momentous showdown in tennessee . a white democratic lawmakers survives the vote to expel her from the statehouse, while republicans ousted two black lawmakers over gun protest what the white house is now saying at the sour, plus free luxury trips and lavish trips for more than two decades. yet supreme court justice clarence thomas failed to disclose any of them new reporting on who s been funding those vacations. and overnight violence is erupting in israel and now lebanon two days after israeli forces stormed one of islam s holiest sites live on the ground in jerusalem and beirut. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m omar jimenez in for christine romans. as always , we ve got a lot to get to. so let s get to it. we begin with the extraordinary actions of the republican controlled tennessee house today, expelling two democrats for staging a gun violence protests on the house floor last week. as everything. gallery erupting after the gop super
the couch starts on monday afternoon. and thanks for joining us. the news continues now on cnn it s friday, april 5, right now on cnn this morning to legal setbacks for donald trump attempts by the former prime president to have to criminal cases thrown out. both rejected by the judges israel approving measures to increase aid entering gaza after president biden s warning two prime minister netanyahu. and counting down to the solar eclipse, what you need to do to get the very best view all 5:00 a.m. here in washington. a live look at capitol hill on this friday morning. good morning, everyone. we made it. i m casey. it s wonderful to be with you. first. we are following a developing story out of israel. the idf is expected to release the funds findings of its initial investigation into the israeli strike on a world central kitchen convoy that strike killed seven aid workers and prompted international outrage, including a stark warning from president biden to prime min
punished for staging a gun violence protests last week on the house floor just days after the elementary school shooting in nashville a vote to expel white lawmaker a woman in her sixties was also involved in the protest. did not pass. let s bring in cnn political analyst jackie kucinich washington bureau chief of the boston globe , great to see you, so let s let s just start here. how did this incident at the state level speak to larger national partisan debates around gun violence? abortion and obviously , there was so much more wrapped up here. right this really signaled an escalation in the partisan rancor that we ve seen both at the at the statehouse level, but also just the had the speed at which this happened. um really does is indicative of the place that we re in in terms of partisan flexing muscles at the at the at the statehouse level. yeah and you know the politics at the statehouse level there we
numbers. maybe he will today in that lunch. one note we want to make, the white house made the vice president available to every television network except cnn. we did extend an invitation. the white house did not respond. we do want to bring in larry sabato, director of the university of virginia center for politics. rebecca burg from realclearpolitics and jackie kucinich washington bureau chief for the daily beast. professor, first to you. yesterday donald trump said he gave himself a c plus in terms of communicating his overall message to the american people so far. last it in s speech has received lots of positive reviews. you think he was better than a c plus? he was better than a c plus last night. for another president, we would have called that a tough speech. for donald trump it was gauzey. it exceeded expectations because it wasn t nearly as dark as the inaugural address and other speeches and presentations he s given. it lacked the bite of all those
s.e.a.l. william ryan owens and his widow, a more than two-minute standing ovation to her. van jones, cnn contributor, one of the harshest critics of this president said that is the moment when he became president. jackie, how did you see that moment? the moment it happened you knew that was going to be what we d be talking about this morning. it was in a speech that really was while the tone was different, it was very partisan there was a lot of partisan divides. this was something you saw almost everyone in the gallery stand up and applaud because her sacrifice transcends party, creed, everything. you could see that right there in that room last night. the type of thing the president should do. the type of thing the country should do honoring those who were lost in service of the nation. our hearts go out to that family for rebecca, jackie.