john: reversal from the manhattan district attorney s office, good tuesday afternoon to you and you as well. gillian: nice to see you on this happy tuesday. i m gillian turner, who is out on assignment. new york city bodega worker charged with murder is now off the hook after fending him off in his store. hi, alexis. the nation has been closely watching and waiting for the decision. manhattan d.a. office says after reviewing the surveillance video and interviewing witnesses and the people who called 911 they will not present the case to a grand jury. in the motion filed here, the manhattan d.a. office says the people have determined we cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was not justified in his use of deadly physical force. this case, we had an innocent, hard working new yorker that was doing his job and someone was extremely aggressive towards him and i believe after the d.a. review, made the right decision. that was mayor eric adams commen
ballot and why are democrats again helping another trump-backed candidate there? but, first, breaking tonight, president biden is trying to have it both ways when it comes to gasoline be prices. the president blaming russia when costs skyrocketed. now, he is claiming credit for some modest drops. but the president is still putting foreign oil ahead of domestic as he tries to ease the crisis and at the same time is considering a climate emergency executive order. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. gas prices haven t just crushing americans waltz but polling. a cnbc poll giving president biden economic approval rating below the worst mark his predecessors obama and trump ever got just 30%. now the white house sees a silver lining if they can strike a nuclear deal with iran. the white house is framing a return to the iran nuclear deal as a way to bolster global oil supply. deputy secret
overturn a decision that s been a place for over 50 years, saying roe v wade is no longer law. it is a slap in the face to women. we are here to help you if you are pregnant and if you are in need of support. the court affirmed today tha every life is worth living. reaction across the country swift and divided, causing jubilation for some and devastation for others appeared were keeping an eye on the protest in major cities tonight. president biden calling for peace in saying violence is never acceptable today. 13 states up already past cold trigger laws making abortion illegal now or in the near future more states are expected to join them. first we begin what s in the actual opinion. nearly half a century after brophy wait the supreme court overturned a precedent for ruth bader ginsburg have long warned that it s was on shaky ground for said it was exceptionally weak. justices joined him and said th constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each state from regula
celebrating, abortion rights advocates, devastated. the question now where does the fight go next? to the white house. you re looking at it live. to congress. to state houses across the country. so over the next 60 minutes, we ll tick you live to those key places where decisions are happening. we ll take you outside the supreme court where you just saw some of those demonstrations and we re seeing protests all across the country. these are some of those. in st. louis, chicago. just ahead, we ll speak to the governor of one state where abortion rights could soon disappear. governor whitmer will join us live. we re in washington on an extraordinary friday along with our nbc news team. julia, you re there where demonstrations have been happening. tell us what it s like. hallie, if you want to know just how divided our country is, look no further than the crowd behind me. we ve seen abortion rights activists face off today, get in each other s faces. bull horns. you name it. ev
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