alex and others don't actually believe it, and we'll see here in the days to come with governor bill lee you can be assured people like fedex based in memphis, other corporate titans will speak up, they will get to governor lee, they will talk to leaders of the general assembly, and we'll see how they respond it'll be a fascinating test of the forces of populism versus the traditional corporate benefactors in the party if this thing goes sideways in tennessee. >> jonathan martin, always good to see you thank you for the recent history in terms of tennessee politics >>> coming up how president trump and his allies are weaponizing his indictment and what manhattan d.a. alvin bragg had to say about all those threats today. also it turns out supreme court justice thomas has a taste for the yacht life, but who has been financing it that story's coming up that's some bad luck brian. and i think i'm late on my car insurance. good thing the general gives you a break when you need it. yeah, with flexible payment options to keep you covered. so today is your lucky...day [crash] so today is your lu

actually ran for governor, served in the house with me, and he had told me about a week ago that bill leend i said please tell him, you know, that he's doing the right thing. in fact, i will call governor lee if i can and look, there's a couple of things that they could do down there that make sense. one is the red flag law. you see somebody who you think is unstable who is in possession of a firearm, you go to a judge. you quickly have that gun taken away, it can be restored when that person is stabilized. who could be against that? we know that that would have been effective in a number of cases that we've seen across this country number two, how about a little waiting period something you can wait on before you get the gun or number three, making sure that when crimes are committed locally that the crime information, the data gets sent up to the database so we know who should be able to get a gun when they go to check the database to say should you get one or not, a lot of times that data is not there. maybe what governor lee needs to do, chris, is to maybe have a little bit of a group

governor bill lee signed an executive order on tuesday, strengthening background checks, and he's nowalling for gop state lawmakers, the same ones who expelled pearson and jones to pass a red flag law let's first listen to justin pearson. >> guilty of not expanding health care. guilty of not giving us educational resources. guilty, guilty, guilty so for you guilty people, we going to build this movement we going to build this movement. and we going to build this movement we going to build this movement. you and you and you and you and you. we going to build this movement because we are convinced there's a different vision shelby county there's a different vision for tennessee. there's a different vision for the south. there's a different vision for these united states of america i believe it's a vision. coming to the well i believe in the vision of the people who have been marching, coming to the well i believe, i believe it is a vision, of people who have been ostracized, coming to the well white folk and black folk, i see queer folk and straight folk i see rich folk and poor folk. d

fellow tech entrepreneur had the direct intent to kill bill lee who was found on a street in san francisconds, police say lee was out of the group the night before which included his sister. that witness told investigators it is unclear if they had a relationship but they heard momeni grill lee about doing anything inappropriate. there was one text exchange, her brother came down hard on him and he handled himself with class. the night of the killing police obtained surveillance video from the building where he lives. they left by car at 2:00 a.m. . bill lee was seen staggering injured by 2:30 a.m. including one that piece pierced his heart. not clarified how these men new each other. mo momeniis due back on april 25th and is expected to be held without bond. will: thank you. the us is assessing the damage one of the most significant until leaks in american history. how does it compare to past breaches? what can we learn about the impact on us policy? let's go off-the-wall to find out. the most infamous example of a leak that impacted us foreign policy is daniel ellsberg in the pentagon pa

charles: hey, good afternoon, mike, as third child killed is laid to rest, tennessee governor bill leeasure as you just mentioned in a recent interview with the tennessee and the governor says he wants to place armed school resources officers at every school in the state, lee's plan would not only cover all tennessee public schools but also would make funding available for private schools to hire armed guards. the plan will obviously need approval from the state legislature but it will require private schools that want to use this type of funding to hire guards at the same leverage of training as those in public schools. the governor also wants to expand a 20 million-dollar proposal for school security guards to include additional funding for private schools, lee touched on school safety in the wake of tragic shooting at covenant school in nashville saying more work needs to be done. >> law enforcement officials and educators across our state have been working for years especially in the last year to strengthen the safety of our schools and that work was not in vain. >> and governor's

