According to reports, the two girls were already shot by the time officers arrived.
GOP leaders also shuttered C-SPAN's live coverage of the protest, but that did not stop policy makers from tweeting and posting live feeds on Facebook and Periscope to disseminate their cause.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver spoke with Roland Martin, host of NewsOne Now, and guest co-host Laura Coates about Wednesday's sit-in protest that captured the attention of the nation and went viral on social media platforms.
Several Democratic lawmakers are prepared to wait out the night, possibly into the next few days.
Past award winners include transgender activist and Olympian Caitlyn Jenner, former NFL player Michael Sam, and award-winning broadcast journalist Robin Roberts.
If members do not leave the floor and no compromise is reached, it is largely up to Speaker Paul Ryan to decide whether to use the authority of the House to seek to clear the floor and/or sanction members, or to keep the House in recess and wait out the issue.
There is no evidence that the gun was fired, police said. They released information about the finding Tuesday after an attorney for the man accused of shooting Smith hinted that a second gun at the scene made his client fear for his life.
"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters."
When asked about Obama's vulnerable moment, Zimmerman called him a "piece of garbage" and claimed the president was faking his tears in an effort to create a dictatorship.
In his last year in office, POTUS vows to “stand up and fight for the change that we seek.”
