i m jessica dean on capitol hill. and this is cnn. captioning is brought to you, by page publishing. want to publish a book? review your manuscript for free book page publishing can help you through the process . we cut through the confusion of the publishing wke it easy for you call 805 630741. good evening. we begin tonight with breaking news to court rulings, the first potentially life altering for women in this country. a federal judge in texas putting government approval of a drug widely used to terminate pregnancies on hold effective seven days from now. kristen is the name of the drug at first got fda approval more than two decades ago, and until recently the notion of a judge having grounds to reverse approval of it was seen by many legal experts is dubious at best. however abortion opponents steered their case to a judge named matthew kiss merrick of the fifth circuit in texas, and he has ruled as they hoped just after that. we got word of a ruling in a different fed
it is the first significant snowfall of the season there. on the west coast blizzard conditions in the sierra nevada mountains, a whiteout shutting down more than 70 miles of interstate 80. portland, oregon looking at several inches through tonight. chad myers has the forecast. chad, who is getting the worst of it today? up state and also interior new england, but we are going to see slick spots around new york and boston, i-95 still going to see the potential for some slick roadways for today. otherwise just kind of a pretty landscape out there with the snow coming down. 3 inches in most of the areas here, a little less in central park. it was a slushy mess, raining, snowing, 33 degrees so it didn t really pile up all that much. but outer suburbs, some spots looking at 6 inches out your window this morning. not much more left. probably an inch or two and then it is just about done. next storm system coming onshore in the pacific, an awful lot of snow for the sierra. they w
it s 10:00 a.m. in new york, i m lindsey rise e and we are following a whirlwind of breaking news this hour, including on capitol hill where norfolk southern s embattled ceo will be in the hot seat at a hearing that begins in moments facing tough questions from senators about the toxic train derailment in ohio. what he plans to say about the numerous derailments, cleanup efforts, and his promise to a community in fear from the toxic fallout. also breaking overnight, 81 senator mitch mcconnell, the longest serving senate leader ever is in the hospital this morning after a fall. what we know about how he s doing. and more breaking news overnight. a fiery onslaught across ukraine as russia launches its biggest missile and drone attack in weeks. reporter: these are targets that were largely civilian infrastructure, and he s trying to knock out the lights. he s trying to turn off the heat, and he s trying to do it all over the country. why there are new concerns about euro
the death toll from the russian missile attack on the apartment building in dnipro, ukraine, a rising. ukrainian officials say the total number of people killed now stands at 44. earlier this morning ukraine s first lady olena zelenska speaking in davos condemning russia for the senseless murder of civilians. translator: there is nothing off limits for russia. this missile was built to destroy aircraft carriers and was used against the civilian infrastructure. these ordinary people at home on a saturday, that s enough reason for russia to skill. we will take you live to the site of that atrocity where search and rescue efforts are ongoing. here in the u.s. several meetings are happening today. president biden hosts the dutch prime minister at the white house, secretary of state antony blinken meets his uk counterpart in a high-level delegation from the united states is in kyiv at this very moment. all this as russia says it is planning to increase troop levels. we a
we re right outside the gates of buckingham palace. just up there, they ve already been swung open. the crowd s been pushed back a little bit. as clarissa was saying, we re waiting for the hearse here, the coffin of elizabeth ii to come through. i ve been here for six or seven hours and the crowd was already here. they ve been waiting here patiently in the pouring rain out of respect for the queen, but also out of a sense of historical moments as well. people are very conscious that this is a moment in history that they are able to witness so they re out here standing up very patiently filming, trying to capture that moment. now when the casket, when the hearse goes through these gates for the last time, in fact, in the duration of buckingham palace, it will be met by king charles iii, by his queen, queen camila, queen consort. it will be taken. we saw 50 or 60 palace guards marching in there as well. they ll obviously be playing a role in welcoming the casket to buckingham p