ruled us back decades. raising the stakes for the 2024 race. speaking of, we take a look tonight at the new laws now in effect in florida. governor desantis going for the rights on immigration, abortion, and the second amendment. plus, pressure campaigns and presidential immunity. donald trump s mountain of legal troubles growing higher as a judge shoots down his latest attempt at revenge against e. jean carroll. and the walk back. house speaker mccarthy saying my bed, after daring to doubt the trump can win again. this is american voices. we begin this hour with your rights. the supreme courts and a are hell-bent on rolling back years of precedent and progress. this week, the court s conservative supermajority ended affirmative action in college admissions. in a 63 decision, the court struck a blow to lgbtq+ rights, siding with a website designer who refused to create websites for same-sex couples. it also ruled in favor of a jim crow era law to keep black americans from v
call from the white house to a rioter on january 6th. the rioter s identity now revealed. the house select committee is preparing to hold what is likely to be its final investigative hearing. and dissent and chaos are spreading in russia. thousands have been detained amid protests against the war in ukraine as huge lines of cars jammed the borders, packed with russians desperate to escape vladimir putin s new military draft. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt here in the situation room . we begin coverage tonight with hurricane ian barreling toward florida, amid urgent warnings and evacuations. let s get straight to meteorologist tom seder standing by in the cnn weather center with a new forecast from the national hurricane center. tom, what is that new forecast saying about ian? the 5:00 p.m. advisory from the national hurricane center, we re seeing an increase in the winds because the p
category two hurricane, quicklyin tensefying as it gets closer to florida. residents of tampa area are preparing for the worst as warnings about ian grow more dire. and nasa will deliberately slam a spacecraft into an asteroid soon in a historic test of earth s defensing. we re getting the first live image this is lauer. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off tonight, i m alex marquardt in the situation room. we begin with all of krvn exclusive new reporting on the january 6 investigation including the new revelations about mark meadow s communications. cnn political correspondent sara murray has our report. reporter: as donald trump and his allies made a final push to overturn the 2020 election. there is still plenty of time to certify the correct winner. reporter: retired army colonel phil wald ron. the core of these voefting systems are rife with vulnerables. reporter: communicated with then white house chief o
be the same, and we have to respect that. it such a sad state of affairs that jurors have to worry about their safety when they are doing their civil duty. in a trial for a former president of the united dates of america. the newsrooms are trying to have thoughtful conversations about how to handle these conversations, but it s hopping in open court, open public. we live in a different era now, and era were security concerns are very weel. i applied for a press credential. you wanted to go? i wanted to go. my request was denied, unfortunately. why? i don t know. a couple of friends of mine said, you need to wear a disguise. the last time i worked at a trump alley, cnn sent me with a bodyguard.
telling paul ryan that he thought that putin was paying trump. so, he s been working very hard since to kind of get the taint off of him. and he ended up voting 97% of the time with trump s wishes. so now he s become like the keeper of the personality cult. and, this is what authoritarians do two parties. like erdogan and turkey, they reduce them to personal tools and the saga of kevin mccarthy just shows how this works. we re getting a lesson in america, showing how this works. today, south carolina senator lindsey graham was booed onstage at a trump alley in his own home state of south carolina. what does that tell you about trump s ability to rally supporters against any perceived slight? look. that s how this works.