putting up russian road signs, erecting statues of soviet leaders. plus, good news on the american jobs front. more than 90% of the 22 million jobs lost in the height of the pandemic are back, but is that good news enough to offset the spiking inflation rate? this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start with breaking news in our politics lead. we have a brand-new cnn poll in the wake of that draft opinion leaking, that opinion that revealed the supreme court appears on the verge of striking down the landmark abortion decision roe v. wade, the 1973 decision has guaranteed constitutional protections for girls and women in the u.s. seeking an abortion for almost half a century. keep in mind, the abortion opinion leaked to politico is not final. it was only in draft form, yet of course, the news ignited rallies for and against abortion rights nationwide, and now tall fencing surrounds the entire perimeter of the u.s. supreme court in antic
before the supreme court and won included the future supreme court justice, thurgood marshall, he and his co-counsel stood outside the court outside the ruling to celebrate the victory and expressed the hope and expectation that southern segregationist states would comply. it is my opinion that it will be law-abiding and will comply with the decision of the court and accept it. as members of the democratic society. i don t think there is any question, that this is law-abiding as anybody else and other decisions, which they said they looked like. a bit of ironic forshadowing here because there were of course several critics of the ruling mostly from southern segregationist states. one of the most vociferous critics of the decision, even years later was this man, jerry falwell, one of the most prominent leaders of the ejan gel cal movement in america. this is a little bit of a sermon he gave to his congregation in lynchburg, virginia, years after that ruling was rendered.
an economy that they don t have a lot of confidence in. take a look at the dow. down 409 points. we get into the final hour of trading. these numbers that you re looking at on the screen right now, you re plus 14 and plus 19 in favor of republicans when asked which party is better at handling the issues of the economy and inflation. that is a big indicator right there. we re still several months away. that s where americans are and that s a washington post poll that those numbers come from. how about these numbers? 94%, pretty much the entire country says yes, i m either concerned or upset about inflation and where it s going. with that, we bring in karl rove. the former deputy chief of staff to president george w. bush and mark penn here with us. great to have you with us today. i want to kick it off by showing this moment from the white house correspondent s dinner. peter doocy is asking this question. we ll dip over here and listen to that and be right back. why isn t
dilute the free text l0 vii to three-to-one, three-to-one. today hello, and welcome to have you as joining us here in the united states and all around the world, you are watching cnn newsroom. and i was my church just ahead, high talks between the united states and israel could begin today in washington, as the israeli prime minister s is his country will go into rafah despite pressure from the us. all opposite eastern messages from the two men vying for the us presidency. we will look at the rhetoric coming from the biden and trump camps. and the final four is set in men s college basketball, which teams are headed to the semifinals this weekend will take a look live from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with rosemarie thanks for joining us and we begin here in the were officials tell cnn that high-level talks between us and israeli officials over israel s proposed ground offensive in rafah could take place in the coming hours those talks originally sch
ahead on cnn newsroom. hundreds if not thousands of americans who are stranded all across the nation are unable to get home. i have no clothes. i have nothing. i have no way to get home. i m beyond frustrated. it hurt because i can t see my dad. i ve lived here my entire life. i remember the blizzard of 77. it was worse. anyone who declares victory and says it s over, it s still a dangerous situation to be out. announcer: live there loren done, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, december 27th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. here on the u.s. east coast where thousands of people are stranded at airports after months of arctic storms that pummelled much of the country over the holiday weekend. if you re planning to travel into the new year holiday you could be impacted. the flight tracking website flight aware shows more than 2700 total cancellations occurred in the u.s. today and of those 90% are southwest airlines flights.