politicsnation tonight s lead, a dangerou precedent. robert right now, the eyes o the nation are on tennessee, o the eve of a vote that may reinstate one of the two democrats expelled from thei seats in the state house las week and tomorrow, a county counselor in nashville wil vote on the next step for on of those vacancies a majority of its members on record saying they will vote t reinstate former state representative justin jones, along with justin pearson, was voted out by republica legislators for protesting gun violence on the state hous floor earlier this month the first time in tennesse history that house members hav been expelled for chamber rule violations we will hear from jones in jus a moment here. just as we heard last nigh from tennessee state representative - johnson, a white democrat wh narrowly escaped her own expulsion. and she pulled no punches in our assessment of why her tw male colleagues did not. of course, along with th racial overtones of thes exposu
wrong. what the u.s. supreme court di to strike down protections under roe v. wade is wrong and it is why we need congress to act in order to codify thes protections. you know, reverend al, without federal action on voting rights, on women s rights, on civi rights, own housing rights, th courts can do just about anything to us and with this ideologicall driven supreme court and federal judges that were staffed by donald trump, tha is exactly what they are doing they re coming after our right and we have to protect all o our rights, for women, fou [interpreter and four communities of color that are marginalized and under assault. representative stephen thank you for mr. chairman for being with me on easter sunday after the break, politic fireworks in tennessee but where many c.k. i see hope for the future. i will explain in this week