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.
case to allow cameras in the courtroom for the arraignment. lawyers for soon to be the independent donald trump argue against having cameras, they r claiming it would create a circus like atmosphere, and we know how much he hits that tonight, since we ve been on the air, the judge has jus issued a ruling in this case i will tell you exactly what the ruling says. i m just reviewing it at m desk right now five photographers should be allowed to in the jury box par to the commencement of the raymond. the photographers will b permitted to take still photos for several minutes unti they re directed to vacate the jury box by court personnel. no for the photography will be permitted in the courtroom after that use of the cameras will be permitted in the hallways of the building again, cameras will be allowed in the hallways but not in the courtroom itself once things get underway the judge also says reporter will be able to bring sulfones and laptops inside the court but they can
allowed to in the jury box par to the commencement of the raymond. the photographers will b permitted to take still photos for several minutes until such time they re directed to vacat the jury box by cour personnel. no for the photography will be permitted in the courtroom after that use of the cameras will be permitted in the hallways of the building again, cameras will be allowed in the hallways but not in the courtroom itself once things get underway the judge also says reporter will be able to bring sulfones and laptops inside the court but they can t use them once they are in there. and again as described in th ruling that i read to, you still photos will be allowed until the proceedings begin. and then court personnel wil tell photographers that they can no longer use thei cameras. i should tell you that we will have special team coverage o tomorrow s historic event here on msnbc, starting at 8 pm eastern, i will be part of tha same coverage. i will see you tomorrow ni
wisconsin, another good exampl that s happening there is that the party is being taken - because they have gotten thi power and because the radica and choose of the part controlling since trump wa elected president that it ha just completely gone over th cliff on issues that america cares about. you are asking the question, what do voters think about this? well the fact is that voters by a margin not just democrats, republican and independents, by a margi of 85% support, just commo sense gun laws like red flag laws and background checks so, i ve never seen a public policy, just so out of syn with what voters are saying. and, again it s not just democrats, it s voters, it s republicans and it s gun owners but, mark, you say th problem for republicans. what you just laid out is th problem for the american voters i agree i agree. and hopefully american voter will get the message and start turning out like they did in