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washington. we begin this hour with the tempers flaring in nashville. where emotions are raw politics, much like the rest of the us bitterly divided republicans in the state house there voted to expel lawmakers were breaking decorum during a raucous but peaceful protest demanding gun reform that protest ignited by the nashville school shooting that left three adults and three young students dead. how the expulsion vote ended, has only added to the anger representatives justin pearson and justin jones. who are black, were expelled their fellow protester and colleague gloria johnson, w...

joining me now is nbc legal analyst lisa reuben, along with the president of naral pro choice america we are waiting for them right now, but i want to let you know we're following both of these two stories so we will have the speech that we know vice president kamala harris gave at this university in tennessee, that was happening while we were waiting to come on the air, and this ruling came down just a moment ago let me tell you a little bit about this judge in his writings, matthew kacsmaryk out of texas has described being transgender as a mental disorder. he's called homosexualit...

that's the essential right that all other rights defend. if you can't defend your family and property, you don't have any rights at all. your a slave by definition. you may be wondering in this moment of creeping authoritarianism, how is the right of self-defense doing in our country? we can give a long lecture. consider two shootings that took place in gas stations in the past year in the united states. the first shooting occurred around 2:00 p.m. october 6 in the state of missouri, a 23-year-old felon called javon taylor, a long criminal record, convictions for armed robbery, began...

Member john ray clemens, a democrat representing the nashville area, representative clemens, thanks so much for being with us. we appreciate it. you posted this tweet thursday night that caught our eye after the votes, expelling your fellow lawmakers justin jones and justin pearson. you said this. the people's business was not done today. political parties was, it's a sad day for our state and our democracy. what was it like being present for those votes? i saw your speech in the in the house there. you were pretty fired up about it. um, what do you think, in the damage be healed there. erin n...

Want to conduct business in this house, file a bill >> the members were unbowed and unbothered because this isn't really about decorum it's about stifling democracy and consolidating power, and ignoring an ever-changing, ever frustrated electorate. the glaring tell was the adjudication of the perceived crime. only two of the members were expelled and they just so happened to be black the expulsions, while a lasting stain on tennessee and on american democracy, could be short-lived. the city council for representative justin jones' district is expected to reinstate him on monday. it is unclear ...