first, in nebraska, on the floor was a bill to ban abortions at six weeks. but the republicans who have a 32-17 seat majority over the democrats could not pass it because one of the cosigners of that bill ended up abstaining. we re going to tell you why he did that in a moment. then in south carolina, a near total ban also failed. it s the third time the gop has tried to pass this bill down there since roe was overturned. this time, all five of the chambers female lawmakers struck down the quote human life protection act, including three republicans. here s two of them. maybe i m confused about this legislation. or maybe the men who wrote it know more about pregnancy than the women in this chamber or across this state or the country who can actually get pregnant and give birth. women don t have sex just so they can go have an abortion. just like men, i don t think, have sex to get pregnant every time. abortion laws have always been each and every one of them about control
that he knows the shooter is dead, i m still telling him, son, be aware of your surroundings, do you know how to get out of the building? you know, these are conversations we shouldn t have have to be having with our children. jackie ibanez. three nine year olds and three faculty members of nashville s covenant school are dead. i was literally moved to tears to see this and the kids being ushered out of the building. we have identified the suspect, a 28-year-old female white, actually nashvillian, at one point a student at that school, but unsure what year. police say hale arrived in her honda fit and you can see on video her going into the school and she went in patrolling the hallway calmly armed with two rifles and a handgun. she opened fire from the second floor. she also hit and shot a responding police car. officers rex englebert and michael collazo entered the school fatally shooting the suspect. a half-hour before, a basketball teammate of audrey hale received c
nashville and the vote to expel three democratic lawmakers from the state house when jose diaz-balart reports starts now. good morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart right now unfolding in tennessee, demonstrators are flocking to the state capitol as republicans push to expel three democrats for participating in a gun safety protest inside the general assembly we ll take you live to nashville. in missouri, at least five people were killed after a massive tornado ripped through the southeastern region of that state as yet another string of wild weather tears through the country. we are following new developments in the special counsel s probe into former president trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election former vice president mike pence now one step closer to testifying before the grand jury this morning, u.s. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are in taiwan as beijing pushes back against the recent show of solidarity we ll take
tuesday and apparently will continue to do so for several more days or less as you know it s already flown over alaska and montana and near several u.s. facilities with nuclear processes within their facilities. can you believe that? it s true. and while the white house says it s keeping all options on the table, so far it has decided against shooting it down after, quote, strong recommendations from defense officials. now, for its part china says it s a civilian airship what s to worry. a research balloon that simply drifted off course. well, the white house says it doesn t present a military or physical threat to people on the ground even though they re skeptical about the chinese claim. however republican lawmakers want that thing brought down right now. unless china s working with the biden administration to help find some of those missing documents scattered all over the united states, then this is unacceptable and this should not be allowed and again another sign of w
let s go the white house on the breaking news. lucas tomlinson, i understand you have new reporting the share. lucas: that s right, senior official confirms that the u.s. government is weighing options on how to shoot down this chinese spy balloon when it crosses the atlantic, safely off the coast of the united states. now earlier in syracuse president biden was asked to do on the balloon and he said all options are on the table and this is what he said exactly. the chinese balloon we will take care of it. lucas: this morning former defense secretary chuck served under barack obama said this balloon should be brought down gently to exploit it. we don t know what the pentagon is going to do and what the president will ultimately decide and once it gets out over open waters i d be surprised if we would allow this balloon just to float back to china. lucas: both countries spawn each other, of course, just over a month ago the pentagon says fighter jet came to american sp