republicans expel a democrat from the house legislature for protesting gun violence on the house floor right now to more democratic lawmakers are also staring down. expulsion votes, also breaking escalating violence in the middle east. israel striking gaza tonight after facing a barrage of rocket attacks, the israeli ambassador to the united states is standing by to join me this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we begin our coverage tonight in nashville, tennessee, where a democratic lower democratic lawmaker, a democratic lawmaker was just expelled from the state legislature after protesting gun violence on the house floor. cnn s ryan young has been on the scene all day. for us, ryan. there are two more democrats who are also in jeopardy of being ousted tonight. what is the latest in nashville? alex. people are exasperate
have you ever rented a power boat along the riverwalk in tampa? it is so much fun, you can zip back and forth, you are only going five miles per hour, it is a lot of fun. ainsley: my good friend lives in the clearwater area, in palm harbor. they take their boat, they insist on living on the water and take their boat to dinner at night with their kids. steve: that is living. ainsley: they spend hours on the water, keeps the kids out of trouble. they just moved, you want her history? steve: if you go to dinner, you have 12 drinks. ainsley: her husband is very responsible, she is a lot of fun. brian: she has option, a live-in skipper, if he wants to drink. ainsley: you can hire a captain. steve: do you call them skipper? i would like to hire a captain. ainsley: from one show. brian: i put an ad out for a live-in skipper, no one ever answered. ainsley: asked ai what is a skipper? brian: cancelled. we begin with a fox news alert, bipartisan group of lawmake
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
all 50 senate democrats supported the bill with vice president harris casting the tie-breaking vote. the bill will now head to the house to where democrats also hold a razor-in majority. what does this mean for the next steps? let s get right to chad pergram live on capitol hill with the details. reporter: arthel, a political high wire act. all 50 democrats sticking together and then leaning on vice president harris to break the tie to pass a touchstone of president biden s legislative agenda. the yeas are 50, the nays are 50. the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative, and the bill as amended is passed. [cheers and applause] reporter: the senate began voting at is 1:30 last night, finally approving bill after 16 hours and 38 consecutive roll call votes. it s been a long, tough and winding road, but at last, at last we have arrived. i know it s been a long day and a long night, but we ve gotten it done. today, after more than a year
Military and government of hamas. Translator heroic fighters have one goal to destroy this enemy and to make sure the existence in our country. Never again, never again is now. As each hour goes by, more evidence that the conflict is escalating. This video was shot by a cnn producer in gaza. It captures rockets being fired into israel. And cnns sara sidner and her team captured this video of a Rocket Barrage over tel aviv earlier today. Israels iron dome Defense System intercepted these incoming rockets from gaza. Civilians in Northern Gaza say theyve endured the heaviest bombardment of the conflict last night. Israel says its warplanes struck 150 underground targets, the sophisticated hamas tunnels that run for miles and miles in gaza. Cnns Nic Robertson is joining us now from sderot in israel, not far from gaza. Youve been seeing and hearing these explosions in the skies going on. Whats the latest . Reporter still hearing fighter jets behind us, wolf. Still hearing artillery going in