pair of dueling decisions, creating a flash point in the fight for abortion rights. in texas. a federal judge is halting the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug medford pret zone, one of the main medications used to provide abortions. but less than an hour later. conflicting court ruling out of washington state the federal judge, they re protecting access to the drug in 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia, which suit to protect the medication. the two decisions are the most significant on the on abortion since the supreme court overturned roy roe v. wade last summer here with us now is cnn senior supreme court analyst joan baez. cubic joan. good to see you also, you re the author of the new book, nine black robes. so two rulings now two very different decisions. what happens next? well, this puts the abortion issue right back on the path to the supreme court. attorney general america ireland last night that the government is going to app
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing you day with us. the biden 2024 plan takes shape. the president will tour through what he calls america reborn, circling infrastructure as a big selling point and the new republican majority as a big target. two cities, two grand juries, two giant legal developments in the investigations of donald trump. if manhattan, prosecutors now reportedly presenting evidence about hush money payments. in washington, two witnesses in the classified documents case have testified under oath. plus, two more memphis police officers out. three memphis emts dismissed. tyre nichols family asks why now, what took so long, and what else might the city be hiding. a first for us though, the president on the road today, celebrating a past achievement and using it to shape the politics of this year and next. this hour, the president in new york to showcase a revamp of the rail tunnel burrowing under the
iowa republicans only six weeks until you decide how the 2024 presidential race will go, maybe the fate of american democracy, no pressure, the league starts right now. donald trump s latest ploy, he claims president biden, not him is a threat to the american democracy. what if it works and he wins a second term? i will speak with folks with several new warnings spelling out danger, plus israel expanding its core. even in the south israel first hole, palestinians plead for safety, the new strikes as influential voices speak about the u.n. calling out hamas atrocities from october 7, largely on condemned crimes by the international community, women sexually assaulted and rape by hamas, a jewish and israeli restaurant owner taunted by a mob. just the latest supercharge moment of anti-semitism in america. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with a warning about democracy, a warning from the man who himself may pose the greatest threat in our lifetime, exactly 6
democracy, and so there was reporting i have talked to voters particularly in georgia. i would credit some of that to and i don t give a lot of credit to republicans, but i would credit that to the posture that governor kemp took and the fact that he is not siding with donald trump, and he is deductibledoubling down that the election was decided for joe biden. that is what independents want to hear going into the general election. congressman, let s zoom in on georgia. the wall street journal calls georgia ground zero for trump exhaustion. here s what we re hearing from one former trump voter in georgia on his frustration with the former president. now that he s running for a third time, is there a world where you could see yourself supporting him again despite this? absolutely not. the comments coming out of his mouth are just degrading to women, degrading to minorities. i just couldn t vote for him based on his actions.