utility officials say the damaged equipment has been fully repaired. but authorities have not yet identified a suspect. they do not know the motive for the attack. they say they have recovered some key physical evidence from the scene including dozens of shell casings. cnn s whitney wild is in moore county. she s been covering this since this started. what s the latest, whitney? reporter: well, there s new reporting from my colleague john miller who says that law enfor enforcement, again, as you point out, while they don t know exactly what the motive is are zeroing in on two possible threads. the first is a call by domestic violent extremists to attack critical infrastructure across the united states. and other zeros in on recent disruptions of lgbtq events throughout the country. law enforcement is putting this into context, and as we know, the time that this happened, the time the power went out here in moore county coincided with the start of a drag show that was supposed to ha
hey there. i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. and i m bianna golodryga. good to be back with you. good to have you. today the u.s. supreme court justices took up a case that could reshape elections in the united states. at issue, the independent state legislature theory. now, it would give state lawmakers nearly unchecked power over federal elections including the ability to gerrymander voting districts and change voting rules. allies of former president trump promoted versions of the theory during efforts to overturn the 2020 election. now, the case before the supreme court started as a fight over gerrymandering when a north carolina court struck down a congressional map that it called illegal and partisan. cnn s supreme court reporter ariane devogue is with us now. let s start with these oral arguments. what did we learn? reporter: just out of court, and they took over three hours. and as you said these republican lawmakers are asking the supreme court to take
reporter ariane devogue. ariana, let me pick up exactly where jim left off and this notion of religious freedom. this does not mirror the obergefell decision. it is not precise by any stretch of the imagination. but because of federalism, because of what they ve accomplished in the court, can you just explain a little bit about why you think the religious liberty aspect of it was top of mind? right, well, in 2015 when the court issued obergefell, nobody would have thought that this bill was necessary, right. justice kennedy issued that sweeping decision, clearing the way for gay marriage nationwide. no one would have thought that this was necessary. and as you said, because of roe v. wade, you know, justice alito in that opinion said, look, this is, this opinion on dobbs is just about abortion. it is not about anything else. but then justice clarence thomas in that concurring opinion, he was not on that same page. remember he said that in future cases we should consider all of this c
important than any other, more important than human beings in the public sphere. that is not tolerance. religious freedom means that people have the ability, the right, the practice their religion of choice, their faith in their home, and in their house of worship. it does not mean using their religion to persecute others who do not share that same fate structure. so, this is not about tolerance. this is about kowtowing the people who want preference for their religion, their interpretation of their particular religion, in the fall of sphere. and that is not religious freedom. jim obergefell, thank you so much for your insight tonight. it was appreciated. thanks, laura. david urban is back and join me is political commentator hillary rosen and cnn s court
line on when we expect an actual ruling, not just this temporary pause? so usually what happens now the other sides are given time to respond and so under normal conditions i would think it would be sometime next week. you can t tell, sometimes things get shifted but i would expect sometime next week. thanks so much. ari arie an ariane devogue. how bad will the flu get in the u.s.?