growing chaos, confusion, and consequences for women and for health care providers. and russia unleashes a deadly strike on a crowded mall in ukraine. president zelenskyy is now condemning it as a reckless act of terror. this as president biden and g-7 allies are reaffirming their unity with ukraine and against vladimir putin s aggression. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first, let s get straight to the capitol hill and melanie zanona. the january 6th select committee says newly obtained evidence is prompting tomorrow s hearing on very, very short notice. so what do we know? well, wolf, it is still a bit of a mystery here. the select committee has only promised new evidence and new witness testimony. but if we re reading between the lines, it is clear that the select committee feels like it s uncovered new evidence that is so urgent and so important that they decided to thro
pushed through a group of abrgz rights protesters. the light was red and the truck got impatient and charged into the crowd. in los angeles, full house actress jodie sweetin was pushed to the ground by lapd, as abortion rights protesters attempted to block a major freeway there. so what was once a fight focused on the supreme court and roe v. wade has now splintered into thousands of fights scattered across the entire country. for instance, in louisiana today, a judge halted the ban there that was supposed to go into effect last friday. providers have resumed service there for now. but stay tuned. that will probably change in the future. bottom line, it is going to be a long legal and controversial road to sorting out who and where they can get abortions in america. you re absolutely right, miguel marquez reporting for us. thank you very much. let s dig deeper into all of this. joining us former federal judge nancy girtner, evan osnos, and
he s only in his role to protect the president. nancy girtner, and maya wiley, an msnbc legal analyst. there is no precedent for what is going on with matthew whitaker. none. how significant do you think it is that there has been no nominee and the president saying today he s in no rush? i think it s clear that the president is quite comfortable with his acting u.s. attorney, by the way you gave me a promotion, chris, but thanks. but i think he s quite happy with his acting senior law enforcement officer for the country who has made it clear that he will be loyal to the president who auditioned for the job on cnn, essentially making the kinds of statements that would catch trump s attention and make him an attractive candidate for the administration, making specific statements that the mueller investigation shouldn t look at
he s only in his role to protect the president. for some perspective nancy girtner, and maya wiley, an msnbc legal analyst. there is no precedent for what is going on with matthew whitaker. none. how significant do you think it is that there has been no nominee and the president saying today he s in no rush? i think it s clear that the president is quite comfortable with his acting u.s. attorney, by the way you gave me a promotion, chris, but thanks. but i think he s quite happy with his acting senior law enforcement officer for the country who has made it clear that he will be loyal to the president who auditioned for the job on cnn, essentially making the kinds of statements that would catch trump s attention and make him an attractive candidate for the administration, making specific statements that the mueller investigation shouldn t look at
i was wrongly accused. do you know how many people are wrongly accused in our justice system? he thought that was good enough. i get to present myself, and he actually thought it was something good. he described himself as passionate. you know, when you start using those words that i was forceful and passionate and you describe yourself in that way you think that you did a good thing. so i don t think this you can t unring this bell. we can t unsee what we saw. there are going to be consequences to that in terms of how people think about our justice system, how they think about the supreme court and what the rules are for who has to obey the rules that are set forth and who doesn t. sherrilyn ifill and judge nancy girtner, thank you both. thank you. unless something changes judge kavanaugh will be confirmed one month before voters show up to the polls for the midterm elections. we ll talk about that next.