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>> good evening, we begin tonight with two developments into the january 6th investigation. the first concerns john eastman, the trump lawyer who cooked up the scheme to overturn the election. the one that former white house attorney eric harshman told to quote, get a great criminal defense lawyer. we learned tonight that the fbi has seized his phone. eastman did nothing to dispel suspicion when he went before the select committee, took the fifth over and over again. >> i assert my fif...

prepares to sign it into law. will it make a difference in the epidemic of gun violence in the united states? ill ask the new york city mayor eric adams. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf f blitzer, youre "the situation room". we begin with the u.s. supreme court decision undoing a half century old precedent and ending a womans guaranteed federal right to an abortion. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has more on the ruling...

Stay tuned. Well have senator Susan Collins announcement as soon as she comes to the floor. From there well know more. Thanks for joining us. Ill be on the five at 5 00. Im dana. Heres shep. Shepard the vote is tomorrow, but the big moment is right now. A live look. The floor of the United States senate where were about to witness what could be the Tipping Point for judge Brett Kavanaughs Supreme Court nomination. At any moment now, the key republican senator from maine will announce how she pla...

Thank you. What a busy afternoon we are about to have. You have the busiest hour of the day. Lot of people asking why did Susan Collins decide 3 00 is when she is i dont have a good answer, but we will hear it moments from now. We dont have an answer, why are you asking the question. Other people are asking me the question, thats our job to figure it out. It appears we will hear from her in moments. History is about to be made in the United States capitol. The final confirmation of Brett Kavanau...

Entirely of that restriction? >> it is an elimination entirely, as i read it. i mean the good thing about roe v. wade, or planned parenthood versus casey, which that it established balance between the liberty of the woman to seek reproductive health care in consultation with her decision, and her family, it was a private choice, it was not up to state legs laters and to members of congress. but there was a balancing tactic, against the developing fetus, and so that at a certain point, under roe ...

>> activists are bracing for a new battle over one of the nations starkest political divides. >> this case is about whether the supreme court is going to adhere to an almost 50-year precedent of respecting the individual liberty to make decisions about pregnancy. >> unborn babies are human beings, and they should be protected as any human being would. >> in arguments on wednesday, chief justice john roberts signaled he might uphold the mississippi law without explicitly overturning roe. >> if it...

0 than 8500. fair to say, pam bozanich is not one of them. >> life in prison for those two is just fine. i hope they live a long, long life. this sunday, the fate of roe v. wade. >> life is so precious, and these babies have a chance now. >> the supreme court signals its ready to allow an abortion ban at 15 weeks. is it going to weaken or overturn roe v. wade? >> is it really an issue about choice? why is 15 weeks not enough time? >> lawyers defending roe argue that fetal viability should rema...

On this or is this binary? >> well, it was clear both from the solicitor generals argument and the argument by our lawyer in the courtroom as well as granted by the state of mississippi that you cant uphold mississippis law without overturning roe versus wade. there will be no stopping ground. theyll say 15 weeks in mississippi now. mississippi passed a six-week ban and theyll be back in court and theyve made their argumentsal read they the six-week ban should be upheld. as you pointed out, abou...

Is striking as well. nothing could be more important than in this particularly moment than health care, yet we had two justices willing to demolish the aca. >> that is particularly striking. what does the supreme courts decision tell us about the security of the aca going forward on that central issue? >> so i think this is much debate. earlier today on msnbc are republicans going to reel it back, this is baked in and these entitlements will endure because people have expectations to them. i thi...

Still had two justices willing to demolish the aca. >> that is particularly striking. what does the supreme courts decision tell us about the security of the aca going forward on that central issue? >> i think this is a matter of much debate, earlier today on msnbc and other platforms a number of people have said that this is the end. the republicans are going to relate back. this is baked in and these entitlements will endure because people have expectations to them. i think thats probably righ...