roe v. wade was overturned the justice department says the high court needs to weigh in again to iron out the details of its decisions to give the issue back to the state. doj has filed an emergency application asking the justices to strike down a texas ruling that essentially band the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide we re going to explain what doj is arguing and how soon the court might decide on hearing the case and what happens if it does not decide immediately. we ll also get into what happened overnight in florida. governor ron desantis signed a bill making abortion illegal after just six weeks well before many women, as you know, have any idea they are pregnant desantis s new ban did not come with fanfare, no news conference, no on camera pats on the back the only announcement was this photo right here, posted to social media at 11:04 p.m. the politics of abortion have not been a winner for the gop, and polling suggests it will be an albatross around governor desa
happy friday it s 4:00 in new york. he has held no press conferences, done no interviews that we know about he is elusive. the inner workings of his highly sensitive assignment a bit of a mystery outside of what some journalists worked to uncover. when it comes to the special counsel jack smith and his federal investigations, plural, into donald j. trump it takes an ear to the ground adept and trained to know when progress is being made this afternoon trusted voices suggest it is time to buckle up. here s why in dates since the federal appeals court in washington rejected the ex-president s bid to block former staffers from testifying in the january 6th investigation, ex-aides have paraded in and out of depositions without fig leaf protections of executive an attorney-client privilege. on tuesday it was stephen miller late yesterday it was former dni john ratcliffe soon it could be the star witness, donald trump s former vice president mike pence himself. last week an advisor
break loose tomorrow. there are many questions we have for him. within a mile or two mac. it is really a ground and air attack. a all-out battle to save those majestic sequoias. it is monday, july 11. 5 pm in japan where the former prime minister 2 day farewell will soon get underway. hours after passing in the parliamentary elections. this as the hearst arriving there. where private wake is set to get underway in less than an hour. his funeral service will be held there on tuesday afternoon. the essex estates made an unscheduled trip to tokyo to pay his respects. during his time in office, he really took the relationship between our countries to new heights. as i shared with our colleagues, we saw in him something rare. had the ability to realize. that vision. mostly, i came at the presence because more than allies, we were friends. when a friend is hurting, other friends show up. meanwhile new details about the suspect and his life. along with information about
shocking somber news out of japan, a political assassination, japan former prime minister, shinzo abe , down in public, the moment the fatal shot was fired, caught on video. a warning, what you are about to see is chilling. the gunman struck the former prime minister in the back, one bullet penetrated his heart, according to dr. pitt 20 worked to try to save him. but they could not. the former prime minister was pronounced dead number 5:0 3 pm local time. already, a massive investigation underway, police have arrested a 41-year-old man who police say he has confessed to using a homemade weapon to carrying out the assassination. japan has notoriously strict handgun laws, had are extraordinary difficult to get, abe, 67 years old, the longest- serving prime minister in that country s history. cnn reporters are covering the story from all over the globe, and we begin in tokyo. live on the street, a shocking assassination, just a shock to see gun violence in a country in which it
wow. what a how are you? great to see you all. what a great crowd. welcome to the special edition of hannity work. wow. usa, usa! i can t stop that. welcome back, all of you at home. of yowelcome back. our studio audience. we have a lot of a lot of ground to cover tonight. a lot of breaking news stories from the biden impeachment inquiry, what i call the joe biden bribery and mone impeachy laundering scl allegations. the house oversight committee,ea they just subpoenaed hunter biden, james biden and hunte rhr biden s business partner, rob walker. and they will now be compelle to testify before congress. and thisfo has been a long time coming. the chairman of the house oversight committee, hav james colmer, will join us. we have all those details coming up straight ahead. ng first, we have more troubling news from the middle east tonight. s fra $30 million u.s. reaper de inteshot out over the sky over international airspace by backed, you know, the houthi rebels and te