democrats who led gun safety protests we will take you there and across the country as we loo at what is going on in a state houses from coast to coast the big question, the lawmaker know what their constituents really want? money power politics and the supreme court the investigation into justice clarence thomas secretly accepting luxury trips from major republican donor the 11th hour is getting underway on this thursda night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. tonight, we begin in the state of tennessee we are in a stunning act o political retaliation. republican lawmakers expelle two of their democrati colleagues, justin jones and justin pearson they joined in a peacefu protest on gun violence with students jones and are both black a third democratic lawmaker wh is white was up for a vote but was not expelled here saw the tennessee newspaper wrote it up. quote, ten days after a shoote on loaded 152 rounds inside nashville school and killed si people, tennessee
clarence thomas secretly accepting luxury trips from major republican donor the 11th hour is getting underway on this thursda night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. tonight, we begin in the state of tennessee we are in a stunning act o political retaliation. republican lawmakers expelle two of their democrati colleagues, justin jones and justin pearson they joined in a peacefu protest on gun violence with students jones and are both black a third democratic lawmaker wh is white was up for a vote but was not expelled here saw the tennessee newspaper wrote it up. quote, ten days after a shoote on loaded 152 rounds inside nashville school and killed si people, tennessee hous republicans on thursda expelled two democrati lawmakers for breaking house rules and mounting a gun protest on the chamber floor surrounding my democrati colleagues, expelled state representative justin pearso had this message of hope for the future we have good news tha sunday always comes.
lawrence oh, i have pretty bad sound here is alex wagner talking to me there she is i think i just turned on m phone. no, the volume thing was a little low it happens to all of us it s your show now you can do whatever you want with it. thank you for the soundtrack, alex we needed that have a great show, lawrence we have a statement fro president biden on the situation in tennessee tonight it was just released by th white house. the president said a state republican lawmakers calle votes today to expel three democratic legislators who stood in solidarity with the students and families an helped lift their voices today s expulsion of lawmakers who engaged in peaceful protes is shocking, undemocratic, and without precedent. rather than a debating the merits of the issue of, thes republican lawmakers hav chosen to punish, silence, and expel elected representative of the people of tennessee we had planned to cover severa stories for you in this hour including the latest
manhattan d.a. alvin bragg taking legal action agains republican jim jordan, and president biden s latest comments on his plans for 2024 let s take a look at some of the week s top stories the manhattan district attorne leading the prosecution of donald trump is now suing a to house republican alvin bragg filed the lawsui against judiciary committe chairman jim jordan yesterda in response to what bragg call a brazen and unconstitutiona attack by members of congres on an ongoing criminal prosecution. bragg has come under increased scrutiny to put it mildly by the ohio republican since it became lightly that the former president would be charged i new york city. calling on the game solved t testify before congress, jorda issued a subpoena last week, ordering a former prosecutor i the case to appear before th judiciary committee. in the new lawsuit, the de asked a court to block tha subpoena, arguing that it coul cause irreparable harm to th case if certain secret materia is dis
i ll be back tomorrow. some answers are now greetings everyone, you ar watching simone. this is a big week and the assault on women s bodil autonomy from supreme court to stat legislators and relentless efforts to chip away at access to abortion care, even in blue states i m talking to governor jake and say of washington s date about how he is fighting bac for what he calls an issue o freedom. donald trump is spending mor time dealing with his lega problems lately, giving second deposition in new yor and this time, he actually answered questions but he is fighting progress and othe investigations it is really hard to keep them all straight so we will brea it down for, you don t worry plus now that the expel that tennessee lawmakers are back i action, they have a lot of wor to be done for the democracy that they are fighting for we will take a look at wha is next the movement they have inspired i am symone sanders-townsend and i have something to say. it s been a very busy wee