had yesterday, and don t have today. we are going to continue to follow these protests all across the country this evening, so make sure you stay tuned in the coming hours here on cnn. look at this map. 13 states already have trigger laws that would pan ban apportion. at least six wept into effect as soon as the supreme court struck down roe. the rest, in a matter of days or weeks and at least one justice would like this to go forgoter, justice clarence thomas writing quote in future cases, we should consider all this court substantive due process precedence, including griswold, lawrence, and obergefeld. that means a court a court that says there is no right to abortion could also take away more rights, like the right to birth control, the right to same-sex relationships, the right of gay couples to get married. tonight, i am going to talk to the plaintiff in the land mark case that legalized gay marriage that is coming up later in this program. but listen to what the jus
thank you so much for sticking with me. i ll be back here 9:00 monday night. don lemon tonight starts right now. sara snider, thank you so much. this is don lemon tonight as the lady said. you are looking at protests right now across the country. at least 70 planned, from coast to coast. thousands of americans, taking to the streets in the wake of the supreme court overturning roe v. wade after almost half a century. three conservatives appointed to the court by then-president donald trump, who promised to nominate justices to overturn roe, and now, a fundamental right the right to abortion is taken away. and that has been upheld by generations of justices appointed by both republicans and democrats. a right, millions of americans had yesterday, and don t have today. we are going to continue to follow these protests all across the country this evening, so make sure you stay tuned in the coming hours here on cnn. look at this map. 13 states already have trigger laws
welcome to inside politics. we are in the middle of a very busy day here in washington. we re standing by for president biden to speak on the dire situation in congress if it fails to aprue more money for ukraine. an agreement on capitol hill is looking quite grim right now as the white house is already been warning about the dangerous stakes for the u.s. now the president is going to weigh in. and lawmakers, it s up in the air whether or not they are going to act. priscilla alvarez is at the white house. manu raju is on capitol hill. priscilla alvarez, what are you hearing about what the president will say? reporter: the president is going to take an urgent tone on passing the is supplemental request. the president addressed the nation. he s gone to the pages of the washington post to express how important this is passed. the resounding message from the president has been that this request in aid to ukraine and to israel is not just about helping these countries abroad
that that he witnessed no one committing any crimes during the election or on january the 6th. but i mean, look, ha this tells us is he was an important guy because he was in touch with so many people, including people in the campaign and people in trump s family in those days, those key days around january 6th. there is also some more news in the other investigations related to election conspiracy. what do you know about that? well, we know there were somenesses, there were at least four witnesses that were brought before the in in the fulton in the investigation down in atlanta run by the fulton county district attorney. and they were approxbeing asked rudy giuliani and the fact that in december 2020, he appeared before a a a state committee there, don. a and the question that is being asked, at least by the district attorney, is whether rudy giuliani, in his efforts to overturn the georgia election results, whether he committed any crimes. that could approximate makin
fight for women s rights. don. rosa flores, thank you very much. heated protests across the country. again, most people in this country in support of abortion rights but there are some who are celebrating tonight. we are goto get to all that but want to bring in now cnn legal analyst, laura coates. as we watch these protests all across the country tonight, um, abortion now illegal in six states. more to come, obviously. what are the implications of overturning what was a constitutional right for women for 50 years? well you know, this morning, i woke up with certain rights and by the time i go to bed tonight, i will have less rights than my mother did, than my grandmother did, and my great grandmother did and the idea the supreme court of the united states, normally when when they are trying to change a particular right or change the guardrails around it, they are expanding it. now, they are taking it away. and this is precedent that has opinion around for nearly half-a-century.