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tennessee today. we just saw the third of three votes on expelled expulsion, i will take you through what happened today just so you know, what's happening right now, three members were voted on to b expelled two african american members one white member they expelled, successfully, with a two thirds vote, to the two black members and did no expel the white woman who wa up as well they just held that vote kicking out three democrat from protesting gun violence it started a week ago, whe protesters descended on th state capitol, they were calling for lawmakers to pas gun control legis...

morning nashville tennessee is the epicenter of an explosive intersection gun violence, racial tension, and seemingly insurmountable political division two black former tennessee lawmakers are now expelled from the state house for taking part in a gun reform protest last week deemed disorderly by the republican super majority. shouts of shame ringing out from protesters crowding in the halls of the capital during those closely watched votes. both men speaking out on the house floor emotional and defiant. >> we are still here and we will never quit >> we called for you all to ban assa...

dangerous. i hope that as a nation watches, that we put this light on this to say that this should sound the alarm across the nation, that we are entering into very dangerous territory. >> one of the two democrats in tennessee expelled after participating in a gun violence protest on the floor of the statehouse we're going to have much more on this partisan punishment just ahead. meanwhile, on capitol hill, one of donald trump's most vocal allies in congress sends a subpoena for the -- >> this isn't going to work well for jim jordan the prosecutor is going to explain why he wrote a...

against the white woman state representative who joined with them in the protests >> we called for you all to ban assault weapons. and you respond with an assault on democracy >> i can say to you, the movement for justice can never die because the heart for justice can never be killed. >> we will talk about what the republican-led legislature did and the state's racial legacy with one of the ousted lawmakers. this hour, boiling point in the holy land on passover. ramadan and holy week, ahead of easter sunday, israel retaliates with air strikes, rockets fired after violence between ...

we can feel it, right? in the moment yesterday. that history was being made in the state of tennessee yes, of course it was shameful that it came to all of that. expelling two state lawmakers ostensibly on procedural grounds over peaceful protests but ask yourself this. if the ultimate goal of any demonstration is to draw attention, to shine a light on injustice, then who is really better off as we come on the air less than 24 hours later today the tennessee republican party or those three democrats of whom they sought to make an examine pl representatives justin jones, justin parson...