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That is the inside of the room where county commissioners have just voted to reinstate justin pearson to send him back to the state house. you can see some of the cheering going on there there were shouts of justin, j justin nbc s catie beck has been watching all of this what can you tell us reporter: just a short time ago, that crowd of 300 people showed up here with pearson leading the way from the civil rights museum. they were on this plaza for just a few minutes, went inside, and i think within minutes of that meeting beginning, they had passed and made the decision to reinstate justin pearson in his house seat so that happened very quickly. commissioners we spoke to earlier today said that was their goal, that the nashville decision for jones took less than five minutes to achieve, and they were hoping to have a similar expeditious process here today. they were expecting that this would go in pearson s favor, and they were right. ....
Nbc s catie beck live on the ground it looked like there were hundreds of people there ready to march with justin pearson, of course the expelled lawmaker who could be reinstated soon talk about what you re seeing there on the ground. reporter: we are expecting that crowd to arrive any minute. we are standing outside the shelby county commission board room where they will take a vote in a little less than a half hour on justin pearson s fate. he s leading a crowd right now as we speak of about 300 supporters through the streets of memphis, making his way here, preparing to speak before that county commission. we have heard from county commissioners today that they intend to make this a swift process as was for jones that was just four or five minutes it took for them to reinstate him the county commission says they hope to keep public comment to a minimum. they want to hear from pearson and honor supporters, but they also want to get this done quickly. ....