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>> reporter: now, mondays decision is just one step of the process for jones. this was a temporary reappointment, which means that he will have to face a special election in coming months. that is also the same for his colleague, justin pearson. his fate will be decided tomorrow by the shelby county commission in memphis. if he is reappointed as well, he, too, will face a special election in coming months. so, still a lot to be determined, ana. >> okay, catie beck, thank you with the latest from...

Expelled >> you cannot ignore the racia dynamic of what happened today two young black lawmaker getting expelled and the one white woman does not that is a statement in and o itself >> but you will be bac [inaudible >> we will be back i believe memphis an willington will bounce back, w will keep fighting for our communities because the status quo is not working it is hurting people, killin people, and they are treatin things like this is normal we can never normalize the ending of democracy. we ...

>> all right. here we are on "overtime." were on -- are we really on cnn now? cnn, what did they go nuts putting us on there? no, im thrilled. the world needs a good cnn, so im very happy that we can help out any way we can. [ applause ] rondo is really the name they call you, isnt it? >> yes. >> i love that name. >> dont have his jumper. >> no, you dont. so the first question is for you. do police need better training in de-escalation tactics? obviously a question on a lot of peoples mind this ...

Mason temple in memphis was hacked. memphis was a city in mourning, grappling with unrest over the deaths of two black employees of a memphis department of public work. employees that were crushed to death while taking cover from severe weather. today marks the 55th anniversary of their deaths. today, under the slogan i am a man, more than 1000 black appointees were on strike, and tensions were rising. despite a bad thunderstorm that april 9th, the room was filled. there was one man that the cro...

Know how long. they didnt know how long it would be when they boycotted it in the 50s. it is not about a timetable. it is about we cannot continue to live under these double standards, and under these conditions. >> those references to the bus boycott against segregation, which proceeded the 1964 civil rights act, along discrimination and public space, that is reference to hard-line civil rights victories. they were meant to solve systemic problems in the american social fabric. those are ones t...

Gathered at mississippi boulevard christian church, just a few miles from the historic bishop charles nation base and temple, where king delivered that final speech. the room, again, it was packed. the city was again in mourning. this time, over the death of 29 year old tyre nichols, a black man whose family calls him a beautiful soul, who died last month from injuries three days after five black memphis police officers brutally beat him. nichols family and friends, mothers of other black people...

Our history is that all connected to the experiences that we are having. lets remember, what is historic today is not that tyre nichols is dead. that is common. what is historic is that anybody is paying any price for it. that is what is historic. it was historic when officers went down for a murder for george floyds killing. that was historic. being killed by police for driving while black, that is not. >> i understand where you are coming from, and i understand how memphis is being held up, an...

Politician fighting for democracy and for every single resident of this country. >> i just hope that in 55 years, people of memphis do not continue to eulogize another black person with signs saying, i am a man. reverend al sharpton, maya wylie, thank you both very much for being here tonight. i am deeply appreciative of your words of wisdom, and the fight the fight for all. when we come, back house republicans have put jim jordan in control of the subcommittee to investigate what they are calli...

That is what is historic. it was historic when officers went down for a murder for george floyds killing. that was historic. being killed by police for driving while black, that is not. >> i understand where you are coming from, and i understand how memphis is being held up, and that this should be a template, this alacrity which which systems move, to charge these officers, to fire these officers, to release the videotape, that should be a model for the nation, for the next time that a black pe...