tennessee governor bill lee has signed an executive order strengthening background checks for gun purchaseslican majority legislature to pass so-called red flag laws to keep guns from dangerous people this is a switch in his position joining me now is catie beck in memphis. does justin pearson have the votes to return to the statehouse what's been the reaction there for the calls by the governor to red flag laws, background c checks this is a first. >> reporter: good afternoon. it does appear at this point that there is a high problabilit he will have the votes there are 13 members of the commission nine are democrats he needs a majority to be reinstate and sent back to the state capitol. most believe he will get it today. possibly being sworn in as soon as tomorrow morning. what we know happening here is that starting soon there will be a march from the civil rights museum here to where the meeting is taking place, just about two hours from now at that point, the board will take their vote and then there will be some type of celebration hopefully for them later tonight. tomorrow morning wi

another spouted, but don't believe that we'll see here in the days t come, with governor bill lee ifnue to spiral you can be assured, people like fat accept, base in memphis another corporate titans will speak up, we'll ge to govern early, we'll talk to leaders of the general assembly and we'll see how they respond it'll be a fast test for the forces of populism versus th traditional corporat benefactor's in the party, i this thing keeps going sideway in tennessee >> jonathan martin, great to see you, thank you for you wisdom and history, recent history on terms of tallasse politics grateful for your time coming up, how president trump and his allies are weaponizing his indictment and what manhattan da alvi bragg has to say about all those threats today. also, turns out supreme cour justice thomas as a taste fo the yacht life but who's been financing at. that stories coming up ♪ ♪ ♪ oh booking.com, ♪ i'm going to somewhere, anywhere. ♪ ♪ a beach house, a treehouse, ♪ ♪ honestly i don't care ♪ find the perfect vacation rental for you booking.com, booking. yeah. weeds... they have you

of course, bill lee is the governor of that state where that horrific mass shooting occurred at that christian school and now asheville just a few weeks ago, bill these wife had a dear friend who was lost in that shooting as well. but you repeatedly hear the president voice this frustration with lawmakers. republican lawmakers up on capitol hill as the really efforts to pass any further gun reform may remain completely stalled out at this moment. despite this wave of mass shootings that we've seen over the course of the past few weeks. arlette signs at the white house. thanks so much. alright in the race to the white house, robert f. kennedy jr is expected to announce a run for president of the united states on wednesday. the longtime vaccine skeptic will challenge joe biden for the democratic nomination, but he'll be doing so without any support from his family. the kennedy family says it remains fully behind. president biden, cnn senior reporter isaac de vere joining me now, isaac. wow, this is something else. i mean, it is quite striking that you have many members of the kennedy fa

tennessee republican governor bill lee on monday pushed to make all schools safer following last week'sat covenant school in nashville, in which six people, including three children, were killed. lee unveiled a proposal to provide millions of dollars to tighten security, mainly by placing armed school resource officers at every single school in the state. the plan would not only cover all tennessee public schools, but it would also make funding available for private schools to hire armed guards. it would also boost mental health resources, but it needs approval from the state legislature. first there is a desire to find a way forward that protects kids. in schools and in a in a better way than we have today. nashville police investigating the covenant school shooting say the 28 year old shooter fired a total of 152 rounds before being killed by police. nashville pd says the shooter also studied other mass murders before carrying out the attack at covenant. a motive has not yet been released. hundreds of nashville students walked out of their classrooms monday to stage a rally at the ten

. >> you know, there is some movement it's not huge movement, but governor bill lee has now expressedupport for red flag laws he has signed an executive order that would strengthen background checks for gun purchases is that a good start and do you expect the legislature to actually now take action now that they have humiliated themselves by trying to humiliate the three of you? >> uh-huh. we have institutional problems within the state legislature where the republican party is over using and abusing their power to turn our democracy into a mobocracy where a mob rules and not people rule. we have at this moment the attention of the country and the world looking at tennessee saying what is wrong and what are we going to do differently i believe those are fine signals from governor bill lee, but we need to have good and fine legislation coming from the tennessee state house. it's one thing to have an executive order, but those can fade with a new administration it needs to be a law one thing to say you want to have red flag laws another thing to bring people together in communities that

