It probably had the same materials. It probably had the same plans, and you know, people are asking me, is the building safe . And i cant tell them it is safe. I cant tell them that. Reporter the families affected by this, fred, are not only wondering about the conditions of their loved ones but also whether this could have been prevented, and were getting new details today that shine a light on the condition of the building before it collapsed. Actually, dating back to 2018. A Structural Field survey that was conducted of the condo warned of cracking in some of the columns that were in the pool deck. An engineer arguing that Major Repairs were going to be needed, repairs that were apparently going to begin before the unthinkable happened as we take a look at these images of rescue crews literally standing atop 11 stories of what used to be homes. We have a full team on the ground right now as the search for survivors continues. Lets start with cnns randi kaye. Shes not far from where
this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on the program, i have an exclusive interview with president biden s national security adviser jake sullivan. we talk about russia s war in ukraine, threats from china and america s role in a new world: and it is gps birthday. this week we mark 15 years of the global public square. it s astonishing how much has happened in a decade and a half. and we will bring you the highlights. first, here is my take. as i was following turkey s recent general election, i was stunned to hear one of the country s top officials, then interior minister solomon sol lou, speaking from a balcony, promised that erdogan would wipe away whoever causes trouble for turkey, and that includes the american military. he declared earlier that those who pursue a pro-american approach will be considered traitors. keep in mind that turkey has been
is saturday, april 22nd. i m aymara walker. victor blackwell and you re in the cnn newsroom we begin this morning with the battle over abortion. the widely used abortion bruggeman kristen will remain available to women in the u. s without restrictions , at least in those states where abortion remains. the decision protects access to the drug at least until the appeals process plays out, but the protection could ultimately be taken away again. court ruling in texas earlier this month suspended government approval of the 23 year old drug. it s the latest in a series of moves against abortion rights. cnn supreme court reporter ariana vogue is with us now. so the decision stands in the hands in the body administration. they got a big win, also for abortion rights community a major victory, but the battle is not over. right the bind administration is relieved today, right because those lower courts put in these restrictions significant restrictions on this key abortion drug, the b
freeze a lower court s ruling that placed restrictions on the drug mifepristone pill is the predominant method for ending pregnancies in the u. s. but now that decision sets up the most consequential abortion related disputes since the overturning of roe v. wade another appeals court is scheduled to take up the case. it is made. cnn s jessica schneider has more. the supreme court, stepping in to protect full access to the abortion pill mifepristone while this appeals process plays out, that means it will be status quo for the administration of this drug woman can continue to take it up to 10 weeks pregnant, they can continue to receive it by mail and via telehealth visits with their health care providers, and the generic version will remain widely available. this is exactly what the biden administration and the fda what they were asking for. they warned that if there were restrictions imposed on this drug at any point, there would be confusion and chaos. now this chaos has re
widely used for decades taken by millions of women? the decision sets up the most consequential abortion related disputes since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade a new appeals process must now play out a process that could take weeks or even months. cnn s larrionda vogue is following this major decision, ariane, the courts brief was left unsigned and the votes were not disclosed. why well, you make a really good point here because it really shows what the supreme court did. the biden administration went to the supreme court and asked for emergency relief. these lower courts had put restrictions on this abortion drug. the biden ministrations wanted the supreme court to lift those restrictions while the appeals process played out. so this supreme court in that order that you referred to agreed to do so it did not rule on the merits of whether the he a had the authority in the first place to approve the drug. it s simply said that right now that drug could remain widely a