i m jessica dean on capitol hill. and this is cnn. captioning is brought to you, by page publishing. want to publish a book? review your manuscript for free book page publishing can help you through the process . we cut through the confusion of the publishing wke it easy for you call 805 630741. good evening. we begin tonight with breaking news to court rulings, the first potentially life altering for women in this country. a federal judge in texas putting government approval of a drug widely used to terminate pregnancies on hold effective seven days from now. kristen is the name of the drug at first got fda approval more than two decades ago, and until recently the notion of a judge having grounds to reverse approval of it was seen by many legal experts is dubious at best. however abortion opponents steered their case to a judge named matthew kiss merrick of the fifth circuit in texas, and he has ruled as they hoped just after that. we got word of a ruling in a different fed
district in central florida. i m gonna explain. i m going to say words right now and then ellie hunting is going to explain the words that i m saying but off relationship okay, so locked in key provisions they locked in key provisions before desantis is new board was able to take over and their battle stems from disney s opposition. you ll remember to florida that florida law that prohibits instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity through third grade and only in an age appropriate manner in older grades. that was the law that critics dubbed. don t say gay desantis retaliated, you ll remember by going after disney s special tax status around its sprawling or landau area theme parks. okay so we have a lot to discuss with my panel. jay michaelson is here. he s a rolling stone writer slash rabbi. we have l leoni. he s our cnn senior legal eagle . who s going to explain everything tonight under jones is a former democratic congressman, and evan siegfried is a politica
shooter s background. the suspect was under doctor s care . anything explained this senseless act plus taking a break. the manhattan grand jury investigating former president trump set to pause for almost a month. this is a very unusual development in washington to federal probe steamroll ahead. the former vice president is ordered to testify in the january 6th investigation. obviously have nothing to hide so well, he comply and urgent warning. the biggest names in tech called for an immediate halt in artificial intelligence development. i think artificial intelligence is something we need to be quite concerned about technology moving too fast. cnn prime time. starts now. good evening. i m katelyn polantz alongside my all star team of fellow cnn anchors here tonight. sara seidner, michael smerconish and laura coates. we re going to be breaking down all of the day s biggest stories together tonight , but we start in nashville and an emotional vigil tonight for the six victims
half of abortions and the united states. justices alito and thomas publicly dissented. and again this battle it is not over yet. the next step in the litigation will be at the fifth circuit court of appeals on may 17th. but this tonight it s a big win for the biden administration after its emergency request to keep the fda approval of the drug with a federal judge blocked it. the president has issued a statement tonight saying, quote i continue to stand by fda as evidence based approval of mifepristone. the stakes could not be higher for women across america. i will continue to fight politically driven attacks on women s health. more now from cnn s paula raid, paula good evening, pamela will hear the supreme court has ensured that this commonly used abortion medication will remain widely available, while larger lawsuits about its fda approval work their way through the system. at the heart of this case is this drug that you just mentioned chris stone. it is one of two drugs t
to give you some idea what change looks like on an issue that some fear is impervious to it. take a look at the front page of today s nashville, tennessee and lee. it reads that republican governor bill lee wants gun law action and beneath it, jones, meaning democratic state representative justin jones expelled after gun violence. protests on the statehouse floor reclaims his seat in the legislature. two major bipartisan developments in the wake of last month school shooting in nashville happening with remarkable speed, creating a front page that might have seemed inconceivable just a few days ago, and that was before local officials voted today to reinstate the second expelled state representative justin j. pearson of memphis last night on this program, representative jones said he saw a change of heart in governor lee and then perhaps another sign of that both his reinstatement and representative pearsons today were unanimous. representative pearson joins us now, representa