as the nation observes and extended independence day weekend, i find myself reflecting on how our country has been radically transformed by decisions handed down last week by the ultraconservative supreme court super majority. in their new america, higher education is further out of reach for people of color and those struggling financially to keep pace with skyrocketing tuitions and the skills of justice are tipped in favor of business owners who wish to discriminate on the basis of sexual preference and gender. against the rights of americans who simply want the freedom to if their lives openly, as they please. the biden administration has already mobilized the response to the sweeping rules and sweeping rulings, looking for work around s to restore and protect policies popular with the american people. i am hopeful some of these fixes will work, but i know it will take a larger movement to push back against a deeply ideological minority that has plotted for decades to take
the crew just said happy hump day. happy hump day, everyone. sorry. sorry. let s get started with five things to know for this wednesday, may 17th. north carolina republicans overriding the governor s veto and ban ago borgsz after 12 weeks. this deciding vote cast by a former democratic a former democratic state representative who actually campaigned on abortion rights before switching parties last month. also in washington, the white house and house speaker kevin mccarthy are both tout something on the debt ceiling talks mccarthy is warning that they re both far apart as president biden is cutting down a trip abroad. and an illinois girl missing for suchl ye six years in north carolina. an employee at a store recognized the now 15-year-old and called the police. the gurirl is safe this morning and her mother was arrested. the secret service is investigating how an intruder made his way into jake sullivan s home despite being under 24/7 secret service protection. he w
across the nation the health care that they need. the states attorney general adjust that this morning. we are building an infrastructure to deal with the influx of individuals who are seeking safe and legal abortions in a state of new york. we have already seen an increase, and we anticipate that we will see more individuals coming from ohio, pennsylvania and other states. this fund will assist individuals with transportation, with childcare and with housing. because here in new york, we respect the woman s right to choose. it is unfortunate that immediately upon the fertilization in some states, that a government is not allowed to respect the rights of women. the governor of massachusetts, a republican, signed an order protecting health care workers in his state who provide abortions with out of state residents. look, let s not look say at the real impact of the opinion of five justicethat is hav millions of americans. there are already four stories out of san antonio,
The fisher director who is the only person who is independently leading this moving forward when you dont have him doing that you need an outside group doing it. Republicans should call for that shouldnt be a partisan thing. Cnn live coverage of this breaking news is obviously going to be continuing all night. Jake tapper along at 11 00 p. M. Eastern with a special report. First don lemon and cnn tonight with the latest. Anderson thank you very much our breaking news tonight, President Trump bombshell firing of fbi director james comey. This is cnn tonight im don lemon lets put it as plainly as we can. The president of the United States has fired the man investigating his campaigns ties to russia. Fired him. Shocking confusion tonight on capitol hill. Around the country and around the world. Now questions being raised of whether there is a coverup going on. This is definitely not politics as usual. We have said it before but its
look at this very brief letter the president sent to the
counsel. quote, chief justice boasberg made available independent counsel to avoid advice aide to trump deploy for regarding potential conflicts. on july 5th, 2023, trump employee for informed chief judge boalsburg that he no longer wished to be represented by mr. woodward, and that going forward he wished to re-represented by the first federal defender. immediately after receiving new council, trump employee for retracted his prior false testimony and provided information that implicated walt nauta, de oliveira, and trump in efforts to delete security camera footage, as a set forth in the superseding indictment. today, trump employee for his former trump world attorney stanley woodward, who is still representing trump body man walt nauta, filed a demand to what he called brazen and overt efforts to influence the court and the court of public opinion, end quote. he is alleging that jack smith s tuesday filing has even