be a witness against myself. did the trump legal team ask you to prepare a memorandum regarding the vice president s role in the counting of electoral votes in the joint session of congress in january 6th? did you advise the president of the united states the vice president could reject electors and declare the president had been re-elected. fifth. dr. eastman, the first sentence of the memo says seven states is that statement in this memo true? fifth. did president trump authorize you to discuss publicly a january 4, 2021, conversation with him? fifth. so, is it your position that you can discuss in the media direct conversations you had with the president of the united states that you will not discuss those same conversations with this committee. fifth. the second development tonight concerns the select committee and it is a surprise. the committee announcing it will hold proceeding tomorrow in which it will present recently obtained evidence. starting
oh, my god. bipartisan action on the issues of guns. congress passing that bill exactly one month to the day of that horrific massacre that occurred in uvalde, texas. this bill doesn t do everything i want. it does include action that is will save lives. the pride parade in oslo canceled after a shooting near a gay bar killed at least two people and hurt eight others. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom. angst and euphoria as a divided nation reacts to the supreme court s most life-changing ruling in decades. today protests have spilled across the country including outside the supreme court. one day after five justices overturned the landmark roe v. wade decision after nearly 50 years. american women no longer have a constitutional right to an abortion and 26 states are expected to enact laws banning abortion. for opponents of abortion rights and many conservatives it is a breathtaking victory decades in the making and seemed completely out
late word that the agency might temporarily disable texting on employee phones while it fixes gaps in how it retains these messages. first, though, what could be far reaching repercussions from primary elections in five states last not. in kansas, a ballot measure to strip abortion rights from the state constitution lost by a wide margin. here s president biden say hailing it as a bellwether for november. in a decisive vote, in a decisive victory, voters made it clear that politicians should not interfere with the fundamental rights of women. the voters of kansas sent a powerful signal that this fall the american people will vote to preserve and protect the right and refuse to let them be ripped away by politicians. well, tonight, we ll look closer at whether that is likely to be the case based in part on who turned out in kansas and what polling. in the wake of last night the former president s clout on the republican party. in michigan, congressman peter meijer, one of
tonight major new developments in the january six criminal investigation. the former administration s top white house attorney, pat cipollone, who allegedly warned about dire consequences for key aspects of the former presidents election scheme, he is now facing the prospect of appearing before a federal grand jury. he s not the only one. also potential fallout from those missing secret service text messages, on or around january 6th, late word that the agency might temporarily disable texting on employee phones while it fixes gaps in how it retains these messages. first, though, that could be a far-reaching, what could be far reaching repercussions from primary elections from five states last night, and deeper kansas a ballot to strip abortion rights lost by a wide margin. hailing it as a bellwether for november. in a decisive vote, in a decisive victory, voters made clear that politicians should not interfere with the fundamental rights of women. the voters of kansas sent
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