a kia borings pill is now once again in court. oral arguments are set to begin soon before the fifth circuit court of appeals. a case brought by anti-abortion activist who is want to ban mifepristone nationwide. on the state level the focus is in the carolinas where two separate efforts to further restrict abortions in both states have hit a critical juncture. in north carolina nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy are now banned. as a republican super majority in the state legislature voted to override democratic governor roy cooper s veto of their bill. shouts of shame could be heard from the gallery after the gavel fell there. and in south carolina republican lawmakers are at it again after debating for more than 12 hours yesterday on a near total ban on abortion. they are heading back into session to continue the fight. let s start in north carolina, cnn s dianne gallagher is in raleigh, north carolina, for us. after having his veto overridden what is the g
you ll see them crawling on hands and knees, deserting an area. we re live on the ground tonight. plus, new pictures from the violent attack at congressman gerry connolly s office that sent two staffers to the hospital. congressman connolly is outfront. and the new york mayor publicly breaking with president biden as angry parents demand to know why school gymnasiums may be closed down to become the new home for migrants. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, every single russian rocket shot down by ukraine today. as some of putin s forces are on the run on the front lines. these are two major developments tonight in the great european war. first, russian president vladimir putin firing a total of 18 missiles at ukraine. take a look at that new video there. it s one of the interceptions. ukrainian officials say they shot down every single one of those missiles down. you see one of them right there. it s like lightning in the sky. it
morning. absolutely. thank you. thank you. cnn this morning continues right now. we are learning more about the man in custody accused of attacking a staffer, intern for democratic congressman gerry connolly. he didn t have any particular motivation, he was on a tear. we have to assess the security we do or do not provide district offices. it s concerning and quite frankly scary. the clock is ticking closer to what would be the first debt deno-fault american history. we don t know what the economic impacts will really be. and that s the scariest part. the fact of the matter is they re now negotiating. they have to. you have to have something done by this weekend. we are nowhere near any of that. after four years and millions of taxpayer dollars, durham report is out. got his own information, which is this information plus plus plus. this report does nothing. it is absolutely a big zero. florida governor ron desantis is expected to launch
briefly resume tonight with no progress after republican negotiators abruptly left the meeting with officials this morning saying that they needed to quote, press pause, and quote. calling the talks not productive. the republicans exit was widely seen, not as an order from the speaker, kevin mccarthy, but rather as kevin mccarthy taking marching orders from the chaos caucus. otherwise known as the house freedom caucus. and it s spiritual leader, donald trump. who said today, quote, republicans should not make a deal on the debt ceiling unless they get everything they want, including the kitchen sink. that s the way democrats have always dealt with us, do not fold. exclamation, exclamation, exclamation. and quote. that the chaos of kevin mccarthy s speakership taught us anything, it s that kevin mccarthy does not control his caucus. and now those hard-liners who one unknown concessions from mccarthy to make and the speaker, seemed to be calling the shots. a source familiar wit
more setbacks for russia as ukraine makes strides on the battlefield, possibly downing four russian jets, killing two russian commanders and gaining ground all as kyiv gdpeers up fr a counteroffensive. some service members stationed at north carolina s camp lejeune in the 70s and 80s were exposed to a chemical called tce and could lead to a massive lehigher risk of parkinson s disease. and aaa is warning of a blockbuster season. tens of millions on the roads and in the skies as well. we re following all of these stories all coming in here to cnn news central. we begin the hour with the war in ukraine. today ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy was in the united kingdom enlisting serious financial and military support from the british prime minister. he s been meeting with key nato leaders ahead of ukraine s counteroffensive. he says his country needs a little bit more time to prepare for that major assault. meantime back on the battlefield, russian troops are facin