, republican governor bill lee who's close with ron desantis, the first governor in the state to sign a bill banning certain types of drag, and drag performers. tennessee has inarguably the harshest abortion ban in the state. we have almost no gun laws, except that each year the legislature passes looser and looser gun laws, and there's currently a bill to allow in the state house to allow 18-year-olds to carry any type of weapons, ar-15s there's no measurable action on gun laws i think it's possible with tennessee leading the way, other republican-led conservative chambers are going to look at tennessee and say hey, it worked for them, and look at how easy it was because there was no precedent for this. >> it was an extraordinary time in tennessee joining me now is tennessee state representative yusef hakeem the vice president is heading her way there, how important is her show of support for the lawmakers and protesters >> first, thank you for having me, and yes, the vice president coming to tennessee under these circumstances is very meaningful it lets us know firsthand that the wh

yesterday, also, hearing from the governor, hearing from bill lee that there needs to be stronger gunive order hopes to achieve that. one thing he said yesterday that was very interesting was that he wants the legislature to put pride and politics aside, that he really feels like there's a bipartisan road that they both can join, and somehow come up with a solution in the wake of this horrible school shooting. to hear that from a republican governor who has not really made those comments before. interesting timing seeing all of that unfold here in the past 48 hours or so. >> catie beck, thank you for that, but again, justin pearson back in the state house saying we speak together, we fight tonight. you can't expel hope we'll continue to follow this as a big crowd continues to follow the newly reinstated represent tich in the meantime, we're also going to be going to ireland where president biden is visiting his ancestors' homeland we're told american flags have sold out there around county lyle a live report coming up next e f, astepro starts working in 30 minutes. so you can [ spray,

republican governor bill lee signed an executive order to tighten the background check process and the state. and he's urging the general assembly to pass an order of protection law that is similar to a red flag law. >> e-cigarette maker juul labs has agreed to pa462 million dollars to 6 states, including california. those states sue the company over allegations that it marketed its vaping products to underage users as part of the settlement, jewel is also being ordered to stop targeting youth in its advertising. and it must make his internal documents public. >> to stand up here today with a message to e-cigarette and vaping manufacturers. if you set your sights on our children's, we will set our sights on parents in california and the nation here. this we want that the cigarette companies put your children with your dangerous marketing strategies could get away with it. >> of the combined 462 million dollars. julius set to pay out. california will receive more than 175 million attorney general rob bonta says the money will go toward e-cigarette research, education and enforcement. we

bill lee is a republican he's been in lock step with his close colleagues in the capital who have worked law and he's coming out now pivoting on gun reform. and it will be really interesting to see how republicans respond to this. red flag laws have often resisted these it's the kind of thing that democrats are talking about so what do they do now that bill lee is asking them to get to work >> we saw so many protesters in the state house and so many more after what happened to the two representatives, and not the third. not the older white woman, but the two younger black men. a lot of it is centered around having a voice, number one, but also gun reform and just doing the basics to try to protect kids thank you so much for coming on and making us a little smarter >>> next, what the senate judiciary committee says it will do if john roberts does not investigate justice clarence thomas we're going to explain, next you need to deliver new apps fast using the services you want in the clouds of your choice. with flexible multi-cloud services that enable digital innovation and enterprise cont

in the wake of the covenant school shooting, governor bill lee did successfully push $140 million forers for public schools. but republicans failed to pass any meaningful gun measures. since the shooting, thousands of people have descended on the state capitol to lobby lawmakers while families sat in committee meetings and in the galleries calling for gun reform their calls fell on deaf ears. instead of listening to the public, republicans who have a supermajority in the legislature plowed ahead with the unprecedented expulsion of two black democratic members who listened to the people and demanded action. a testament to the tennessee being the least democratic state in the country the republicans' stubborn insistence on punishing dissent dominated the final days of the session and created a national embarrassment for the republican party. joining me now are the tennessee three, justin j. pearson, justin jones, and gloria johnson. thank you for being here it was an honor just to meet you all in person. we have been covering the story from day one because of the unprecedented nature of

