jen psaki said they would approach without labeling, so psaki and other others rushed to say there was no crisis, but some journalists kept pressing the point. 22,000 unaccompanied children in our country right now. that s a record. that sounds to most folks like a crisis. well, look, it s way down now. we ve now gotten control. howard: and now with the president sending another 1500 troops to the border and pan pandemic era restrictions being lifted this thursday, the expected surge of illegal migrants is suddenly drawing far mored media attention, and there are still arguments about basic numbers. when it comes to illegal migration, you ve seen it come down by more than 90%, and that s because of the actions that this president has taken. howard: after the pundits pounced, karine jean-pierre clarified that that she was talking about one parole program. at this point, i don t care what you call the border situation, but it sure looks like a crisis to me. i m howard kur
legal adviser to trump attorney michael cohen is expected to testify before a new york grand jury and michael cohen has said he s been called as a potential rebuttal witness to costello. that grand jury could issue an indictment or indictments against former president donald trump any day now and trump has called for protests if that happens. we are outside the new york city courthouse watching for the arrival of witnesses this morning. plus, we re also keeping a very close eye on u.s. markets this hour, futures in the green, that s a good thing, but this is after switzerland s largest bank scooped up its rival credit suisse in an emergency rescue deal. plus chinese president xi jinping in moscow at this hour, set to meet with russian president vladimir putin. a closer look at what that means as putin is facing an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes. we will get to all of that but we begin this hour with kara scannell who is outside the courthouse here i
to terminate pregnancies on hold effective seven days from now. kristen is the name of the drug at first got fda approval more than two decades ago, and until recently the notion of a judge having grounds to reverse approval of it was seen by many legal experts is dubious at best. however, abortion opponents steered their case to a judge named matthew kiss merrick of the fifth circuit in texas, and he has ruled as they hoped just after that. we got word of a ruling in a different federal court in washington state, affecting only some states on the same drug, so there s a lot to get to cnn supreme court reporter ariana vogue joins us right now on both rulings. so first tell us about the texas ruling and what that means. it s been an unbelievable night, right? both of these rulings opposing and they both have to do with the fbi. today s approval of the medication, abortion drugs, and that approval came in 2000. in this first case, what the federal judge said is he blocked the g
i m jessica dean on capitol hill. and this is cnn. captioning is brought to you, by page publishing. want to publish a book? review your manuscript for free book page publishing can help you through the process . we cut through the confusion of the publishing wke it easy for you call 805 630741. good evening. we begin tonight with breaking news to court rulings, the first potentially life altering for women in this country. a federal judge in texas putting government approval of a drug widely used to terminate pregnancies on hold effective seven days from now. kristen is the name of the drug at first got fda approval more than two decades ago, and until recently the notion of a judge having grounds to reverse approval of it was seen by many legal experts is dubious at best. however abortion opponents steered their case to a judge named matthew kiss merrick of the fifth circuit in texas, and he has ruled as they hoped just after that. we got word of a ruling in a different fed
woman: [ speaking japanese ] [ speaking non-english ] i took a walk in this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la-la-la sha, la, la, la-la sha, la, la, la, la-la-la this is the restaurant masa in new york city tucked away fourth floor of the time warner center on columbus circle. it america s most expensive restaurant. dinner here costs around $600 per person, before sake or extra pieces of the most outrageously high-quality tuna on the planet. the raw ingredients are unparalleled often flown in from japan or grown specially to this man s specifications. this is masa takayama. to call him america s top sushi chef is an injustice as he is much more than that. what is it about him that set him apart took him from a bleak farming community in rural japan to become first the toast of los angeles, and later the king of new york? it is a fascinating st