Church. Ahead on cnn newsroom, a high of voters go to the polls and a crucial new litmus test on Abortion Rights in america more than a year after roe v. Wade was overturned. Bring on the bleeps, a cussing donald trump aroused against the indictments levied against him and charges and Arrest Warrants Alabama after a massive Riverfront Brawl and the questions police have after reviewing the tape. Live from cnn center, this is cnns room with rosemary church. Good to have you with us. We begin with a crucial victory for Abortion Rights activists in ohio. Voters on tuesday rejected a republican backed measure that would have made it harder to amend the States Constitution. This comes ahead of a November Ballot in which voters will decide whether to enshrine Abortion Rights in the States Constitution. Nearly 90 of the votes counted, 56 of the people have voted no, while 44 said yes. Tuesday was the first of a twostep process to determine whether the november referendum will be able to pass
Essentially further restrict Abortion Rights. Now it has so many talk being how the fallout could reach all the way from this summer to november 2024. Emergency evacuations, people jumping into the ocean to stay alive. Hurricanecharged winds fueling a raging wildfire that is burning out of control. Im john berman with kate bolduan. Cnn news central starts now. New this morning, a memo that could be central to the January 6th Case against donald trump. What prosecutors call a plot to create a, quote, fake controversy that would derail the proper certification of biden as president elect. Now, the phrase Fake Electors has been tossed around for some time, but now the New York Times has obtained this key piece of evidence describing the alleged conspiracy. It was written by protrump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, this december memo explains in great detail how Fake Electors might swing the election or at a minimum and this is important muck up or slow down the process to, quote, buy the Trump C
Attacked a black dock worker. Authorities are about to update us on their investigation and we are live in montgomery next. Also happening this hour, biden is expected to announce is new National Monument at the grand canyon that will block, among other things, uranium mining. And Senior Western officials tell me that the update on ukraines counteroffensive they are receiving are more and more sobering. We are going to tell you whats behind the slow progress on the battlefield. We are following major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central. Here in moments we are going to hear from Law Enforcement in montgomery, alabama, for an update on their investigation into that ugly Waterfront Brawl that went viral on social media. It started on saturday when a group of white boaters appeared to attack a black dock worker over a boat, their boat, that was parked in the wrong place. And this led to a huge fight there on the dock, disturbing footage of the inci
Toenails. Thats disgusting. Disgusting. We did pull your advice staff on this on whether youre allowed to wear shorts in the office, interestingly theres a split. They say its okay for women to wear shorts. But it is not okay for men to wear shorts. That feels a little sexist to me. But i dont know whats going on. I dont think such a rule would be allowed if it wasnt across the board. I believe inequality for the genders. Sure, harry, thanks very much. I dont know what that was about. The news continues, the source with Kaitlan Collins begins now. Straight from the source, tonight, you can potentially hear any moment from the judge overseeing the 2020 election interference case. As we wait, the Special Counsels team just swung back at trump and his lawyers after they complained in the Free Speech Rights could be limited, and theres a Nondisclosure Order over evidence in the case. Of course, this is also coming as we are learning more about a foiled plot in ukraine when it comes to ukra
On the boat dog. Why the whole country seems to be talking about what happened when a black cocaptain standing on that dog, pre faced an unprovoked attack by a mob of white folks for asking them to move their pontoon boat, please say. As the cocaptain approached the dock and attempted to peacefully move the boat over, just so that they could park, the owners of the boat confront them in a hostile manner. There were words exchanged and then it turned into the combat that you have all seen. So the cocaptain was doing his job. Now we have an interview with the Montgomery Police chief in a bit and we will will more charges becoming, or talk about it ahead. But lets begin with our Breaking News this hour. Cnn projects that voters in ohio have rejected a measure that is seen as a proxy in the battle over Abortion Rights. They voted down in effort to make it harder to amend the state constitution. The head of November Referendum On Whether to constitutionally guaranteed Abortion Rights in tha