and religious freedom, calling the court not equitable and impartial, and labelling some of the justices unqualified. here is the union s president last week. extremist out of touch court has now failed our families, failed our students, and honestly, they have failed at upholding american values. gillian: princeton university political scientist lauren wright. happy 4th to you, lauren. thanks for taking time with us. hey, happy 4th. gillian: thank you. so, the president undertook a pretty bold plan by democrat standards, pretty devious plan, according to republicans. the billion dollar question now is who is going to take the blame for the fallout that has ensued. do you think that president biden is going to carry this burden or do you think american students are going to hold the conservative supreme court justices responsible? you know, i have to say, gillian, i m not surprised by a lot of things in american politics these days but biden s student loan plan an
russia. the lead starts right now. cnn on the front lines where ukraine s fight for freedom is in the trenches. the u.s. cia director was there before a critical meeting of nato allies. why he thinks instability in moscow is creating a unique moment. then, a holiday block party in bullet turns tragic. now the hunt for shooters who opened fire killing two injuring nearly 30 others including teens. the mayor s urgent plea for lawmakers nationwide to do more. plus, can cows help curb the climate crisis? you might have heard their possible gas problems, but there time cattle may be eating their way to a solution. welcome to the lead, i m abby phillip in for jake tapper. we start with our world leader. multiple russian attack drones hit apartment buildings and an administrative center in the northeast of sumi, two people were killed, and 19 were hurt including a 5-year-old. as ukraine presses on tur counteroffensive, they ve gotten more territory from russia in the last
and, quote, lending work and life in the new year. kind of a bomba vibe there. travelers can expect to spend longer hours at the airports today as they head out for the holidays. a new report shows many of their fellow flyers are not on their best behavior. we are following these developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. welcome to cnn news central, i m brianna keilar, boris sanchez is off with jim acosta. what a treat. very nice. we are watching this donald trump tape, another one, that could have major legal ramifications. it has surfaced and this one is a recording of a call that he made two election workers in michigan. pressuring them to block joe biden s victory two weeks after election day in 2020. there was a meeting to certify michigan s result, you ve seen the footage here of that meeting, two-way and county election officials initially voting against certifying. then they flipped and voted to certify. that is when trump ste
hello and welcome. we begin in the middle east, where the israeli military says it has hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas in the gaza strip and lebanon. these are the latest images showing the aftermath. the airstrikes in gaza are the heaviest since last august and israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon which the israelis blamed on hamas. our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to us from jerusalem. israel says it carried out a series of strikes over night against targets it says were linked to the palestinian militant group armas in both lebanon and in gaza. in gaza, it says it hit tunnels and also weapons manufacturing sites, and reports from southern lebanon describe explosions around the palestinian refugee camp there. in return, palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets from gaza into israel over night. most were intercepted or landed in open ground, but one hit a house in the s