against the white woman state representative who joined with them in the protests we called for you all to ban assault weapons. and you respond with an assault on democracy i can say to you, the movement for justice can never die because the heart for justice can never be killed. we will talk about what the republican-led legislature did and the state s racial legacy with one of the ousted lawmakers. this hour, boiling point in the holy land on passover. ramadan and holy week, ahead of easter sunday, israel retaliates with air strikes, rockets fired after violence between had a m had a mass and gaga and israel evan gershkovich getting a hearing day in two weeks he has not been able to see u.s. diplomats. the former u.s. ambassador to russia john sullivan joining us today. good day, everyone i m andrea mitchell in washington with the fallout from the unprecedented move by a republican super majority of state lawmakers in tennessee, expelling the two 27-year-old bla
joining the msnbc reports lineup with the premier of anna cabrera reports at 10:00 a.m. eastern. we look forward to that. chris jansing reports starts right now. hey, everything,body, good you, i m yasmin vossoughian in for chris jansing in new york city tennessee democrats saying the world is working as they slam republicans for expelling two black representatives from the legislature. their message to protesters outraged over it we re also now learning the vice president traveling to tennessee as well to meet with lawmakers there amidst all of this going on. also, new allegations about supreme court justice clarence thomas allegedly taking advantage of half a million dollars worth of gifts and trips from a republican mega donor the new report from propublica and how thomas is responding. and the latest jobs report shows a good, not great number as hiring falls to roughly half of what it was a few months ago. what it means for the economy and your wallet coming u
And democratic iran. thank you very much nazanine, it s wonderful to see you again, and we re committed to staying on this story. i m glad you re getting some support from the white house in going there today as well. i hope so, thank you. best of luck, thank you. we can report also that vice president kamala harris is heading to tennessee today and i believe will meet with state lawmakers there trying to rally behind the two justins as well as caroline johnson who also was exteld t expelled happy easter to all, wishing everyone the best for ramadan and of course continuing passover week. remember, follow the show online on facebook and on twitter @mitchellreports, and a quick programming note, starting this monday, anna cabrera
Her release. reporter: free at last. she is finally home after almost six years in detention in iran. the end of a long and arduous fight for freedom for both nazanine and her family. gabriella was too young to understand the serious nature of her mother s situation. arrested and detained in iran in 2016. the coming years would see nazanin separated from her daughter. she was seen delivering a speech for her mom. one day may we live in a world where we do not need to fight for our freedom. reporter: the british iranian national had been on vacation visiting family with her daughter when she was arrested, accused of working with nations allegedly plotting to overthrow the iranian regime. it is an accusation she has
Doesn t really look like me. i m wearing kind of a funny little cowboy shirt. and this is me saying good-bye to naz, right? i m very sad. i barely even look like me but i m very sad, i m sad that nazanine is leaving her job. and here there s nazanine. you know, not at all sad to be leaving her job. eric friender took this picture. and he said think i m leaving my job. and that was my reaction and that was hers. see, this is a portrait of happiness for someone who is quitting a job they want to quit. and that is the closest thing from my personal life that i have ever seen in terms of how john boehner was leaving his job today. he pulled a nazanine the way he left today. and we re now about to see if that happiness is because it is intrinsically impossible to be a republican speaker of the house in this modern republican party. and so anybody would be delighted to leave that job. or maybe there was something