is saturday, april 22nd. i m aymara walker. victor blackwell and you re in the cnn newsroom we begin this morning with the battle over abortion. the widely used abortion bruggeman kristen will remain available to women in the u. s without restrictions , at least in those states where abortion remains. the decision protects access to the drug at least until the appeals process plays out, but the protection could ultimately be taken away again. court ruling in texas earlier this month suspended government approval of the 23 year old drug. it s the latest in a series of moves against abortion rights. cnn supreme court reporter ariana vogue is with us now. so the decision stands in the hands in the body administration. they got a big win, also for abortion rights community a major victory, but the battle is not over. right the bind administration is relieved today, right because those lower courts put in these restrictions significant restrictions on this key abortion drug, the b
political reasons. key player in the trump hush money probe just met with the manhattan grand jury investigating the former president. appearance at court monday, shrouded in secrecy corroborate a lot of what michael cohen said, and it also could be a very strong response to castelo. people are pleading with the prosecutor. don t do it. don t do it because i didn t do anything wrong. in france demonstrators continuing to protest the government s move to raise the retirement age. many of them entered an airport in southwest france just a short while ago setting off smoke bombs. authorities say around 13,000 police officers will be deployed across the country of european countries, people are feeling the pinch economically. paltrow s accuser took the stand in that skate collision trial hit in my back so hard, never been hit that hard describing a very different version of events thanks to her, i said, you skied directly into my stepping back and he said, oh, sorry. sorry. i m s
of them halle scruggs. you can see a picture there from 2019. just a little girl, the daughter of the bleed pastor at covenant presbyterian church. church affiliated with the school. the other two children have been identified. evelyn dick aus, william kenny. among the adult victims 61 year old cynthia peak. the other two were school employees. 60 year old catherine kunz, head of school mike hill. he worked as ext odeon. all of them lost their lives yesterday . since the shooting memorial outside the school has been growing. something we ve seen so many times this morning. it s been adorned with balloons, stuffed animals. across as well decorated with flowers. the school has released a statement saying, in part, our community is heartbroken. we are grieving , tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of that. terror that shattered our school and our church. a woman who survived the highland park, mass shooting in illinois. just last year. she was visiting nashville yesterda
robot and goodbye to scooping the smart appliance that helps without asking prime time, trump. destinations live tonight at nine. seven different guns bought from five different gunshots. lead starts right now. we re getting the first look at the moments when police entered a nashville school where 39 year olds and three adults were gunned down this as we learn the parents of the shooter did not want their child to the weapons at all. then. we re not going to fix it. criminals are going to be criminals not get into politics. alright, let s not get into emotion. here we go again. what will it take for lawmakers to address the number one killer of american children? plus unprecedented developments in the trump investigation. executive privilege cannot shield former vice president mike pence, has been ordered to testify before the federal grand jury focused on january six. welcome to the lead. i m phil mattingly in for jake tapper, and we start today with our national lead and a
jordan and saudi arabia have denounced israel for what happened, the jordanian foreign minister, saying the world must clearly condemned the attack. shortly after the raid rockets were fired from gaza into israel , the militant group hamas, saying israel s actions in jerusalem wouldn t go unanswered. the israeli military said it had struck hamas weapons sites in gaza in response. and the u. s officer. palestinian affairs says that violence has no place in a holy site and during the holy season calling for restraint and de escalation , guys, there s a lot of concern. this will spiral even further in just the last few minutes. the idea of says two more rockets were actually attempted fire from gaza into israel. they didn t cross the border. but as we speak, we can say that it is calm at the al aqsa mosque compound where islamic authorities say 20,000 worshippers. are praying at this very moment, guys. i had asked gold. appreciate it. thank you. this is cnn breaking news. it is