a third republican Speaker Designate down the drain today and a search for the fourth which is not a joke anymore. Its a disgrace. We begin tonight with breaking news. A potentially explosive development in jack smiths federal case against donald trump and his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Abc news i
And donald trump, apparently agreeing on something most ben calendar that neither biden shen and thats unprecedented in modern history. It all came together quite suddenly, i would say on wednesday morning following this challenge from biden and trump lost two debates to me in 20 0. 20 that he hadnt shown up for debate. Now hes acting like he wants to debate me again. Well, make my day pal. Ill even do it twice. So lets pick the dates i hear youre free on wednesdays oh, okay. The former president did not take long to rsvp. He hit back with this job posting. Its my great honor to accept the cnn debate against crooked joe biden, the worst president in the history of the United States and a true threat to democracy on june 27th likewise, i accept the abc debate against cricket job on september 10 thank you djt. It is rather interesting that the Biden Campaign insisted that one of the rules is going to be they will cut the microphones to eliminate interruptions if someone talks too long so