a kia borings pill is now once again in court. oral arguments are set to begin soon before the fifth circuit court of appeals. a case brought by anti-abortion activist who is want to ban mifepristone nationwide. on the state level the focus is in the carolinas where two separate efforts to further restrict abortions in both states have hit a critical juncture. in north carolina nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy are now banned. as a republican super majority in the state legislature voted to override democratic governor roy cooper s veto of their bill. shouts of shame could be heard from the gallery after the gavel fell there. and in south carolina republican lawmakers are at it again after debating for more than 12 hours yesterday on a near total ban on abortion. they are heading back into session to continue the fight. let s start in north carolina, cnn s dianne gallagher is in raleigh, north carolina, for us. after having his veto overridden what is the g
they re stopped there, john. our audience can see on this map here the areas in yellow on this map are areas of ukrainian counteroffensives just within the last few days and you can see they ve taken back not a lot of ground, but significant ground as nic was saying around the center of the city. to you and your team, stay safe. thank you very much. kate? president biden is about to leave washington for a five-day trip to japan for the g7 summit but the trip was just cut short as the white house has canceled planned stops in australia and papua new guinea so biden can get back to washington for the continued talks over the debt ceiling. after the latest meeting with top congressional leaders biden called it productive. house speaker kevin mccarthy called it a step in the right direction and there are just 15 dis left until june 1st which is the date that the treasury secretary has warned the united states could default on its debt if a deal is not reached. arlette saenz is at the w