republicans expel a democrat from the house legislature for protesting gun violence on the house floor right now to more democratic lawmakers are also staring down. expulsion votes, also breaking escalating violence in the middle east. israel striking gaza tonight after facing a barrage of rocket attacks, the israeli ambassador to the united states is standing by to join me this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we begin our coverage tonight in nashville, tennessee, where a democratic lower democratic lawmaker, a democratic lawmaker was just expelled from the state legislature after protesting gun violence on the house floor. cnn s ryan young has been on the scene all day. for us, ryan. there are two more democrats who are also in jeopardy of being ousted tonight. what is the latest in nashville? alex. people are exasperate
Situation, including the need to quickly evacuate people from situations like that, as well as warning americans faster about deteriorating security situations, but one thing this summary does do is places some blame on the previous minister administration that was led by former president donald trump the white house arguing that essentially president biden was constrained in what he could do because of some of the actions that trump had put into place, including that agreement that he made with the taliban to withdraw troops from afghanistan . by may of 2021 take a listen to john kirby, a top spokesperson with national security council talking to reporters earlier today. while it was always the president s intent to end that war, it is also undeniable that decisions made and the lack of planning done by the previous administration significantly limited options available to him. the president s transition team asked to see plans for that