the united states. justices alito and thomas publicly dissented. and again this battle it is not over yet. the next step in the litigation will be at the fifth circuit court of appeals on may 17th. but this tonight it s a big win for the biden administration after its emergency request to keep the fda approval of the drug with a federal judge blocked it. the president has issued a statement tonight saying, quote i continue to stand by fda as evidence based approval of mifepristone. the stakes could not be higher for women across america. i will continue to fight politically driven attacks on women s health. more now from cnn s paula raid, paula good evening, pamela will hear the supreme court has ensured that this commonly used abortion medication will remain widely available, while larger lawsuits about its fda approval work their way through the system. at the heart of this case, is this drug that you just mentioned per stone. it is one of two drugs that is used in medicati
karl rove, kellyanne conway and mark penn rate these speeches and these men as candidates at this stage of the game. great discussion coming up with them. also, this unbelievable story. we re still trying to figure out what happened here. four americans were assaulted and then kidnapped just inside the mexico border. we expect an update soon on who are these americans that are involved here. now kidnapped, likely by cartel linked individuals on that side of the border. we ll get new information and bring it this hour. president biden hasn t said whether or not he is running for president but he s got two very big moves in the works here. one is a huge tax hike and the other is potentially new drilling for oil in the united states. something he said he would never do. drill he was going to cut back on that. why might he be changing his mind? former texas governor rick perry weighs in. first to the white house, peter doocy with us live on the north lawn. hi, peter. martha,
independents do not want biden to run again. that is a remarkable figure for an incumbent president come onto gearing up for a second term at odds with the journalistic perception abiding that cannot be ignored along with the second finding of what biden has achieved an office. he will beast until speaking to a skeptical public, two thirds are very uncomfortable with the idea biden running for a second term. according to a new washington post abc poll 262% thanks biden has accomplished not very much or little or nothing and this reality is shocking to the thunderheads in the media. make no mistake a lot of democrats, powerful democrats don t want him to run again in 2024 it seems most americans want nothing to do with the trump biden rematch. it seems like the voters to get the memo ap should only 20% of americans want this man to run for a second term and it looks like he s going to. some of the doubts fueled by biden s age and the media is out of touch with how th
officials say at least eight people are dead after a smuggling boat capsized off the coast of san diego. authorities responded to the scene after someone on a separate boat called 911 to report victims in the water. they say rough conditions made the recovery effort difficult. we were in recovery mode for about five hours after that. the access to the area was very difficult due to the tide and the coastal cliff there. that area is a very hazardous area even in the daytime. it has a series of sandbars and inshore rip currents. you would think you could land in sand and get to waist-high or knee-high water and think you re able to get to land. this is one of the worst maritime smuggling tragedies that i can think of in california, certainly here in the city of san diego. authorities are continuing to search for any additional victims. we ll bring you more details as we get them. also happening this hour in california, a desperate race to rescue people trapped in floodwat
to earth cam, thousands of revellers are expecting a soggy countdown. we ll go live to the big apple later in the show. gillian: first to our top story this hour, the world is now mourning of loss of a historical religious figure. the vatican is announcing death of pope emeritus benedict xvi. and charles has more on his long lasting legacy. what a story he had. pope benedict xvi had an impact on catholics across the world in a position he never imagined himself in. for decades cardinal joseph ratsinger had been a key advisor to pope john paul ii, as a staunch conservative. and took the cardinals just two days to give the job to a german, scholarly man who didn t appear to want it. as pope benedict xvi, he rattled relativism, what might be true for someone, might not be true for someone else. and he will be remembered not only for his birthday celebration in the white house, a stop at ground zero and a mass in yankee stadium, but also, by the way in which he addressed the ca