coverage right now. good morning, it s 11:00 a.m. eastern, and 9:00 a.m. pacific. house republicans taking the first step to remove homeland security alejandro mayorkas over his handle of the border crisis. overseas, new details on a potential hostage deal that could pause the fighting in gaza. plus, what we are learning about the three soldiers killed in a drone strike in jordan. back here in the u.s., something like a sci-fi movie. his company has successfully implanted a chip in a human brain, and we will tell you the reasons why. we begin with the battle over the border, as the house makes a historic move against the cabinet official overseeing border security. right now the house homeland security committee is debating articles of impeachment over secretary alejandro mayorkas. this is the first time it has happened to a cabinet secretary in nearly 100 years. the articles accuse mayorkas of a willful unfollowing of the law. refusal to follow the law and a br
situation room. happening now, breaking news, the first deaths are reported from a powerful earthquake that flattened homes and unleashed a wall of water in japan. stand by for new images and information on the massive 7.5 quake and its aftermath. also this hour, at a critical moment in israel s fight against hamas, the nation s high court striking down a key part of a controversial government plan to limit the power of the judiciary. the unprecedented decision now threatening to fan par time tensions and division. plus, 2024 is here. the first presidential votes are now just two weeks away. we ll get the lay of the political landscape as donald trump s rivals battle to be the last republican standing in his way to the nomination. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m brianna keilar, and this is the situation room special report. we begin with breaking news. the earthquake disaster in japan turning deadly. at
susan li has shown no food spikes have a sign of ending. let s begin with kelly. hi, charles. the stock market is now in bear market. everything was done as we take a look at the red hot inflation data and they liked it less. the s&p 500 closed 4% down. the dow lost 900% and more pain is expected tomorrow that will likely near or be worse than friday s cpi. markets have flunk wildly as investors decipher how the central bank will raise rates. that s why investors broadly unloaded riskier assets. the national average hitting over $5 a gallon this weekend. records are nothing new. we ve seen new highs across the country. for context, to fill up a toyota camera, that cost has soared 63% versus last year. now it will cost you $79 at the national average. charles, we spoke to frustrated drivers here. they re beginning to change their habits. when is it going to end? it s a lot to take in. you have to get it. it comes in to play every single day, do i want to drive to the bea
there s lobbying going on behind the scenes. that said, i would be surprised if the final outcome is dramatically different from what we saw in the draft opinion. so charles, nothing today from the supreme court as far as this opinion is concerned. the next day of opinions comes in two days on wednesday. the supreme court justices typically have things happened up by the end of june, possibly a few days into july. charles? thanks, david. the wall street journal editorial board voicing concern in the wake of the alleged plot to kill justice kavanaugh, this is all the more worrisome because the court is more vulnerable to acts of violence. there s only nine justices and a single vote can change the case. there s typically a period of weeks or months in an oral argument that can behind how justices are leaning. so what more needs to be done? we want to bring in the host of
but may according to steny hoyer s office may come up for a vote at this week possibly as soon as tomorrow. earlier pro life groups gathered outside the court to let their voices be heard. all are surrounding the dobbs case from mississippi. it would make abortions i lless after 15 weeks in that state. last week a new bill by samuel aalito in february, alito and the conservative wing may be ready to overturn the guarantee of abortion access across the united states, which would send the issue back to the states to decide. john roberts is known as the middle of the road compromiser that will make abortions legal in 15 weeks in mississippi but may leave row intact. it would not surprise me if