lawmakers, all democrats targeted by the gop supermajority for their loud but peaceful protest on the house floor. there in nashville. they were demanding gun reform after the nashville school shooting that left six people dead, three adults and 39 year old children. two expelled lawmakers. jones and justin pearson are black. laurie johnson, who is white, kept her seat by a single vote. jones and pearson have called for protesters to return to the capital tomorrow, when the house is back in session, so let s go to nashville right now, and cnn s isabelle rose salas. isabel i guess. first of all, if you can tell us do we expect those protests and materialized ? might they be as big as we were seeing? at the end of last week as they were huge, and the nashville city council doesn t appear they have the votes to get jones back in the statehouse. jim the passions don t seem to be tampering down . we are expecting a day of action is what has been organized on social media with folk
from just about anywhere. expand your team with a fiber freelancer. cnn presents a max original heaven s gate tomorrow at 10 on cnn. live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. the 19 sixties had the chicago eight today. nashville has the tennessee three. the state lawmakers, all democrats. targeted by republicans for leading a loud but peaceful protest on the house floor in that legislature. they were demanding gun reform after the nashville school shooting that left six people, including 39, year old children dead. to expel lawmakers justin pearson and justin jones are black. gloria johnson, who is white, kept her seat by just one vote. that fact has only added to the anger in tennessee and across the country. cnn correspondent isabelle rose saleh s joins us with more details as well, it seems like there s already a path potentially to return both of these lawmakers to their seats. so what? what happens next? jim it is very much within the realm of reality here
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attends i .com that s tens i .com. eva longoria searching for mexico tonight at nine on cnn. you live in the cnn newsroom i m jim acosta in washington. details are slowly trickling out. of david, alabama, side of last night s mass shooting. a news briefing last hour provided us with some new information. four people are confirmed dead enforcement caution, though that s 28 people were injured. some critically, at least 15 teenagers were shot, we re told , and several, as i just said a few moments ago. they are in critical condition. the attack took place at 1/16 birthday party. in this community of 3000 people, the heartbreak of this small town on full display this evening at a vigil that just got underway within the last hour. you re looking at some pictures that are just recently come into us here at cnn, and we now know one of the people killed the older brother of the girl celebrating her birthday, phil staviyski dowdell. there he is right there, smiling. he was days away
anderson cooper tomorrow at eight on cnn. you live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour in the african country of sudan , where thousands of americans are caught up in an escalating crisis. the u. s. state department has announced it will carry out a military assisted evacuation of government personnel if the crisis worsens. in the past week, more than 400 people have died since two rival generals first lead their forces into a battle for control of the country. that death toll includes at least one american, both sudan s army and its paramilitary rival. or s f say they will. help evacuate foreign nationals. in fact, minutes ago, the rsf commander says he has talked to us officials and pledged his assistance. when it comes to evacuating americans. the u. s is making preparations . we understand to get diplomatic personnel out right now, but the white house says private citizens should not expect any evacuation and cnn s larry meadow has the la