hello. i m sumi somaskanda. more on those stories in the show, but we start with events in montana where republicans in the state s house of representatives have voted to bar transgender lawmaker democratic representative zooey zephyr from the house floor. it s republicans response to zephyr s plea for her colleagues last week to reject a bill that would ban gender affirming care for minors. she said if they vote yes, she hopes they will see blood on their hands. she has already been blocked from speaking on the house floor. now, she cannot even go onto the house floor for the rest of the legislative session, she can only vote remotely. the bill she worked to stop has been sent to the governor s desk and he s indicated he ll sign it. here s montana s republican speaker of the house saying why he thinks banning zephyr is the right call. if you re not going to operate within the house rules like all other 90 nine, remedy that and come back and play within the rules, everybod
hello, and everyone, welcome to cnn newsroom. right now there is a desperate search and rescue operation under way across turkey and syria after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake ripped through the two countries before dawn. the death toll now tops 2,700 and will like will keep rising as crews dig through the rubble. more than 120 aftershocks hit after the earthquake, including one almost as powerful as the earthquake itself. buildings crumbled to the ground. people feared trapped inside. others having to run for their lives. rescuers having to reach those who are stuck under piles of concrete and debris, like this boy in northern syria. you can just make him out buried under the wreckage. thankfully he was pulled the safety. rescuers also pulling this little girl from the debris in another syrian city. the u.s. and other countries are offering whatever help they can. and president biden said he has directed his team to provide any and all assistance immediately. cnn s juman
job along with our great, panel great, great american panel.mo later, more explosivere e xpwhistleblower testimony about how our doj has been weaponizes . also, aoc is having a little bit of trouble. she might be in legal trouble.ln we ll explain straight ahead. and it may even shock you and defend her. oh, no. y i m going to do yet. stay tuned. w whatall right. but first, joe biden, well, hede is continuing. suspen keep us all in suspensea and waiting. take look at mr. before you announce his election, sir, when i don t think he knows it s friday. now, the 80 year old sittingi president just won t sayo ru whether he plans to run for a second term, although his wife, jill , said it for him.t that does not exactly inspiree any confidence in me. but if he ultimately does decide to run, it looks like it ll be back to the basement bunker for joey, who is reportedly now enlisting prominen t democrats to travel and speak on his behalf. because he s likely notkely n capabl
now for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening lawrence. good evening alex. seeing is kevin mccarthy s first order of business in the house of representatives is to prove how much we do not need a house of representatives if it is to be run by the legislative crazies of the republican party. maybe that will never be seated. maybe this is it. maybe it s just about the upper chamber? so far, the republicans have done no damage in the house of representatives. the damage begins as soon as they have control of it with the speaker. we are wishing for the good old days when nobody was seated, once they do. and, alex, one nice note for history today is that the person who is next in line for the presidency, after the vice president, is, once again, a woman, because patty murray became the president pro tem of the united states senate, and there is no speaker of the house. so, as of now, the next in line for the presidency is a woman in the united states senate