they are justin jones and gloria johnson.resentative justin j pearson who i spoke to on friday night became the faces of the antigovernment following the shooting at covenant school. in the wake of the shooting, the tennessee three, as these three have come to be called, joined thousands in protest of the states gun laws on the states house floor. the decision to fight back, small acts of courage were not met without consequence. both jones and pearson, who are black, were booted from the republican-controlled state house for their actions. johnson, who is white, dodged ocean by one vote. however, both men returned to their seats last fall after local governments voted to re- enter date them. it's abundantly clear that the tennessee threes fight for more sensible gun laws is far from over. on the other side of the break, both justin jones and gloria johnson join me to explain why this new law threatens the safety of classrooms in tennessee. tennessee. the only migraine men that helps treat and prevent, all in one. to those wi

. >>> i want to turn now to tennessee democratic state representative justin jones.called this bill morally insane. we just heard a few of the concerns that people who are against it have expressed, but when you look at this big picture, why were you so passionately against it? >> this bill is morally insane because a year after a mass shooting took the lives of three 9-year-olds and three adults, this is the response, not to pass red flag laws, not to pass a ban on assault weapons, but to expand firearms and put more guns in the schools. when the teachers of tennessee are saying we want to be armed with supplies and books and fair pay, not with firearms. i mean, this bill is insanity. and it just goes to show that we are working with a republican supermajority in tennessee that puts the lives of our children beneath the campaign contributions of the gun industry. that is morally insane. that is shameful. that is unacceptable, and what we saw yesterday was people drug out of the gallery begging them, please don't do this, mothers and teachers and students and clergy

i spoke to justin jones, democratic tennessee state representative. what does this new law permit? unfortunately a horrible day in our state. today a law was passed to allow teachers to carry firearms in classrooms without ever notifying the parents there were guns student classrooms, the gallery was full of protesters, teachers, parents, protesting against this, hundreds of people came out to oppose the bill. they were not heard. republican colleagues pass the smell that the majority of people in my state are against because they know or make our schools more unsafe and more at risk of children being shot in classrooms. the bill requires lots of permits, approvals and training before a licenced teacher can have a handgun in the classroom. is there a specific point to that that gives you cause for concern? no amount of training can make up for the fact that what will one handgun do against an assault weapon. that is the concern, they say they want teachers now to not only be teachers and counsellors and every other job we've given them, but now they want them to be school security.

live now to justin jones, democratic tennessee state representative. thank you for speaking to us.mits? good to be here with you. unfortunately a horrible day in our state. today a law was passed to allow teachers to carry firearms in classrooms without ever notifying the parents that there were guns student classrooms, the gallery was full of protesters, teachers, parents, protesting against this, hundreds of people came out to oppose the bill. they were not heard. they pass the bill and the majority of people in my seat are against it because they know will make our schools more unsafe and more at risk of children being shot in classrooms.— children being shot in classrooms. , , . classrooms. the bill requires a lots of permits, _ classrooms. the bill requires a lots of permits, approvals - classrooms. the bill requires a lots of permits, approvals and | lots of permits, approvals and training before a licensee chicken have a handgun in the classroom. is there a specific point to that back give you cause for concern? h0 point to that back give you cause for concern? no amount of

we are so lucky we have great progressive advocates like justin jones, justin pearson, lorie johnsonnessee. it goes to show that the fight in the south israel but we are not doing it alone. >> congress men maxwell frost, thank you for joining us today, i really appreciate it, it is always so good to see you. >> thank you for having me on. >>> coming up, student dissent. white demonstrators at columbia university say they are at an impasse with school administrators. >>> the growing pressure on colleges nationwide to quell the protests as graduation ceremonies at closer by the day. a live update from new york city. that's next. . that's next. feed your lawn. feed it. to me, harlem is home. but home is also your body. i asked myself, why doesn't pilates exist in harlem? so i started my own studio. getting a brick and mortar in new york is not easy. chase ink has supported us from studio one to studio three. when you start small, you need some big help. and chase ink was that for me. earn up to 5% cash back on business essentials with the chase ink business cash card from chase for busi

