supreme court. now, i know there s a draft opinion, and it was leaked and it purports to say that, yes, the writing is on the wall. and no one should be naive to the prospect that roe v. wade may, in fact, be overturned. and yet, roe v. wade, again, sitting here today is still supposed to be the law of the land until the supreme court officially says otherwise. but for some governors and abortion clinic operators, the leaked opinion was enough. it s given license to governors to try to anticipate that overturning roe v. wade, according to that opinion, will allow them to decide the issue. remember, alito wanted it to go back to the states. it s about having the individual states being the one to decide how their state will operate. and because of it, some governors are now signing legislation accordingly or hoping to be able to soon. and for some abortion clinic operators, well, state abortion bans have made them stop providing the service entirely out of fear of being sued.
looming in the background, china, which has been flexing its military power in the region recently. north korea, which may launch a missile test during the president s visit to the pacific region. and, of course, the war in ukraine. president biden called out vladimir putin in his remarks today, and he s set to sign off on a major aid package while in asia to help ukraine. cnn s white house correspondent jeremy diamond is in seoul following the president. so, jeremy, what else happened on biden s first day there? reporter: well, alison, in his first remarks in south korea, president hailing the u.s./south korea relationship as a linchpin of peace, prosperity. there are heightened intention with north korea as u.s. intelligence indicates that north korea could potentially test fire an intercontinental ballistic missile and or a nuclear weapon while president biden is here in south korea or while he is in the region as he goes to japan next. that has, of course, heightened
growing list of bipartisan lawmakers and the family of seniors who died of covid-19 in nursing homes. a letter from a group called voices for seniors saying, quote, it is clear you put your own political reputation and personal profits above the well-being of our most vulnerable family members. the cuomo administration has denied any wrongdoing, same for the democratic administration of gretchen witmer who told local nbc reporter she is proud of how her state handled the pandemic. the nbc report goes on to detail how covid-19 positive patients were placed in the same facility as covid negative patients. the report explains, quote, the policy different from andrew cuomo because witmer didn t force them to reside with covid negative patients. but incentivize the process by paying homes, she she defends what she did by saying there wasn t a national strategy. the facts are that european studies show half of the deaths were happening in nursing homes. on march 16th of last year d
joe biden ask kamala harris. the most progressive legislation in a generation. one of the most sweeping federal recovery efforts in history. the exexpansion of the child tax credit that s going to cut in half childhood poverty. it demonstrates a government that s working for the people. the bill is amended is passed. [ applause ] that s what it sounds like. today president biden back out at work touring a medical center distributing vaccines to veterans. the landmark bill is the first major legislative victory of the biden era. about $2 trillion. the house expected to vote on wednesday. they are racing so it will get president biden s signature before any unemployment benefits would expire in mid-march. it includes $1400 stimulus checks, expanded unemployment benefits, another $50 billion for loans for small businesss around the nation, $14 billion for vaccine distribution, a large program that supports children, more on that part tonight. and these checks are sla
The atmosphere . These guys, they are not heroes are they . That they are betrayed not with the victim mentality, they like to find some less tha n mentality, they like to find some less than their own ground. They spent a lot of the first film behaving like they didnt care about time butam behaving like they didnt care about time but am afraid time does give two hoots about you. It makes its mark and we wanted to make a film about that and the effect it has had upon them. I thought it was a film about time but when you watch it it is really about manhood. And in many ways how disappointing these men are to the women, and the children around them so its interesting. Can ibe around them so its interesting. Can i be the first person to ask you if there will be a next . Well know. I think thatll be it. But it was an honour doing it. See you on the red carpet in 2035. Speaking to colin paterson. Temperatures are already falling well below freezing. 8 last night, maybe not as low tonight bu