republican governor bill lee has since proposed school safety measures such as funding for security upgrades and armed officers at both public and private schools, but that hasn't eased the fare for some of these protesters who say they're afraid they could be the next victims. >> i go to school every day in fear that i will die, that my brother will die, that my friends will die, that my cousins will die. this is not fair. i don't want to die at school. >> reporter: meantime, one of who two democratic lawmakers here in tennessee expelled for holding a gun reform demonstration on the house floor could be back in his now-vacant seat by monday. on twitter, nashville mayor john cooper says the council will meet on monday, and he believes they'll appoint representative justin jones back to the seat in an interim position. they failed to expel a third democrat, gloria johnson, who is white. claims that race played a part which republicans deny, they'll be back in session on monday, arkansas them. arthel. we'll see. we'll be here to see what happens next. back to you. arthel: okay, charles. charle

to kill our friends and kill our neighbors >> reporter: while in tennessee, republican governor bill lee today called for stronger background checks for gun purchases. >> the executive order will, for one thing, set a 72-hour clock for reporting new criminal activity. >> reporter: other states like maryland, washington, and colorado are moving forward with new restrictions as gun rights advocates push back on what they consider unconstitutional overreach. >> no amount of gun control is going to stop a criminal hell-bent on murder from gaining some tools to do it >> reporter: the kaiser survey also showed that about a third of adults have avoided large crowds due to the possibility of gun violence. lester >> all right, gabe, thank you. >>> tonight u.s. officials are scrambling to control the damage from the disclosure of intelligence secrets after dozens of classified documents were leaked online andrea mitchell now with the latest. >> reporter: tonight, those leaked documents causing tough conversations between washington and u.s. allies on ukraine, a u.s. intelligence assessment that uk

in tennessee, republican governor bill lee signed an executive order to tighten the background check process in the state. >> the governor also urged the general assembly to come together to pass an order of protection law, which is similar to a red flag law. >> u.s. republican senator tim scott considering a one a run for the white house. he has launched an exploratory committee that allows him to raise money. if he does decide to seek the party's nomination. the gop field already includes another south carolina candidate, of course, former governor and un ambassador nikki haley. it was haley who, in first appointed scott to the senate in 2012 voters reelected him last fall. former president trump is due back in new tomorrow for a deposition in a civil fraud lawsuit. new york attorney general letitia james filed a lawsuit against him and his company. it claims mister trump and his company misled banks with financial statements that over valued his assets. change seeking 250 million dollars and a ban on mister trump doing business in new york. the deposition is expected to be held at

tennessee governor bill lee, a republican could soon call a special session on gun violence or form. and gop lawmakers who represent the state in washington by congressman chuck fleischmann introduced a bill for schools to add more safety officers and security equipment to their campuses. the bill will work. it's a win-win for america. the tennessee 3 left the white house with a call to the whole country that we must protect kids and not guns. that was jessi turnure reporting. coming up next on the kron 4 morning news. and when it could be the last time. >> we could be able to shop at bed, bath and beyond. we're talking when you use those funds. plus, we're learning more about a deadly shooting in san francisco. about welcome twenty-five for your money. following bed bath and beyond announcement that they are filing for bankruptcy. >> deal hunters made their way to the retail store yesterday. the company plans to close hundreds of stores and shut down its remaining 360 stores. plus 120 buy buy baby locations. 14,000 employees will be laid off. >> come bring your patients, bring a frie

tennessee's republican governor , bill lee, signing an executive order today to strengthen the state's gun background checks. this follows the shooting at that nashville elementary school this afternoon, the governor pleaded for his state legislature to set aside politics and act. i think that we have an obligation. and i certainly do. to remind people that we should set aside. politics and pride. and accomplished something that the people of tennessee want us to get accomplished. it is possible and it is important that we find a way. to remove. individuals who are a threat to themselves or to our society to remove them from access to weapons. um eva, you've been covering this for us . no one can argue with that. i mean, that is just as common sense as it gets. yes remove their access to weapons. is he proposing something or with his executive order something specific they should change in his state. well he's right now calling for a review of the background check process, so he's asking the tennessee bureau of investigations essentially to take inventory. are we doing this the most ef

