lawyer is testifying in a matter of hush payments in a federal court in west texas behind closed doors, no cameras, no audio recordings. we start there because what happens in this courtroom and this judge decides could ultimately have consequences for every single woman and every single family in america oral arguments took place in a case brought by anti-abortion groups challenges the completely legal, completely safe long-ago approved routine and decades old use of medication for abortion those groups today asked a judge to order a stop to the use of an abortion pill as their case makes its way through the courts it s reported at the hearing the judge, quote, asked government lawyers on wednesday about what he characterized as an accelerated process for approving one of two drugs used in most pregnancy terminations nationwide in response the justice department lawyer said there s tremendous evidence showing this pill as safe, even when a doctor does not administer it it s
we have a stronger and better position to tackle inflation than almost any other country around the world. what juneteenth does it channels a way for america to talk about slavery and to talk about it without and tim dags and anguish to honor slaves who have never been honored. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. happy father s day to all the dads out there. and we begin tonight with new cnn reporting. u.s. intel is warning of another potential russian plot to interfere with the 2022 midterms. homeland and national security officials say they are worried kremlin meddling like hacking into smaller and more local election authorities in this country and creating disinformation campaigns could have a significant impact on the november elections. so this is not new, isaac, the idea of meddling in the elections. we know similar campaigns were used during the 2016 election and after that as well. what has changed with the threats since then?
already already acting afraid of not just the right but the far right, fringiest part of the anti-right movement. it feels like the intemperature tim dags and extremism is having at least some of its desired effect and that is the point, it is to chill conduct in every way. it s to make those who are corporate leaders afraid to do business in certain states it is meant to chill the conduct of patients that otherwise would want to see their doctors, whether they re trying to terminate a pregnancy. who will go and seek prepatagonia because you might be vulnerable to a miscarriage because you had them before and you fear showing up with a miscarriage, you suddenly become no longer pregnant, the near fear that you had and it meant
we have a stronger and better position to tackle inflation than almost any other country around the world. what juneteenth does it channels a way for america to talk about slavery and to talk about it without and tim dags and anguish to honor slaves who have never been honored. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. happy father s day to all the dads out there. and we begin tonight with new cnn reporting. u.s. intel is warning of another potential russian plot to interfere with the 2022 midterms. homeland and national security officials say they are worried kremlin meddling like hacking into smaller and more local election authorities in this country and creating disinformation campaigns could have a significant impact on the november elections. so this is not new, isaac, the
in sloan gibson, and the number one priority is getting those priorities fixes. thanks, molly. margel, strong language from the secretary of defense aimed at china. secretary chuck hagel accusing china of evoking unrest over parts of the south china sea. in an area that includes the disputed islands owned by japan. well secretary hagel spoke at a conference on internet security in singapore saying china is destabling the south chia sea and said the u.s. will not look the other way as beijing tries to flex its muscles. chien has undertaken destabilizing actions asserting its claims in the south china sea. the united states has been clear and consistent. we take no position on competing territorial claims. but we firmly oppose any nation s use of in tim dags,