hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m leila torok. escalating tensions in the middle east. israel s military carries out attacks in syrian territory, casting a shadow over a weekend of religious celebrations were live in jerusalem with the latest abortion pill controversy will examine the contradictory rulings that led to a legal standoff over an established medication to induce abortion. and the cultural war debate over transgender athletes will speak to a 13 year old transgender cross country runner and his mother on their experience with discrimination. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with laila harre. one of the holiest times of the year, is now underway in jerusalem, religious events of different faiths are being observed from easter sunday mass to prayers during ramadan to the passover priestly blessing happening right now, with thousands of worshippers gathering at jerusalem s western wall. earlier
coming up. is the most important day in the christian calendar, and thousands are gathering to celebrate easter mass begins at the vatican. meanwhile religious events across the middle east marred by ongoing violence, we re live in jerusalem and beirut, and why to tennessee lawmakers expelled from the statehouse could soon be back at one. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with poland, he said. up first for us. it s easter sunday, the holiest day of the christian calendar. celebrating with the bible says was the resurrection of jesus. tens of thousands of the faithful have converged on st peter s square for easter mass. currently underway there. hope francis is presiding over the service. he will then deliver his traditional urbi or or be or at to the city of the world blessing. the 86 year old pontiff has been recovering from bronchitis after being hospitalized last week now later in the show, we will head to the vatican for a live update with our delia gallagher. me
states and all around the world . you re watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church just ahead new details about some of the victims from a mass shooting at a sweet 16 birthday party in alabama how some members of the community are remembering those who were lost. fighting in sudan enters a third day as the army and paramilitary groups struggle for power will look at the toll it s taking on civilians and g seven foreign ministers meet in japan two days after an explosive object was thrown at that country s prime minister will show you the dramatic video of the moment a bodyguard jumped into action. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. thanks for joining us with the new school week starts in just a few hours here in the united states. one community will be facing it with a sense of loss, both impossible to explain. and yet all too common day ville alabama is the latest city grappling with a mess shooting. police say four people were killed at a sweet
to terminate pregnancies on hold effective seven days from now. kristen is the name of the drug at first got fda approval more than two decades ago, and until recently the notion of a judge having grounds to reverse approval of it was seen by many legal experts is dubious at best. however, abortion opponents steered their case to a judge named matthew kiss merrick of the fifth circuit in texas, and he has ruled as they hoped just after that. we got word of a ruling in a different federal court in washington state, affecting only some states on the same drug, so there s a lot to get to cnn supreme court reporter ariana vogue joins us right now on both rulings. so first tell us about the texas ruling and what that means. it s been an unbelievable night, right? both of these rulings opposing and they both have to do with the fbi. today s approval of the medication, abortion drugs, and that approval came in 2000. in this first case, what the federal judge said is he blocked the g
for you. hello everyone. thanks again for joining me in new york. i m fredricka whitfield and we begin with more massive protests on the streets of israel. the demonstrators are demanding that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu abandoned controversial judicial overhaul and legislation. it s the 14th straight week that israelis have protested over the proposed changes. and this time it comes against the backdrop of days of violence between israel and palestinian militants in gaza and southern lebanon. cnn s fred pleitgen is intel aviv. so you still have a whole lot of people who are turning out for the same cause. 14 weeks in a row. is there anything different about the tenor or the motivation here? hi there, fredricka. well, first of all, you re right. there are a lot of people who came out on the streets at night tonight to protest against that planned judiciary reform or overhaul bill. but of course, this current security situation does play a role in this as well an