millions of american women, no longer have the constitutional right to an abortion that has been their right for decades now and nearly half of all states women will soon find themselves without any access to an abortion, a 6-3 decision handed down in dobbs versus jackson women s health upholds mississippi s ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, in a 5-4 majority went further completely striking down roe versus wade, written by justice samuel alito, it is similar to the draft opinion that leaked back in may. it reads in part, roe was egregiously wrong from the start and the decision was exceptionally weak. and the decision has had damaging consequences. with this decision, 13 states have already effectively ended abortion access. missouri s governor issued an order ending all elective abortions one hour after the supreme court decision was released. another 13 states will impose draconian restrictions on abortion. a decision that s consequential is of course, nothing
hi, everyone, thanks for joining me. i m amara walker in today for fredricka whitfield. and we begin this hour with mass d demonstrations nationwide calling for tighter gun laws. more than 300 rallies happening today. some like the event in d.c. underway right now. that is david hogg, he is one of the co-founders of this rally march for our lives and also a survivor of a mass shooting that happened at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. this is renewing calls to lawmakers to address the gun violence epidemic after a series of horrific mass shootings. moments ago, manual oliver, the father of joaquin oliver, killed in the parkland florida shooting had this powerful call to action. listen. and today, from this stage, and alongside joaquin, we want to announce a new kind of call to action. because i think it is time to bring a consequences to your inactions. if lawmakers who have the power to keep us safe from gun violence are going to avoid taking actio
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Thanks for watching. Breaking news tonight explosively, testimony in the trump trial. After Heating Clashes between the judge and the former president s lawyer for the next, hour well take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel as the historic Hush Money Criminal Case unfolds, Tabloid Executive david pecker has wrapped up a second day on the stand as were awaiting the judges ruling on Whether Trump violated his gag order are reporters and experts are standing by to break down all of todays most important developments and look ahead to whats next welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer with a Special Report in the situation room, the trump trial today in our trial coverage tonight, former National Enquirer executive, david pecker, details his efforts to quote, catch and kill negative stories about donald trump with the express goal of helping trumps first president ial campaign. The testimony getting to the heart of the prosecutions a
right now from the supreme court this morning. retired associate justice of the supreme court sandra day o connor has died at the age of 93. she is a trailblazer in so many ways. she was the first female member of the supreme court. our ken dilanian is joining us right now with more. ken, what do we know? we are just getting right now a statement from the supreme court announcing her death. the first woman ever appointed to the court, appointed by ronald reagan. the statement said that she died of complications related to advanced dementia, probably alzheimer s, and a respiratory illness. again, she was 93 years old. justice o connor was appointed to the court by president reagan in 1981, and she retired in 2006 after serving more than 24 years on the court. she s survived by her three sons, six grand children, chief justice john roberts said the following about justice o connor in this statement from the court. a daughter of the american southwest, sandra day o connor blaz