well, this morning, senator kyrsten sinema, one of the moderates, seen as holding up negotiations, the progressives say was at the white house. everything on the president s schedule in the coming days is telegraphing one central goal, that it s time to close the deal on the build back better plan, and president biden believes he s the moderate who can get it done. with us now, senior white house correspondent phil mattingly and cnn congressional correspondent lauren fox. lauren, you re up first. progressives are now in this meeting, but we re getting some specifics today about what senator joe manchin feels about some of the climate change proposals. reporter: well, exactly. look, joe manchin making it very clear today that he is opposed to yet another provision the democrats have been eyeing as part of this bigger social safety net bill, specifically he is opposed to a carbon tax, and that, of course, is something that gives businesses an incentive to use alternative fu
attend. meanwhile, the deadly january 6th insurrection happened exactly 263 days ago. how one of the worst assaults on our democracy was allowed to happen remains top of mind and the threat posed by the rioters who participated in the attack still seems far from over. as we learn more about these far right extremists, new revelations are raising questions about law enforcement s ability to properly grasp how dangerous they are. a stunning new report from the new york times reveals an fbi informant was among the violent mob and they were texting realtime updates to his handler in the bureau. according to the report, this suggests that federal law enforcement may have had greater insight into the capitol attack than was previously known. the house january 6th select committee is ramping up its investigations and now wants to hear directly from rioters. the committee has started issuing requests for some defendants to voluntarily provide testimony as to why they stormed the ca
remain holed up in plant refusing to surrender to the russian invaders for fear of being tortured or imprisoned. steel factory remains the last bastion of resistance in the city that putin desperately wants to vanquish. the autocrot wants and basically need to claim victory over you a crane or at least part of it ahead of russia s biggest patriotic holiday on monday, may 9th or victory day is an annual celebration marking the defeat of nazi germany that showcases the country s military might with thousands of soldiers, tanks and vehicles marching through moscow s red square. it s also bomb an annual display of bellicose anti-war nationalistic brand arkt. we re getting a glimpse of that on state television where a pro-putin filmmaker warned that every barbaric tool was on the table, including concentration camps, re-education camps and sterilization. today amnesty international confirmed that russian forces have committed a series of war crimes outside of kyiv, and the agency
we have special expanded coverage tonight from lawmakers and legal experts to political analysis. kevin corke starts us shannon. law professor jonathan turley writing it s hard not to view this as a malicious act. he went on to call it a breach of the most fundamental obligations and traditions of the court. the greatest crisis. chief justice roberts face on the court in your tonight as you point out, politico is reporting exclusively that the supreme court has voted to strike down the landmark roe v. wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by justice samuel alito circulated inside the court. according to politico, the draft opinion is a full started repudiation of the 1973 1973 decision. subsequent 1992 decision planned parenthood v casey that largely maintain that right. in the draft opinion there are a few quotes from justice alito. among them, roe was egregiously wrong from the start. we hold that roe and casey must be overruled and it s t
parental leave or universal healthcare. according to 2019 data, six in ten women who have abortions are already mothers. of all the abortions performed, 43% occur in the first six weeks. 92% in the first 13 weeks, i e, first trimester. for those that seek it later, they are more likely to be poor, young or have serious health complication. they would be required by the government to carry to term without guaranteed support from that very government. key are monitoring the reaction outside the supreme court along with voters. we are hearing from lawmakers. does this change to codify roe into law? most senate democrats want it. will some republicans now too? here is senator lisa murcowski who says her confidence in the court has been quote rocked. if it goes in the direction that this leaked copy has indicated, i would just tell you that it rocks my confidence in court right now. senator cohens and i in february introduced a bill that would codify roe v wade. i thought it mad