i m abby phillip in washington and you are live in the cnn newsroom, unprecedented political retribution. that is what is on the agenda in the tennessee state house right now , protesters have been at the capitol in support of the so called tennessee three democratic state lawmakers who are on the cusp of being expelled from that chamber. and any minute now the gop dominated chamber will vote on whether to remove them from office because get this. they protested on the house floor calling for stricter gun laws after the nashville shooting that left six people dead. three of whom were children. now, if the vote passes, it would be the first time in that body s entire history more than 200 years that a violation of house rules resulted in members being ousted . and so just to recap these three lawmakers, they may be stripped of their elected positions for speaking out of turn. after 39 year olds were gunned down in their grade school. cnn s ryan young is on the scene for us, ry
president. as i was walking through here, abby, we saw some of these folks talking to each other, just about what s going on. that s all. marquez and pegasus want to ask you guys what made you feel like you need to be here? marquez today to have your voice heard about what s going on. besides being a two time war vet is about my daughters. i mean, i want them to be able to go to school and live a normal life is not normal anymore. and i feel like this. if i don t teach them with protest is then i m not doing my thing as a father, and that s the reason why i m here today. peggy you re you re standing right next to him. you guys were having a conversation. i see your sign. why did this touch you in terms of wanting to be here with these other protesters and to make sure lawmakers heard you guys because sandy hook after sandy hook. i thought we would have better gun laws and we didn t and now we have the covenant shootings and i feel like i have to stand up more. i got to stand up for the
of clarence thomas and his wife, ginny thomas, with crow and others during a trip to indonesia back in 2019. the report says that the thomases flew on crow s private jet to indonesia for the nine day luxury vacation, one that they say is valued at more than $500,000. propublica goes on to say that the extent and frequency of crows apparent gifts to thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the united states supreme court. and just minutes ago, senate majority whip dick durbin had this to say quote the propublica report is a call to action and the senate judiciary committee will act. cnn supreme court reporter ariana de vogue is joining us now with more on this very eyebrow raising story . so ariane how unprecedented is this? really? it s unheard of at the supreme court. this propublica report really detailing these lavish trips that justice clarence thomas took and were paid for by this
after sandy hook. i was subbing a classroom. it was second grade , and in the hallway, a trade dropped. normally, when i was little, we were the k. i kinda screened and giggle and laugh. these creek kids screamed and looked at me, but they had tears . they were afraid and then i almost had tears because they re looking at me. where do we go? but it was just a trade that dropped in the hallway. as a dad in my last question, real quick . are you afraid? sometimes when you send your kids to school? yes honestly. yes i mean, i have daughters. i mean, this is not the same life i grew up in like it s not. so you hear the passion abby. and of course, we re still watching what s going on the inside, but people coming together to have their voices heard doing what we should do in democracy. abby. yeah ryan, that gentleman marquez young saying it s not normal anymore, i think reflects what a lot of people feel is happening. ryan young, thank you very much, and we will bring you more on that stor
case, the judge in the baltimore city circuit court said for those number, i think there are 10 to 12 names are redacted. notify them like in the context in which they are included in the report. they ll have an opportunity to file objections with the court. my office also will weigh in arguing that they should be revealed, and the court will ultimately make a decision so that will happen over time. um but we wanted to make sure that we got the 450 plus pages out as soon as we could so that the survivors finally could have their story heard by the public. and notable there that you re saying you do want those names to be revealed lawfully if they are able to be maryland attorney general anthony brown. thank you so much for joining us on this story, and our hearts go out to all the victims of these horrible crimes over the years, but still ahead