coming up. is the most important day in the christian calendar, and thousands are gathering to celebrate easter mass begins at the vatican. meanwhile religious events across the middle east marred by ongoing violence, we re live in jerusalem and beirut, and why to tennessee lawmakers expelled from the statehouse could soon be back at one. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with poland, he said. up first for us. it s easter sunday, the holiest day of the christian calendar. celebrating with the bible says was the resurrection of jesus. tens of thousands of the faithful have converged on st peter s square for easter mass. currently underway there. hope francis is presiding over the service. he will then deliver his traditional urbi or or be or at to the city of the world blessing. the 86 year old pontiff has been recovering from bronchitis after being hospitalized last week now later in the show, we will head to the vatican for a live update with our delia gallagher. me
reproductive health care in a manner that is what they need, and they decide that not their government. now at the same time , a federal judge in washington state has gone in the opposite direction, ordering that access must be maintained to the medication in 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia. but as cnn s joan scuba explains, the supreme court might want to get involved this time. the ruling from texas judge matthew kiss merrick, invalidating fda approval of a medication abortion drug could be the most consequential if it survives first at a lower regional court of appeals and then at the supreme court, but let me add some context about the supreme court for this particular chapter of the abortion wars. based on what the five justice court majority said last june in the dabs opinion, rolling back a woman s constitutional right to end a pregnancy, the challengers might not have the same five votes to