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united front against russias war. we are live in germany and austria for the updates. this is cnn center with michael holmes. we begin in germany where day two of the g-7 summit gets underway soon. it is a meeting, so far, of course, not surprisingly, being dominated by russias war on ukraine. missiles hit kyiv. one person killed, six more wounded after a strike hit an apartment building in the capitol. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is set to address the nation in few hours...

Nation. i would like to remind justice thomas that the right to interracial marriage is only six years older than a womans right to abortion, that is not a long history of tradition and our nation has a longer history of denying interracial marriage, do we really want to go back to the late 18th century, is that the type of nation we want? when that constitution was written, we the people did not include blacks, indigenous people, women, or people. that is not the nation the constitution promise...

Unborn girls life when she just barely can survive outside the womb, but not a day earlier, when she needs just a little help. that is the world under roe and casey. that is not the world the constitution promises. the constitution places its trust in the people. on hard issue after hard issue, the people make this country work. abortion is a hard issue. it demands the best from all of us, not just a few of us. when an issue affects everyone and the constitution does not take sides on it, it bel...

0 say. >> really? >> yeah. they used to be more polite. i have to say, the court over the last few years has gotten a bit more sharp in their questioning. and even sometimes to each other, and making digs at each other. thats an unfortunate trend. but i think for the most part, youll hear a respectful discussion of the issues between the advocates and the court. maybe the most important thing to think about is when the justices are asking a question, theyre not necessarily wanting to hear the an...

You did. that was a moment in which we were thinking about all that and so many others had done all the way from that bridge to the court, the highest court in the land. en that and that fight continues today in part because of the example of john lewis and everybody that helped narrow the gap between the constitutions, high promises and low practices and continues because we will not be satisfied until we have equality as the constitution promises. >> in the 15 seconds that remain, i want to gi...

Dont want to see roefroe v. wa overturned. if he is not of a mind to do that he should let us know. what he thinks about the case. what he thinks about this area, this realm of personal liberty which the constitution promises to us, as the supreme court said. where does he stand on that. >> all right. pete, nancy, thanks very much. this will prove to be an interesting run-up to his confirmation, assuming he gets confirmed. >> all right. now weve got to move to the best more extraordinary news ...

Against him was weak because the only evidence was juan morenos temperature. >> that was it. there was no other evidence in the case. no circumstance shall evidence, no firearm, no nothing. that was the entirety of the states case on a 17-year-old boy. >> lack of evidence was not sufficient grounds to win an appeal. >> on appeal, guilt or innocence is never the issue. what our constitution promises, every criminal defendant is a fair trial. because the trial was so clean, there was no basis, no ...

And federal courts. >> do you feel like anyone is taking your issue seriously? absolutely not. i would get more review on a car theft case than i would on a capital murder case in texas. >> rubens lawyer felt the case against him was weak because the only evidence was juan morenos temperature. >> that was it. there was no other evidence in the case. no circumstance shall evidence, no firearm, no nothing. that was the entirety of the states case on a 17-year-old boy. >> lack of evidence was not s...