to terminate pregnancies on hold effective seven days from now. kristen is the name of the drug at first got fda approval more than two decades ago, and until recently the notion of a judge having grounds to reverse approval of it was seen by many legal experts is dubious at best. however, abortion opponents steered their case to a judge named matthew kiss merrick of the fifth circuit in texas, and he has ruled as they hoped just after that. we got word of a ruling in a different federal court in washington state, affecting only some states on the same drug, so there s a lot to get to cnn supreme court reporter ariana vogue joins us right now on both rulings. so first tell us about the texas ruling and what that means. it s been an unbelievable night, right? both of these rulings opposing and they both have to do with the fbi. today s approval of the medication, abortion drugs, and that approval came in 2000. in this first case, what the federal judge said is he blocked the g
tonight breaking news and what is now the most consequential ruling since the supreme court overturned roe versus wade trump appointed federal judge has just suspended the fda approval for a widely used abortion drug. that means the drug called mifepristone could soon be banned nationwide, even in states where abortion remains legal. now, this is a hugely consequential ruling. the drug has been on the market for more than 20 years and used and more than half of all abortions in this country. we have reporters covering this story across the country for us, but first let s start with ariane de vogue, outfront live and washington, ari. and what else can you tell us so far about this judge s decision? absolutely right. this is the biggest ruling we ve had since last spring, when the supreme court reverse roe v. wade here, this federal judge has halted the approval of this popular medication abortion pill. now what s important orton . here is he s put this ruling on hold for a wee
israel mobilized reservists, especially for the air force and air defense, we will act together with the complete backing of our forces, the i, d f and the security forces who also worked on the holidays to ensure the security of our citizens and the security of our homelands. as dusk sets in drones hum over gaza as israel keeps a watchful eye, hoping the night stays calm. h as you heard there beyond the israelis, saying they don t want all this to escalate any further, but certainly what we re seeing on the ground here is that the situation remains extremely volatile. vienna be watching closely, fred pleitgen, thank you. and a c 3 60 starts now. good evening. we begin tonight with breaking news to court rulings, the first potentially life altering for women in this country. a federal judge in texas putting government approval of a drug widely used
continuation of provocations, attacks and attempts to divide and change the reality will blow up the entire region. hamas has condemned both the strikes in south lebanon and here in the area of gaza. they say they are going to hold israel accountable . the palestinians also say that civilian infrastructure was hit in those strikes on gaza, including a pediatric hospital. israel also hit targets in south lebanon, saying they were used to launch rockets at israel the night before. in the west bank to british israeli women were killed and one was severely injured when their car came under fire and crashed. still israel says it wants to deescalate. there s a very, very sensitive weekend ahead with passover, ramadan and easter, all aligning, and we re looking for a hoping for a quiet weekend. at friday prayers in jerusalem. some protests but a tense, calm persisted. still,
it also comes at a time where the tensions here are extremely high, especially after those retaliatory airstrikes of the israelis flew after the rocket attacks coming from southern lebanon. here s what we re learning. hmm. throughout the night. massive explosions in gaza as israeli warplanes hit militant infrastructure, israel says a mass firing back dozens of rockets activating israel s missile defense is a spokesman for the israel defense forces tells me started firing rockets after that some palestinian factions in lebanon predominantly hamas also started fighting. israel israel says it intercepted most of the rockets , but one landed in steroid damaging a house. hamas, saying it will put up a stiff fight alone. the resistance forces of our people today send a message to the occupation to extremist groups and to this extreme right wing government that the