lila rose, in southern california, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me, stephen. it s a great pleasure to have you on the show. ijust wonder if, right now, you feel you are wrestling with the law of unintended consequences. you welcomed that supreme court decision to overturn roe v wade, but since that happened a couple of years ago, it s become clear that most americans do not want to see a woman s right to choose an abortion to be outlawed and overturned. that s become a big problem for you, hasn t it? well, to be clear, the majority of americans actually support abortion restriction, stephen, which is not the case for pro abortion activists in this country. so those that are bewailing the overturning of roe v wade and planned parenthood are some of these very activistic, pro abortion groups, they don t want any abortion restrictions. and as you know, even in most european countries, abortion is largely restricted after the first trimester. that s not so in the united
were killed in an israeli airstrike i ll speak to the director of the world food program ambassador cindy mccain would discuss that and more. that s just ahead. meantime, regional tensions are on the brink of unrest traveling even further after an iranian consulate building in damascus was hit. and later, florida supreme court opens a door for a six-week abortion ban to take effect, but gives voters the final word on abortion rights for women in november. we ll explain hello, i m wolf blitzer in one washington and urine, the cnn newsroom we begin with two major developing stories out of the middle at least in gaza outrage after seven aid workers from the world central kitchen were killed in an israeli airstrike, israel taking responsibility for the attack. prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying it was not intentional. and just a short time ago, secretary of state antony blinken spoke about the incident. watch and as we have throughout this conflict, we ve impressed upon the
and what the biden administration is actually doing. on its face a hearing this week with donald trump s former chief of staff mark meadows revolved around what might sound like a sideshow legal issue compared to the larger problem facing the former president hooch he wants to move his case from state to federal court, but what we learned from his nearly four hours of questioning has implications far beyond a potential change of venue for his trial. in addition to giving us the first sense of what the argument may be from one of trump s other coconspirators of which there are many, the testimony was also another flashing warning sign of what a second trump term could look like. i mean, let s zero in on the key defense we heard from mark meadows. he argued that the allegations outlined in the indictment, you know, the unrelenting pursuit of baseless claims of election fraud, the pressure campaign on georgia officials to find votes, the conspiratorial behavior to keep trump i
let s start with the story that s dominated the uk political agenda for the last few days. rishi sunak says it s utterly wrong to blame him forfailing to tackle the issue of unsafe concrete in school buldings. as thousands of children return to classrooms today after the summer break, it s emerged that more than a hundred schools in england and scotland will be closed or partially shut. it s over safety concerns about what is known as raac a type of concrete, that s known to be at risk of crumbling. our political editor chris mason reports on a busy first day back for mps. you probably hadn t heard of it until the other day, but this stuff concrete that can get crumbly is building into a political mess. did rishi sunak, when he was chancellor, walk away from repairs happening sooner? the man who used to be the department for education s most senior civil servant reckons he did. i was absolutely amazed to see that the decision made by the government was to halve the sc