an idyllic spring morning. no hint of what is to come that night. the nine justices of the supreme court attend a memorial service for one of their own, the late john paul stevens. the end of the court s term is just weeks away. a whole host of consequential decisions to come. a bitterly divided country awaits a momentous decision. is this the end of roe v. wade? of law and of life. reporter: at the service the judges look collegial. they call themselves a happy family. beneath the surface there is much more to this story. they not only aren t getting along with each other, they don t like each other. people die! it is a court at war with itself. and in the center stands chief justice john roberts. john roberts is someone who is used to winning. he s very much a judicial conservative. not a fan of roe vs wade. but the chief is stayed to be keenly aware that abolishing roe could tear america apart. he cared more about preserving the legitimacy of th
seek help and advise from his china loving wife coco chao. the wall street journal s editorial board condemning trump, saying it s all too easy to see trump taking trump literally and attempting to kill mr. mcconnell. mcconnell himself has not publicly responded but watch gop leader rick scott repeatedly dodge when pressed about donald trump. you re a member of the senate gop leadership. are you okay with this? well, look, i can never talk about respond to why anybody else says what they say. the language is what i m talking about. isn t that dangerous? i think we all have to figure out how do we start bringing people together? and you would agree that that language doesn t bring people together? i believe that what the i believe what president trump was talking about is the fact that we can t keep spending money. okay, that s not what the former president said. and coco chao was the phrase he used to refer to a former cabinet secretary, elaine chao. loo
woman to serve on the supreme court. all the members of the court, i am pleased to welcome justice jackson to the court and to our common calling. [ applause ] her elevation to justice coming at an incredibly politically fraught moment for that court following the conservative-leaning bodies overturning of roe v. wade. joining me is nbc news justice correspondent pete williams, nyn professor and former law clerk melissa murray, and politico author eugene daniels. appreciate you joining us on this. pete, before we get to the history-making moment, i want to talk specifically about the two decisions that came down, really kind of a split decision for the biden administration here. reporter: that s true. the easier one to talk about is the remain in mexico program. supreme court said the biden administration went about it the right way trying to end this program that was launched during the trump administration. that required the government to send asylum seekers back
on girls and women s reproductive autonomy. cnn is live as crowds swell outside the supreme court. plus, the widespread impact, where trigger laws now or soon will make abortion entirely illegal for any girl or woman regardless of circumstances. also on this monumental day, the first major gun safety legislation in decades on its way to the white house for president biden s signature. how democrats and republicans came together to compromise. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with the historic decision from the united states supreme court which has overturned roe v. wade. finding that the 167 million girls and women in the united states have no constitutional right to an abortion. massive crowds gathered outside the high court in washington, d.c. this afternoon. some celebrating, some protesting the 5-4 decision. conservative justices samuel alito, clarence thomas, neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh, and amy coney barrett leaving abortion rights as a que
i am jonathan capehart. exactly seven years ago today, june 26 2015, the supreme court handed down the historic ruling in which gave same-sex couples a constitutional right to marry. an amazing leap for equality five decades after the stonewall riots upheld the modern gay rights movement, just a half hour from the i-seven. later this evening, in unprecedented display of acceptance, the white house was emblazoned with rainbow colors of lgbtq pride. but if this is a high-water mark of its nation living up to its ideals, what do we call it happened on friday, when the supreme court s conservative supermajority overturned roe v. wade? as a result, abortion will soon be illegal in as many as 26 states. in louisiana, abortion is illegal after federalization. and kentucky, it is now a felony to perform, or attempt to, perform an abortion. and in one clinic, abortion serves as immediately, stranding woman in rating rooms. what does the of roe, have to do with lgbtq rights? ever