morning it is saturday. april 15th. i m aymara walker. i m victor blackwell. it is so good to be with you on this saturday morning. we got a lot going on today. it s been a very busy last several days. indeed. here s what we re watching for you. president biden is weighing in on the supreme court s decision to temporarily extend access to an abortion drug while it considers the case. the next steps in the process, and why next wednesday could be a pivotal day in the abortion fight. this is not just about taking home documents. a 21 year old airman charged in connection with the leak of classified documents appeared in front of a federal judge friday. what we re learning about him and the questions being raised about who should have access to classified information yourself, florida are drying out, or at least draining out now after the floods this week with some areas they got nearly two ft of rain. we ll talk about where the recovery efforts stand and where we re seeing the
hello and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, april 15th emerald walker. victor blackwell. thank you for being with us this morning. we were just watching a bit of eva longoria and what she s eating, and we ve just been talking about food during the break. yes talking about specific pizza. carmela favorite. what s your favorite anchovies or caramelized onions? i m with you on the caramelized onions that s sweet together. not together, not anchovies. no, no, no, no. here s what we re watching. thing for you today. president biden weighing in on the supreme court s decision to temporarily extend access to and abortion drug while it considers the case the next steps in the process and why next wednesday could prove to be a pivotal day in the abortion fight. this is not just about taking home documents. 21 year old airmen charged in connection with the leak of classified documents appeared in front of a federal judge friday. what we re learning about him and the question
off a furious weeklong scramble to find the source of the leak. it also raises questions about who should be able to get access to classified documents. cnn senior national security correspondent alex marquardt joining us now from washington. hi alex. what more are you learning about jack teixeira? good morning, andrea and victor. well airman, first class jack to share as you say, 21 years old. he enlisted in the air national guard back in 2019 surround four years ago, and for the past two years he has held top secret security clearance. now, according to this unsealed affidavit that was unsealed in court yesterday, he has been posting classified information online. since december. at first it was just text that he was posting. but then, a month later in january, he started according to the fbi, posting photographs of these classified documents that we have now seen. so these hundreds of documents have been online for months before they really came to light that was back on a
at the intersection of the second amendment, and the first protesters are rallying at the tennessee state capitol as three democratic lawmakers could lose their jobs today for doing this a week ago. democratic state representatives . justin jones, justin pearson and gloria johnson, using a bullhorn during a gun control rally at the capitol to call for action in the wake of last month s deadly shooting that left 39 year old children and three adults dead. the three democratic lawmakers are accused of breaking house rules at any moment. we expect their colleagues to vote on whether or not they should be expelled. cnn national reporter ryan young is live for us in nashville ryan lots of noise still ongoing, a lot of protesters that were with the lawmakers one week ago are back there today to support these three legislatures. yeah we really seen this swell fred. in terms of protesters, we have thousands earlier outside. now you can see this small crowd that s still behind me. som
evening, there s breaking news and a big victory for the biden administration, the fda and the maker but widely used abortion medication that s been taken by millions of women from more than two decades. mifepristone about an hour ago, we learned that a majority of justices on the supreme court decided in effect that the pill will remain legal no restrictions on its usage while an appeal of a lower lower court ruling moves forward that ruling by a federal judge in texas, known as an opponent of abortion, put a hold on the federal approval of the pill by the fda in 2000. and raised questions about the scientific evidence provided by the fda supporting its safety. the fifth circuit court of appeals, then froze parts of that texas judge s ruling but still left significant restrictions on this distribution prohibited pills sent by mail narrowed the window of its availability and blocked healthcare providers who are not doctors from prescribing the pills. this new ruling by the su