putin. he is already overseeing russian troops in southern and eastern ukraine and john kirby spelled out the track record of brutality. he and other senior russian leaders have shown in the past and you mentioned syria as one example, have shown clearly in the past disregard for avoiding civilian harm. their utter disregard in many ways for the laws of war, laws of conflict and the brutality for which they conduct and prosecute their operations. we re probably turning another page in the same book of russian brutality. and just tonight, kirby said the united states is monitoring a report from the ukrainian national guard of a possible chemical besieged port city of mariupol. their government is looking into the report noting that any use of chemical weapons could be a callus escalation of the conflict. the associated press said more than 10,000 civilian haves been killed in mariupol adding the death toll could surpass 20,000. satellite images show an eight-mile long russ
joining us here in the united states and all around the world church just ahead on cnn newsroom the u. s supreme court pumps on an abortion pill ruling leaving women girls and their doctors in limbo. people in three separate cases across the u. s this week apparently made everyday, honest mistakes momentarily confused about where they work. but in all these cases, they were met with bullets. 12 tragedy in yemen. dozens of dead operate money giveaway turned into a catastrophic stampede. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for being with us won t for the next two days and abortion drug the medical community has deemed safe and effective for decades will remain fully available to american women and girls. but after that, all bets are off. the u. s. supreme court was expected to issue a decision wednesday on the future of the widely used medication, but instead announced it would weigh the case until midnight friday local time. earlier this mon
is the u. s supreme court about to impose a limited ban on medication abortion. the lead starts right now. the u. s. supreme court kicking the can down the road for now, pausing restrictions until friday on access to the abortion pill restrictions put in place by a texas judge. but what might happen after this two day stay and for the third time in a week. young people shot after making innocent mistakes. this time two cheerleaders after one of them mistook someone else s car. for hers. i m going to speak with her cheer programs owner plus one day after one of the biggest media defamation settlements in the history of the universe, the ceo of dominion will be here and we ll talk about whether his company took that historic $787.5 million check from fox at the expense of truth and democracy. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start with breaking news in our health lead this afternoon, the u. s. supreme court handed down its decision in the blockbuster medication abor
court ended a constitutional right to an abortion, it s been easy to see the political story and political debates. it s a lot harder to see the medical story, meaning the reality about abortion access, the sudden changes at the state level. the crisis situations for pregnant women that may be denied care. doctors are conferring with one another and some sharing anecdotes but the accounts are second hand and details can be very hard to confirm. take this reporting from usa today quoting a top doctor. she says until the roe v. wade i never had a colleague tell me about a pregnancy that was being forced to continue because of rain. in rape. in the last week, i heard of three. patient privacy is paramount and many rape victims wouldn t want to subject them sselves to the media glare, look at the 10-year-old in ohio. a 10-year-old rape victim was pregnant and because ohio out lawed abortion, the girl was brought to indiana to end the pregnancy. the story was sited by abortion