constitutional right to abortion. states will now define abortion laws. and 13 states have abortion bans that were triggered into law by this morning s ruling. in all about half the states in this country are expected to implement abortion bans. it s a monumental victory for abortion opponents and conservatives. but many liberals and moderates fear that the court could target other landmark presidents like same-sex marriage and contraception. justice clarence thomas explicitly called for those cases to be revisited. he wrote today for that reason the future cases we should reconsider all this court s substantive due process including lawrence, griswold and obergefell. we have a duty to correct the error established in those precedents. cnn s jessica schneider is outside the supreme court, kaitlan collins at the white house. the president just spoke. he did not mince words saying this is a sad day for the court and country. what else did he say? reporter: he called it a sole
one of the most consequential decisions in supreme court history was just handed down. the conservative majority of justices overturned roe vs. wade, ending the constitutional right to an abortion. in a narrow 5-4 vote, the landmark decision reverses nearly 50 years of court precedent. this is sparking a range of emotions from victory celebrations to outrage. you see some vocal protesters gathering outside of the supreme court at this hour. president biden called the decision a, quote, tragic error. today, the supreme court of the united states expressly took away a constitutional right from the american people that had already recognized. they didn t limit it. they simply took it away. state laws banning abortion are automatically taking effect today, jeopardizing the health of millions of women, some without exceptions. so extreme that the women could be punished for protecting their health. so, the stunning decision now turns abortion rights over to the states, and the
on girls and women s reproductive autonomy. cnn is live as crowds swell outside the supreme court. plus, the widespread impact, where trigger laws now or soon will make abortion entirely illegal for any girl or woman regardless of circumstances. also on this monumental day, the first major gun safety legislation in decades on its way to the white house for president biden s signature. how democrats and republicans came together to compromise. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with the historic decision from the united states supreme court which has overturned roe v. wade. finding that the 167 million girls and women in the united states have no constitutional right to an abortion. massive crowds gathered outside the high court in washington, d.c. this afternoon. some celebrating, some protesting the 5-4 decision. conservative justices samuel alito, clarence thomas, neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh, and amy coney barrett leaving abortion rights as a que
politics reporter at the washington post. also the co-author of the book his name is george floyd. so happy to have all of you on. why don t i start with you. good evening to everyone. to the trump pressure campaign. last week the committee focussed on the intense pressure on pence and how much danger that put him in. this week it is the pressure on state officials to overturn the election. remember this call that trump made to georgia secretary of state? here it is. so, look, all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state. so what do you think it is going to mean to hear publically from these election officials? well, this is part of a methodical approach by this committee to lay out what happened after the election. it included not only former president trump when they went into court but after they were thrown out of court for all these failed legal efforts, they put pressure on these state lawm
footage the statesman writes, arrendondo is trying to find keys to open the classroom doors even though officials say they do not believe officers tried to open either door. the texas tribune reports, officers held their positions outside adjoining classrooms as the gunman fired aft least three more times. the tribune released a surveillance picture, 12:04 p.m., that shows multiple officers with at least two ballistic shields. police would not enter the classroom for another 46 minutes. in transcripts reviewed by the tribune, officers were growing impatient. one agent asks, are there still kids in the classroom? to which another agent answers, it is unknown at this time. the agent replies, you all don t know if there s kids in there? if there s kids in there, we need to go in there. the other agent responds, whoever is in charge will determine that. all of those officers are trained in an active shooter situation. and from the very beginning, even the ones that didn t hav