two democratic members for disorderly conduct after they took part in a protest for stricter gun laws in the chamber last week. justin jones and justin pearson have been ousted, but a third democrat seen in the middle of these pictures, gloria johnson narrowly survived the vote, which requires a two thirds majority. the three led a protest in the state capitol in the wake of a deadly school shooting in nashville that left six people dead, including three young children. with me now is former representative justin jones, one of the democrats who was just expelled from the tennessee house. justin, thank you very much for joining us here on bbc news. first and foremost, where exactly are you? you know there have been massive protests at the house in nashville so what is happening around you? yes. is happening around you? yes, thank you is happening around you? yes, thank you so is happening around you? yes, thank you so much is happening around you? yes, thank you so m
The State Department's efforts to swiftly process hundreds of thousands of Afghan Special Immigrant Visa applications have not been enough to significantly decrease the waiting list, according to a new report from the inspector general's office.
desperately trying to get them to evacuate these people as early as february of 2021. and most importantly, in no way does this accounting do what is most needed now, which is help get those remaining wartime allies who are stuck in taliban held to safety. there is still no announced plan on how we are actually going to get some 300,000 remaining siv applicants alone out of afghanistan taliban hell. so look, i welcome the fact there is one thing in this report thatis is one thing in this report that is a positive which is that is a positive which is that there is a commitment, a very clear commitment, to ensure that this tragedy never occurs again. but this report lacks is an accounting of the biden administration s role in this fiasco, and i disagree that with more time and resources, we couldn t have done something. in february of 2021, i was part of a team that authored a report and send it
of afghanistan. americans held hostage, abandon behind enemy lines, day 72. sean: day 72, yes, our fellow americans, families, thousands of green card holders, siv applicants that we promised if this day ever came we would not abandon them. they were all abandoned by joe biden. day 85 since biden promised he would not leave any american behind. it s 56 days since your president even mentioned all the men, women, and children that he deserted and completely abandoned to taliban terrorists. in september, according to defense secretary lloyd austin, said fewer than 100 americans remain trapped and apparently lloyd austin was either lying or was being lied to, the fact the bag administration just told congress that in fact hundreds of u.s. citizens today remain in afghanistan. 72 days later. joe has turned the page, his press secretary and the media mob also have abandoned any
really a state department call. we provided input, as i said in my opening statement, to the state department. their concerns, rightfully, were that, number one, they were being cautioned by the ghani administration, that if they went through american citizens and siv applicants at a pace that was too fast, it would cause a collapse of the government that we were trying to prevent. and so, i think that went into the calculus. and when you add also into the calculus that the siv process was very slow, deliberate, and not very responsive, with your help, we were able to curtail the time that it took to work through that process. but a number of things kind of came together to cause what happened to happen. but again, we provided our