and the trump versus pence feud over the 2020 election is escalating tonight on this the eve of the georgia primary. trump is lashing out at his former vice president calling him, quote, desperate as they stump for rival candidates in a georgia showdown. pence speaks out on the campaign trail this hour. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the fallout after president biden s surprising stance on a potential chinese invasion of taiwan. this talk of the u.s. military response is sowing new uncertainty about his policy and raising serious tensions with china. kaitlan collins is in tokyo for us. she s covering the president s trip to asia. kaitlan, the administration is trying to clay fire what president biden said but there is still some confusion out there tonight. what is the latest? reporter: yeah, and wolf, this is a comment that we should know caught some of the pre
supreme court. now, i know there s a draft opinion, and it was leaked and it purports to say that, yes, the writing is on the wall. and no one should be naive to the prospect that roe v. wade may, in fact, be overturned. and yet, roe v. wade, again, sitting here today is still supposed to be the law of the land until the supreme court officially says otherwise. but for some governors and abortion clinic operators, the leaked opinion was enough. it s given license to governors to try to anticipate that overturning roe v. wade, according to that opinion, will allow them to decide the issue. remember, alito wanted it to go back to the states. it s about having the individual states being the one to decide how their state will operate. and because of it, some governors are now signing legislation accordingly or hoping to be able to soon. and for some abortion clinic operators, well, state abortion bans have made them stop providing the service entirely out of fear of being sued.
heading to south korea. his first trip to asia as president while pyongyang watches closely. and the taliban continues to roll back the rights of women in afghanistan. now forcing a choice between covering their faces or losing their on-air jobs. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. a bill authorizing $40 billion in u.s. aid to ukraine is on its way to seoul, south korea, for president joe biden s signature. the aid package easily passed the u.s. senate on thursday but does not take effect until it is signed. another $100 million worth of artillery, radar and other e equipment headed to ukraine. and more than 1,000 cars have been blocked at a russian checkpoint for four days. the convoy is trying to reach ukrainian-held territory. with reports many making that journey are running low on food and water. in mariupol, more than 1,700 ukrainian troops have surrendered at the steel factory. cnn cannot verify that report, but an unknown number of sold
shortage, all of this, as well as title 42 set to expire in a few days. and twitter announcing that it considers crisis misinformation. what could that mean for you? also your right to speak freely? hate crime hoax author joins us in just a bit. and two teenage girls found murdered near a popular hiking trail, there is a search warrant that reportedly had been used in the case and had been obtained by a true crime podcasting team, fox news at night investigates. and first, gas prices. boy, we know all about that as they are breaking records each and every day. and just wait because it is expected to get a lot worse in the days in the weeks to come. jeff paul has more on that. reporter: that s right, gas prices around the country continue to go up as we have new records, every way we look including here in california, the state average is more than $6 per gallon and some analysts are saying that the rest of the country could be headed that way as well by the end of the summer.
time ago. they concluded their investigations. time ago. they concluded their investiuations. , , ., investigations. of course he should resin. investigations. of course he should resign- ease investigations. of course he should resign. ease responsible investigations. of course he should resign. ease responsible for - investigations. of course he should resign. ease responsible for the . resign. ease responsible for the culture. we ll be looking at the outbreak of monkeypox. an infectious disease with more cases found in europe and north america. we start inthe ukrainian capital kyiv, where the first trial of a russian soldier accused of war crimes has resumed. early on thursday, the victim has my wife confronted the russian soldier in court. she asked him what he felt when he cold her husband. he said he didn t want to fire the fatal shots but was threatened by another soldier. here is a little of that exchange. please tell me, do you repent of the cloud you have commi