the tennessee two is down to one. john berman here in for anderson. late today, officials in nashville voted to reinstate justin jones, one of the two lawmakers expelled from the statehouse. last week. the second justin j. pearson of memphis, joins us shortly. and the third lawmaker who was not sanctioned, took part in a protest against gun violence in the wake of the covenant school, mass murder just a few miles from the statehouse, jones and pearson s expulsion for violating decorum, essentially talking out of turn sparked local protests and international outcry. now in a horrible turn of events, people in neighboring kentucky are living through a mass shooting of their own, and we will have a live report in louisville just ahead. first though cnn s ryan young in nashville for us tonight, and ryan, you spoke to representative jones after he was reappointed. so what did he tell you? john, this was amazing to see we saw it all play out right there in front of us, not only fro
is down to one john berman here in for anderson. late today, officials in nashville voted to reinstate justin jones, one of the two lawmakers expelled from the statehouse. last week. the second justin j. pearson of memphis, joins us shortly. and the third lawmaker who was not sanctioned, took part in a protest against gun violence in the wake of the covenant school, mass murder just a few miles from the statehouse, jones and pearson s expulsion for violating decorum, essentially talking out of turn sparked local protests and international outcry. now in a horrible turn of events, people in neighboring kentucky are living through a mass shooting of their own, and we will have a live report in louisville just ahead. first though cnn s ryan young in nashville for us tonight, and ryan, you spoke to representative jones after he was reappointed. so what did he tell you? john this was amazing to see we saw it all play out right there in front of us, not only from city council and t
see the battle here won t stop for quite some time because, remember, they were appointed back to the seat and we re told that will have to be a special election. so this process is not over just yet, but you can just tell by the energy that s surrounding the city right now that they believe they have finally sort of cracked the surface in terms of getting people. understand what s going on in the state. and this process tonight that you just saw was for representative jones . in a moment, i m going to speak to representative justin pearson. what was the timetable for his possible reinstatement? well, they are talking about wednesday. so of course there was this talk across the state about whether or not what could happen here at the statehouse might affect shelby county and whether not funds would be held back. but now we re hearing we believe that what will happen in memphis will pearson will get a chance to come back to the house . but he he was here today to and energized the crowd
his old plaque back and went into that. see the battle here won t stop for quite some time because, remember, they were appointed back to the seat and we re told that will have to be a special election. so this process is not over just yet, but you can just tell by the energy that s surrounding the city right now that they believe they have finally sort of cracked the surface in terms of getting people. understand what s going on in the state. and this process tonight that you just saw was for representative jones. in a moment, i m going to speak to representative justin pearson. what was the timetable for his possible reinstatement? well, they are talking about wednesday . so of course there was this talk across the state about whether or not what could happen here at the statehouse might affect shelby county and whether not funds would be held back. but now we re hearing we believe that what will happen in memphis will pearson will get a chance to come back to the house. look, he he
is down to one john berman here in for anderson. late today, officials in nashville voted to reinstate justin jones, one of the two lawmakers expelled from the statehouse. last week. the second justin j. pearson of memphis, joins us shortly. and the third lawmaker who was not sanctioned, took part in a protest against gun violence in the wake of the covenant school, mass murder just a few miles from the statehouse, jones and pearson s expulsion for violating decorum, essentially talking out of turn sparked local protests and international outcry. now in a horrible turn of events, people in neighboring kentucky are living through a mass shooting of their own, and we will have a live report in louisville just ahead. first though cnn s ryan young in nashville for us tonight, and ryan, you spoke to representative jones after he was reappointed. so what did he tell you? john this was amazing to see we saw it all play out right there in front of us, not only from city council and then the ma