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governor bill lee said yesterday that the storm capped the worst week of his time as governor.is week, of course, began with the horrific shooting at covenant school, a private elementary school in nashville. our mark strausman reports. >> please hurry. i'm hearing more shots. >> they're coming. >> reporter: another muzzle flash point about guns in america. six people killed, three of them 9 years old. >> these large, mass public shootings, they represent about 1% of gun violence nationwide. >> reporter: michael runs new jersey's gun violence research center, one of its inescapable conclusions -- >> where there's more firearms, there's more firearm injury and death. >> reporter: america has roughly 400 million guns in private hands. gun violence like heart disease or opioids, qualifies as a public health crisis. during the covid pandemic, the u.s. firearms homicide rate spiked by 35%. on average, gun violene kills more than00 amecans a day. just as unsettling, guns are now the number one cause of death among children. >> every shooting has this vast ripple effect that affects s

>> reporter: yeah, we have some movement coming from the governor republican bill lee has issued an executive order strengthening background checks for firearm c purchases. he also called on the state general assembly to pass a so-called red flag law requiring court orders to take away guns from people who pose a threat to themselves or others, but it is not clear fif the republican legislature would take up the bill in the session it is currently in mcnally says i support the second amendment unequivocally and believe that a law-abiding armed citizenry is the the grea defense against criminality and tyranny. they do attempt to address some specific concerns from the covenant school shooting on march 27th the shooter came, was under emotional care but was able to store guns at a family home. so a lot to see over the next few weeks of the legislative session in tennessee if the legislature's able to come up with any consensus and pass bills regarding gun control. >> still plenty of developments this morning drew petramoix, we appreciate the update >>> hundreds gathered in louisville for a publ

here is governor bill lee. [video clip] >> i certainly hope there is bipartisan support sufficient to get this done. we are at a moment in time in tennessee where because of the incredible emotional responses to what has happened in the last weeks, all across the board, i am one that believes really difficult circumstances can bring about really positive outcomes. i talk about that a lot, the redemption of struggle or tragedy can bring about a positive thing for our community. those of us who are in the positions we are in and the general assembly, and certainly in our office, we think now is that time. i certainly believe now is that time. i am hopeful people will not have preconceived ideas. we'll be open to bringing forth ideas and discussing and saying, we have to move forward. this is our moment to lead and give the people of tennessee what they deserve. host: that is the current governor of tennessee, bill lee. is compromise possible on gun reform? for gun owners, the line to use is (202) 748-8000. non-gu

. >> reporter: this development is bound to anger those republican lawmakers, governor bill lee, anotherpand background checks for gun buyers. he is also urging legislation to take guns away from dangerous people, and for democrats here, norah, it is hard-fought progress. >> norah: the debate continues. mark strassmann, thank you very much. we want to turn out to some breaking news we are getting from new york city, where an envelope containing a mysterious white powder was sent to manhattan district attorney alvin bragg. now, this comes a week after bragg charge former president donald trump with 34 felony counts. police are testing this substance to determine what it is. at this hour, there are n sick. tonight, the biden administration is hoping to put the brakes on climate change by proposing some of the toughest regulations yet on vehicle emissions. cbs's ben tracy reports that hitting its goals will require nothing short of a revolution for drivers. >> reporter: it's a massive jolt for electric vehicles. the epa has proposed tailpipe solution standards are so strict, they would effe

school shooting in nashville, following some political uproar at the statehouse there, the governor, bill lee, in tennessee, signed an executive order on strengthening background checks and is calling for a red flag law in tennessee. do you have any idea which direction the tennessee legislature may go on this? guest: having the governor speak out in support of this is a really strong signal. i will say there were elements of the bipartisan safer communities act that passed last year and congress that encouraged states to pass these laws. this can be bipartisan in nature, and i hope that tennessee takes that the heart and looks at this. but tennessee and any other state exploring these laws needs to make sure it is based on evaluating real-time behaviors and not a diagnosis of a mental health condition. people with mental illness are much more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators of violence. a person with mental illness is 23 times more likely than their peers to be a victim of violence. so, we need to make sure that these laws are based on actual, real-time behaviors that a pe

in response, governor bill lee has proposed a plan to strengthen school safety, including $140 million for armed security guards at all public schools. the governor also wants to add more mental health resources. police in nashville say the school shooter was being treated for an emotional disorder. but a motive for that attack has not been determined. virginia teacher shot by a six year old student earlier this year, has now filed a $40 million lawsuit. abby's warner claims the newport news school board and administrators ignored warning signs about the child. she also claims the boy was previously removed from the school for choking a teacher and other violent behavior in response. lawyers for the school's former principal are now considering a countersuit, claiming another student warns warner about the gun and she ignored it. her lawyer calls that absurd oversees the woman accused of blowing up that cafe in russia, killing a prominent war blogger is making a court appearance today. video online shows the pro putin blogger receiving a figurine, which was actually a bomb. a woman was

