michael smerconish in philadelphia. it s hard not to jump to conclusions about the tennessee state house. the r word it needs to be reserved for clear and convincing cases of prejudice, discrimination or antagonism. against the person or people based on their membership in a racial or ethnic group. after all, there is an appropriate permanence to labeling conduct as racist. but from the outside looking in, this sure does seem to be such a case. three tennessee state legislators who engaged in roughly the same behavior were meted out disparate treatment. just days after 39 year olds and three adults were murdered in a mass shooting at the covenant school in nashville. these legislators led what was described as a disorderly gun reform chant that interrupted house proceedings. there seems to be no debate as to whether they broke the rules. justin jones of nashville, justin pearson of memphis and gloria johnson of knoxville the only difference between the behavior of the three i
pair of dueling decisions, creating a flash point in the fight for abortion rights. in texas. a federal judge is halting the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug medford pret zone, one of the main medications used to provide abortions. but less than an hour later. conflicting court ruling out of washington state the federal judge, they re protecting access to the drug in 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia, which suit to protect the medication. the two decisions are the most significant on the on abortion since the supreme court overturned roy roe v. wade last summer here with us now is cnn senior supreme court analyst joan baez. cubic joan. good to see you also, you re the author of the new book, nine black robes. so two rulings now two very different decisions. what happens next? well, this puts the abortion issue right back on the path to the supreme court. attorney general america ireland last night that the government is going to app
cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the hour with two dueling lawsuits and two separate states, putting the national spotlight back on the issue of abortion rights. in texas. a federal judge has ruled that the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug wordpress stone should be halted . this is one of the most trusted and widely used drugs for medication abortions. the court did pause the ruling for one week so that an appeal which is already underway can be filed . president biden vowed late friday night that he will fight the ruling in texas. meantime in washington state, a federal judge moved to protect access to that very same. abortion medication across 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia. cnn s rosa flores is in houston forest. rosa walk us through both the judge s order and how we got here. this is a very big story down in texas, where you are. you know, it absolutely is. and this judge judge matthews has merrick really did
30th 2023 we have breaking news. an american reporter has been arrested in russia accused by russia of espionage. evan gersh covic works with the wall street journal and russia s main security agency now says in a statement. they claim he was collecting information about the country s military industrial complex overnight to u. s. army helicopters have crashed and kentucky police and military teams are on the scene. details still coming in also this prayers for pope francis days ahead of holy week. we re live in rome with the very latest on the health scare that has him in the hospital. also did a little disney magic calls some of governor ron desantis his power to go away the legal trick that puts the governor s new handpicked board that is overseeing disney, potentially in a bind some of the biggest names in tech, signing a letter hoping to slow progress and artificial intelligence. elon musk is joining dozens of tech leaders and calling the fast moving breakthroughs in a i
disney magic how the company and an outgoing florida oversight board quietly stripped away power from governor ron desantis . this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you, everyone for being here. i m amra walker in for kate baldwin. we begin in kentucky, where nine u. s service members are dead after two black hawk helicopters crashed overnight. these photos from local radio station w. kedzie show the crash site and trick county, which is just north of the kentucky tennessee border. now, in these photos, smoke and flames and what looks like to be a piece of the wreckage. can be seen. officials say the choppers were on a routine. what was supposed to be a routine training mission with night vision goggles when they collided. let s get straight now to diane gallagher live at fort campbell, kentucky. diane what are we learning? i know. officials just held a news conference. that s right, aymara and look, they ve said that they have a safety team coming in from fort rucke