sent to congress and federal agencies. in the 200-page disclosure, he portrays a chaotic reckless environment that allows too many staffers access to central controls and sensitive information without adequate overnight. it s not just a story about recklessness, he also says they tried to cover up vulnerabilities. c . this is in the hands multi u.s. government, law enforcement agencies and today for the first time, by whistle-blowers speaking out. ready? yes. why are you coming forward? all my life, i ve been about finding places where i can go and make a difference- reporter: this is peter zackco, until january of this year, he was head of security at twitter, but now he s a whistle-blower. and he says that twitter security problems are so grave, they re a risk to democracy. i think twitter is an extremely important platform. reporter: he s handed over the combination about law enforcement agencies including the fcc, ftc and the department of justice. may
injuly 2021, anti government protests took place across iran. the protests were triggered by water shortages in the southern province of khuzestan. failing crops, dying wildlife, no drinking water. dry rivers. people in khuzestan face a water crisis. i m siavash ardalan, and i report on the environment for bbc persian. seeing people suffering, i wanted to understand what caused these water shortages. is it climate change or are there other factors? what is happening in iran today is the outcome of decades of bad management, poor environmental governance and a lack of foresight, not climate change. the bbc cannot operate freely inside iran, so i ve pieced the story together using social media and visited the united states to see how they manage their water. wow, this is amazing! look how much the water has gone down. as iran and the rest of the world tackle water scarcity, i ll be asking what can be done to improve the water supply for people in khuzestan? khuzestan has long
celebrating, abortion rights advocates, devastated. the question now where does the fight go next? to the white house. you re looking at it live. to congress. to state houses across the country. so over the next 60 minutes, we ll tick you live to those key places where decisions are happening. we ll take you outside the supreme court where you just saw some of those demonstrations and we re seeing protests all across the country. these are some of those. in st. louis, chicago. just ahead, we ll speak to the governor of one state where abortion rights could soon disappear. governor whitmer will join us live. we re in washington on an extraordinary friday along with our nbc news team. julia, you re there where demonstrations have been happening. tell us what it s like. hallie, if you want to know just how divided our country is, look no further than the crowd behind me. we ve seen abortion rights activists face off today, get in each other s faces. bull horns. you name it. ev
hot texas sun. and now word of children among the victims. plus, shocking new video of a powerful blast in the war that russia started, as the u.s. and allies rush to prevent any chance of a similar fate in two other countries. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead and the paulout from the damning, stunning january 6th hearing yesterday. it is becoming more and more clear just how distressed trump and his allies seem to be in the wake of the testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. based on how relentlessly they re attacking her. nonetheless, the former top aide to the chief of staff, mark meadows, is standing by her comments. cassidy hutchinson s lawyers telling us in a statement, you re hearing about first on cnn, quote, ms. hutchinson stands by all of the testimony she provided yesterday. under oath, to the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol. unquote. now, one mig
so-called, trigger laws. and the next 30 days or so sick states would similar laws on the books are likely to join them. and within the coming weeks and months, six more states are expected to issue new bans on all or most abortions. meanwhile, abortion will remain legal and protected in 20 other states and washington d.c.. that means abortion access is pretty much decided in 40 states. that leaves us with ten states. shown in the gray on this map. they represent tens of millions of americans literally living in a gray area. in those states access to a safe and legal abortion will likely hang in the balance based on a few external factors like which political party gains control in the midterm elections. that is the case in michigan. which is not a law that criminalized abortion back in 1931. that law was superseded by roe in 1973. now michigan s governor, gretchen whitmer, has promised to quote fight like hell to prevent it from going back into place. here she is speaking ex