and we did chili on the were subpoenaed to testify by the fulton county district attorney in georgia, about their involvement in trump s scheme to overturn the election results in that state. the da also subpoenaed three other lawyers whose names you may remember from the january 6th hearings. journalistically, -dimensional, and kenneth just burrow. all of them appeared before the special grand jury in fulton county. at the same time, those subpoenas went out, the fulton county da also subpoenaed senator lindsey graham. again, related to his involvement in that scheme. for context, ten days after the 2020 election senator graham placed a phone call to georgia secretary of state, brad raffensperger. the georgia secretary of state told the washington post at the time, he was stunned by graham s request to toss out huge swath of legally cast ballots. but a few days later, senator graham denied he d ever said such a thing, instead he said that he wanted to talk about the process
contentious hearing inside tennessee s capitol building is underway right now as republican state lawmakers into expel three democrats over their protest for gun control. inside the chamber and expulsion vote is set to happen very soon. also right now , violence is erupting in the middle east. dozens of rockets fired into israel from lebanon. lebanon claims israel is firing back but israel denying that relies in jerusalem and in paris , scenes of outrage cars getting smashed bottle of paintballs flying protesters clashed with police, these breaking stories and more all coming in right now to cnn news senate. these are live pictures from inch by the chamber there in tennessee of lawmakers prepare for a big vote right now. potentially historic legislative session has begun in the statehouse as lawmakers prepare to vote on a resolution to expel three democratic state representatives. all three are accused of breaking house rules while calling for stricter gun control measures al
little robot provides real time updates robot by whisker. cnn news central tomorrow at nine eastern. it s the top of the hour here in the cnn newsroom, i m fredricka whitfield in new york and right now in nashville state, lawmakers are about to vote on whether or not to expel three of their own for using a bullhorn during a gun control rally at the capitol to call for action in the wake of last month s deadly shooting that left 39 year old children and three adults dead. they are now accused of breaking house roles , and moments ago, the chamber voted to allow the viewing of a republican edited video of the day. the protest took place one week ago. alright it s been a contentious afternoon and at any moment now we expect to final vote on whether they will be able to keep their job. you re looking at live pictures right now, and that s lawmaker justin jones of nashville. he is the first of the three lawmakers who will be hearing about their legislative fate in a vote. he has b
dishonor. as republicans in that state would have you believe. what we are watching play out in the state of tennessee right now is really about a gross abuse of power. it is about anti-democratic hysteria. and above all else, it represents a new low that may soon be bested but at least as of today, it represents a new low in the republican party s race to the bottom. as we sit here today, a super majority of that state s republican lawmakers are poised to expel three of their colleagues from across the aisle. justin pierson, justin jones, and gloria johnson. their crime? protesting the epidemic of gun violence. in the days after a deadly mass shooting at a nashville elementary school. it is the stuff of third world tin pot dictatorships. no offense to them. apparently, the use of a bull horn without being recognized to speak is for republicans in tennessee an adequate enough reason to override the will of the voters and forcibly strip those lawmakers of their positions and d
stuff and trying to prevent it? the republican grievance machine wraps up over ohio. for the last couple of, years i have been warning about this crusade against white people. tonight, why you should not be surprised that america cannot solve nasa structure problems, but one of his major parties will not offer solutions and then, mike pence claims up to protect his imaginary presidential hopes, as another trump cabinet member makes it official. jamelle and five years after the nightmare in parkland, the mass murder generation suffers another senseless massacre in michigan. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. when a party wins a new majority in congress, generally, what they want to do is hit the ground running. so far, republicans have not done that. after an interminable series of votes, is lurking back, they did finally elect kevin mccarthy speaker of the house, and earlier this month, credit where it is the, they did manage to kick