200 events across all 50 states. rallies are in response to a leaked u.s. supreme court draft opinion revealing a majority of justices poised to strike down roe v. wade. if overturned, constitutional protections for abortion rights would be likely eliminated in 26 states. we have reporters covering this in several key cities today. cnn s shimon prokupecz is live in the nation s capital. paulo sandoval is covering the event in new york and nadia romero. and the rally began just near the washington monument. there on the mall. later protesters will be marching to the u.s. supreme court. tell us what you re seeing right now? reporter: yeah, so that is the expectation that at around 2:00 the thousands of people expected here, their permitted for about 17,000 people. at around 2:00 they are expected to march to the supreme court. but right now what is going to take place here this morning, starting here shortly, are speakers. speakers are going to take the stage and we re seeing
lost. after the laughable landscaping company press conference. even after the attack on our nation s capital. no. instead it is escalating. that anti-democratic cancer is metastasizing. just look at pennsylvania today. the two high-profile races for the open and the governor s mansion and have huge implications for both the commonwealth and the nation at large. as they do every year. the editorial board of the philadelphia inquirer, one of the nation s biggest newspapers, in a crucial swing state wanted to endorse a republican candidate for those races. but they couldn t. they write that they sent every republican candidate in the senate race a survey to see where they stood on a number of issues. but the candidates felt the questions were quote, biased and unfair. what hard-hitting questions did the paper ask these candidates who want to represent the keystone state in congress? in their view, among the most problematic queries that we asked was: who won the 2020 presid
it is escalating. that anti-democratic cancer is metastasizing. just look at pennsylvania today. the two high-profile races for the open large. as they do every year. the editorial board of the philadelphia inquirer, one of the nation s biggest newspapers, in a crucial swing state wanted to endorse a republican candidate for those races. but they couldn t. they write that they sent every republican candidate in the senate race a survey to see where they stood on a number of issues. but the candidates felt the questions were quote, biased and unfair. what hard-hitting questions did the paper ask these candidates who want to represent the keystone state in congress? in their view, among the most problematic queries that we asked was: who won the 2020 presidential election? the only two options and the multiple choice format were george biden or donald trump. only one candidate agreed to acknowledge reality. one. one candidate agreed to acknowledge the reality that joe biden won
report on the abuse of new american native american children in u.s. schools. we will talk about congress looking into possible extraterrestrial. that s, right there have been credible sightings. we are opening up the x-files. we have to begin this morning right here on earth was some unprecedented developments here in the january six investigations. five sitting members of congress now facing subpoena testify and what they knew about the planning behind the insurrection. trump s five stages are already the already crying the subpoenas that an illegitimate west witch hunt. they are threatening investigations of their own if they retake the house in november. none of these five are willing to comply. it s the privilege for me. what do you think would happen to us if we defied a subpoena? joining me now is at the nation, he s also the author of the new york times black a black ice guy to the constitution. something we stiffening we need. i can t overstate how unpreced
that has desperate family scrambling. we want to start off with reproductive rights. thousands of protesters have gathered to protest the supreme court s draft decision to overturn roe v. wade. washington d.c. where 17,000 people are marching right now. antonia, it is great to have you on the show. talk to me about what you are hearing on the ground today. yasmin, today there has been a lot of emotion. some of the women i ve been speaking to have been shaking as they describe their reasons for coming out here on the national mall. other folks have been angry [noise] that emotion has even translated to some people sharing their personal stories. earlier today, i met with a woman in her late 60s. she decided for the very first time to share with us her own abortion story. she had an abortion in a back alley in chicago when she was 13 years old. i want you to take a listen to what she shared with us. i have never told anyone ever until right now because i feel the strong