pair of dueling decisions, creating a flash point in the fight for abortion rights. in texas. a federal judge is halting the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug medford pret zone, one of the main medications used to provide abortions. but less than an hour later. conflicting court ruling out of washington state the federal judge, they re protecting access to the drug in 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia, which suit to protect the medication. the two decisions are the most significant on the on abortion since the supreme court overturned roy roe v. wade last summer here with us now is cnn senior supreme court analyst joan baez. cubic joan. good to see you also, you re the author of the new book, nine black robes. so two rulings now two very different decisions. what happens next? well, this puts the abortion issue right back on the path to the supreme court. attorney general america ireland last night that the government is going to app
rage against the machine. i need a little more information from you. jericka: frustrations with customer service at an all-time high. i yell at the phone because i want a representative. pope francis is leading holy week ceremonies in italy on this good friday. he was originally scheduled to lead the stations of the cross procession but the vatican announced the pope will miss the ceremony. jericka: and on the road with an unlikely leader of a chess club. his name is mr. bishop, which is pretty cool. he is very caring. he just includes everybody. keeps people motivated to keep practicing and get better and better. jericka: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. i m jericka duncan in for norah. tonight the two lawmakers who were expelled by their republican colleagues following be reinstatedotests could soon- and it comes as we witness the political fallout over the tennessee three. one stat
i m sara sidner in new york. jim acosta has the day off. you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour with breaking news. former president jimmy carter is receiving hospice care at his home in plains, georgia. sources tell cnn president biden is staying in close contact with the family. let s go now to cnn s jeff zeleny in washington. what more have you learned since we ve just heard this not too long ago. we are learning this this afternoon and the carter center advised something we had not known, the former president has had a brief series of hospital stays. he made the decision to spend his final days to enter hospice care in plains, georgia. that is really so extraordinary because that of course is where the former president has sent his entire life with the exception, of course, of his four years here in washington at the white house as well as his military service as a young man. he went home to plains, georgia, in his post-presidency, and that s where he s been ev
the same part of the country it with those deadly tornadoes days rob marciano timing it out to. we make it to a town 100 miles from rolling fork also hit in mississippi. they are now bracing for another dangerous system coming through coming through. overseas, news on russia tonight to pick at the notifications, communications with the u.s. on nuclear weapons. communications required under the new start treaty. tonight at the white house responding to all of this and martha wright at standing by. in the u.s. the veteran pilot in another plane helping a student pilot to make an emergency landing. you will hear the communications back and forth. what he learns about that young pilot as she tries to land the plane. news tonight involving the case against alec baldwin, a surprising move from the santa fe d.a. who charged him. dozens of swimmers are now facing possible federal charges for allegedly harassing the dolphins. and the diane sawyer exclusive, the first interview with ac
is the dramatic ousting of two state lawmakers in tennessee? just the beginning? and what does this really mean for the fight over gun reform? these stories and more right here on cnn news, central. a major retaliatory strike in the middle east israeli forces launching airstrikes overnight, which they say hit palestinian militant targets in lebanon and gaza. these strikes are in response to the dozens of rockets launched from southern lebanon into israel yesterday. it is the most intense violence at the israeli lebanese border since 2006 and we re learning more about the two israeli women who were killed in a shooting on the west bank road this morning. the two young women were sisters. they were just 16 years old and 20 years old. their mother was also in the car with them. she is in critical condition. at this hour , cnn s had asked. gold is near the israel lebanon border, and cnn s fred pleitgen is near. the israel border with gaza had as i want to start with you has there