was not rightly approved it would be ludicrous if it wasn t so serious. former house speaker nancy pelosi calls out the courts and lawmakers in the legal fight over the abortion pill her comments came just before the supreme court delayed its decision on the medication we ll break down what s next in that case. elsewhere on capitol hill kevin mccarthy finally releases the republican plan to address the debt ceiling we ll take you through the house speaker s proposal just ahead. plus yet another shocking act of gun violence in america this time in maine where a man just released from prison went on a deadly shooting spree good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, april 20th i m jonathan lemire. thanks so much for starting your day with us. we ll begin with this headline the supreme court has delayed making a decision on the abortion pill mifepristone by extending a temporary block on a lower court ruling until this friday that means the drug will co
we admit we are guilty. of amplifying the voices. insane people like this guy. hello, i m mike lindell. a guy like this is given a platform. we want to make sure. when you re watching fox news. it ll make you dumber. my slippers are back in stock. take us off teltelevision. before we allow these crooks to turn. our country into a. dump, a big, massive dump we ve done our part the context of that is probably the big massive dump what was trump talking about what s that i m curious about. keep it here. probably as close as we ll get to an apology from fox news. in fact, the network put out a defiant statement on another defamation lawsuit it is facing for airing false claims about election fraud we ll have much more on that in a moment plus, the supreme court delays a decision on the abortion pill. we ll take you through what s next in the very consequential case plus, more brazen acts of gun violence in america. this time, in maine
putin responsible for recent attacks in ukraine. but how? the lead starts right now. a global response as russia bombards ukraine with mass missile attacks for a second straight day. what the president just said about the aggression in an exclusive interview with jake tapper. also this hour, another cnn exclusive, one on one with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. his take on republicans chances of winning a majority in the midterms, plus the one question he refused to answer about donald trump. and the worst is yet to come. the new recession warning as top economists also predict exactly when the economic downturn will hit. hello and welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. we begin with world leaders pledging to stop russian president vladimir putin s reign of terror in ukraine. an emergency debate today at the united nations and the g7 heads of government including president joe biden on an emergency call with ukraine s president today, vowing
at least 62 people have been killed in winter storms sweeping across north america. us officials are calling it the blizzard of the century. the storm has affected a vast area from canada in the north, down through the us and reaching as far as mexico. taiwan s president has announced that mandatory military service for all eligible men will rise from four months to a year. troops will also be instructed in the use of more powerful weapons systems. the measures will be introduce in 2024 and come after a review of the island s defences. now on bbc news, our world: the hunt for the russian superyachts. for years, many russian billionaires enjoyed lavish lifestyles in the west. they bought the most sought after villas and holidayed on their beloved superyachts. but with russia s invasion of ukraine, theirfairytale came to an abrupt end. western sanctions sparked a game of cat and mouse between some of the world s most powerful nations and some of russia s richest men. there
heatwaves and a mild autumn and spring. every month apart from december has been warmer than average. you are watching bbc news. now, ourworld: the hunt for the russian superyachts. for years, many russian billionaires enjoyed lavish lifestyles in the west. they bought the most sought after villas, and holidayed on their beloved superyachts. but with russia s invasion of ukraine, theirfairytale came to an abrupt end. western sanctions sparked a game of cat and mouse between some of the world s most powerful nations and some of russia s richest men. there was a real frenzy around the world between democracies to see who could sanction the most people the most quickly, who could sanction the biggest yacht. we got stopped because this is a big, blue, easily visible, high profile target. for the first time, the head of the us kleptocapture task force reveals how they caught a superyacht. we saw it scrambling out of waters where we would normally be able to seize it. security, sec