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Instead they're staging protests. trying to get on tv. >> regarding the house chamber. >> the republican leadership shut off c span. to try and block the protest access to the public. >> fortunately we had members who picked that up. with facebook live. and other social media tools. >> what made it so powerful was that there was an attempt to actually broadcast it to the nation. even when c span wasn't running it. >> lewis and his colleagues kept the protest going for 25 hours. >> i'm here today to say john lewis we join you in getting into good trouble on behalf of the american people. >> we ...

Actually get this done through regular order. no, instead they're staging protests. they're trying to get on tv. >> the chair wishes to make an announcement regarding the decorum in the house chamber. >> the republican leadership shut off c-span to try to block the protesters' access to the public. >> fortunately, we had members who picked that up with facebook live, periscope, other social media tools. >> what made it so powerful was there was an attempt to actually broadcast to it the nation even when c-span wasn't running it. >> lewis and his colleagues kept the protest going for 25 hours. ...

>> reporter: congressman lewis stepped onto the house floor on june 22nd. >> we're calling on the leadership of the house to bring common sense gun control legislation to the house floor. give us a vote! let us vote! >> reporter: then lewis and his group began an unprecedented sit-in to try and force a vote. >> they are not trying to actually get this done through regular order. no, instead they're staging protests. they're trying to get on tv. >> the chair wishes to make an announcement regarding the decorum in the house chamber. >> reporter: the republican leadership shut off c-span to try a...

Here's representative kathleen clark on her time working with congressman lewis. >> john said in his very quiet way, we have to do something dramatic. then he paused and said, we have to do a sit-in. and when john lewis recommends that you do a sit-in, the only answer is, yes. any way that i can help. >> reporter: congressman lewis stepped on to the house floor on june 22nd. >> we're calling on the leadership of the house to bring common sense gun control legislation to the house floor. give us a vote! let us vote! >> reporter: then lewis and his group began an unprecedented sit-in to try forc...

Researchers analyzed more than 10 million tweets, instagram posts, 61,000 facebook posts, 1,000 videos, all posted by the russian government-linked internet research agency. that is the troll group indicted by special counsel robert mueller earlier this year. and these efforts are ongoing. haven't stopped. in fact, wolf, as twitter and facebook crack down, the i.r.a. turned to instagram. the report obtained by cnn shows how these trolls as a group regularly tried to co-ops unsuspecting americans to work for them by holding rallies, staging protests or hand over personal information. we have re...