abortions after just six weeks. cnn s diane gallagher has been following the story. this, of course, does not strike down this law for good, but it does temporarily block it. how long? and what happens from here? reporter: so, jim, we don t know for how long at this point. the judge today granting that injunction, which temporarily blocks that new abortion law banning most abortions after six weeks from going into effect. i m told the state supreme court can review it or some other legal action by that state court is taken. now, this is something that to people in south carolina sounds familiar because the state supreme court actually did strike down a very similar six-week abortion ban earlier this year. in fact, that was something that was discussed many times, both the house and the senate while they were arguing and debating this particular legislation. with opponents of the legislation saying it was not different enough from that original bill, that original law to sus
ongoing threat to democracy. and in ukraine cnn is speaking with the anti-putin rich shan fighters claiming responsibility for cross border attacks. they say they re using american military vehicles during the raids. we ll get reaction from a key white house official, john kirby. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s begin with new ve developments in the special counsel s criminal investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents. josh, tell us what you and your colleagues are now learning. right, wolf. what we re learning is that one day before federal authorities came to mar-a-lago last june to pick up classified documents in return for a subpoena that video employees, two employees of the former president in mar-a-lago, moving boxes back into the storage room. as you remember, when the feds arrived at mar-a-lago, trump s team said, come with us to the storage r
next hour, change that. the lead starts right now. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy meeting in a matter of minutes. what s on and what s off the negotiating table as mccarthy insists he needs to see a deal this week to avoid default. plus a new name in the 2024 presidential race. i m running for president of the united states. i m america. tim scott setting his sights on the white house and his gop backers hope the senator from south carolina can be the one to beat trump and then biden. and a not guilty plea in the murders of four idaho college students and the gag order keeping information secret in this case. welcome to the lead 37 i m jake tapper. can they make a deal? in the next hour president biden and. kevin mccarthy will meet face to face at the white house as the united states careens towards an economic ka catastro that only those two can prevent we re ten day was from the u.s. potentially running out of money to pay its bills. that c
i m fredericka witfield. a historic moment for all of the world to see after 70 years, great britain has a new monarch. king charles iii was crowned today during a coronation ceremony at westminster abbey. the nearly 400-year-old crown was placed on his head officially marking him as the new king. god save the king! god save the king! also being crowned, a new queen. king charles s wife camilla receiving her crown during that ceremony. there was elation over the coronation in the streets of london. tens of thousands lining the streets to catch a glimpse of the royal family. the king and queen waving to the public from the gold state coach there, which was originally built back in 1762. and then a royal salute from 4,000 british troops. hooray! in a moment some have been waiting for days to see, king charles and queen camilla and the royal family stepping onto the balcony of buckingham palace to greet the clouds lining the mall. it was a day many will never forge
paula reid in for jim acosta. you re in the cnn newsroom we begin this hour with a potential new milestone in russia s war in ukraine. ukraine has announced that it has used a u.s. made patriot air defense system like this to bring down a russian hypersonic missile. if true, it would be the first time ukraine was able to intercept a missile that travels at ten times the speed of sound. cnn s sam kiley joins us from kyiv with the latest. sam, how significant is this? reporter: i think it s very significant indeed, for two reasons. first of all, it s kind of proving the need for highly sophisticated weapons such as the patriot missile that the ukrainians have been asking for effectively since 2014 when they were first invaded by the russians. but then on a technological level, paula, this is a very significant development because patriot was never designed for hypersonic missiles because they didn t exist when patriot was designed. this is a missile that can travel up to te