esther told police he was scared to death when he saw the team at his doorstep, saying he fired his gun because he thought the team was trying to break in. this is a photo of ralph at the hospital after the shooting. he is miraculously back at home recovering. his mother spoke this morning about what happened. listen. he went around the doorbell, and he was supposed to stay outside and his brothers were supposed to run outside, get in the car, and they and they come home and that was what was supposed to happen and why he was standing there. his brothers then run outside, but he got a couple of bullets in his body instead of a couple of twins coming up out and giving him a hug. shot in the head but survived. cnn s lucy cavanaugh is following all of this for us, lucy. what are the charges that are being levied against the suspect this morning? well, sarah, this whole incident took place effectively on the porch of that home behind me. the focus now is on this alleged gunman 84
pair of dueling decisions, creating a flash point in the fight for abortion rights. in texas. a federal judge is halting the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug medford pret zone, one of the main medications used to provide abortions. but less than an hour later. conflicting court ruling out of washington state the federal judge, they re protecting access to the drug in 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia, which suit to protect the medication. the two decisions are the most significant on the on abortion since the supreme court overturned roy roe v. wade last summer here with us now is cnn senior supreme court analyst joan baez. cubic joan. good to see you also, you re the author of the new book, nine black robes. so two rulings now two very different decisions. what happens next? well, this puts the abortion issue right back on the path to the supreme court. attorney general america ireland last night that the government is going to app
good morning. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday. april 16th. i m victor blackwell. camera walker. thank you. so much for spending a part of your sunday with us. and if you do catch me sniffling a little bit. the pollen has, like really been getting to me and not for you coming from new york and resettling. no good. well, here is what we are watching for you this morning. congress returns from recess this week with a laundry list of to do items among them coming up with a plan to fund the government look at the other major priorities for both parties. in the coming days. at least 56 people are dead in sudan. there were explosions throughout the night clashes between the military and armed groups are escalating will tell you what we know about how this started and the global response i want to give up but not family . i don t give up if you give up. what about your keys, but force out as pandemic era programs expire more and more people who have fallen beh
momentous showdown in tennessee . a white democratic lawmakers survives the vote to expel her from the statehouse, while republicans ousted two black lawmakers over gun protest what the white house is now saying at the sour, plus free luxury trips and lavish trips for more than two decades. yet supreme court justice clarence thomas failed to disclose any of them new reporting on who s been funding those vacations. and overnight violence is erupting in israel and now lebanon two days after israeli forces stormed one of islam s holiest sites live on the ground in jerusalem and beirut. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m omar jimenez in for christine romans. as always , we ve got a lot to get to. so let s get to it. we begin with the extraordinary actions of the republican controlled tennessee house today, expelling two democrats for staging a gun violence protests on the house floor last week. as everything. gallery erupting after the gop super
fired from lebanon. israeli military announced new strikes on both gaza and lebanon days after israeli forces stormed one of islam s holiest sites decided i hear the warm it was very, very scary peacekeeping force in lebanon stressed that neither side wants another war. one week ago. we had members take it upon themselves to rush the well and stop the people s business point. did we encourage violence . and we will never quit? justice thomas s luxury trips with the gop mega donor republika, revealing decades perks the supreme court justice received from texas billionaire harlan crow struck us in this reporting was just the frequency of these trips and just the lavishness. revelations in this report has critics in congress calling to impose serious ethical rules on the highest court in the land. you say better regulation would not have prevented they would have would have. so what s better? very often. when it comes to regulations you have. this is the problem. they try to fix