the law signed earlier this year by republican governor bill lee and set to take effect july 1st would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the state. the doj argues the law violates the equal protection clause of the constitution and added no person should be denied access to necessary medical care just because of their transgender status tennessee has been a hot spot for anti-lgbtq legislation so far this year. most recently enacting a law that would criminalize drag performances in public >>> the republican-backed plan to cut spending and raise the debt ceiling has passed through the house by the slim els of margins. it's the first major move in the fight to prevent an impending financial crisis for more on this, brie jackson in washington. brie, good morning so speaker mccarthy was able to find some success with this package, but its future in the senate doesn't look as bright? >> reporter: that's right. after a week of speculation and tension, the house passed the limit save grow act with just two votes to spare on wednesday. the bill was introduced by house speaker

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governor bill lee says he wants the legislature to restrict gun purchases and he wants a new bill passedthe end of the regular legislative session. lee has put pressure on lawmakers to draft this bill to specifically target calls dangerous people. >> it is important and possible to remove them from access to weapons. >> governor lee reportedly plans to sign an executive order to strengthen the state's gun background checks. in the executive order, criminal activity has to be reported to the state. the courts will also have to submit timely and accurate information to the tennessee bureau of investigation. >> thank you. senator alex padilla visiting. the effort he's expected to talk about. >> indiana inferno. a massive fire at a recycling plant forcing thousands out of their homes. >> we will have a wind advisory going into effect for the north bay coastline and solano county today for gusts in excess of 40 miles an hour. it's a windy wednesday. a closer look after the oh, that's a red flag. your mom looks a lot like me. yeah, couple of hotties. thank you? there's dead spots all over this

i commend tennessee governor bill lee for signing an executive order to expand background checks andl follow suit and take action. i stand ready, as i always have been, to work across the aisle in good faith on federal legislation that will save lives. it is within congress was my power to require safe storage of firearms, require background checks, eliminate gun manufacturers from liability. they should happen without delay. joe biden's statement. you are watching bbc news. hello. pressure has been building through the weekend but also with it a much moister airflow bringing a lot of cloud across the uk today. that cloud has been thick enough for patchy light rain and drizzle, and we will keep some of that going through this evening and overnight, initially across parts of southern scotland into northern england as the night wears on, the midlands, maybe east anglia by the end of the night. could see some clearer skies across kent for a time but for most a generally cloudy night, but not as cold as last night. temperatures generally between 5—10 celsius, perhaps two or three if we s

tennessee governor bill lee signed the bill into law earlier this month. shelby county judge thomas parker said the state has failed to justify its reason for the ban. the trump appointed judge has issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting enforcement of that law for the next 2 weeks. state senator scott wiener, san francisco tweeted out a response tonight saying, quote, instead of addressing gun violence, tennessee decided to spend his time banning drag queens. turns out something called the first amendment. doesn't allow that. >> the oakland police department is investigating after a video surfaced online showing la angels star anthony rendon taking a swing at an a's fan last night. it's posted on twitter shows the angels 3rd baseman confronting a fan in the stands. rendon says the fan called him another word for a female dog. then he took a swipe at the fan. but missed is the guy kind of backed up dodge the slap. >> opd says no victim has come forward, but they have seen the video and that's created a report. there is an active investigation. the

are not protecting the children, they want to protect the arms industry come a bill now going to bill lee'sk, the tennessee governor who signed off on a bendy regulation bill and a beretta gun factory? >> i heard you mention the 2005 law, the protection of lawful commerce and arms act, which already shields -- which already shields gun makers from liability in a number of ways. that law was written in the wake of a wave of lawsuits against gun makers by gun control organizations, by large municipalities that sought to force the gun makers to pay for the consequences of the seemingly uncontrolled liberation of firearms that was dramatically -- that had picked up dramatically in the early 1990's in addition to the very obvious human trauma, there are economic costs to gun violence as well. the pcl aa -- the intention of that was to shield gun makers nationally. it is signed into law by the george w. bush administration so that gun makers could not be sued for their guns working as they are designed, to maine and kill human beings. with the -- what the tennessee legislation is doing is a kind

