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Instead theyre staging protests. trying to get on tv. >> regarding the house chamber. >> the republican leadership shut off c span. to try and block the protest access to the public. >> fortunately we had members who picked that up. with facebook live. and other social media tools. >> what made it so powerful was that there was an attempt to actually broadcast it to the nation. even when c span wasnt running it. >> lewis and his colleagues kept the protest going for 25 hours. >> im here today to...

Actually get this done through regular order. no, instead theyre staging protests. theyre trying to get on tv. >> the chair wishes to make an announcement regarding the decorum in the house chamber. >> the republican leadership shut off c-span to try to block the protesters access to the public. >> fortunately, we had members who picked that up with facebook live, periscope, other social media tools. >> what made it so powerful was there was an attempt to actually broadcast to it the nation even...

>> reporter: congressman lewis stepped onto the house floor on june 22nd. >> were calling on the leadership of the house to bring common sense gun control legislation to the house floor. give us a vote! let us vote! >> reporter: then lewis and his group began an unprecedented sit-in to try and force a vote. >> they are not trying to actually get this done through regular order. no, instead theyre staging protests. theyre trying to get on tv. >> the chair wishes to make an announcement regarding ...

Heres representative kathleen clark on her time working with congressman lewis. >> john said in his very quiet way, we have to do something dramatic. then he paused and said, we have to do a sit-in. and when john lewis recommends that you do a sit-in, the only answer is, yes. any way that i can help. >> reporter: congressman lewis stepped on to the house floor on june 22nd. >> were calling on the leadership of the house to bring common sense gun control legislation to the house floor. give us a ...

Researchers analyzed more than 10 million tweets, instagram posts, 61,000 facebook posts, 1,000 videos, all posted by the russian government-linked internet research agency. that is the troll group indicted by special counsel robert mueller earlier this year. and these efforts are ongoing. havent stopped. in fact, wolf, as twitter and facebook crack down, the i.r.a. turned to instagram. the report obtained by cnn shows how these trolls as a group regularly tried to co-ops unsuspecting americans ...

Holding rallies, staging protests, even handing over their personal information. we have reported some of this before, that the russians were behind various black matters groups even on social media, pro and against nra groups. this reveals something that is even beyond politics. they made up a fictitious group called the army of jesus, targeting christians. brooke, they were offering free counseling to people with sexual addiction. according to new knowledge the company that did the research on...

Senate office, his office down in mobile, alabama, member of the local and national naacp were taken into custody here after staging protests. so, two voices here on both sides of this. william smith served as chief counsel when sessions was a ranking member of the senate judiciary committee. he is currently chief of staff for congressman gary palmer. solomon jones, author, radio host for the philadelphia news daily -- daily news, i should say. thank you for being with me. william, i want to go ...

unconscious in the tub of her beverly hills hotel room where she was pronounced dead. the site also claims her bodyguard attempted cpr and pills were found at the scene. this is also courtesy of tmz. a picture of the 18-year-old daughter of whitney houston and bobby brown, bobbi kristina rushed to a los angeles hospital in the last few hours. no word on why but her condition was thought not to be life threatening. fans gathered outside the hotel where houston died laying down roses and...

Rebels say they beat back gadha gadhafis mercenaries there. in germany two u.s. air force airmen were shot and killed outside a terminal at the frank furlt airport. two more were wuntded. the interior minister says the gunman was a kosovo national. president barack obama made an appearance at a press briefing last hour to express his sadness and outrage about those attacks. stay with us for updates on this developing story. also developing today, a medical emergency for tennis star sarena wi...

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