to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us and imminent and an important deadlines for the justice department. it has until one p.m. one hour from now to respond to a late night filing an abortion court battle that could impact women coast to coast plus family ties and college controversy. the top democrat on the house says he hardly remembers his uncle s flagrant anti semitic remarks. but cnn s k file uncovers an opinion piece from a college age takeem jeffries defending his uncle and defending louis farrakhan from his in his words, quote. white media. and tim scott feels out of presidential run today. he s in iowa as he stands up and exploratory committee is opening message. heavy on biography heavy on faith, the biden agenda but makes no mention of the republican frontrunner donald trump. today our country is once again being tested once again, our divisions run deep and the threat to our future is real. joe biden and the radica
storms ripped through parts of the south more than 20. people are dead more than 100,000 customers without power town in mississippi is described as gone . that single word are isabelle rose. solace is there and another legal blow for former president trump as some of his closest advisors are forced to testify. and to justice department investigations. why a judge says trump cannot claim executive privilege to keep them from testifying. ukrainian defense forces say more than 16 civilians have been killed by russian airstrikes over the past 24 hours and the battle for the key city of mahmoud that is continuing cnn s ivan watson, standing by live with a look and why this city is so important to both sides. i was skiing and looking downhill as you do, and i was skied directly into by mr sanderson. actress gwyneth paltrow takes the stand in her civil trial stemming from a 2016 skiing accident. the reason she says she s not responsible for the collision just ahead. and we begin th
cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with dramatic video. we re going to show it to you right here showing the moment a bomb explodes in a cafe in st petersburg, russia, killing a well known russian pro war blogger. may have been presented to the blogger hidden inside a figurine. the dead blogger had more than a half million followers on his pro military blog, where he aggressively supported the war in ukraine openly criticized the setbacks. russian troops face there. cnn s matthew chance is in moscow for us. well jim. this explosion killed one of russia s most prominent pro war military bloggers, posting under the name of vlad lent tartasky. he accumulated more than half a million followers on his pro war telegram channel in which he was notoriously hard line enthusiastically, for instance, declaring on ukraine we will kill everyone. we will rob everyone we will have our way. and, of course, like other prominent russian military bloggers criticizing aspects a
dominion, the network is now facing from a voting technology company with an even bigger price tag and the 84 year old defendant pleads not guilty in the shooting of a teenager who mistakenly when went to his home. are we speaking with the lawyer for the teen s family, ben crump, about the racial component of this case and whether hate crime charges are warranted. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is on assignment alex marquardt and you re in the situation room. tonight the supreme court has set a new friday night deadline as it considers whether to preserve or limit access to a widely used abortion drug. let s go straight to cnn s senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid. paula what is the thinking behind the supreme court s decision to kick this can down the road 48 hours . as of now, this widely abused use abortion medication will remain widely available. the supreme court is expected to offer another update by fri
and whether his client wants to see the former president indicted. mr trump has been seeking donations. as you know, from his supporters fundraising off his claims he was going to be arrested this past tuesday and in a new series of statements on the social network is calling the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg, quote, danger to our country and to quote animal he s also linked to an article with a photo of bragg next to a photo of himself with a baseball bat looking like he s ready to take a swing. brags office, meantime, sent a letter to house republicans who are seeking to investigate the investigators. the letter says. house republicans only got involved quote after donald trump created a false expectation that he would be arrested the next day, and his lawyers reportedly urged you to intervene. neither fact the letter continues is a legitimate basis for congressional inquiry. here s how speaker mccarthy s reply. impossible. i don t understand why he only just poli