but looking at tennessee where the governor bill lee signed an executive order.epublican governor, republican-led legislature. we'll see where the legislation which you -- legislature goes. is there progress on guns in texas? >> i think that even republican lawmakers are feeling that they have to answer to the constituents. as we saw last year getting federal legislation passed that happened because lawmakers were going back to the districts and being inundated with calls from pro-gun republican constituents. when lawmakers think they can lose the job over this they act. is it performative? the legislature is unlikely to pass any gun restrictions in tennessee, texas and kentucky. it may be that the governor is saying something to just get him over this political hiccup but whether the legislature is going to act on that is a different thing. it is unlikely to happen. >> yeah. jennifer, we always need the context around the shootings and i think you make a good point to cover them now because of how often a percentage of the mass shootings is this community violen

tennessee governor bill lee is now pushing a $140 million bill that would put armed guards at every schoole state. meanwhile, three democrats in the legislator lost their committee assignments after storming the state's capitol building during a chaotic anti-gun protest. those lawmakers could also face expulsion. a senior isis commander killed in an american led coalition drone strike in northern syria. u.s. central command revealing the terrorists were planning attacks in europe and working to rebuild isis centcom writing, quote: isis continues to represent a threat to the region and beyond. though degraded the group is able to maintain operations in the region with a desire to strike beyond the middle east now though this. 48 million people in the u.s. are bracing for another round of severe weather. this is just days after the midwest and south were hit by a string of deadly tornadoes. now, over the weekend, the powerful system swept through arkansas and other states killing at least 33 people. fox is donating $1 million to the american red cross to support the victims in hard hit commu

tennessee republican governor bill lee signed the measure into last february, but it was blocked by a federal judge the following month arguing it was too vaguely written. president biden on monday welcomed tennessee democratic representatives justin pearson, justin jones, and gloria johnson to the white house for a discussion on gun reform. the lawmakers became known as the tennessee three after facing republican-led expulsion votes from the state legislature for supporting recent student protests calling for gun control after six people, including three nine-year-old students, were killed in a mass shooting at a nashville elementary school in march. pearson and jones, who were the only two formally expelled, were unanimously reappointed to the tennessee house of representatives by local officials earlier this month. this is justin jones speaking monday from the rose garden. >> lifted this issue -- this is not left or right. this is a moral issue, any issue in the south where we are trying to build multiracial democracy and challenge these extreme forces that rather than passing an a

republican governor bill lee has promised to sign the legislation, which comes less then a month after39-year-olds students -- three nine-year-olds students and three adults were killed by a shooter armed with an ar-15-style semi-automatic assault rifle at the covenant school in nashville. in response, democratic representative justin jones of nashville tweeted -- "there's a soul sickness in our state when tennessee republican legislators are more concerned with protecting gun manufacturers from lawsuits than children from being killed by mass shootings. we said, protect children not guns -- they choose the guns. this is morally insane." meanwhile, special election dates have been set to fill the seats of the democratic representatives justin jones and justin pearson after tennessee republicans voted to expel them for leading peaceful protests against gun violence inside the tennessee legislature. both black lawmakers have been temporarily reappointed to their house seats and are expected to compete in primaries to be held on june 15, with an election set for august 3. republicans in m

also tuesday, tennessee's republican governor bill lee signed an executive order tightening background checks for gun purchases. he also called on state lawmakers to pass red flag laws that would allow authorities to remove guns from people deemed to be a risk to others or themselves. this comes two weeks after a mass shooting at a nashville christian school killed six people, three of them nine-year-olds, and one week after the gop-led ouster of two black democrats who led a peaceful protest against gun violence on the tennessee house floor. one of the lawmakers, justin jones, was reinstated monday while the other, justin pearson, could be reinstated today. the environmental protection agency is proposing new rules to slash vehicular emissions and speed up the transition to electric cars. the biden administration is unveiling the proposal today, which will require two-thirds of new cars and a quarter of new heavy trucks to be all-electric by 2032. the auto industry has said the tight timeline could result in significant job and profit losses, but analysts say such measures are needed

