the witnesses. to remember their stories. remember them like i remember my mom and my dad every single day. we must never forget. so this never happens again. yeah i asked this question to a lot of people. do you always think of yourself as a survivor? alright still a builder builder money, wonderful wife or do i have no pizza hut? mhm. good evening, everyone. i m alison camerata. welcome to cnn tonight. the supreme court is on the cusp of making monumental decisions that could change life as we ve known it for decades, starting with whether to restrict access to abortion medication that s been used for two decades. next to come, affirmative action and voting rights. all of this amidst new revelations today about clarence thomas. it was not just luxury trips that he accepted from a republican mega donor. he also allegedly took cash in exchange for real estate. our panel tells us if that s unethical or illegal or both. plus we know how dangerous concussions can be for athletes
joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m michael holmes. appreciate your company coming up here on cnn newsroom, the young u. s airman accused of leaking highly classified documents online, formally charged with violating the espionage act. we ll have an update just ahead. victory in court for french president emmanuel macron on pension reform, but at what political costs as the protests continue. and in california, winter of torrential rain and snowfall is revived a long dead lake and in the process destroyed vast stretches of farmland will take you to the scene of a climate catastrophe. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with michael holmes. the us government moving quickly with its prosecution of that suspected leaker of classified documents. one day after his arrest, 21 year old air national guardsman jack teixeira, formally charged under the espionage act, the leaks exposed to a wide range of highly classified information, including eavesd
the cnn newsroom i m erica hill. and i m bianna golodryga. he was scared of getting caught transcribing classified documents at work. so what did he do? well, he took them home. that is just one of the stunning new details. we re learning about the suspect arrested in the flagrant pentagon leak investigation 21 year old jack to share a was charged with two federal crimes. today he did not enter a plea, but he will remain in custody until his detention hearing next week. to share a who was arrested yesterday at his parents home was an it specialist for a military intelligence unit on cape cod, massachusetts. today s affidavit providing somewhere insight into why this effectively low level air national guardsman had such high level access to the sensitive information is beyond a mentioned he worked in. i t actually held top secret clearance since 2021 starting in december, according to the affidavit, he was posting hundreds of highly classified intel documents to a chat group
here. this washington post story is unreal. i thought i felt i was reading it. it felt like a movie script like a screenplay. incredible reporting. we re going to tell you all about it. if you re just waking up with us this morning because this is about those leaked documents and who it was online that leaked them. young person named o g. o g. and then there s a teenager involved, and it involves like a social media gaming site. it s a lot you want to stick around for this critical for national security, so we ll get into that. we re glad you re with us. caitlin s on assignment, so let s start with the five things to know for this very busy thursday, april the 13th a federal appeals court, partially blocking a texas judge s ruling on the abortion pill, mr preston, it means the fda approval of that drug still stands for now, but other limitations have been put in place more than that. in a moment, complicated story. we re going to break it down for you and this we were just ta
major protests happening right now in france and a final decision on french president macron s pension reform plan is expected tomorrow live in paris, with the latest breaking overnight an appeals court rules an abortion pill will remain available, but adds new restrictions on who can get them and how it is being described as a one in 1000 year event. catastrophic flash flooding drenching parts of florida some areas recording an estimated 20 plus inches of rain. it s closed and international airport, the broward county mayor says it s the most severe flooding he s ever seen. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here. to cnn news, central. happening right now. in france. what you see right here. protesters setting fire to dumpsters in the city of ren, and we want to show you what s also been happening in paris demonstrators storming the headquarters of louisville thanh all leading up to one critical moment. a final decision on whethe