thank you so much, reverend sharpton. hello everyone, i am alicia menendez, welcome to american voices. we begin saturday with a one of post roe america. this disproportionately affects women of color and is a direct attack on the socioeconomic groups that are disparaged already. it is disheartening. as time goes on, it is just sad to watch our country devolve. i am shocked and amazed that we are taking somebody steps backwards right now. i am in fear for every woman in this country. protests coast to coast, the anger, the outrage fueled by friday s decision by the conservative majority supreme court, overturning roe v. wade, andy nearly 50 years of legal precedent, putting states in charge of reproductive rights. while this is news we all saw coming in that leaked draft opinion a few weeks back, the reality is that it is so sobering. laws banning abortions is already a valve-ing. at least 26 states across the south and midwest have trigger laws that will soon take
with this decision, the conservative majority of the supreme court shows how extreme it is, how far removed they are from the majority of this country. they made the united states an outlier among developed nations in the world. but this decision must not be the final word. my administration will use all of its appropriate lawful powers, but congress must act. if you vote, you can act. you can have the final word. this is not over. thank you very much. i ve more to say on this in weeks to come. thank you. reporters: mr president. president biden there speaking to the american people. hello and welcome to sportsday. hello there. this is your update from the bbc sport centre. england have made hard work for themselves in their response to new zealand s first innings total, after an early batting collapse, with all top four out in single figures. joe wilson reports. these are the crazy test match times when the state of play seems to change by the second. a landmark day forjack
one of the most consequential decisions in supreme court history was just handed down. the conservative majority of justices overturned roe vs. wade, ending the constitutional right to an abortion. in a narrow 5-4 vote, the landmark decision reverses nearly 50 years of court precedent. this is sparking a range of emotions from victory celebrations to outrage. you see some vocal protesters gathering outside of the supreme court at this hour. president biden called the decision a, quote, tragic error. today, the supreme court of the united states expressly took away a constitutional right from the american people that had already recognized. they didn t limit it. they simply took it away. state laws banning abortion are automatically taking effect today, jeopardizing the health of millions of women, some without exceptions. so extreme that the women could be punished for protecting their health. so, the stunning decision now turns abortion rights over to the states, and the
on girls and women s reproductive autonomy. cnn is live as crowds swell outside the supreme court. plus, the widespread impact, where trigger laws now or soon will make abortion entirely illegal for any girl or woman regardless of circumstances. also on this monumental day, the first major gun safety legislation in decades on its way to the white house for president biden s signature. how democrats and republicans came together to compromise. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with the historic decision from the united states supreme court which has overturned roe v. wade. finding that the 167 million girls and women in the united states have no constitutional right to an abortion. massive crowds gathered outside the high court in washington, d.c. this afternoon. some celebrating, some protesting the 5-4 decision. conservative justices samuel alito, clarence thomas, neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh, and amy coney barrett leaving abortion rights as a que
the badness, it is equally our responsibility not to despair. some of that already being done on american streets this weekend. women and men marching to demand congress to act, as congress is the only way to reverse the supreme court ruling. this ruling by the court not in line where most americans are on this issue. that is based on our latest polling. as for president biden, he insists that the supreme court decision cannot be the final say. this decision must not be the final word. my administration will use all of its appropriate lawful powers, but congress must ask. with your vote, you can act. you can have the final word. this is not over. helping kick off our coverage was democratic senator, tammy baldwin. i would talk about what this