the cbs evening news starts now. the nation s highest court rejects an effort to limit the use of the widely-used abortion pill mifepristone. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. the implications are enormous. medications are now the most common way to end a pregnancy, and some providers send them by mail to states that have limited or banned abortions. the decision comes on the same day that senate republicans blocked legislation that would protect access for in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments. democrats brought this bill to the floor because they are trying to make the battle over reproductive rights a centerpiece of the debate this election year. cbs s jan crawford is at the supreme court with why all nine justices on this divided court agreed on this ruling. my body! my mind! reporter: finding common ground in a divisive case, the supreme court refused to roll back access to the abortion pill mifepristone, saying a g
the cbs evening news starts now. the nation s highest court rejects an effort to limit the use of the widely-used abortion pill mifepristone. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. the implications are enormous. medications are now the most common way to end a pregnancy, and some providers send them by mail to states that have limited or banned abortions. the decision comes on the same day that senate republicans blocked legislation that would protect access for in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments. democrats brought this bill to the floor because they are trying to make the battle over reproductive rights a centerpiece of the debate this election year. cbs s jan crawford is at the supreme court with why all nine justices on this divided court agreed on this ruling. my body! reporter: finding common ground in a divisive case, the supreme court refused to roll back access to the abortion pill mifepristone, saying a group
Evening. Well see you in half an hour at 6 00. Tonight, breaking news. The showdown between the u. S. And iran. After iran shoots down a u. S. Navy drone. Tonight, right here, the new u. S. Surveillance showing the massive 100 Million Drone as big as the wingspan of a 737, plummeting from the sky. Hit by the iranians, they say it was in iranian airspace. The u. S. Says thats not true. And tonight, President Trump now saying maybe iran made a mistake. That it could have been someone, quote, loose and stupid. And breaking now as we come on the air, what were now learning after an Emergency Meeting in the Situation Room. Martha raddatz and mary bruce standing by live. The stunning turn tonight in the War Crime Trial of a former navy s. E. A. L. , accused of murdering a prisoner. A fellow navy s. E. A. L. Taking the stand today and telling the court, i was the one who
murdered the prisoner. The courtroom shocked, prosecutors yelling. Were tracking a major storm system up and down the east
morning as strong winds hit the country. look at those storms battering central kentucky yesterday bringing down trees and power lines as well. you can barely see out the window. chicago was hit with severe flash flooding stranding drivers who were stunned by the sudden rush of water. look at that. let s check in with meteorologist adam klotz, he s outside where it s pretty warm and nice right now but it might rain here adam: steve it needs to rain because it s sticky kind of humid you feel it as you walk outside. a lot of people around the country will be surprised when they find out it will rain later today because there s a lot of humidity out there. here s what it looks like over the eastern half of the country in the last 12 hours. you see the big showers explode every afternoon with the heat and humidity, dying down in the afternoon and evening hours, still rain in interior new england as we speak. it will get worse later in the day. still a couple showers from membership, ge
next here, the major storm on the move tonight. 25 states from colorado to maine on alert. 80 million people in the path of strong winds, heavy snow, and a tornado threat. plus, a severe thunderstorm watch at this hour in parts of the south. blizzard conditions near morehead, minnesota, stranding drivers. snow in denver for the morning commute. the airport canceling more than 160 flights. as that storm moves east, severe storms and the tornado threat start to pick up. let s get right to abc s senior emergency rob marciano, and rob, the most dangerous hours coming after dark. reporter: yeah, whit, this is becoming a really big system with a big range of impacts. here in memphis, we re really nervous about what the storms will bring tonight. a threat for tornadoes. kind of in the bulls eye of that enhanced area. and there s that watch you spoke of, just issued for dallas north and oklahoma. and everything is kind of evolving right now, including the snow threat. winter storm warnings f