servicemembers and countries of ethiopia. duty at this and sudan. this has cost the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians and unconscionable and it must stop. sudan is entering the second week of violence as forces battle for control of the country. the two sides used to be ally seizing allies together in a coup two years ago. they re fighting over which side s general leads the country s military. the bulge of the fighting is taking place in the sudan can capital city khartoum. additional countries and united nations also mobilizing to remove diplomatic staff. the violence spread to other cities and civilians scrambling to move to safety. travel become increasingly limited. flights have been halted as airports are pummeled by shelter and roadblocks are in place. nation of 45 million people are running out of food and medicine. 2/3 of the sudan hospitals are out of service. the united nations said looters stole food program people. a camp for displaced people was burned.
good morning, everyone and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday. april 22nd. i m amarillo walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for spending part of your day with us. we re creeping towards may i just realized i didn t just realize that hopefully my husband s not up yet. it s our 11 year anniversary second. i mean, it was our anniversary six am not six p.m. so you re good. you re good. not too late. what we re watching for you today a major victory for abortion rights supporters after the supreme court, hands down a decision to protect a widely used abortion pill, but the battle is not over. so where does the legal fight go now? fierce fighting in sudan despite a 72 hour ceasefire now, u. s officials say preparations are being made in case diplomatic personnel need to be evacuated. we will have a live report next. and a cnn exclusive. lawyers for hunter biden set to meet with the department of justice next week as scrutiny around a longstanding investigation intensif
trapped. alarming new findings about climate change. a new report says the melting of glaciers is off the charts can anything be done is the future of food grown in a lab? it s better for the climate, but what does it taste like? and back in the groove. with record sales rising, why so many are turning to turntables this weekend. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone facing an 11:59 p.m. eastern time deadline of its own choosing and a day of high drama, the u.s supreme court has just weighed in on another pivotal and consequential question in the nation s divide over abortion. the justices tonight deciding what s next for a texas court ruling that said the fda s 23-year-old approval of a commonly used abortion drug is no longer valid, a ruling temporarily paused from taking effect up until now. that has had the potential to impact medical abortions even in states where abortion remains legal. senior legal correspondent laura j
battlefield. now after a year of war, their powerful tributes announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and thank you for joining us tonight alex murdaugh s sometimes failing memory, glaring contradictions and courtroom admission that he had lied to police were all fertile ground for prosecutors today as the accused double murderer spent another day testifying in his own defense. at moments displaying flashes of anger murdaugh on trial for the murders of his wife and 22-year-old son facing more cross-examination today. the prosecution digging into the heart of its case against him. the time line of his actions around the time of the murders. confronting the former attorney with cell phone records, his own words from his initial interview with police, even the number of steps recorded by his smartphone leaving murdaugh at times struggling to provide full explanations. catie beck is covering the trial for us in walterboro, south carolina. when
was. does he wait to get into the race? because there is, i think a benefit to focusing on his agenda and also staying above the fray when it comes to a lot of the republican politics that are playing out. but at the same time, and i think the reason they re trying to announce as early as next week is because they want to get this fundraising operation underway and they really want to start energizing voters around him, especially those who are skeptical about his age and also whether he s progressive enough to continue in the white house. that was going to be one of my questions, which is what changes on tuesday. like what will change for all of us? how will we see we see something different? you know, it s a great question. i think that his his team is trying to figure out how to change president biden and the man in the white house and to campaign biden. i know that the dnc is very involved in trying to make sure that his image is as great as it can be, and also to try and