survives and families from uvalde, but knows full well that he needs republicans on board. i think there is a realization on the part of rational republicans, and i consider senator mcconnell a rational republican, i think that there is a realization on their part that we can t continue like this. bright and early this thus mor tuesday morning, jasmine wright is in washington for us. he called them rational republicans. does that bode well for the white house? reporter: i think only time will tell, but i think that the president sure hopes that it does. he said that it was his hope and prayer that people are being becoming more rational about these things especially after the two back to back major mass shootings. now, i think that the president, he said that he is optimistic about having republicans like cornyn deputized by mitch mcconnell leading these efforts, but he also acknowledged in terms of executive actions that there are only a limited amount of things that h
before. we are told that some clerks are so alarmed, they re exploring seeking counsel. let s bring in cnn s joan biscupic with the exclusive reporting. joan, tell us what you re learning. sure. first of all, remember, this is the most important case of this term, in many years, potential to roll back a half century of abortion rights, privacy rights. midway through negotiations of this case a draft document was leaked, as we all know, it was leaked from last february. so not only did the public see where the court was headed to roll back roe v. wade but seriously disrupted negotiations in terms of justice where is they were going to head by june. chief justice john roberts launched an unprecedented investigation four weeks ago today. apparently that has made absolutely insufficient progress, i would say. and they have taken this new step to have clerks sign affidavits. i m not sure exactly of the wording. but there would be denial of any responsibility. and also starting
time, it is so popular. born to run? no, that is not k-pop. thanks for joining us. i m christine romans. and i m laura good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is tuesday, may 31st. i m john berman with brianna keilar. and this morning, we have a cnn exclusive. we ve learned that the supreme court is taking new unprecedented steps to search for the person who leaked the drafted supreme court abortion opinion that seeks to overturn roe versus wade. according to three sources, supreme court officials are telling law clerks, supreme court clerks, to provide cell phone records, while also requiring them to sign affidavits. nothing like this has happened
NPR Court Reporter Nina Totenberg - who has spread disinformation about the Supreme Court for years - wants everyone to believe the most absurd suspect in the case of the leaked Supreme Court Abortion Opinion is the most logical. "The leading theory is a conservative clerk who was afraid that o
The Republican Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis has called the recent leak of Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v Wade as a “judicial insurrection.”