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a glimpse at what much of eastern ukraine now looks like. simply broken. in dnipro at the speed of a blink, a russian missile smashes into an important bridge. that and other attacks they say are part of a plan to decapitate russian resupply rourters. commanders on the ground say the breakthrough may blunt moscow s push to sweep through the east. progress elsewhere does little to change the fate of mariupol. the last battalion inside faces near certain death and they know it. making this a song of defiance all the more remarkable. that is ukraine and battlefield echoes through the bunker. the words haunting. it is sweeter to die in battle than to live in chains. we begin in lviv, western ukraine. scott mclain, what s the latest? reporter: well, some good news maybe. the u.n. special envoy for the for ukraine, i should say, has just said that there is a human darren convoy on route to mariupol to try to get people out of what he calls a bleak hell. probably an unders ....
around where they work but not continuing on our southern border, there s that. now we just learned there is an increased police presence outside of the justice s home. here s why. some left-leaning groups are directing protesters to show up at the doorsteps of six extremist justices. even the streets where they live with their families, and a police are bracing for violence. emily, it s two groups pushing people to go to the homes of supreme court justices. one is called shut down d.c. they want a candlelight vigil. a march to justice kavanaugh and roberts homes, and urging protesters to go to the homes of the extremist justices. you can t make this up. emily: my issue with this is the implication of that and the galvanizing people to show up at the doors. you can protest all you want in those public spaces but we all remember what happened to the federal judge esther salas in 2020 when her son was shot dead on their doorstep because of a disgruntled attorney. i m ....
potentially go a long way toward answering one of the biggest outstanding questions about january 6th. what, if any, are the links between the white house and the groups that propagated the horrific violence on the 6th that ultimately led to the deaths of seven, 150 injured and maimed police officers and countless others suffering ptsd. william todd wilson pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy on wednesday. he s one of the 11 members of the extremist group the oath keepers. he is the third member of that group to plead guilty and to agree to cooperate with prosecutors. he was among the oath keepers seen on the 6th on video moving in military formation among the mob that stormed the u.s. capitol. in court records william wilson describes what happened after the capitol was breached like this. at approximately 5:00 p.m., wilson, rhodes and others left the capitol grounds and walked together to the phoenix hotel. at the phoenix hotel, rhodes gathered wilson and other co-c ....
ireland. with a right to legal abortion is relatively new. irish citizens voted overwhelmingly in a 2018 national referendum to repeal europe s strictest abortion law banning nearly all abortions. the bbc documented a push to make history. i got involved through campaigning because i didn t even know that i could ask about abortion. it felt dirty. felt dirty. [ indecipherable audio ] that was just four years ago. the reality for irish citizens was 35 years under its eighth amendment giving a fetus and mother equal right to life under irish law. it came in at an unconscionable cost, the lives of irish women. notably dr. savita a 31-year-old denied treatment during a miscarriage in 2012. she died of severe sepsis days later. the united nations human rights council had criticized ireland s law as cruel and inhumane in a case of a woman demade it treatment and forced to go to england for care. ireland, mostly catholic ireland, ultimately decided that the rights and li ....
of house republican leader kevin mccarthy, how he actually discussed using the 25th amendment to try to remove donald trump as president just days after the january 6th capitol attack. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin with breaking news in our money lead. moments ago, the dow industrials closed up, up, up by more than 900 points. the nasdaq and s&p 500 also closed sharply higher. this comes on the heels of the federal reserve this afternoon announcing the biggest increase in interest rates in 22 years. amidst real fears of a recession, the fed added a half-point to its benchmark rate. you ll see the difference in higher interest payments on credit cards, car loans, mortgages, and more. this is an attempt to put the brakes on inflation by lowering consumer demand. our brand-new cnn poll shows the american people think the economy is by far the most important facing the united states and they overwhelmingly think president biden is doing a bad job with i ....