i m jessica dean on capitol hill. and this is cnn. captioning is brought to you, by page publishing. want to publish a book? review your manuscript for free book page publishing can help you through the process . we cut through the confusion of the publishing wke it easy for you call 805 630741. good evening. we begin tonight with breaking news to court rulings, the first potentially life altering for women in this country. a federal judge in texas putting government approval of a drug widely used to terminate pregnancies on hold effective seven days from now. kristen is the name of the drug at first got fda approval more than two decades ago, and until recently the notion of a judge having grounds to reverse approval of it was seen by many legal experts is dubious at best. however abortion opponents steered their case to a judge named matthew kiss merrick of the fifth circuit in texas, and he has ruled as they hoped just after that. we got word of a ruling in a different fed
that s 184494200. wellcare medicare done well, melanie s nana in washington and this is cnn. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me in new york. i m fredricka whitfield and we begin this hour with the formal expulsion of two black state democrats from tennessee s house of representatives. the expulsions coming a week after they let a gun reform protests from the house floor in response to a school shooting that killed six, including three children in nashville, justin jones and justin pearson. we re also joined in that protest by their colleague, representative gloria johnson. you see them all there. holding hands, raising their fists. vice president harris met privately with the so called tennessee three on friday, she was in nashville to advocate for stricter gun reform. cnn correspondent isabel rizal is joining me now with more on this, isabel. what are we learning about the expulsions and what s next? good afternoon to you, fred? yeah we re hearing from t
for you. hello everyone. thanks again for joining me in new york. i m fredricka whitfield and we begin with more massive protests on the streets of israel. the demonstrators are demanding that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu abandoned controversial judicial overhaul and legislation. it s the 14th straight week that israelis have protested over the proposed changes. and this time it comes against the backdrop of days of violence between israel and palestinian militants in gaza and southern lebanon. cnn s fred pleitgen is intel aviv. so you still have a whole lot of people who are turning out for the same cause. 14 weeks in a row. is there anything different about the tenor or the motivation here? hi there, fredricka. well, first of all, you re right. there are a lot of people who came out on the streets at night tonight to protest against that planned judiciary reform or overhaul bill. but of course, this current security situation does play a role in this as well an
dueling decisions, creating a flash point in the fight for abortion rights in texas. a federal judge s halting the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug medford pretzels own one of the main medications used to provide abortions. but less than an hour later, conflicting court ruling out of washington state judge their order the federal government to protect access to the drug and 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia. the two decisions are the most significant on abortion since the u. s. supreme court overturned roe v. wade last summer, cnn s rosa flores and arlette signs are following all of the developments rosa to you first. why did the texas judge suspend the fda approval of this drug take us through the judge s order? it will. fred this judge did not hold back in this order . 67 pages 67 pages, he rips apart the fda approval of oppressed own, saying that the approval was flawed that the fda did not consider the risks to girls and women. let
cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the hour with two dueling lawsuits and two separate states, putting the national spotlight back on the issue of abortion rights. in texas. a federal judge has ruled that the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug wordpress stone should be halted . this is one of the most trusted and widely used drugs for medication abortions. the court did pause the ruling for one week so that an appeal which is already underway can be filed . president biden vowed late friday night that he will fight the ruling in texas. meantime in washington state, a federal judge moved to protect access to that very same. abortion medication across 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia. cnn s rosa flores is in houston forest. rosa walk us through both the judge s order and how we got here. this is a very big story down in texas, where you are. you know, it absolutely is. and this judge judge matthews has merrick really did