millions of american women, no longer have the constitutional right to an abortion that has been their right for decades now and nearly half of all states women will soon find themselves without any access to an abortion, a 6-3 decision handed down in dobbs versus jackson women s health upholds mississippi s ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, in a 5-4 majority went further completely striking down roe versus wade, written by justice samuel alito, it is similar to the draft opinion that leaked back in may. it reads in part, roe was egregiously wrong from the start and the decision was exceptionally weak. and the decision has had damaging consequences. with this decision, 13 states have already effectively ended abortion access. missouri s governor issued an order ending all elective abortions one hour after the supreme court decision was released. another 13 states will impose draconian restrictions on abortion. a decision that s consequential is of course, nothing
also tonight, liz cheney described kevin mccarthy as shaken on january 6th, scared and calling members of the trump family for help. now, he s calling the investigation of the attack illegitimate. what happened to the republican leader who privately said he would hold people accountable for the insurrection? plus, devastating new reporting about the police response to the uvalde shooting. according to the new york times, officers knew there were kids in need of medical help but waited to enter the classroom anyway. we begin with the legal case against trump and why it matters. as president biden declared today the violent siege against democracy is far from over. it s important to the american people to understand what truly happened and to understand that the same forces that led january 6th remain in effect today. trump lost election. we know that. you know that. the committee has now proved that trump and his advisers knew it, too. i made it clear i did not agree w
weeks of horror. three mass shootings. the latest hours ago in tulsa, oklahoma. police say a gunman burst into a medical building on a hospital campus and killed four people including the doctor he blamed for his post surgical pain. we also learned from police that that killer bought an assault-style rifle less than three hours before the attack and a handgun only three days earlier. we are also letting new details about last week s horrific school attack in uvalde, texas. the mayor says a negotiator tried and failed to reach the killer as he was barricaded in a fourth grade class room. today two of his 21 victims will be buried. and next hour, in buffalo, new york, the teenager accused of killing ten people in a racist attack at a grocery store will be in court. he faces more than two dozen charges including counts that are terror, and hate crime related. 223 mass shootings, already this year. more mass shootings than days so far. and cnn is on top of all these development
neverending tide of gun violence. the annual convention of the nra kicked off today in houston. the keynote speaker is the arguably the most president voice of the republican party, the twice-impeached ex-president. greg abbot pulled out of an in-person appearance to return to uvalde. he ll be holding a press conference there in a few minutes, but back at the nra stage there will also be a speech from senator ted cruz who recently stormed off when he was asked by a reporter why mass shootings only seemed to happen in this country. cruz s decision to appear at the nra convention just days after 19 of his youngest constituents and two other teachers were murdered, chose how the hard line stance on guns has become so deeply embedded in the gop. even as the nra is weaker than ever consumed by scandals and lawsuits. as the washington post quotes, nearly a decade ago the massacre of 20 children and six adults through the politics of gun violence into a state of suspension for a f
the bbc russian troops have withdrawn from his city which has been under constant bombardment since the invasion began. finland s president speaks to vladimir putin, saying he will apply for nato membership within days mr putin called the move a mistake . us pro choice supporters protest across the country, ahead of a supreme court decision that is expected to overturn the country s long established right to abortion. in queue for supporting ukraine, this victory is for every ukrainian, slava ukraini! and ukraine wins the eurovision song contest favourites from the start, they won the public vote to take the title. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start with that breaking news from new york state. at least 10 people have been killed in a shooting at a supermarket in the city of buffalo. three the city of buffalo. others have been injured. the fbi say they are investigating the incident as both a hate crime and a case of racially motivated violent extremism. ii of the