states and all around the world. i m paula newton ahead right here on cnn newsroom hope francis is presiding over easter mass. at the vatican, where thousands have gathered for celebration. but in the middle east religious events this weekend are being marred by ongoing violence. we are alive in jerusalem and beirut for the latest, and we ll take a closer look. at that abortion drug that s at the center of two opposing court rulings in the united states. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with paula neeson. but first it is easter sunday, the holiest day of the christian calendar. celebrating with the bible says was the resurrection of jesus. thousands of the faithful have converged on st peter s square for easter mass. currently underway. you see it there. francis is presiding over the service. now he did not walk in the traditional procession, but instead arrived in a wheelchair . you will soon deliver his traditional easter blessing. the 86 year old pontiff has been
to find out how you can get your lexus at 80% less than prescription hearing aid prices roger on capitol hill, and this is cnn. seismic ruling conservative judge reverses the fda is decades old approval of the abortion pill. i am flabbergasted. democrats say they ll fight to protect abortion rights. this ruling is in extreme abuse of power. but why are republicans staying so silent after such a big policy way? plus showdown in tennessee. we must be out of order to get justice and that s what we ll do to black democrats expelled from the statehouse protest over gun laws. what does it tell us about the state of the union and donald trump s legal peril grows , but so does his lead in the race for the gop nomination. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation. hello and welcome to inside politics. i m abby phillip. it has been a dizzying week in american politics, beginning with the indictment of a former president and now ending with a dramatic court
start, former vice president mike pence will testify against his old boss, what dropping his appeal means for the case against trump and more bad news for the former president. top national security officials testify against him in the 2020 election subversion probe plus put your hands up in some noise for brandon. ahead we re going to have my interview with chicago s new progressive mayor elect brandon johnson, about how he pulled off his upset victory. what s going on everyone welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m omar jimenez in for the wonderful christine romans a lot to get to this morning, so let s get to it. we re gonna start with former vice president mike pence, deciding not to appeal a federal judge s order for him to testify in the case against donald trump. we don t know what date the date yet, but pence will now testify to a grand jury in a special council probe into efforts by trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 20
childhood says at the top of the homepage, two girls and a boy reportedly all nine were murdered there today by 28 year old former student who also murdered three adults before being killed by police. the children were evelyn dick house . william kinney, halle scruggs and how his dad is senior pastor of covenant presbyterian church , which runs the school to the adults murdered cynthia peak and mike hill were both 61. mike hill s friend posted this photo of him online said mr hill was the last employee hired when he ran the school and church kitchen said he was the kind of person who would sacrifice for others. katherine coons was also murdered. she was 60, head of the covenant school. her daughter is also a teacher. there. police say her killer who they say was transgender, was carrying a handgun into assault style rifles. president biden today called on congress to do what it showed no willingness to do since the federal ban on such weapons expired in 2004. so i call on con
not been able to confirm that with people who knew the shooter , nashville s police chief, telling nbc the shooters time as a student at the christian school may have played into the motive. there s some belief that there was some resentment to having to go to that school. don t have all the details of that. just yet, and that s why this incident occurred late last night. nashville police released chilling new security video from the school showing the attackers shooting out a set of glass doors to gain entry to the school. and then roaming the hallways rifle raised searching. for targets. cnn s dianne gallagher has more. tragedy at another american school, three children and three adults, staff members shot and killed at the covenant school in nashville, tennessee, in what police are calling a targeted attack by a heavily armed 28 year old former student, nine year olds. who were killed. evelyn. dick house. william kenny. halle scruggs. three adults. mike hill. custodian age