was like for him. plus, a huge jobs report raises the question, are recession fears overblown? it depends on who you ask. you re in the cnn news room. u.s. senators are expected to vote is tonight on the democrats sweeping health care, climate, and tax bill, and in turn, score president biden a massive legislative victory. the bill represents the largest climate investment in u.s. history. $369 billion in all four measures that are estimated to reduce carbon emissions by as much as 40% in less than ten years. and it gives medicare the power to negotiate drug prices and ensures medicare recipients will spend no more than $2,000 of their own money each year. to help pay for all of this, the legislation will establish a 15% minimum corporate tax on any u.s. company reporting more than $1 billion in earnings to its investors. now, this would impact companies like amazon, which paid zero federal income taxes in 2018. we are monitoring all of the action on capitol hill for you ton
states we are going to show you them shaded in purple on a map that the pro-choice gutmacher institute says are certain or likely to ban abortion based on currently in books or transient states but that is just the effect today of the supreme court s 5-4 decision. what happens tomorrow and months and years from this moment? that, we don t know. in fact, many democrats tonight are expressing concern that the decision could provide legal justification to overturn other rights, secured by supreme court precedent. including those covering contraception and same-sex marriage. and they have reason to be concerned after justice clarence thomas suggesting doing just that today as well. this is what justice thomas wrote in a concurring opinion, quote, for that reason? future case, we should reconsider all of this court s substantive due process precedence, including griswold lawrence, and obergefell. he continues because any due process decision is demonstrably erroneous. we have a
the streets, abortion rights advocates holding protests across the nation but for antiabortion activists, jubilation. the supreme court ruling there is no constitutional right for a woman to have an abortion. at least 26 states are either poised to or have already banned abortion. cnn has reporters covering this massive shift in laws across the country. alexandra field is in missouri. nadia romero is in mississippi, the state which brought the case which ultimately ended federal abortion protections. nadia, what s the reaction there and where are you exactly? reporter: fred, we are in jackson, mississippi, outside of the last abortion clinic in the state. for some people this is a place of refuge. for others, this is a site of pure evil where evil things take place. that s what we re hearing. and you hear those two sides of the roe v. wade thing being played out here on the street corner, you see these two gentlemen having a heated conversation. this is mild compared to wha
Hours after ukrainian president s Petro Poroshenko accused russia direct and open aggression, authorities lost control of the luhansk airport. One month after Vladimir Putin called for talks on statehood for Eastern Ukraine. Al jazeera am peter sharp has more from southEastern Ukraine. 30 kilometers to the west is russia. This is russias second huge humanitarian convey, destination donetsk. The drivers of this military base tell us the drivers have yet to be cleared by the International Red cross but that didnt stop the first convoy pushing across the frontier and wont stop this either. Kiev says its not going to accept this convoy unless it goes through the red cross checks but whats clear is this convoy will roll and i think soon whether kiev likes it or not. The eu warned the kremlin on the weekend it would impose tough new sanctions within seven days unless russia curbed its issues with ukraine. There wont be a military solution in this situation. This is the view of the other eu m
Consider to actions. T two actions. Its important to get an idea of the problem before a solution. Here is what they said in 2009. We are confident each of the ash basins have Structural Integrity necessary to protect the environment. What the heck happened . How are you certain . Duke supported the bill. You might ask why they are not in indiana . I would hope you consider giving citizens affected by coal ash a chance to speak are at play without interpreters. You can hear what it has been like and ask what certainty they are looking for. I think you will hear there is a certainty they will be cleaned up some time in their lifetime. Many of them have been waiting a long time. I think they would like the certainty. They would like the certainty the ash pond is not going to collapse on top of them and dump ash into the river. They can bring their own legal action if the state doesnt do anything. I will say the citizens have worked on these issues for a long time. They deserve to be hear