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
counsel investigating donald trump could finally get testimony from former vice president mike pence. that could be incredibly significant. you know, it s a month of pushback, and now pence, it appears, is going to finally testifying. the special counsel s investigation into trump and his actions on january. six. a spokesman for the former vice president says he will not appeal a judge s ruling in order that he must appear before the grand jury that s investigating the insurrection and trump s efforts to overturn the election. that means pence could testify about the one on one conversations he had with trump leading up to that day, including what we know is a heated phone call that happened the morning of the riot when pence, refused trump s efforts to get him to try to block the certification of president biden s win, plus a cnn exclusive this morning as cnn sources are telling cnn that former national security officials have testified that trump was repeatedly warned he di
stunning new videos of the moment the twisters hit the roof of this high school ripped off. entire towns wiped away this whole area is a wasteland. oh, my gosh. the death toll rising tonight as survivors return to where their homes once stood. plus the moment the roof collapsed at a packed concert, hundreds fleeing for their lives. others trying to lift debris off of those trapped below. we hear from those who made it out alive. new details on former president trump s arraignment. will there be a mugshot? plus, stormy daniels speaks out for the first time since the indictment. pope francis released from the hospital the moment he comforted this grieving mother. and will he participate in holy week celebrations starting tomorrow? summer travel warning. the faa asking airlines to cut back flights due to an air traffic control shortage what it means for your summer plans. and good news tonight. the students celebrating one teacher s american dream come true. o er t
that the panel having accumulated a veritable treasure trove of juicy details on the trump coup plot, that trove growing by the day, as more and more witnesses testify before the committee. tomorrow investigators will hear from a prominent stop the steal conspiracy theorist with deep pockets and that would be the overstock guy in the words of former white house counsel pat cipollone and his name is patrick byrne and the former ceo of overstock.com. the former furniture industry executive joined lawyer sydney powell and rudy giuliani as well as former national security adviser in the oval on december 18, 2020, days after the electoral college certified that joe biden had won the presidential election. while many of trump s legal advisors had accepted that he had lost the election, byrne and others were pushing an idea that the president could use the national guard to seize voting machines. byrne s oval office access appeared to agitate those staffers hoping to redirect trump
growing anger and frustration in south texas and around the country following the release of new information and images concerning the law enforcement response to the uvalde school shooting. the latest report spreads blame for the failure to intervene across multiple agencies. senior correspondent casey stegall is in uvalde tonight. good evening, casey. bret, good evening. uvalde s mayor decided to release the body camera footage from the city police and it came after the texas house committee that was tasked with investigating this tragedy made public a 77 page report highlighting a series of failures that morning here. shots fired. get inside. go, go, go. 11:36 a.m. three minutes after the gunman entered robb elementary school, uvalde police are already on scene. one minute later. [gunfire] suspect fires at officers. positioned in the hallway and they retreat. at 11:38. an update goes out over the radio. he is armed inside this building. we have him contained. c