morning, lindsey reiser picks up the coverage right now it s 10:00 a.m. in new york, i m lindsey reiser right now the tensions that have been simmering in tennessee for the last week or even longer are boiling over this morning. protests are gaining steam inside and outside the state house despite the rain against republican efforts to do something that s only been done three times in that state since the civil war expel some of their fellow members specifically these three democrats are under fire for participating in fiery gun reform protests on the house floor last week. today they ll have a chance to defend themselves, but with a republican super majority can they survive the vote. we re live where that high stakes session is getting underway. major escalations in the mounting legal battles faceing former president trump former vice president mike pence saying he will not fight an order to testify in the federal probe. sources say the new york judge in the hush mone
of donald trump s indictment there was speculation mcconnell was waiting to comment until after specific charges were unveiled now it seems likely he won t respond until he is face-to-face with reporters once he returns to public peappearances. he had an accident recently. a spokesperson said yesterday, quote, if we issue a statement, we will let everyone know. and in california, the los angeles times reports that after three months of relentless snowfall, the state is now facing a flood risk from that snow melting, which could last for months officials warn that runoff from melting snow will send torrents of water rushing from the peaks of the sierra nevada to the flilf flf foothills and valleys thousands of feet below. the biggest threat will arrive once temperatures reach the 90s for an extended are period of time we ll be watching that that does it for us this