tv. like, did you get a haircut? we re glad you are with us. and it is wow. very busy news friday . let s get started with the five things to know for this. friday april 7th 2023, tennessee republican led tennessee s republican led house has expelled two of its democratic members for violating house rules during a gun reform protests. one of them is justin jones. and he will join us live this morning. a story that is we have so much to cover on that plus escalation in the middle east israel launching airstrikes into southern lebanon and the gaza strip. the move comes after a barrage of rocket attacks were reported in israel. biden administration proposing a rule that would forbid a ban on trans athletes. the rule, however, would allow some exceptions to be made also story. daniels speaking out, saying she is quote absolutely willing to testify in the manhattan district attorney s case against former president trump. she s telling piers morgan. she doesn t think the charges ag
fired from lebanon. israeli military announced new strikes on both gaza and lebanon days after israeli forces stormed one of islam s holiest sites decided i hear the warm it was very, very scary peacekeeping force in lebanon stressed that neither side wants another war. one week ago. we had members take it upon themselves to rush the well and stop the people s business point. did we encourage violence . and we will never quit? justice thomas s luxury trips with the gop mega donor republika, revealing decades perks the supreme court justice received from texas billionaire harlan crow struck us in this reporting was just the frequency of these trips and just the lavishness. revelations in this report has critics in congress calling to impose serious ethical rules on the highest court in the land. you say better regulation would not have prevented they would have would have. so what s better? very often. when it comes to regulations you have. this is the problem. they try to fix
certainty, considering everything i know about this case. i do not believe that justice is served by executing a man based on the testimony of a compromised witness, and what the attorney general is referring to there is that another man convicted in this case, justin sneed, who was the man who confessed to actually murdering their boss, where the two men worked at the time. and he had snead has since, uh, kind of started to recant his confession and pinpointing, um richard glossip as the man who hired him to carry out this murder that has come out in new investigation. so all of this information now going to the oklahoma court of criminal appeals, and obviously glossip side is hoping that this saves his life. equal justice under law is what everyone deserves. and thanks to 3000 hours of pro bono work by by lawyers were at this point, so we ll follow it and thank you. cnn this morning continues now. dozens of rockets
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people have since come forward. claiming the person who actually carried out the murder set up glossip lavandera joins us live in dallas with more red. i know we ve been following this case for a really long time. this is something that has garnered bipartisan support a number of republicans who are pro death penalty in the state have said to prosecutors. you ve got this wrong with glossip. and now the a g is speaking. and just to highlight how intense this has been. richard glossip has had its execution date scheduled nine times three times he s been served his last meal, only to get a last minute reprieve. so imagine all of that. the oklahoma court of criminal appeals has denied hearing new evidence multiple times. but this time, richard glossip now has the support of the state s attorney general, who says that he can no longer stand behind this murder conviction, and the attorney general of oklahoma goes on to say that this is not to say that i believe glossip is innocent. however i