state of massachusetts rejected their application over religious beliefs and now they are suing the commonwealth over it. i m john roberts, welcome to wednesday. gillian: nice to be here on a beautiful blue sky day. john: what a picture. gillian: i m gillian turner in for sandra smith. kitty and mike burke say they were turned down because of adherence to catholic teachings, a letter says they would not be affirming to a child who identified as lgbtqia plus. comes as they struggle to accommodate 1500 children in the foster care system. chief religion correspondent lauren green has been looking into all of this and joins us from new york. the issue is, can a secular government prevent someone from participating fully in a community because of their religious beliefs. now, the supreme court has actually ruled in favor of religion in a similar case about two years ago. but the burkes say this has been devastating for them, saying massachusetts would rather children sle
investigation of hunter biden, a special counsel has been announced, signaling that a trial is now likely to fall into legal and political implications. plus blunt words from a judge to donald trump s legal team, reminding the former president he can t intimidate witnesses and warning more inflammatory statements lieutenants require a quicker start to a trial. in hawaii, at least 55 killed, thousands displaced, as fires devastate maui. one official says the historic town of lahaina is all gone. this hour, a look at what some has lost to the hawaiians, and what they need most. all of this is coming in right to cnn news central. it is happening again. another high-profile special counsel has now been appointed, this time it s in the hunter biden investigation. today attorney garland announced he elevated david weiss to special counsel status. he s been leading the years-long investigation, and he recently requested he be given special counsel designation. the reaction i
world headquarters in new york. a busy hour ahead. right now, president biden is on his way to wisconsin on an unofficial post state of the union tour after his rousing address before the joint session of congress last night. imploring lawmakers to finish the job, the president defended his record and called for more bipartisanship. but did manage to tangle with republicans at times. some republicans want medicare and social security sunset. i m not saying it is a majority. anybody who doubts it, contact my office, i ll give you a copy. i ve give you a copy of the proposal. coming up, we ll talk about how president biden may use those gop outbursts to his advantage. plus, the drama on the floor before the president even walked out. what senator mitt romney is saying about this moment, the moment when he called out george santos to his face on the house floor, with cameras rolling. he shouldn t have been there. he shouldn t be in the look, he s a sick puppy. also t
hello and welcome. we begin in turkey. dozens of people have been killed across turkey and northern syria after a major earthquake struck in the early hours of monday morning. the epicentre was in gaziantep provice close to the turkish border with syria. strong tremors were felt across the region. the quake was recorded at a magnitude of 7.8 and at a relatively shallow depth of ten kilometres. reports have been coming in of many collapsed buildings. azadeh moshiri is our news reporter. she has been following the story since we initially got use. ~ . , . use. when it had the epicentre of gaziantep use. when it had the epicentre of gaziantep it use. when it had the epicentre of gaziantep it was use. when it had the epicentre of gaziantep it was around - use. when it had the epicentre of gaziantep it was around for| of gaziantep it was around for 15 a. m. of gaziantep it was around for 15 a.m. localtime of gaziantep it was around for 15 a.m. local time in turkey. hours lat
At the Rogers High School cafeteria on Wednesday, the Red Cross and their partners set up a Multi-Agency Response Center (MARC) for residents impacted by the storms.