hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m leila torok. escalating tensions in the middle east. israel s military carries out attacks in syrian territory, casting a shadow over a weekend of religious celebrations were live in jerusalem with the latest abortion pill controversy will examine the contradictory rulings that led to a legal standoff over an established medication to induce abortion. and the cultural war debate over transgender athletes will speak to a 13 year old transgender cross country runner and his mother on their experience with discrimination. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with laila harre. one of the holiest times of the year, is now underway in jerusalem, religious events of different faiths are being observed from easter sunday mass to prayers during ramadan to the passover priestly blessing happening right now, with thousands of worshippers gathering at jerusalem s western wall. earlier
from just about anywhere. expand your team with a fiber freelancer. cnn presents a max original heaven s gate tomorrow at 10 on cnn. live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. the 19 sixties had the chicago eight today. nashville has the tennessee three. the state lawmakers, all democrats. targeted by republicans for leading a loud but peaceful protest on the house floor in that legislature. they were demanding gun reform after the nashville school shooting that left six people, including 39, year old children dead. to expel lawmakers justin pearson and justin jones are black. gloria johnson, who is white, kept her seat by just one vote. that fact has only added to the anger in tennessee and across the country. cnn correspondent isabelle rose saleh s joins us with more details as well, it seems like there s already a path potentially to return both of these lawmakers to their seats. so what? what happens next? jim it is very much within the realm of reality here
good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, april 8th camera, walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for being with us. i almost wore my easter pick today. early tomorrow. try for tomorrow. i had had a lavender for one of the days, but you know, we ll figure it out and the color s up for tomorrow. i promise. here s what we re watching two major, very different rulings on access to a medical abortion pill across the country. one judge halts availability of the drug another preserves access to it in some states will sort out the rulings and the coming legal challenges escalating tensions in the middle east. at least three people are dead in separate attacks. we are live in jerusalem with the very latest it s sad and pathetic to think. that our democracy. can be taken away from a voter. vice president kamala harris travels to tennessee after two democratic members are expelled for leading a gun protest on the house floor. their constituents now left wit
that s 184494200. wellcare medicare done well, melanie s nana in washington and this is cnn. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me in new york. i m fredricka whitfield and we begin this hour with the formal expulsion of two black state democrats from tennessee s house of representatives. the expulsions coming a week after they let a gun reform protests from the house floor in response to a school shooting that killed six, including three children in nashville, justin jones and justin pearson. we re also joined in that protest by their colleague, representative gloria johnson. you see them all there. holding hands, raising their fists. vice president harris met privately with the so called tennessee three on friday, she was in nashville to advocate for stricter gun reform. cnn correspondent isabel rizal is joining me now with more on this, isabel. what are we learning about the expulsions and what s next? good afternoon to you, fred? yeah we re hearing from t
dominion, the network is now facing from a voting technology company with an even bigger price tag and the 84 year old defendant pleads not guilty in the shooting of a teenager who mistakenly when went to his home. are we speaking with the lawyer for the teen s family, ben crump, about the racial component of this case and whether hate crime charges are warranted. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is on assignment alex marquardt and you re in the situation room. tonight the supreme court has set a new friday night deadline as it considers whether to preserve or limit access to a widely used abortion drug. let s go straight to cnn s senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid. paula what is the thinking behind the supreme court s decision to kick this can down the road 48 hours . as of now, this widely abused use abortion medication will remain widely available. the supreme court is expected to offer another update by fri