Supreme court just agreed to review an abortion ban that violates nearly 50 years of Supreme Court precedent and is a test case to overturn roe v. Wade. The mississippi law under review described as Pure Gaslighting by a judge and to legal scholars the very decision to take up the case in many ways speaks volumes about the focus of the conservative dominated court. From Florida State University Law professor ziegler in todays the Washington Post it is impossible to overstate what a big deal this decision is. The immediate threat to roe is very real but adds if the court stops short this case alone jeopardizes reproductive rights saying if the decides r Court Decides to uphold the abortion law it is not clear whether the court will impose any limit on abortion bans. This is where we start today. Former u. S. Senator and contributor Claire Maccaskill and casey barlow an attorney and host of words matter and errin haynes. Claire, you and i co sort of talked the way through the confirmatio
Biden promised to shutdown the virus virus. Then once he was president he bashed g. O. P. Governors for not doing enough. The administrations failure on testing is colossal. But the failure of planning, leadership, and execution. We will deal honestly with the American People. And we will never, ever, ever quit. That is how we will shed on this virus. I am going to shut down the virus. Im not going to shut down the economy. Im going to shut down the virus. We need to scale up testing. So anyone who needs one can get a test. After ten months of the pandemic, we still dont have enough testing. Its a travesty. Some State Officials are passing laws or signing orders that forbid people from doing the right thing. If youre not going to help them, at least get out of the way. Now the president is singing a much different tune, saying theres not really much you can do. Low, there is no federal solution. This gets solved at the state level. He talks about that a lot. And then ultimately what he
good thursday morning, everyone. so glad phil is here in a very still hazy new york. it s a borderline apocalyptic and surreal. it s actually very serious. i you went down the rabbit hole of nasa scientists last night. of course you did. we have a lot to learn, talk about. for thosen on the west coast, welcome. this is a very, very real and significant issue. and climate change. we ll get into all of what is happening here in the air in our skies. we have a lot of other news. let s get started with five things to know for this thursday, june 8th. at round of thick smoke set to blanket the northeast and new york today. sources tell cnn the justice department has informed donald trump s legal team he is a target in the classified documents investigation. it it s a sign that an indictment could be near. happening soon, van der sloot will leave his prison in peru. he is facing fraud charges to the disappearance of natalee holloway. and mike pence delivering his toug
happening now, a health emergency as the skies over new york and other new york cities are shrouded with heavy and toxic smoke. right now. millions of americans are at risk as wildfires in canada create the air-quality crisis here in the united states. also this hour, a former spokesman speaks a in a grand jury. we are tracking new information in the investigation in trump s backyard. mike pence is taking on trump as he launches the 2024 launch for the weight. now ready to answer questions from iowa voters in a live cnn town hall event later tonight. welcome to the viewers here in the united states and around the world. you are in the situation room. let s get to the top story tonight. tens of millions of americans suffering through some of the most dangerous air quality in decades. the team of journalists covering the crisis from hard- hit cities all across the east coast. let s go to our chief climate correspondent joining us from brooklyn, new york. give us the latest.
30 criminal charges over alleged hush money payments. w pe wait to see the indictment. former president is expectedarra to be arraigned next tuesday. sources telling fox heg shot will have his mug shot and fingerprints taken but will not be handcuffed. trump s attorney vowinotg to fight back .w you know, when you stretch o the law to get someone you don t like or is a political opponent in this case, it s ver tevery hard to ey get that law to comean back to its original shape.ally today s proof that you could not actually pick a target and then try and find a crime, even a beo crime. ime. that s not a crime because fac there is no crime here. thd i m telling you, theretsknow is no crime.is i know the facts and the law, g and i really want to see where this is going to go. m aj i don t know. manhattan d.a. alvin bragg is facing major backlash for bringing this case in the first place by being criticized for using untested legal theory c to bring state charges inas a feder