roe versus wade decision. before anti-abortion activists, it s a victory that s been decades in the making, but for supporters of abortion rights, it is a devastating setback. at the white house, president joe biden lashed out at the court s decision. it s a sad day for the court and for the country. now with roe gone, let s be very clear, the health and life of women in this nation are now at risk. it was three justices named by one president, donald trump, who are the core of today s decision to upend the scales of justice and eliminate a fundamental right for women in this country. so top democrats also blasted the bill, including senator elizabeth warren and vice president kamala harris. for nearly 50 years we have talked about what roe v. wade protects. today, as of right now, as of this minute, we can only talk about what roe v. wade protected. past tense. roe is dead, but the supreme court extremists do not get the last word. we are here because we will make
incest, it does not matter. it is the same in kentucky, the same in south dakota and it will be the same in just a few weeks for other states on your screen right now. arkansas, i d how, missouri, north dakota, tennessee, utah and wyoming. reaction has been pouring in from lawmakers from reproductive rights campaigners. but i want to take you to a few women and listen to what they say. american women who say their country has turned its back on them. this is insane. i m going over to the other side, especially i wanted to yell at the people there. how? it feels like a betrayal. it feels like my country doesn t love he and appreciate my body as a woman. i can t even i can t even chant because i can t say anything. it just it hurts. i m worried for the young women who are on opposition who don t understand how at risk their lives may be. polling showed the majority of americans did not want the country to overturn the court to overturn roe v. wade. but majority
bipartisan action on the issues of guns. congress passing that bill exactly one month to the day of that horrific massacre that koured in uvalde, texas. this doesn t do everything i want. it does include actions live longed call for that will save lives. the pride parade in oslo cancelled after a shooting near a gay bar killed two people and hurt eight others. i m pamela brown in washington. you re in the cnn newsroom. for the first time since 1973, american women woke up this morning to this reality. they no longer have a constitutional right to make major decisions about their bodies about reproduction, about abortion. after five justices over turned the landmark roe versus wade decision, protests spilled out across the country today including right outside the supreme court. a short time ago, u.s. capitol police announced they arrested two people accused of throwing paint over the fence pi the supreme court. states are now in power to define abortion laws and 26 stat
and stolen. that view was wrong then and it is wrong today. that comes as the justice department is ramping up its criminal investigation into the fake electors scheme that was concocted by trump and his allies with federal agents delivering grand jury subpoenas to at least four people yesterday. this is at a scale that we had not seen before from doj. it raises questions about how deep they are in to the fake elector scheme with their investigations. we will have much more on that in just a moment. that is the justice department branch of all of this. the congressional side of the investigation picks up in a few hours with a new hearing focused on the former president s pressure campaign to get the department of justice to intervene in the 2020 election. joining me now ellie honig former federal prosecutor. we can tell a lot by this witness list today. we can, john. let s set the scene. mid-december 2020 now it s about a month and change after the election, we are a few
the january 6th committee is not done, collecting new testimony for hearings to come in september. today we ll be seeing never before seen footage from key depositions including jared and ivanka. they are still seeking ginni thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, he was e-mailing john eastman, author of one of the failed plots to overturn the election. they say they may subpoena her. the committee is engaged with her counsel. we certainly hope she will agree to come in voluntarily but the committee is fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena if she is not. cheney is not deterred by the prospect of losing her seat in congress because of trump s organized opposition as punishment for her role spear heading the investigation. if i have to choose between maintaining a seat in the house of representatives or protecting the constitutional republic and ensuring the american people know the truth about donald trump, i m going to choose the constitution and the t