democrats seats. also tonight in a new report in the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan the white house largely blaming the chaos and decisions by former president trump on the actions it says the u.s. should have taken even sooner. the rising tensions in the middle east. israel striking back tonight after the biggest barrage of missiles from lebanon in more than 16 years. tracking severe storms on the move tonight in the midatlantic on the heels of that deadly tornado outbreak. nbc news investigates after our report on toxic air concerns near a louisiana school. what the epa is now doing about it. and it was 20 years ago we lost a member of our nbc news family covering the war in iraq. tonight my conversation with david bloom s widow about the lives his story may have saved. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. the tears of grief that consume nashville, tennessee, just ten days ago over the murders of young children and
respond with an assault on democracy. reporter: whileton s constitution allows for any member of the state legislature to be expelled with a two thirds vote it s only happened three times before. demonstrators today filled the halls of the state capitol, but arguments from democrats did little to sway the republican super majority. this does not seem like america. the to dispel voices of opposition and dissent is very dangerous. reporter: the republican speaker of the house said today s actions were about the rules. they did break rules by going to the well and showing that they were at the well they were speaking, they pulled out a bull horn and rolled out an order before there was a recess. reporter: but protesters here told us they felt today s vote was a distraction from the urgent issue of gun violence. what s happening in tennessee right now is abhorrent, and our legislators are not listening to what
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that third lawmaker is in the chamber pleading his case right now. outrage tonight in nashville in reaction to republican led efforts to expel three democratic lawmakers from the state legislature. i here by declare representative justin jones of the 57th representative district expelled from the house of representatives of the 113th assembly in the state of tennessee. reporter: the three democrats in question state representatives a johnson, and justin pearson were accused of disorderly behavior following their participation in a demonstration on the house floor last week. they joined advocates calling for stricter gun safety measures following the mass shooting at the nashville private school that left six people dead on march 27th. their chants with the bull horn from the podium in the house well led to today s showdown. we called for you all to ban assault weapons, and you
democrats seats. also tonight in a new report in the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan the white house largely blaming the chaos and decisions by former president trump on the actions it says the u.s. should have taken even sooner. the rising tensions in the middle east. israel striking back tonight after the biggest barrage of missiles from lebanon in more than 16 years. tracking severe storms on the move tonight in the midatlantic on the heels of that deadly tornado outbreak. nbc news investigates after our report on toxic air concerns near a louisiana school. what the epa is now doing about it. and it was 20 years ago we lost a member of our nbc news family covering the war in iraq. tonight my conversation with david bloom s widow about the lives his story may have saved. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. the tears of grief that consume nashville, tennessee, just ten days ago over