imagine that he ll be armed to do that, but in service of the message which i think is what was one thing that biden is very good at staying focused on the bigger picture. we shall see and thanks thanks to our panel. thank you for joining us. i m on a roger cnn news central starks, right now the preparation began the first presidential debate of 2024, which will be hosted right here on cnn. a little more than a week away. and president biden, donald trump ramping up their attacks on each other already. a sweeping pardons for more than 175,000 marijuana convictions, who is affected by this history? historic move. and then 15,000 acres burned so far and more to come. wildfires raging with weather conditions, poised to make things even worse. for kate is out today. i m john berman with sarah sidner, and this is cnn news central they re attacking each other or with just ten days to go until the first-price the ventral debate right here on cnn and president biden and donal
the american right wins the need to a criminal. it was exciting after all he had been through, how strong this man is. tonight the authoritarian takeover of the republican party and the moderate display that could make kim jong-un blush. he speaks and people sit up at attention. i want my people to do the same. he is always so sweet and recognizes me. there is your cake, sir. then, chris murphy on the supreme court ruling that just ended a trump era gun safety law. and you will not believe how republicans in one state are choking off democracy. north carolina s state constitution says you have the right to free and frequent elections. but it does not specifically say they have to be fair. when all in starts right now. good evening from washington, i m jason johnson and for chris hayes. before yesterday donald trump had not visited the u.s. capital since before the deadly january 6th insurrection that he had excited in hopes of overturning a democratic el
breaking news welcome inside politics ammonia. raj, you in for dana bash for following breaking news. supreme court has upheld access to abortion pills like mifepristone, which have become the most common way to end a pregnancy it was a unanimous ruling in a big setback for the anti-abortion movement in the courts. first major decision on abortion, since it s overtone, roe v. wade two years ago the case was brought by a group of anti-abortion doctors. and trump appointed justice brett kavanaugh wrote that citizens and doctors do not have standing to sue simply because others are allowed to engage in certain activities, at least without the plaintiffs demonstrating how they d be injured by the government s alleged under-regulation of others but this fight is far from over. and for that, i want to bring in cnn s senior supreme court analyst killed the scoping and jeff rosen, who s the president and ceo of the national constitution center. joan first, uh, you don t, you re in
governor and i would do that as president but no blanket pardons. it is a serious offense, and i always say the practice that i like to see ten years after a conviction and after the sentences served before you really consider a pardon looking back. no blanket pardons in this case. thank you for that, governor. the big news out of washington this morning is the new tentative debt ceiling deal. your thoughts on it, and do you agree with donald trump that republicans should not sign on to it and let the united states default? well, i have not seen his comment on that. first of all, of course, you don t default. you don t take the practices of the private business sector where you utilize bankruptcy as a business tool sometimes. that is not about government. we pay our debts and it is important for the full faith and credit the united states. looking at what representative
certainly not the only one that we have of trump actively endorsing the violent mob that attacked the capital. this is, after all, the man who spent months teasing the fact that, if reelected, trump would consider blanket pardons for january 6th defendants. and last month trump recorded that bizarre song with the course of january six defendants who recorded their part of the track from jail. he then proceeded to play that track, as he stood on stage, hand on heart, in advance of his first major campaign rally in waco, texas. all of that is weird and terrifying on its own. but at this point it s not just trump, with the hugs and the singalongs from jan six sirs, which is, i guess what we are calling them now. that attitude you six years sixers have been wrong, here is a pin. it appears to have invested the rest of the republican party. last, month that ice republican elected ranking official in the