abortions after just six weeks. cnn s diane gallagher has been following the story. this, of course, does not strike down this law for good, but it does temporarily block it. how long? and what happens from here? reporter: so, jim, we don t know for how long at this point. the judge today granting that injunction, which temporarily blocks that new abortion law banning most abortions after six weeks from going into effect. i m told the state supreme court can review it or some other legal action by that state court is taken. now, this is something that to people in south carolina sounds familiar because the state supreme court actually did strike down a very similar six-week abortion ban earlier this year. in fact, that was something that was discussed many times, both the house and the senate while they were arguing and debating this particular legislation. with opponents of the legislation saying it was not different enough from that original bill, that original law to sus
take the voters, why aren t they using it. and advocating for patients, doctors are getting political, speaking out against harsh abortion restrictions. amen to discuss this with the president of the american medical association right here, on a minimal you ll dean, let s get started. it is election month in america. people are voting. according to the u.s. elections project more than 7 million only votes have been cast. for weeks we ve discussed how critical this election is considering it could fundamentally reshaped the balance of power and washington and the future of this country. it s significant for another reason. it marks the first time voters will have a real chance to hold lawmakers accountable for their actions on january the 6th. up until this point, we ve only seen the issue play out in come november, it will be the first time a general election has its say. look at this new nbc poll, the majority of americans 60% believe president biden won the election leg
its missile attacks on the sports city of odessa. the w.h.o. now emergency. we will look at what that means for you. home, we are following the global heat wave impacting millions of people around the world right now. plus hopes that steve bannon s criminal conviction for defying the january 6th committee could force other reluctant witnesses to get in line. all of this as the former president lashes out at the committee and at a rally. dueling appearances from trump that is former vice president. we want to begin with the state department confirming today to americans have died fighting in the donbas region of ukraine. no further information has been released about their identities or their nature of their deaths. news coming as russia attacked a critical port in odessa, which transports millions of tons of grain through the black sea, just hours after signing a deal with the ukraine and russia give us more information about what you know with the loss of these two ameri
we are following that news. plus, a first on cnn, we re learning new information about a potential january 6 committee witness who the panel says got a call from former president trump. details on what he or she may know that could be key going forward. and right now, president biden in jerusalem, day two of a critical trip to the middle east. at this hour, he meets with the israeli president isaac hertzog to expand security ties to counter iran s nuclear threat. we mean what we say. to have an opportunity to accept this agreement that s been laid down. if they don t, we made it absolutely clear, we will not let me say it again we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. so, let s begin this our with our wolf blitzer and kaitlan collins joining us again from jerusalem. wolf, to you first. what stood out to you most in the comment, especially from the president there, on countering iran. i thought your interview with david sanger following the press confere
vinnitsya for us. give us the latest at this hour. reporter: this is across the street from the blast site. this streetcar, you can see all the windows are blown out. they re trying to figure out how they re going to move it, if it still runs at this stage and how they re going to get it out of here. i ll take you over here. this is called the house of officers. it is actually a concert venue, a theater. it s obviously from the soviet era, quite old. this building was completely gutted on the inside. we can actually walk past the lawn, and you can see inside, bits of it. they are still at least they were a few minutes ago still hosing down parts of it, some of the hottest spots. they re trying to dismantle parts of it. i want to take you over here for one second. people have started to lay flowers here, stuffed animals as well, and the reason why is because earlier in the day, there was a photo that was put out by the foreign minister and other officials showing a strol