bill lee banning drag performances in public.ile in an interview on "60 minutes" with lesley stahl, the far right republican congress member marjorie taylor greene said she stands by her claim that democrats are a party of pedophiles. >> the democrats are a party of pedophiles. >> i would deftly say so. they support -- >> they are not pedophiles. why would you say that? >> even joe biden the president himself supports children being sexualized and having transgender surgeries, sexualizing children is what pedophiles do to children. >> wow. ok. amy: that was lesley stahl questioning marjorie taylor greene. elie mystal, your final cummins? >> that was lesley stahl laundering marjorie taylor greene and her wacky doodle theories. lesley stahl should have been prepared to come back with a senate republican -- the point is not lesley stahl. the point is tennessee's drag and was always against the first amendment. one of the things the republicans are trying to do is to directly attack the first amendment when it suits them to try to pu

lawmakers has only emboldened efforts to address gun violence in the state tennessee republican governor bill lees now putting pressure on republicans in the legislature to pass a red flag law, something republicans have resisted up until this point and now a group of u.s. senate democrats is cawing on the justice department to investigate whether tennessee republicans broke federal civil rights law by expelling those two members in the first place in a letter to attorney general merrick garland the democratic senators write our system of government sets out a role for the federal government to protect democratic institutions and preserve legislators to debate the importance, silencing legislators on the basis of their views or participation is protected speech or protest. it is antithetical to american democracy and values we are deeply concerned without immediate action by the u.s. department of justice anti-democratic actors will only be emboldened and we'll see more troubling and more frequent incidents meant to unravel our democratic fab krk joining us now is democratic senator raphael warno

going to be able to get i removed and finally after years of this going on, the current governor, bill lee, managed to whip the votes needed to get it taken out but that happened after years of protesters, democratic legislators and black legislators, asking for something to be done there >> what does the future look like for jones and pearson assuming pearson is reinstated just back to square one? >> seems like the future is pretty bright for them a lot brighter than it was maybe two weeks ago. tennessee is not a state where state legislators, particularly on the democratic side, are able to raise much money or get much national recognition it's not a swing state it's a heavily republican dominated state where democrats are really fighting for scraps and jones and pearson have been able to raise money off of this. the state party has been able to raise money off this they have found people around the world outraged over how they were treated this past week and so you know, they're going to return to the legislature and per the house rules, they can't be expelled for violating decorum rule

tennessee govern for bill lee, a republican, said he would support reviewing the state's gun laws.tors, mostly students, marched to the state capitol building monday. forecasters say the battered south and midwest will be hit with more s severe weather this week. even as residents of the region sift through the wreckage of their homes. forecasters are warning of more severe weather and a fire danger in the days ahead. the storm spawned tornadoes in 11 states, killing at least 32 people. arkansas, missouri, southeastern iowa and parts of illinois are expected to be hit this afternoon with isolated super cells which could include tornadoes, wind, and hail. stay with fox weather for extended coverage on the latest storm. uconn huskies winning their fifth national title in last night's championship game. they had one of the most dominants runs in ncaa history winning each game with double digits and closing the season with a 76-59 win over san diego state. listen. >> it's in the hands of the coach's son. this is becoming a family dynasty if you will. what a year he's had too. and the h

. >> reporter: tennessee governor bill lee has introduced a proposal to expand the presence of armedvery school in the state. the covenant school is a private christian academy so this would also offer funding private schools to hire armed guards as well. the alleged shooter sent educate the messages to her former basketball teammate prior to the murders hinting that something bad was going to happen. that same team mate said in recent years audrey hale's behavior became obsessive and felt stalker-ish. a manifesto is expected to be released. will, rachel, pete? will: thank you, alexandria. pete: we'll sea if we get that manifesto and why she did it. not that i really care, but we deserve to know. good on the state of tennessee for saying we're going to do something that would actually impact the problem. rachel: we're not going to discriminate against parents and kids who go to private schools. we care about all of our kids. i loved all of this, and i think just knowing this is a guard there will be a deterrent for some people. will: oh, i think so. pete: in this case, it was, early