anywhere. expand your team with a fiber freelancer. this is cnn. the world s news network. you live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. abortion rights supporters are nervously anticipating what comes next after the supreme court moved to preserve access to a commonly used abortion drug . the ruling allows doctors to continue prescribing the stone and states that allow it, but there s almost no chance to protective ruling will be the final word. on regulation of the drug in the next challenge, the texas case that challenged medford per stones 23 year old fda approval, heads back to the fifth circuit court for an appeal on may 17th right now, we don t know why the court, which last year overturned the historic roe versus wade decision, moved to protect this drug justices offered no explanation with friday nights ruling. i spoke last hour with minnesota democratic senator tina smith about the ruling and what comes next. here s what she had to say. the supreme cou
are you concerned about the strength of the economy right now? president biden: i m not concerned about the economy i m concerned about the rest of the world. can you exley that affects. the economy is strong as hell . but the american people feel differently. nearly 78 percent think the economy is in bad shape under biden and 71 percent of people say their family has had to cut back just to afford the necessities braid, new york pos highlighting the pain that they are feeling to $.1 trillion had been wiped this year. all that bad news is dragging democrats down on the campaign trail, but pete buttigieg think the president has been too successful. there have been so many think . the chips act being manufacturing back to the unite states. of course the infrastructure bill, the inflation reduction act great on top of that american rescue plan. in some ways, having achieved s much a legislatively makes it hard to talk about all at once because there are so many compl
It might take several iterations of this going forward. Republican infighting and dysfunction, thats the theme in washington, d. C. Right now. Congressional investigations reporter for the Washington Post, Jackie Alemany, thank you. Thanks to all of you for getting up Way Too Early with us on this monday morning. Morning joe starts right now. Are you concerned about americas reputation on The World Stage given the level of brinksmanship we have seen this year . Based on the maga republican support, yes. Based on what my administration is doing, no. President biden blaming maga republicans as the country falters and how the movement is endangering democracy. This as House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy defied if right wing of his party. And partnered with democrats to Keep Congress running. Now his job could be on the line. Well discuss mccarthys fate and who he may need to turn for help. Plus, hours from now donald trump will appear in court in manhattan for the start of a civil trial scrutini
last year overturned the historic roe versus wade decision, moved to protect this drug justices offered no explanation with friday nights ruling. i spoke last hour with minnesota democratic senator tina smith about the ruling and what comes next. here s what she had to say. the supreme court did the right thing. they did the only reasonable thing. it is really incredible that these lower courts were prepared to buck president and, um and follow their ideology and my view to overturn the authority of the fda to be deciding what medicines are safe and effective . i mean, judges are not doctors , and they should not play doctors. for now. this right is still protected only in states where abortion is still legal, but this fight will continue in the courts, and i believe it will continue. in the ballot box , as well as people voice their values on election days. kevin liptak is over at the white house. kevin, what kind of reaction are we seeing from the white house to this ruling, and
though the ministry thanked its allies, the official said. ukraine needs 10 times more military support. he also called on ukraine s partners to cross all artificial red lines and devote 1% of gdp to supply. weapons to fight russia. after nearly three quarters of a century, there will be a new population leader in the in the world, i should say the u. n predicts that india will pass china to become the most populous country in the world. india and china account for more than a third of the global population. that s almost three billion people have an almost eight billion world population. so john go to hell joins us now. he is the international security director for the asia pacific foundation. mr john. thanks very much for coming on. this is kind of an astonishing thing that s about to happen when we take a look at the numbers. this is it s. it s an incredible milestone. china has held this number one spot for the most populous country since 1950. the us falls at a distant third at ap