welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world and leila, iraq back to back court rulings on the most common abortion pill in the us puts future access to the drug in jeopardy. tourists hits in what israel is calling a terrorist attack as tensions mount in the middle east and. yeah. american swimmer riley gain says she was ambushed by trans rights activists at his speaking engagement she was invited to attend. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with leila harare. the abortion rights debate burst suddenly back into the headlines friday night in the us this time a fight is brewing over access to medication abortion pills after federal courts issued conflicting rulings, just minutes apart was the flores has the details. there are two conflicting orders on abortion that is causing a lot of confusion in the united states. first there s one out of the state of texas a federal judge suspended the fda approval of an abortion pill called mife
targets of assassination. alexandria hoff with the latest of the nation s highest court. justice alto called the speculation infuriating saying it doesn t make any sense given intensely how the conservative justices have been targeted since then. the rare interview comes before one year mark when politico published draft opinion justice alto told the wall street journal, quote, those of us who were thought to be in majority, were really targets of assassination. the justice also revealed that he thinks the supreme court marshal did a good job of the investigation that followed the leak and agreed that there was not enough evidence to make a public accusation. he added this, i personally have a pretty good idea who is responsible but that s different from the level of proof that is needed to name somebody. alto feels that the motivation was clear. despite weeks of protestors by advocates including outside of homes of conservative justices in that time an armed man was charge
nudes live i m arthel neville it all happened after 11:30 p.m. in a residential area of cleveland, texas north of houston. police are now searching for this man, 39-year-old francisco, they say he fired his weapon from his front porch after neighbor asked him to keep the noise down. one of the victims came out of the house and said hey we have a small baby that s trying to sleep and the man i ll shoot in my frontyard do what i want in my own residence. christina coleman live what more can you tell us? reporter: hi arthel yeah disturbing case the suspect accused of shooting five people in the head. a man hunt is now underway to track down this suspect. authorities believe he s in a wooded area less than two miles from the bloody and horrific crime scene they re warning nearby residents to be careful. take a listen. just stay in your house be vigilant. keep your eyes open if you see anything. say something, make sure you call 9-1-1. call the sheriffs office. with the pict
today the sheriff is taking on some of the liberal idea blaming guns for the murders. here s what he had to say. i m just a simple man. i look at things simplistic as possible. i don t believe since and being politically correct or holding back. people think we, like myself are hard. we have heart. i have kids and i understand in these scenarios but the fact is, as we dance around the real issues, we want to focus on one thing that has no capability. i m here to tell you the gun didn t knock on the door, walk in the room and say look, let s go kill somebody today. they made a conscious decision and the failure here is the fact that we do not get to the root cause. family, our schools and even ourselves out here in society. we are enabling everything in which they do just because we don t hold them accountable. joey, it s so refreshing to hear someone speak the truth like that. a 12-year-old, a 6-year-old and 17-year-old are involved in these murders. shouldn t we be tryin
ahead. i ll speak with the family of paul weiland, another american, the kremlin has locked up on espionage charges and a group of military families gets the tragic news. nine service members killed when two black hawk choppers crashed. cnn has a crew right near that save. plus tension in the house from paper tossing to hallway shouting in your face. debates are getting heated on the hill. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start today with our world lead. top u . s. officials are strongly criticizing russia after an american reporter was detained on charges of spying. evan gersh covic appeared in a moscow court today accused of trying to steal russian state secrets. his employer, the wall street journal, says it quote vehemently denies those claims. but now gorshkov itch faces up to 20 years in prison. and today , lawmakers on capitol hill are accusing russia of using this journalist as leverage, and the white house is dismissing the charges.