is the dramatic ousting of two state lawmakers in tennessee? just the beginning? and what does this really mean for the fight over gun reform? these stories and more right here on cnn news, central. a major retaliatory strike in the middle east israeli forces launching airstrikes overnight, which they say hit palestinian militant targets in lebanon and gaza. these strikes are in response to the dozens of rockets launched from southern lebanon into israel yesterday. it is the most intense violence at the israeli lebanese border since 2006 and we re learning more about the two israeli women who were killed in a shooting on the west bank road this morning. the two young women were sisters. they were just 16 years old and 20 years old. their mother was also in the car with them. she is in critical condition. at this hour , cnn s had asked. gold is near the israel lebanon border, and cnn s fred pleitgen is near. the israel border with gaza had as i want to start with you has there
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
the israel lebanon border, and cnn s fred pleitgen is near. the israel border with gaza had as i want to start with you has there been some reaction from lebanon today after the airstrikes? well as sarah. there has been no retaliatory rockets launched from lebanon into israel after those israeli airstrikes that happened in the very early hours of this morning, the israeli military saying that they were targeting what they took pains to say we re palestinian militant targets in the lebanese security source telling cnn that these targets were mostly open areas where militias were hope. we re holding weapons, and so i think it s a clear message being sent that they were targeting mostly open areas so that there were militant targets. and that they are not specifically targeting has blocked because of course, any sort of confrontation with hezbollah could become a much bigger war. more similar to what we saw in 2006, and we re hearing from both lebanese government officials as well. israel
that people had planned to be here all day. and they expected maybe that the republicans would stretch this out throughout the afternoon. maybe to have some of the protesters leave on top of all that. you have people who say they believe that these three may be expelled, no matter what, because this is a power move and in the game of politics when those three politicians decided to play to the crowd and use the bull horn and they broke the quorum. they gave the opportunity and the advantage to the republicans, so they fully believe that this could happen before the end of the afternoon. when you talk to other folks, they say, look, how sad is this that before all the folks are buried, who were shot and killed last week are have their final memorial that they re going to have the experience this sort of situation where we re not focused on that as a community, and that is part of the conversation that we ve been having with some of the people who have come out here and have been talking
two neighborhoods with weapons of war. that is from someone who may end up being expelled. cnn s ryan young has been following this throughout. he is there in nashville just outside of this legislative session. that s going on right now. ryan what have you been seeing and hearing from people because there were thousands of protesters gathered and now have pushed into the statehouse there. absolutely want to be in the statehouse because they want to be heard a lot of people who showed up here, sarah, our teachers or parents who have kids in school, and they re concerned that nothing is being done to address the situation that s going on. yes what s happening with these lawmakers is top of mind for a lot of people, but the parents who were here feel stressed about the idea that they could have this legislative session happened without any long term solutions to the problems they see affecting. people in schools all across america, actually talked to a woman who said she