who may have tried to intimidate star witness before she testified. the loved ones of the uvalde shooting victims are sick of waiting for answers. we re sitting here just listening to empty words. that s all it is. empty words. my sister died protect ing her children, her students. sd why the mayor claims he can t tell them anymore. welcome to the lead. we begin with our politics lead. breaking news as we follow the repercussions from cassidy hutchinson bombshell testimony. we have the very latest. reporter: witness intimidation has become a serious focus of the january 6th select committee. cnn has learned both instances the committee presented as examples of possible witness intimidation during the hearing on tuesday were directed at their witness, cassidy hutchinson. he knows you re loyal and you re going to do the right thing when you go in for your deposition. i think most americans know that attempting the influence witnesses to testify untruthfully presents
what do you think are the chances you can get an acquittal? i would not comment. reporter: she was detained on february 17th. prosecutors claiming she was carrying two vaping cartridges with about .07 oil a crime in russia that can carry a sentence of up to ten years in praise colony. the u.s. considers her being rong wrongfully detained. wrongful detention is unacceptable where ever it occurs. the united states government, at the very high e est levels is working hard to bring mi miss griner as well as all wrongfully detained u.s. citizens safely home. reporter: her trial starts as tensions between the u.s. and russia have reached a boiling point. not just over rusrussia s invas of ukraine. the u.s. is calling for immediate release of former marine paul whelan who was sentenced to sf years. they also said the trial was not political. the facts say a prominent athlete was detained in possession of prohibits substances that contained drugs. reporter: after about
always is. thank you so much. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. battle lines are drawn in a post-roe abortion battle. clinics in states where abortion is legal, see an unprecedented surge. russian lawyers start to play out their case against american basketball star brittney griner. travis barker is now recovering from a life threatening illness. how routine procedure went so wrong. you re in the cnn newsroom. a week after the supreme court over turned roe v wade, americans are in an uproar as some states move swiftly to end all abortions and others push back in an effort to preserve a woman s right to choose. that s clear, this battle is far from over. a short time ago, vice president kamala harris spoke in new orleans. the supreme court with the dobbs decision for the first time in the history of our nation took a constitutional right that had been recognized and took it from the women of america. took a constitutional right. the texas supreme cour
police officer and was off duty has dropped out of the race. it is extremely disappointing. political violence like this is not something new, being a black feel candidate running for office. politicians from both political parties also weighed in over the weekend on the sunday morning talk shows. we have some ideas coming from senator warren, signed letter along with 25 other democratic senators asking president biden to explore opening health care clinics on federal lands in red states in order to help people access the health care and abortion services that they need. i anticipate there will be more debate and discussion. what was interesting about the supreme court decision is that it gave the authority back to the states to make these decisions. so now that this decision has been made, it is up to each of the states and the state legislators and people there to talk to their elected representatives about what their laws look like. all right. republican senator
of brittney griner. right now president biden is overseas for the g7 conference where he s meeting with alies on the global economy and ukraine. we ll have live reports from austria an kyiv. congressman castro of texas will talk about it. any moment now the u.s. supreme court could issue rulings in big cases. eight states have now complete bans on abortion. seven others have trigger laws that would take effect soon. several other states are enacting tough new restrictions. other states are seeking to expand access to abortion. this morning, we have a new look into how americans feel about abortion rights. a new npr and pbs news hour poll finds that 40% of americans support the decision to overturn roe wade while 56% are against it. a new cbs poll finds that 52% of all americans believe overturning roe versus wade is a step back ward for the united states and since the ruling came down, a number of companies have publicly said they will cover travel expenses for employees wh