half of abortions and the united states. justices alito and thomas publicly dissented. and again this battle it is not over yet. the next step in the litigation will be at the fifth circuit court of appeals on may 17th. but this tonight it s a big win for the biden administration after its emergency request to keep the fda approval of the drug with a federal judge blocked it. the president has issued a statement tonight saying, quote i continue to stand by fda as evidence based approval of mifepristone. the stakes could not be higher for women across america. i will continue to fight politically driven attacks on women s health. more now from cnn s paula raid, paula good evening, pamela will hear the supreme court has ensured that this commonly used abortion medication will remain widely available, while larger lawsuits about its fda approval work their way through the system. at the heart of this case is this drug that you just mentioned chris stone. it is one of two drugs t
the united states. justices alito and thomas publicly dissented. and again this battle it is not over yet. the next step in the litigation will be at the fifth circuit court of appeals on may 17th. but this tonight it s a big win for the biden administration after its emergency request to keep the fda approval of the drug with a federal judge blocked it. the president has issued a statement tonight saying, quote i continue to stand by fda as evidence based approval of mifepristone. the stakes could not be higher for women across america. i will continue to fight politically driven attacks on women s health. more now from cnn s paula raid, paula good evening, pamela will hear the supreme court has ensured that this commonly used abortion medication will remain widely available, while larger lawsuits about its fda approval work their way through the system. at the heart of this case, is this drug that you just mentioned per stone. it is one of two drugs that is used in medicati
, the venue for an american 1st 100 Center Street in Downtown Manhattan, playing host to a new chapter in u. S history. Today the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. Former President Trump is back in the city that made him famous. But this time to face a new reality, the first ever former president to Face Criminal Charges. Good afternoon to our viewers around the world. Im Anderson Cooper, new york and im jake tapper in washington, d c. Were just hours away from the opening gavel. Of the people of the state of new york versus donald j. Trump this is the scene, the Manhattan Criminal Courts complex for mr trump. Will surrender. Were told and then where prosecutors will drop and indictment spelling out multiple charges against him at this very moment, we still do not know exactly what those charges are and how many there are connected to mr trumps alleged scheme to buy the silence of adult film actress and director stormy, daniels said a pivotal 2016 campaign moment. As we come on a
is more desperate in terms of how it plays and we don t need to sort of hypothesize on this. we have seen it. we saw it in 2022 in the midterms. and like you said, pam, we just saw it a couple of weeks ago in wisconsin, and it is galvanizing , not just the democratic base. but it is also, um sort of repelling if it is on the ballot, and it really is it a important issue or determinative issue in a state. uh it actually could pull independents and even some republicans away from the gop candidate. wow so interesting. we re gonna continue to follow this, joan. thank you so much. everyone else stand by a lot more to discuss tonight. it turns out trump allies weren t just trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in georgia. newly obtained text messages show they also tried to decertify the state. states. two senate runoff and this was after january 6th. we re going to show you those
is more desperate in terms of how it plays and we don t need to sort of hypothesize on this. we have seen it. we saw it in 2022 in the midterms. and like you said, pam, we just saw it a couple of weeks ago and wisconsin and it is galvanizing , not just the democratic base. but it is also, um sort of repelling if it is on the ballot, and it really is a important issue or determinative issue in a state. uh it actually could pull independents and even some republicans away from the gop candidate. wow so interesting. we re gonna continue to follow this. joan. thank you so much. everyone else stand by a lot more to discuss tonight. it turns out trump allies weren t just trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in georgia. newly obtained text messages show they also tried to decertify the states to senate runoff, and this was after january, 6th. we re going to show you those texts and a cnn exclusive right