freeze a lower court s ruling that placed restrictions on the drug mifepristone pill is the predominant method for ending pregnancies in the u. s. but now that decision sets up the most consequential abortion related disputes since the overturning of roe v. wade another appeals court is scheduled to take up the case. it is made. cnn s jessica schneider has more. the supreme court, stepping in to protect full access to the abortion pill mifepristone while this appeals process plays out, that means it will be status quo for the administration of this drug woman can continue to take it up to 10 weeks pregnant, they can continue to receive it by mail and via telehealth visits with their health care providers, and the generic version will remain widely available. this is exactly what the biden administration and the fda what they were asking for. they warned that if there were restrictions imposed on this drug at any point, there would be confusion and chaos. now this chaos has re
anywhere. expand your team with a fiber freelancer. this is cnn. the world s news network. you live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. abortion rights supporters are nervously anticipating what comes next after the supreme court moved to preserve access to a commonly used abortion drug . the ruling allows doctors to continue prescribing the stone and states that allow it, but there s almost no chance to protective ruling will be the final word. on regulation of the drug in the next challenge, the texas case that challenged medford per stones 23 year old fda approval, heads back to the fifth circuit court for an appeal on may 17th right now, we don t know why the court, which last year overturned the historic roe versus wade decision, moved to protect this drug justices offered no explanation with friday nights ruling. i spoke last hour with minnesota democratic senator tina smith about the ruling and what comes next. here s what she had to say. the supreme cou
judge. a south florida airports still closed by floodwaters after the rainiest day in fort lauderdale history. and new restrictions on abortion pills kick in just hours from now will the u. s supreme court step in. good friday morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans today in air national guard i t specialist will make his first court appearance after his arrest in connection with a major leak of top secret defense documents. the exact timing for jack to share his arraignment in a boston courtroom has not yet been announced. cnn s oren lieberman has more on the investigation. rest from the pentagon. 21 year old member of the massachusetts air national guard is in custody arrested in connection to the massive leak of classified documents online, the fbi swooping in on titan, massachusetts, a tactical team moving in to arrest jack to shera after surveilling him for a couple of days. a u. s official said the plan was to arre
not just saying this because they re here. they are the lifeblood of any hospital. it s why it works. and that s why these numbers are are so concerning lot of monday morning quarterbacking about you know what happened during the height of the pandemic in the beginning when we didn t know should you wear a mask? should we be spraying are male or what, have you we were doing it for the front line workers in the people who were like u two who were there and dr sanjay gupta as well. that s what we were doing it for. so um, you know, now we have a whole different idea about what was real and what was not. but certainly we were trying to help these people out here. you both all three of you. find a nose. i admire him. all three of you. i ll never forget the nurse david who cared for my thank you, dad and i see you for four months. he was there day and night. you nurses are so important. thank you. thank you . thank you. thank you admire you and sanjay this morning continues right
the u. s supreme court temporarily. as the justices review the case. justice samuel alito issuing the order just hours before new restrictions were set to go into effect, and donald trump just spoke to the national rifle association, one of a slew of current and potential republican presidential candidates making pitches to the group today we re breaking down the gop message on guns after the latest mass shootings. and as the 2024 campaign clearly heats up, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight we re getting a fuller picture of the suspected pentagon leaker and the crimes he s accused of committing after his first court appearance in boston, cnn national correspondent jason carroll is on the story for us. we haven t jack to share his family leaving federal accord in boston this afternoon, refusing to answer any questions the 21 year old massachusetts air national guardsman made his first