people thought that that outrage would translate into electoral doom for the political party that had been pushing to end roe. but instead after the court s decision, the response from elected republicans was basically, eh, no big deal. the kind of angry leftists, many of whom are pretty ignorant and don t even know what overturning roe means i think a month afterards are going to be surprised, wait, nothing about my life changed. there s a narrative forming in america that the republican party and the pro-life movement is on the run. oh, no, we re going nowhere. my guess is in terms of the impact on federal raies, i think it s probably going to be a wash. did not turn out to be a wash, not even close. in ballot measure after ballot measure across the country voters came out in support of reproductive choice. in kansas, in vermont, in california, in michigan, in montana, in kentucky, literally everywhere abortion rights were on the ballot. abortion rights won. in the
the prince of wales described him as a legend of rugby league who had a huge heart . sally nugent, looks back at his life. rob burrow s life is defined by his defiance of the odds. as the smallest player in a giants game, he was world class. absolute legend. pound for pound, probably the strongest player we had in the squad and the strongest guy who played in super league. so honoured to have played alongside him. it was obvious at an early age that rob wanted to be a professional in the sport he loved. they always used to say, oh, he s good, is that rob, but he s never going to make it because he s not big enough. after signing for leeds rhinos as a teenager, he went on to become one of their greatest. but not long into retirement, he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. it was a condition he faced with incredible positivity. i m not giving in till my last breath. you know, i have too many reasons to live. the love he had for his family and the love they had for
israel across the border. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. israeli defense forces expanding their ground operation in gaza overnight. an idf spokesman says the forces are in the field and continue the fighting with infinity and armored vehicles backed by massive strikes from the air and the sea, including the bombing of hamas tunnels. the bombardment also knocking out communications in gaza, creating a near information blackout. and largely cutting off the territory s more than 2 million people from the outside world. until now, israel s military had been conducting targeted raids with forces withdrawing after a few hours. it comes as an israeli ground offensive aimed at seizing and holding significant amounts of territory has been widely expected but does not appear that such a significant operation is under way yet. joining me from israel is cnn correspondent jeremy diamond. jeremy, still not the ground incursion that we had anticipated. reporter: well, at least no
of the only male candidate in opinion polls. ms shane baum, who is a former mayor of mexico city, has the backing of the outgoing president, lopez 0brador. this is the scene live at one polling station in mexico city. across the country voters will also elect members of mexico s congress and governors in eight states. it s been the most violent election campaign in modern mexican history. the campaign has been overshadowed by violent attacks, which the government says have resulted in more than 20 local candidates being killed across mexico, although private surveys put the total at 37. let s speak to eduardo garcia, who s a journalist in mexico city. we are going to start with the violence. 0fficial numbers saying at 20 candidates have been killed across mexico. although, private service are putting that total at 37. to what extent is the violence overshadowing the election and the politics? it overshadowing the election and the olitics? , , ., . ., politics? it is in search in rural
the gop s midterm failures as mitch mcconnell put, it quote, we underperformed among independents moderates because their impression of many the people in our party in leadership roles is that they are involved in chaos, negativity, excessive attacks. and he s right. i never thought i would say that, but he is. across the country voters in key battleground states firmly rejected trumpism. trump backed election deniers lost races from pivotal positions in places like michigan, arizona, and nevada. but what makes this even more fun to discuss, republicans did this to themselves. two years ago mitch mcconnell could have argued we stopped all of this in its tracks by leading his party to convict donald trump in his impeachment trial over the january six attack. that would ve barred trump from running for office ever again. possibly freeing the gop from his influence. it s not what happened. instead, mitch mcconnell in the majority of the republicans, they chose to stick with donald trump.