here on cnn newsroom rulings by two u. s. federal judges illustrate what health care for women now looks like without the protections. of roe v. wade. fallout from the move by tennessee republicans to expel two democratic lawmakers from the state house here with their supporters are planning to do next, and a show of force on all sides of taiwan. see how beijing is responding as officials from taipei and washington grow ever closer. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with goossen. so the abortion rights debate is once again front and center here in the united states. this time a fight is brewing over access to medication. abortion pills after federal courts issued conflicting rulings just minutes apart. the justice department and a drug manufacturer have already filed an appeal to reverse the decision that seeks to block the drugs. but also flores breaks down the two abortion rulings for us and their possible impact. there are two conflicting orders on abortion that i
stop exchanging some data on its nuclear forces. just as the kremlin said it would do. meanwhile belarus is potentially being pulled even more into russia s orbit. last month, russian president vladimir putin announced he planned to deploy tactical nuclear weapons to his neighbor. remember he staged part of his february 2022 invasion into ukraine from belarus. so it is worth noting here that so far there is no indication such weapons are being deployed. joining me now is rose gottemoeller as former under secretary for arms control and international security with the u. s state department, she was washington s chief negotiator of the new start treaty. she is the former deputy secretary general of nato and is currently a lecture. at stanford university, and we can think of no one better to talk to us about this right now, especially as you have been writing just to try and again insert yourself into the conversation of where
toneio is raising a different alarm. it is a bone chilling development. the prospect of nuclear conflict once unthinkable is now within the realm of possibility. within the realm of possible. joining us to discuss, the former deputy secretary general of nato from 2016 to 2019. former undersecretary for arms control and international security at the u.s. state department. thank you for joining us. you negotiated the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty between the u.s. and russia. having negotiated extensively with russia, do you think russia s goal here, putin talking about nuclear weapons, et cetera, is simply to scare people? or do you think putin and others might be seriously considering deploying nuclear weapons? i think that they have taken steps to rattle the nuclear sabre, really. and part of it is to scare people. to make the world know that they are deadly serious in their
we succeeded. that s what i do. all the other stuff just terrible, not happy type of destruction but it s all nonsense. reporter: in the final days of the trump administration, releasing a report on the origins of the pandemic detailing evidence supporting a possible last week. trump era officials including former secretary states mike pompeo blamed doctor fauci for inconsistency in messaging. fox news obtained e-mails early january, the former acting under secretary for arms control and international security the former acting assistant secretary of the bureau of arms control verification january 5, he wrote it s becoming embarrassing and if i may say, more than a little worrisome that they are ducking at expert level engagement to evaluate its own wuhan institute of virology allegations. he responded we ve briefed you
obstructing the probe, former acting undersecond for arms control and international security chris ford denied any effort to quash an inquiry. in the final days of the trump administration the state department investigators determined to go public issued a fact sheet about activity at the wuhan lab. this news is coming as dr. anthony fauci is facing pressure from republicans to testify about what he knew and when after a trove of his emails were released for freedom of information request. many of his responses are fully redacted. we overcame lots of internal bureaucracy to go there and lots of internal debate from nih. when you heard dr. fauci this morning those are the exact same words and excuses and theories that the chinese communist party has presenting for over a year now. we can all draw our own conclusions. one email sent by n.i.h. director to fauci references a