landmark decision. plus we ll look at a summit in germany where kyiv is top on the agenda. we ll take you to kyiv, brussels and munich. all right, now a bombshell decision by the u.s. supreme court is rocking the american political landscape this weekend, ending nearly a half century of constitutional protection for abortion. that 50-year-old right was abruptly erased on friday in a 5-4 ruling striking down the ruling of 1973. it immediately triggered an outpouring of large and angry protest s cross the country with many more expected. this decision is an outrage. this decision is absolutely terrifying, but more than anything, it just make please angry. i would remind that six people do not dictate our lives. roe v wade has been challenged and upheld before. but this time they effectively le left it up to individual states on whether to allow the procedures. many republican-led legislatures anticipated this day. a dozen other states are expected to enact abortion
decision, news of that broke and the u.s. and all around the world. we ve seen thousands of demonstrators pass through this area outside the supreme court today. you know, when we were here first earlier this morning, there were groups from both sides of this debate and anti abortion activists were here celebrating as we reached into the evening, it was pretty much exclusively hundreds, possibly thousands of proabortion choice activists. the crowd really has dwindled out now. speakers just finished talking but say come back tomorrow. they want people back here tomorrow. what we did see here today, don, is a huge security presence across washington d.c. i will say that it was very, very different to the security presence we saw in washington d.c. on the morning of january 6th. there was police all over the city. some demonstrators also this evening marched from s.c.o.t.u.s. through washington and came back. so we are likely to see more demonstrations in the coming days. people
everyone. i am ayman mohyeldin in for stephanie ruhle. there was an unexpected twist today, the january six committee switching up its playbook, suddenly adding a new surprise hearing for tomorrow afternoon at 1 pm eastern. so, the public can hear from a secret witness. just last week, the panel said remaining public hearings would actually be pushed into july. but late this afternoon, the committee said this new hearing will focus on quote, recently obtained evidence and received witness testimony. who and what we ll hear tomorrow, remains a mystery at this hour. but the short notice of this unexpected hearing has speculation running wild. we also learned today the justice department has been focusing on john eastman. he is, of course, the trump allied lawyer who has become a central figure in the january six committee s investigation. in a court filing, eastman says that a federal agent executed a search warrant, and seized his iphone in new mexico last week. witness testim
many are still missing good morning, welcome to way too early, speculation is swirling after the abrupt announcement from the january 6th committee that it plans to hold its sixth public hearing today. the only thing the committee has revealed is the hearing will quote present senior committee staff have been kept out of the loop. three people tell the post that the secrecy is due in part to a credible threat against the witness. the committee announced last week that it was taking a break until the middle of july and yesterday gave just 24 hours notice about the hearing that is scheduled for 1:00 this afternoon. and to add to the fact that congress is in the midst of a two-week recess. key water gls gate figure john dean tweeted, quote, better be a big deal. there was only one surprise witness during the senate watergate committee hearings on july 16, 1973, an announced witness appeared, alex butterfield, who testified to nixon s secret taping system, forever changing hi
with trigger laws. and a preview of the g7 summit in germany this weekend where ukraine will top the agenda. all right now a bomb shell decision by the u.s. supreme court is rocking the american political landscape this weekend. ending nearly a half century of constitutional protection for abortion. that right was abruptly erased on friday in a 5-4 ruling, striking down the landmark roe v. wade decision of 1973. it immediately triggered an outpouring of large and angry protests across the country, with many more expected. this decision is an outrage. this decision is absolutely terrifying, but more than anything, it just makes me angry. we, the people, who it is going to affect need to come into the streets that six people do not dictate our lives. it s important to note that roe v. wade has been challenged and upheld by the high court before, but this time conservative justices were in the majority, by ruling that abortion is not a right protected by the u.s. c