very dangerous, and i hope that as the nation watches that we to say we should sound the alarm across the nation we re entering dangerous territory. that was one of two democrats in tennessee that was just expelled after participating in a gun violence protest on the floor of the statehouse. we ll have much more on this partisan punishment just ahead meanwhile on capitol hill one of donald trump s most vocal allies in congress sends a subpoena to a former prosecutor in the manhattan district attorney s office we ll explain why this move may backfire on jim jordan, and we ll dig into a bombshell report exclosing years of lavish vacations taken by supreme court justice clarence thomas, all paid for by a gop mega donor all right, good morning. and welcome to way too early on this friday, april 7th. i m sam stein in for the irreplaceable jonathan lemire. republican legislators in tennessee voted yesterday to expel two black democrats from the statehouse over their protest o
an accredited journalist as a hostage demonstrates again by the united states and its allies need to stand firm to block mr. putin s designs on ukraine we join our colleagues in expressing outrage of mr. gerschkovich s detention and in demanding his immediate release. joining us now national security reporter for the wall street g journal vivian salma you had an opportunity to ask antony blinken this week about the department designating evan as wrongfully detained first of all, what does that designation mean and secondly, what did blinken have to say to that question sam, that s right we were in brussels with the secretary of state and i had the opportunity to ask secretary blinken why they haven t done so yet. a wrongfully detained legislation is a really big step
cooperative. he voluntarily gave head hair samples, he gave a blood sample, he gave fingerprints. and at the end of that, he ultimately said, you know, whatever i can do, i ll do. reporter: but as he read the file, daron learned there were other things sam didn t do. for example, sam lived right down the street, yet cathy s family says he never stopped by during that whole frantic week when they were searching. he did speak extensively with police. i don t think anybody thought that sam was telling the truth. remember how sam told detectives cathy came to him looking for weed? but there was absolutely no indication that any of that was true. which called into question sam s story. it does.
which called into question sam s story. it does. reporter: and daron noticed another inconsistency in sam s account of the days right before cathy disappeared. mary, however, says sam was the one calling her home looking for cathy. he called how many times? quite a few times looking for her. reporter: mary says sam sounded okay at first, until she told him where cathy was. i said she was at the hospital and she wasn t back yet. reporter: at the hospital, visiting albert, her boyfriend, who had attempted suicide. sam okay with that? fortified. emerge everyday with emergen-c. packed with b vitamins, electrolytes, antioxidants, plus more vitamin c than 10 oranges. why not feel this good every day? emerge and see.
cathy. where the heck could she be. reporter: he had always been cooperative. he voluntary gave head ir samples, he gave a blood sample, he gave finger prints. and at the end of that, he ultimately said, you know, whatever i can do, i ll do. reporter: but as he read the file, daron learned there were other things sam didn t do. for example, sam lived right down the street, yet cathy s family says he never stopped by. during that whole frantic week when they were searching. he did speak extensively with police. i don t think anybody thought that sam was telling the truth. reporter: remember how sam told detectives cathy came to him looking for weed? the first thing she said is, uh, could you get me any weed? reporter: but there was absolutely no indication that any of that was true. which calls into question sam s story. it does. coming up as daron digs deeper into the case.