trying to get fda approval when a single judge can just flip that around that would impact their desire to try to, you know, research and do get more life saving drugs on the market , and that would affect all of us, erica. so when we look at this 22 of the justice who just this is who dissented here. justice thomas and justice alito . justice alito actually actually said why? what did we hear from justice? alito? jessica yes. so interestingly, the two justices justice thomas justice alito. they re the only ones who dissented. but because of the way the order of structured here we don t know exactly how the other seven voted. only that five definitely did side with the fda. so justice alito wrote that four page dissent. he talked about really two things. he talked about how the supreme court has previously been criticized for these kinds of stays. he also tried to argue that there would be no harm if the restrictions went into effect, um, saying that, at present applicants ar
valencia. thanks so much. all right. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me on fredricka whitfield. a new legal battle is taking shape after the u. s supreme court issues a last minute order to protect a common abortion drug court deciding last night to freeze a lower court s ruling that place restrictions on the drug press town, the pill is the predominant method for ending pregnancies in the u. s. but now that decision sets up the most consequential abortion related dispute since the overturning of roe v. wade another appeals court is scheduled to take up the case, meaning it could be weeks or months before a final decision is made. cnn supreme court reporter ariana vogue has more. fredricka the biden administration is relieved lower courts had put significant restrictions on this key abortion drug. the government and manufacturers had raced to the supreme court, asking the justices to put those rulings on hold. while the appeals process plays out, which co
i don t know how you feel about that. but i you know, i think that you know, decorum and courtesy and kindness always works, but everybody i know has an opinion about something. i just think we have to figure out a way to have a good conversation without tearing each other down, and i think that we can do that question. today was the first day of the show. what s got what s going on in the world. what s going on in sports? let s go on what would be the topic today? today i think the thing me and ernie actually touched on it on the podcast the other day. i don t want to be the person. they re like every time we want to have one of these mass shootings be like, oh, another mass shooting happened. let s get to the next story. like nah, man, we ve had three mass shootings in the last week. the one in alabama. the young black kid who got shot and knocking on the wrong door. the girl was in the driveway in the driveway who got went to the wrong house and got to do didn t even ask f
i m jim acosta in washington will be in this hour of americans caught up in the escalating crisis in sudan. just minutes ago, the u. s state department announced it will carry out a military assisted evacuation of government personnel if the crisis worsens . in the past week, more than 400 people have died since two rival generals first lead their forces into a battle for control of the country. that death toll includes at least one american. both sudan s army and its paramilitary rival. the rsf say they will help evacuate for nationals. the u. s is making preparations to get diplomatic personnel right out right now. but the white house says private citizens should not expect and evacuation. we have correspondents in the military expert here to help us tackle all of the angles of the story. let s begin with cnn s larry meadow, a live in nairobi, kenya. larry. i know things are very fluid at the moment. but what s the latest on these evacuations? jim right now there s evacuati
diamond at the white house. and this is cnn. closed captioning brought to you by meso book .com. we offer a free book on mesothelioma call for the free book and receive so much more call 1 808 31 37 100. you re back live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta and washington. we begin this hour with the supreme court opening a new round in the escalating legal battle over abortion. last night, the high court blocked rulings by lower chords that placed restrictions on the commonly used abortion pill, medford crestone. it has been used by millions of women over the two decades. it s been on the market the late night decision. sends the case back down to the fifth, sick it a circuit court of appeals and delivers a temporary victory to those concerned about abortion rights 10 months after the supreme court overturned roe versus wade for 49 years, legalized abortion was the law of the land in the united states. some states had restrictions on how and when abortions could happen, but f