and our favorite historians is here as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. day night. good evening, i m alicia menendez, in for stephanie ruhle. it s been seven months since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. but today, antiabortion activists came to washington for the annual march for life. the first since roe was struck down. just two days before the 50th anniversary of that original decision. the anti-abortion rights movement has achieved one of its main goals, the washington post points out there is a, quote, internal debate about how to make an abortion ban nationwide. march leaders emphasized friday that roe v. wade s overthrow was just the start, that they will be launching dozens of local marches. most abortions have been banned in more than a dozen states and a support for national ban has been the major theme for today s march. the march began as a response to roe, we don t and and as a response to roe being overturned. why? because we are not
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. it s great to be with you. we are following a major development in a criminal case against donald trump and his allies. the special grand jury in georgia investigating possible illegal interference in the 2020 election is now done. this is the panel set up by fulton county s district attorney after trump lost the election and made this call to georgia s secretary of state. all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes which is one more than we have. well, since its inception nearly a year ago, the special grand jury has interviewed some of trump s closest allies. a new court filing reveals the panel is now dissolved and that its investigation is complete. cnn s correspondent nick valencia joins us now. this kind of grand jury we now understand, does not issue indictments. so now what? reporter: their work of may of 2022, this grand jury did not have the power or authori
multiple times. she ll join us live. and cnn goes one on one with the u.s. marine veteran trevor reed on his brutal imprisonment in russia and what it is like to finally be home. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m told it is friday. indeed it is. it is friday, may 20th. a short time ago, president biden kicked off his first visit to asia since taking office. he joined the new south korean president yoon seok-youl at a samsung semiconductor plant and immediate display of unity. the goal is to reassure asian allies of u.s. commitment to counter and contain china. the president will also visit japan on this trip. and growing concern over what north korea will do next as the u.s. braces for the possibility that kim jong-un will conduct a missile test in coordination with biden s trip. the white house sayses it prepared for all contingencies. russia s invasion of ukraine not far from their minds as well. vladimir putin continuin
we will bring all of the resources of the federal government to bear on this case. this is the number one priority of the department of justice and i can assure the citizens of this community that anything that we can do at the federal level with this case will be done and justice will be served for the victims. just on the hate crime issue as well, i ve already asked our hate crime task force, the new york state hate crime task force to be investigating as well. so it is being treated absolutely as a hate crime. and i ve been in touch with officials in washington and at the white house on the issue, what we re doing here so aggressively. so i appreciate the fbi s engagement as well. thank you, everyone. our coverage of the breaking news out of western new york continues this hour. police say an 18-year-old man dressed in tactical gear and protective armor opened fire at a grocery store in buffalo, just hours ago, killing ten people and wounding three others. police say
The Buffalo Strong spirit continues with a 17-year-old student making ways to help the community while helping himself to raise money for school during these tough weather conditions.