constitutional protections for abortion that women have had for nearly 50 years. and now leaving it up to states to decide whether abortion should be legal within their borders. at least 26 states are either boysed to or have already banned abortion. the ruling cheered by anti-abortion supporters after decades fighting but a broad majority of americans disagreeing with that ruling. in a cnn poll conducted weeks ago, 66% of americans did not want the supreme court to completely overturn roe v. wade. cnn has reporters on ground covering this seismic decision. let s go first to cnn s joe johns outside of the u.s. supreme court where i know it is very noisy and a lot people there. what are you seeing? reporter: it is noisy, fred. and we have seen a lot of clanting, a bit of confrontation because there have been people here on both sides of this issue. yelling at each other. it is largely peaceful. talking to people in the crowd, you get a real sense of what brought them and the
presidential election. and that is terrifying. damaging testimony against former president donald trump as officials inside the justice department detail how he tried to weaponize the department to steal the election. plus positive news for ukraine as the european council finally says okay to them becoming an official to join the eu. we re live this hour in brussels. and growing doubt over boris johnson s future as his party loses two high elections. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is friday, june 24th. 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington. the january 6 committee has held its last public hearing before the july 4th holiday break and there were plenty of fireworks. top officials in donald trump s justice department testified the former president was relentless in pushing election conspiracies and wanted them to overturn the 2020 vote. the witnesses said every time there were bogus fraud claims,
2020 election loss. cnn s sara murray has more. reporter: the justice department escalating the criminal probe into the fake ele ele electors scheme. for president donald j. trump federal investigators are pursuing several battleground states that he lost in 2020 but where his allies put forward to try to help trump over turn the results. and among those subpoenaed, david schaefer. the electors plot a recurring theme in the january 6 hearings. we ve seen how president trump worked with and directed the republican national committee and others to organize an effort to create fake electoral slate and later to transmit those materially false documents to federal officials. congressional investigators laying out how the former
he discussed a variety of election matters. he did say this sounds like the kind of thing that would warrant appointment of a special counsel. there was a point at which the president said something about glad you guys seized machines. and we learned from testimony and emails that number of republican members of congress requested pardons after january 6. you are looking at them on your screen. federal investigators are also looking into another part of donald trump s plot to overturn the 2020 election. sara murray has that story for you. reporter: the justice department escalating its criminal probe into the fake elector scheme. president donald j. trump of the state of florida, number of votes, 11. reporter: federal investigators are pursuing information in several battleground states where his
change in the department leadership. reporter: committee members today also revealing more information about the gop lawmakers who sought a pardon, including scott perry who played a central role pushing for clark to be elevated in the justice department. eric hersh man saying he believs matt gaetz also was seeking a pardon. a pardon that he was discussing, requesting, was as broad as you could design. i remember from the beginning of time up until today. he had mentioned nixon and i said nixon s pardon was never nearly that wood. broad. only reason i know to ask for a pardon is because you think you ve committed a crime. reporter: in addition to perry and gaetz, other republican members apparently also asked for pardons, that includes louie gohmert, mo brooks, andy biggs and marjorie taylor greene. greene has denied the testimony that the committee showed was