tonight breaking news and what is now the most consequential ruling since the supreme court overturned roe versus wade trump appointed federal judge has just suspended the fda approval for a widely used abortion drug. that means the drug called mifepristone could soon be banned nationwide, even in states where abortion remains legal. now, this is a hugely consequential ruling. the drug has been on the market for more than 20 years and used and more than half of all abortions in this country. we have reporters covering this story across the country for us, but first let s start with ariane de vogue, outfront live and washington, ari. and what else can you tell us so far about this judge s decision? absolutely right. this is the biggest ruling we ve had since last spring, when the supreme court reverse roe v. wade here, this federal judge has halted the approval of this popular medication abortion pill. now what s important orton . here is he s put this ruling on hold for a wee
the hunter biden probe as an i r s agent trying to get whistleblower protection. claims he has information that contradicts the attorney general sworn testimony this as hunter biden s lawyers book a sit down with prosecutors, plus as the nation waits to hear if the u. s supreme court will keep a partial ban on a an abortion bill hill in place canada is now offering american women and girls access to the bill from north of the border. and an american kill as a vile, volatile situation in sudan gets even worse. the u. s. is now deploying troops nearby, ready to evacuate its embassy as other countries are going in to pull their citizens out. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our health lead any moment the u. s. supreme court could rule on the most critical abortion case since it overturned roe v. wade last year , the justices have until 11:59 p.m. eastern this evening to decide the future of the widely used abortion pill cristo. the bill is currently avai
from the police academy on march 31st. i just swore him in and his family was there to witness his journey to become a police officer. he was struck. in the head. engaged in this incident. nick has come out of brain surgery. and is in critical but stable condition as we speak. our coverage of this tragedy starts with cnn s adrian broadus , who s in louisville, kentucky . for us there. police say the gunman was a current employee of the bank, and a law enforcement source says the gunman knew he was going new. he was going to be let go from his job. at least four people are dead, nine others injured, including at least two police officers after a mass shooting at a bank in downtown louisville, three, which are in critical condition. including our officer. three who are listening, non critical condition and three who have been treated and released. police say one of the two injured officers is a rookie, the officer who was in critical condition today. officer nicholas wilt. 26 y
Were not going to issue that statement that Rudy Giuliani wanted to include burisma in the 2016 elections, there was no white house meeting. Soon became clear to them that the Security Assistance was also at risk and that took on a renewed importance for them. Following the July 25th Call, it had to include that they would do the investigations of burisma which equaled the Biden Investigation into the ukraine interference. Was their concern about doing
the investigations or what . Where they supposed to make a statement about it . Ambassador sondland very clearly testified that all he ever heard mr. Giuliani or anyone say is that they only needed the public announcement of the investigation. Without that Public Statement that there would be no white house meeting. Yes. I was struck by how clear the evidence seems to be on this point and id like to play another example. Was they were a quid pro quo . As i testified previously with regard to the requested white house call, the answer is
voting as an objection. and so now he is the interim successor , the beating by the way, jake opening up with the mayor john cooper s calling this an unprecedented moment and saying , this is what was needed because of what we saw at the statehouse, two of them. being expelled on the quorum rules for leading a protest there on the house floor, calling that unprecedented and urging his members to react quickly, and that is exactly what we saw even the nomination of justin jones was symbolic as well with alicia porterfield, who ran against jones for district 52. and lost , nominating him to his position , giving him back that seat again, jake. alright great. thank you so much. isabelle resolved. let s go to ryan young who s outside? also to talk about this? uh so, um, it s almost like a game of tennis here. the republicans hit the ball towards the democrats of nashville, and they hit the ball back. yes jake. so now the