unit describes his former boss now that he s defected. also, we re watching for a vote any minute now to remove three tennessee democrats for protesting against gun violence after last week s horrific shooting at the covenant school. our nbc reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we begin with that unprecedented vote happening today in nashville nbc s lindsey reiser has been following this for us. what s happening on the house floor now, and where does the vote stand reporter: they went through the normal business of the day, hearing 29 bills now they re in a section of the proceeding called unfinished business and they re in a bit of a recess, it appears, but then each resolution to expel each member will be voted on separately the members will have a chance to defend themselves we have justin pierson of memphis, gloria johnson of knoxville and justin jones of nashville. you re looking at video here i was here at the capitol in nashville on this day
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nation and called for a ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines, but can the president convince the country do something this time. more celebrations today. the world is watching, the uk is watching, many of the members of the public have arrived here, this just the second day of four days of celebrations. this is a public holiday in the uk. how many public figures can command that in honor of their service. sadly the queen won t be appearing as planned here. reluctantly the palace said she s had to pull out, she suffered discomfort yesterday during the military commemorations in central london. and that happened through the day i understand from my sources and she had to pull out of today s service. it is quite a distance here, the service is very long and she is clearly overexerted herself. but prince charles will be stepping in for her which is pretty symbolic. she just can t do what she thinks she is able to do. the service marks the queen s years on the th
january 6th attack, what many republicans told cnn exclusively now about their pleas to donald trump to stop the violence. some of them now pretend publicly that trump did not incite. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead, the epidemic of gun violence in america. in just a few hours, joe biden will address the nation about the state of recent mass shootings and new gun laws he wants to see congress pass to stop it. the most recent of these horrific attacks in tulsa, oklahoma, where police today laid out a timeline of the rampage at the st. francis complex. the gunman bought an ar-15 style rifle yesterday afternoon and opened fire in his surgeon s office just a few hours later, killing his surmgeon, another doctor, the receptionist and a patient. and in uvalde, texas, the mayor says a negotiator had been trying to reach the shooter inside robb elementary school, but the shooter did not respond. it s unclear why officials were trying to negotia
information on 911 calls was actually relayed to the school police chief. another layer of uncertainty surro surrounding the police response. our correspondents are standing by as we cover the mass shooting crisis in america. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with president biden getting ready to speak to the nation after the 233rd mass shooting here in the united states so far this year. let s go to our chief white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. we ll hear from the president about 90 minutes from now. what is he expected to say? yeah, wolf, it s a rare evening address for president biden. the white house says he felt it was important to speak to the nation about the recent shootings that we ve seen, but also call for action from congress on what they say they want to see are common sense gun laws. this is a speech that the president was considering giving before f