morning, everyone it is saturday . april 8th. i m amro walker. i m victor blackwell. you are in the cnn newsroom and we begin with the abortion debate across the country. this time, it s over access to medication. abortion after federal courts issued conflicting rulings began after a federal judge in texas ruled to suspend the fda s two decade old approval. of method. pistone then washington state judge ruled the fda must keep the pill on the shelves and 17 democratic states and the district of columbia. cnn s senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen joins us now. so explain what medford press stone is and what happens next. so victor medford. redstone is one of two drugs that are used in medicated abortions. in other words, abortions that are used by pill rather than by a surgical procedure. as you said they ve been used safely from more than 20 years. they have an excellent safety profile, and actually, they are now quite common. let s take a look at what s happened wi
momentous showdown in tennessee . a white democratic lawmakers survives the vote to expel her from the statehouse, while republicans ousted two black lawmakers over gun protest what the white house is now saying at the sour, plus free luxury trips and lavish trips for more than two decades. yet supreme court justice clarence thomas failed to disclose any of them new reporting on who s been funding those vacations. and overnight violence is erupting in israel and now lebanon two days after israeli forces stormed one of islam s holiest sites live on the ground in jerusalem and beirut. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m omar jimenez in for christine romans. as always , we ve got a lot to get to. so let s get to it. we begin with the extraordinary actions of the republican controlled tennessee house today, expelling two democrats for staging a gun violence protests on the house floor last week. as everything. gallery erupting after the gop super
its flashers on the car, then drives away reporter jonah lamb of the san francisco standard reviewed additional video and records in the case, indicating lee had stab wounds to the chest and used his cell phone to make a 911 call screening health thing. someone stabbed me advise he s bleeding out. after collapsing, lee was able to get up and cross the street back on main, the way he came, but on the other side of the street uh , and falls down for family and friends. the images bring a few answers just more grief and memories. his dedication to his kids was first and foremost that bob was father of the year community forum. police said they have new evidence, but they couldn t share more. we don t want to jeopardize this case, and i know that s really hard for people because they want to know this is a very high profile incident. i m confident that we re going to have a good resolution to this case has reignited anger over public safety in san francisco elon musk tweeting violent crime
that has stopped on the corner. uh with its flashers on the car , then drives away. reporter jonah lamb says lee then fell down but managed to get back up and cross the street on main, the way he came, but on the other side of the street and falls down, motive remains unclear. the stabbing has unleashed a flurry of anger from the tech community, including elon musk, who claimed on twitter. violent crime in san francisco is horrific. police data shows san francisco s murder rate is far lower than some other large cities, but overall violent crime is rising up 7% last year and another 6% so far this year. property crime in san francisco is sky high. 2020 fbi data reports more than 4000 cases per 100,000 residents nearly three times higher than new york city. viewers have in part led to recalls of the former district attorney and political change at san