criticism for firing missiles at the ukrainian port of 0desa on saturday, jeopardising a deal to allow grain to leave the city. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. in overturning roe v wade, the us supreme court rejected the argument that the us constitution guaranteed a woman s right to an abortion. now it s down to lawmakers in individual states to decide. a host of state legislatures have already acted to make abortion illegal. my guest today is marjorie dannenfelser, president of the susan b anthony pro life america group, an activist organisation supporting anti abortion politicians. groups like hers are savouring a big victory, could it yet turn sour? marjorie dannenfelser in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much, stephen. let me start with the human and healthcare aspects of this recent supreme court ruling. is there any reason to believe there will be fewer abortions in the united states because of the decision the supr
my guest today is marjorie dannenfelser, president of the susan b anthony pro life america group, an activist organisation supporting anti abortion politicians. groups like hers are savouring a big victory. could it yet turn sour? marjorie dannenfelser in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much, stephen. let me start first with the human and health care aspects of the supreme court ruling. is there any reason to believe that there will be fewer abortions in the united states because of the decision the supreme court came up with? well, i m glad you begin therapy because it s a fully human issue. so far we know that there will be fewer abortions because many states have already passed either a complete or partial limit on abortion. even just yesterday in the state of georgia the heartbeat ban, which means there is a limit at the point in which there is a heard heartbeat of the baby, the courtjust lifted its injunction of that law and it went into effect. so that
the white house tomorrow, as president biden intensifies his plea to congress for more aid to the war-torn country. new pressure this morning for two top university presidents to resign after their controversial testimony to congress about anti-semitism on campus. and why former president trump abruptly changed his mind about testifying today at his $250 million civil fraud trial. we begin this morning with the cleanup after the deadly weather ravaged part of our country. this morning nearly 20,000 people in tennessee remain without power after a series of tornados ripped through the state over the weekend killing at least six people including a 2-year-old and injuring more than 80 others. this highway camera captured a twister tearing through the sky before destroying homes and entire neighborhoods leaving some residents with absolutely nothing. one woman says a tornado split her home apart while her family was inside. i just remember opening the closet door and just t
approximately 140 police officers were injured on january 6th when a violent mob stormed the capitol. one of those officers was james blasting game, a 17 year veteran of the capitol police. this is how he described that day to pbs news hour. you just hear just noise and people running at me, as far as i can see, from the crypt all the way to the north side, center side of the capital, is running at us. as bad as it looks on film, believe me, it was much worse, they can stitch together as much footage as they want to, and i m telling you, and anybody that was in that scrum will tell you, there was much worse in person than anything you will see on film. officer blassingname and another fellow officer became the first members of the capitol police force to sue the person they say is responsible for that attack, not any of the individual rioters and not the far right groups that helped organize the riot. those officers sued the man at the very top, donald trump, who urge
rich price, thank you very much. that is all in on this tuesday night. as a fellow brown graduate, i feel the same way. you know, unfortunately so much death and destruction becomes abstract. and when there s some sort of foothold you have into your own reality i think it makes it at once difficult and easier to be involved in the story. so i m with you on that my friend. thanks to you at home for joining me this evening. approximately 140 police officers were injured on january 6th when a violent mob stormed the capitol. one of those officers was james, a 17-year veteran of the capitol police. this is how he described that day to pbs news outlet. we just hear just noise and people running at me as far as i can see from the crypt all the way to the north side of the capitol is running at us. as bad as it looks on film, believe me it was much worse. they can stitch together as much footage as they want to, but i can tell you and anybody who was in that scrum will tell