when you go to the well of the tennessee legislature, what you did with justin jones, the you are in the lion's den at that point. talk to me about how you got through that. how you decided to do that and how you got through it and what you thought the other side would look like. >> one year ago today is the anniversary of our expulsion from the tennessee general assembly. we went to the will of the house floor after the most significant mass shooting in our state's history where 3-9- year-old children were killed and three school administrators and staff were killed. it was a couple of months after my classmate from high school was killed. a few months after my mentor, dr. nelson, was killed. the gun violence epidemic is very real to our communities and in my district unfortunately, we received this every day. we went to the house floor. and myself, representative jones and revisited johnson. we believe the people we serve with should not just be sending thoughts and prayers. when you are in a position of power, you have a responsibility to do more than send more than thoughts and p

here to discuss, tennessee state representative justin jones. you know him as one of the tennessee three. he was reinstated to his bridges in one year ago yesterday after he was peacefully protesting gun violence. rachel wagner joined us, the tent children's reporter at the tennessean and usa today network. rachel, what should we know about this bill because it's almost too much to believe. >> right. there is a lot to unpack. first of all, the requirements it has for the teachers or staff members who carry are laid out in the bill. they would have to get a handgun carry permit and complete annual training with local law enforcement, 20 hours a year, and in the district director of schools, the principal and the chief of the law enforcement agency would have to sign off on it along with having a mental health investigation and an fbi background check. >> but, once they do that, a teacher could have a gun on their belt while teaching the third grade. >> yes, and another thing that has raised a lot of concerns is that they want you to disclose whic

german now is justin jones was expelled from the statehouse after joining a protest supporting gun reformke of the shooting. he was voted back in in a special election. there was significant tension as the bill was improved. they say they were physically shoved by one of the republican colleagues. they stem from you making these comments in the gallery. what happened there. >> it is a terrible time in tennessee because the governor has signed this horrific law that will allow teachers to carry guns. to largest expansion of gun laws we've seen in our state since the mass shooting at the covenant. we will see parents and teachers and students selling my colleagues that they will have blood on their hands. for over a year, they've been showing up for the capitol week after week begging for common sense gun laws and the governor spit on the face of all of these people and spit on the graves of six people killed by signing the law. nothing like common sense gun laws that would assault weapons and red flag laws. something that no teachers what in our state. >> i want to talk about the bill spec

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. >> justin jones, i'm gonna look for i'm going to look for that and look forward to it as well the big question that's on the minds of millions of americans that are traveling toward the path of totality is about the weather. and i know that the potential for inclement weather has already affected your plans. tell us about that. >> that's correct yeah. we're expecting some pretty rough weather here at ellington on monday, at least enough to do it put are take-off at risk and permission. this important and central rare opportunity, we just really couldn't have that. so we decided on sunday regulate and relocate the jets to el paso will fly over there, stayed the night and do our mission operating out of it paso and hopefully the weather will cooperate. we can come back home on monday >> yeah. you mentioned just how critical and rare this opportunity is. it's gonna be a while before we see another eclipse like this. how important is it to get this mission right do you feel any kind of pressure? >> i always feel pressure with these big missions. i've gotten the chance to do the first sls

you, mary anne, justine greening, they'll be back- justine greening, they'll be back with us in just a couple of time minutes' time, i'm louis vaughn jones follows on from what was the wettest march on record in edinburgh as well. now, we have had some rain in edinburgh today. the heaviest rain has been over the hills in western parts of scotland, and that cloud has been coming in on a south—westerly wind. and it's that south—westerly wind that's bringing in some warmer air from the atlantic. still some rain around this evening. and overnight, the second hand of rain will push its way southwards across england and wales. the rain becoming light and patchy. following on from that, we get some clearer skies. we've still got the same south—westerly air mass, still warm air, so temperatures are going to be a lot higher than they were last night — for many staying in double figures. heading into tomorrow, still quite cloudy across southern parts of england and wales. still a bit of light rain or drizzle, particularly in the morning. but away from here, i think we should see some brighter skies, some sunshine on the way. still got south—wester