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in an extraordinary move, republican legislators who control the house of representatives in the state have voted to expel two democratic members for disorderly conduct after they took part in a protest for stricter gun laws in the chamber last week. justin jones and justin pearson have been ousted but a third democrat seen in the middle of these pictures, gloria johnson narrowly survived the vote which requires a two thirds majority. the three led a protest in the state capitol in the wake of a deadly school shooting in nashville that left six people dead, including three young children. moments ago, i just spoke to one of those expelled lawmakers, justin jones. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news and first and foremost, where exactly are you? we know there have been massive protests in the house in nashville so what is happening around you? yes, thank you so much for having me on. i m actually here in my office, starting to pack up, because the state leg ....
Evenif the taliban were concerned that even if they wanted to push that deadline, that that could not be communicated to rank and file soldiers in a way that gave them confidence, and that gave them confidence, and that american troops were still there after the date that for months had been discussed as that withdrawal, the prospect for an unintended incident that could cause fatalities or otherwise complicate the withdrawal would only exacerbate. i withdrawal would only exacerbate. withdrawal would only exacerbate. . ., ., exacerbate. i also want to ask ou exacerbate. i also want to ask you about exacerbate. i also want to ask you about this exacerbate. i also want to ask you about this special- you about this special immigrant visa approval programme as well, because we have a quote from the white house that we re going to read out to you. the trump administration led to a massive backlog of special immigrant visa approval and stopped siv interviews. is it fairfor the intervi ....
Jubilee go balance continues to adapt. i think the key thing uk wants to. we have got that seat on the un security council, still a key number of nato, one of the biggest military powers within europe. boris johnson has a track to sell himself saying, we did not like this decision, we are forced into it by america, but we can so bring people together, have a meeting of minds and try to achieve something, but what actually has been achieved here? we had that virtual summit meeting this week which ports johnson brought together and ultimately they came up with a slightly mealy mouthed statement, that we want to talk to the taliban about keeping those evacuation situations going. it is not hard action here. the us is the dominant military force in every nato member knows it. . . military force in every nato member knows it. , ., ., ., military force in every nato member knowsit. ., ., ., military force in every nato member knowsit. ., ., . ., knows it. great to have you on the programme. ....
Been. it includes people in the siv programme and also other afghans at risk. it is hard to overstate the complicity and the danger of this effort. we are operating in a hostile environment in a city and country now controlled by the telephone with the very real possibility of an isis k attack. we are taking every precaution but this is very high risk now controlled by the taliban. as the president said yesterday, we are on track to complete our mission by august 31 provided the taliban continue to cooperate and there are no disruptions to this effort. the president has also asked for contingency plans in case he determines we must mindy country past that date. but let me be crystal about this. there is no deadline on our work to help any remaining american citizens who decide they want to leave to do so, ....
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