last piece of legislation to get to build a new police and firefighter training center that progressive activists are calling cop city. the new 85-acre facility has been met with protests by anti-police radicals. 23 activists were arrested and charged with domestic terrorism after battling with police at the construction site back in march. and prince harry arriving at a courthouse in london earlier today to deliver testimony in his lawsuit against a british tabloid. the duke of sussex says the outlet illegally obtained information for stories. harry will face two days of cross-examination by a senior trial lawyer. this makes him a first senior royal in more than 130 years to appear as a witness in court. quite a history for you there. yesterday marked the final round of qualifying for the u.s. open. 1-year-old prodigy jaden soon came unjust short shooting 7 over par while skipping school to try qualify.
Representatives from Memphis City Council addressed Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) Tuesday regarding security measures and what they say is a lack of accountability from the district when it comes to kids skipping school.
health and condition of pope francis. meantime, in tennessee, grief has turned to action in nashville where protesters flooded the state capitol building today take a look, you can see young kids among those holding signs, demanding protection, and calling for the end of gun violence after the horrific shooting at the covenant school on monday, which left three children and three staff members dead and that s where nbc s lindsey reiser joins us from the state capitol in nashville i know you have been talking to people there at memorials, at the vigil yesterday, now at this protest. what are they telling you? reporter: chris, hundreds of people showed up today, i mean, probably about 1,500, maybe even upwards of that showing up a lot of young people, a lot of young students, skipping school. a lot of parents bringing their young kids here as well. i talked to the organizer of today s event, a single mom herself, her son is about to turn 5, and she said she felt mobilized to act when
is jill biden and you are like what are you going to do? educate them while they die? [laughter] by the way, i heard you were saying about skipping school. she organized a friday strike. if you are going to protest in college, it is smart to do something that college kids want to do anyway. i did a lot of stuff in college that was successful, sleep-in for sovereignty on monday and i would bring all the guys for ladies night and try to get a peace for peace. [laughter] i feel like it worked out. [laughter] liz, the difference in like all these kinds of activism is in climate activism, there is an incentive to do it even if it is wrong because of the amount of exposure you get. you don t get it with anything