of killers to exist in russia. i don t want putin ruling russia. did you get a sense of why he was so determined to go back knowing that this was always a potential risk because he wanted to change things. he really did think that being there, being a voice from inside, not stuck outside as an exile could make a difference. i obviously was concerned enough to ask him why he was putting himself and his mission at risk by going going back. but that is you say was the answer he gave at the time that is almost three years ago. and now here we are until it s absolutely confirmed independently. all we have is the russian service, the russian penitentiary service. we ve said but he collapsed after going out for a walk. they brought the ambulances, they tried to revive him, but they could not. and the russians are saying that investigations are underway into the cause of death. but the very important thing of former, in fact, national security surely official told us earlier this mor
years of precedent and overturn roe versus wade, it was far from the final battle on either side over access to abortion health care in america. among independent voters, democratic voters and large numbers of republican voters, it s been a political spark that continues to jolt and potentially reshape our politics the power of the courts assault on a right supported by a majority of all americans is only exacerbated by the right s ongoing assault on access to reproductive health care the gop s war on women s reproductive freedom reached a new crescendo on friday night in the form of a ruling from a right-wing federal judge who was hand picked to make a decision that would further eliminate access to reproductive health care judge matthew kacsmaryk ordered the 23-year long fda approval of a drug called mifepristone be put on hold in every single state. it s one half of the two-drug regimen used in medication abortions. he gave the government seven days to appeal his ruling w
lawmakers, all democrats targeted by the gop supermajority for their loud but peaceful protest on the house floor. there in nashville. they were demanding gun reform after the nashville school shooting that left six people dead, three adults and 39 year old children. two expelled lawmakers. jones and justin pearson are black. laurie johnson, who is white, kept her seat by a single vote. jones and pearson have called for protesters to return to the capital tomorrow, when the house is back in session, so let s go to nashville right now, and cnn s isabelle rose salas. isabel i guess. first of all, if you can tell us do we expect those protests and materialized ? might they be as big as we were seeing? at the end of last week as they were huge, and the nashville city council doesn t appear they have the votes to get jones back in the statehouse. jim the passions don t seem to be tampering down . we are expecting a day of action is what has been organized on social media with folk
in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour in nashville, where key vote is likely tomorrow on one of the lawmakers expelled from the tennessee legislature, the national city council could vote on whether to send justin jones. you see right there, right back to his seat. he was one of the three state tennessee lawmakers, all democrats targeted by the gop supermajority. for their loud but peaceful protest on the house floor. they were demanding gun reform after the nashville school shooting that left 39 year old children and three adults dead to expelled. lawmakers justin pearson and justin jones are black. gloria johnson, who was white kept her seat by a single vote. let s go to nashville right now, and cnn s isabel rosalia is isabel. um the national city council would have to suspend its rules to vote tomorrow on jones. what are you hearing at this point? does it sound like they might have the votes to put them right back into the state house? so ji
you re watching cnn newsroom and church just ahead. the hours to come, could see one of two democratic lawmakers in tennessee expelled over a gun before protests reclaim his seat will explain how and what else supporters are planning. another state is making it harder for women to get abortions. details plus a look at what s likely to happen, or pair of conflicting court decisions over a popular abortion drug, plus highly classified pentagon documents leaked on social media sites this hour, one ally the us apparently has been spying on says it wants to talk. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us, and we begin here in the united states were officials in nashville, tennessee, are set to determine the fate of expelled democratic state lawmaker justin jones. in the coming hours. the nashville metro council will vote on whether to reinstate him back into the states house of representatives. jones was one of two black lawmakers ex