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clarence thomas secretly accepting luxury trips from major republican donor the 11th hour is getting underway on this thursda night. good evening once again. im stephanie ruhle. tonight, we begin in the state of tennessee we are in a stunning act o political retaliation. republican lawmakers expelle two of their democrati colleagues, justin jones and justin pearson they joined in a peacefu protest on gun violence with students jones and are both black a third democratic lawmaker wh is ...

tennessee today. we just saw the third of three votes on expelled expulsion, i will take you through what happened today just so you know, whats happening right now, three members were voted on to b expelled two african american members one white member they expelled, successfully, with a two thirds vote, to the two black members and did no expel the white woman who wa up as well they just held that vote kicking out three democrat from protesting gun violence it started a week ago, whe...

morning nashville tennessee is the epicenter of an explosive intersection gun violence, racial tension, and seemingly insurmountable political division two black former tennessee lawmakers are now expelled from the state house for taking part in a gun reform protest last week deemed disorderly by the republican super majority. shouts of shame ringing out from protesters crowding in the halls of the capital during those closely watched votes. both men speaking out on the house floor emo...

dangerous. i hope that as a nation watches, that we put this light on this to say that this should sound the alarm across the nation, that we are entering into very dangerous territory. >> one of the two democrats in tennessee expelled after participating in a gun violence protest on the floor of the statehouse were going to have much more on this partisan punishment just ahead. meanwhile, on capitol hill, one of donald trumps most vocal allies in congress sends a subpoena for the --...

democrats who participated in a gun violence protest inside the general assembly well talk to one state lawmaker what calls the move a very dangerous precedent. a violent start to the holiest week in the middle east. new air strikes in response to dozens of rockets fired from the gaza strip in lebanon. were going to bring you a live report from jerusalem. plus, classified documents detailing u.s. and nato plans on ukraine posted to social media well talk to one of the reporters who...

i say my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, are taking is to expel us for speaking about the issues of weapons of war on our streets. >> as protests raged outside the tennessee house chamber, republicans carry out their despicable act of expelling that democratic legislator, who wanted nothing more than to protect children from being murdered at school something republicans refuse to do now, expelled state representative justin jones who you just saw joins me moments from now a...

after they took the house floor , demanding action in the wake of the nashville school massacre , plus more breaking news rockets fired into and from gaza tonight, tensions there at a breaking point. well take you there live and the district attorney who indicted former president trump tonight, taking on republicans, accusing them of attempting to undermine his criminal case. lets go, outfront. and good evening, everyone. im bianna golodryga in for erin burnett outfront tonight, breaki...

the road. hang on. hey soft! mr mr. clark please stop clock. mr. wendell, please. that is that is not appropriate. the suspension of the rules. request mr clerk. can we just go back? over what what that was. one second one second. alright, were gonna. be watching the proceedings here just to bring people up to speed state representative gloria johnson. ah again born just like a former state representative jones, not born in tennessee, moved to tennessee to go to college. he went to uni...

republicans expel a democrat from the house legislature for protesting gun violence on the house floor right now to more democratic lawmakers are also staring down. expulsion votes, also breaking escalating violence in the middle east. israel striking gaza tonight after facing a barrage of rocket attacks, the israeli ambassador to the united states is standing by to join me this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. ...

russia and other countries taking aim at the u.s. dollar. promising an alternative currency of their own. then theres china itself inserting itself and more conflicts. playing everything from peace maker. we have you covered on growing frick tions in taipei. welcome. im neil cavuto. we have a busy show. lets go to aishah hasnie on taipei trying to see whats going on. aishah? >> hi, neil. good to see you. so absolutely we expected to see some kind of response from china to these back-to...