chinese government spy operation in the middle of manhattan. and that s just the start of it. the lead starts right now. chinese dissidents in the u. s harassed and intimidated from online to door knocks. the fbi says chinese government agents were trying to silence their words against the chinese government, even operating a fake cop shop in new york plus outrage in kansas city as if, after a black teenage boys shot after showing up at the wrong house to pick up his brother s. cnn is learning that the gunman was an elderly white man and was released. after less than two hours in custody. why critics fear he may never be charged with a crime and live from new york. it s the house gop their spotlight on crime in new york today in the backyard of the prosecutor indicted donald trump. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper and what appears to be a brazen act of espionage by the chinese government as us tensions with that country boil over, the u. s. justice department announced to
iskander. starting with developments in tennessee, where us presidentjoe biden has tweeted this photo, which shows him meeting with the tennessee three. he thanked them for their leadership and courage in the face of a blatant disregard of our nation s democratic values. us vice president kamala harris has made a speech in nashville on a surprise visit after two state lawmakers were expelled yesterday over their protests on gun control. justinjones and justin pearson, as well as a third lawmaker, gloria johnson, who narrowly survived, have become known as the tennessee three . they called for gun reform after the nashville school shooting that killed six people. in the last hour, kamala harris has been talking let s listen. because they chose to show courage. in the face of an extreme tragedy, which is that 11 days ago, six people, three educators, and three babies, nine years old, were murdered. senselessly. due to gun violence. they chose to lead and show courage to s
out of texas to halt the approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. in a statement, he said:. the justice department strongly disagrees with the decision of the district court and will be appealing the court s decision and seeking a stay pending appeal. adding separately, the justice department is reviewing the decision of the district court for the eastern district of washington. well that ruling out of washington state is seperate and contradictory to the one in texas, but was handed down at the same time. and in a partialand preliminary injunction, the washingtonjudge has prohibited the fda from immediately pulling the drug off shelves. let s take a closer look at the medication. the district court in the abortion medication decision came down today. i have not read it yet, so i m going to do an analysis of it, but as a general matter, i will say that there is no question that the president and i will stand with the women of america and do everything we can to ensure tha
in a statement, joe biden called it another unprecedented step in taking away basic freedoms from women and putting their health at risk. adding, if it stands, it would prevent women in every state from accessing the medication, regardless of whether abortion is legal in a state. earlier thejustice department had also announced that it will be appealing the court s decision and will look into separate ruling out of washington state. that ruling is seperate and contradictory to the one in texas, but was handed down about the same time. in a partialand preliminary injunction, the washington judge prohibited the fda from immediately pulling the drug off shelves. let s take a closer look at the medication. the drug, mifepristone, is a medicinal pill which can be taken at home. it s used in more than half of us pregnancy terminations, and was first approved for use more than 20 years ago in 2000. live now to mary ziegler, professor of law at uc davis in california. we know now
manhattan da s investigation no one is above the law that is the defining principle of the republic and has been the case for 247 years it s another example of two tier system. it s outrageous, and ther is no too low i can t reach. every time you think he ha bottomed out, he goes even further. i think he s building a lot of sympathy for the former president. i think the fact i was wit coffee this morning with folks none of them were big trum supporters and they all said, they felt like he was being attacked also this hour, we are just hours away from a meeting that has the u.s. and the world o edge russian president vladimi putin and his chines counterpart, xi jinping, later this hour i will talk to congressman seth moulton about the threat of unified russia and china. as another state targets the abortion pill, we will look at what may be the next big hop for abortion rights advocate in ohio. more on that ahead, but we wil start with breaking news tha attorney robe