fredricka whitfield and we begin with escalating tensions in the middle east. israel says it has carried out air strikes in syrian territory. israel s defense forces releasing video it says shows strikes on a syrian military compound radar systems and artillery posts. the strikes were launched after israel says rockets were fired from syria toward the golan heights and in the west bank today, a funeral was held for two british israeli sisters who were killed in an attack on friday. days of violence erupted following an israeli police raid on the al aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem last week. cnn s fred pleitgen is in jerusalem. scott mclean is in beirut, lebanon, fred, let me begin with you. what is the latest hi there, fredricka. well certainly it is still quite concerning here on the ground. i would say it s still very tense and very volatile situation as well. and of course, one of the main reasons for that is what you were just mentioning is those rocket attacks that
that s 184494200. wellcare medicare done well, melanie s nana in washington and this is cnn. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me in new york. i m fredricka whitfield and we begin this hour with the formal expulsion of two black state democrats from tennessee s house of representatives. the expulsions coming a week after they let a gun reform protests from the house floor in response to a school shooting that killed six, including three children in nashville, justin jones and justin pearson. we re also joined in that protest by their colleague, representative gloria johnson. you see them all there. holding hands, raising their fists. vice president harris met privately with the so called tennessee three on friday, she was in nashville to advocate for stricter gun reform. cnn correspondent isabel rizal is joining me now with more on this, isabel. what are we learning about the expulsions and what s next? good afternoon to you, fred? yeah we re hearing from t
from the police academy on march 31st. i just swore him in and his family was there to witness his journey to become a police officer. he was struck. in the head. engaged in this incident. nick has come out of brain surgery. and is in critical but stable condition as we speak. our coverage of this tragedy starts with cnn s adrian broadus , who s in louisville, kentucky . for us there. police say the gunman was a current employee of the bank, and a law enforcement source says the gunman knew he was going new. he was going to be let go from his job. at least four people are dead, nine others injured, including at least two police officers after a mass shooting at a bank in downtown louisville, three, which are in critical condition. including our officer. three who are listening, non critical condition and three who have been treated and released. police say one of the two injured officers is a rookie, the officer who was in critical condition today. officer nicholas wilt. 26 y
are angry, justifiably angry and that this is not an appropriate time to play political games like that. we need to get justin jones back to his rightful place representing house district 52 in the general assembly and either either way, whether it s the rules are suspended, or this vote takes place in four weeks. you have the votes to reappoint jones, right? it s just a question about whether it s going to happen today or in four weeks. we do. that s correct, however, our general assembly could potentially have already adjourned by the time that he would be in under that four weeks scenarios, so we have critical votes at the general assembly is taking that pertain to davidson county, many of which are harmful to nashville and davidson county. we need representative jones back in his seat, at least to be able to cast votes on those critical measures that are before the general assembly this evening and tomorrow, so i implore my colleagues not to play political games to listen to the wi
mm to actually solve the problem . reverend doctor marlow. the king jr was killed by gun violence. and i tell you what. his words from what he spoke just days before he was assassinated, are still true. the movement lives or dies in memphis. cnn correspondent isabel rizal is joining me live from nashville. isabel. what s in store for these lawmakers for the week ahead. fred tomorrow is a very important day for former representative justin jones. and that is because the metropolitan council here in nashville will be holding a special meeting. the goal for these council members is to reappoint jones back to his seat and send him to the state capital. now there s actually going to be three voting events happening first to nominate him. then they were going to have to vote to suspend a rule within the council that prohibits nomination and appointment of somebody within the same meeting. if they succeed in suspending that role,