their blackberries, i remember that. a lot of stuff going on in the background. certainly, that does it for cnn news central. but don t go anywhere the lead starts right now. a new chapter in the battle over abortion rights, republicans and democrats unite. the lead starts right now. attempts to restrict abortions in two separate states shut down. i ll speak with a group of women who pulled off a legislative maneuver to stop one band from moving forward. plus, a new wave of russian attacks across ukraine, an apartment building among the targets hit. a cnn team is on the ground as the death toll continues to rise. and downsize, as more people turn to drugs such as ozempic to drop the pounds, it s taking a toll on household names in the weight loss industry. welcome to the lead, everyone, i m bianna golodryga in for jake tapper. we start in our health lead and the fight over access to abortion front and center as state legislatures are cracking down on abortio
to be and use that information to plot some kind of attack. democrats say that s absurd and that this is clearly designed to help desantis keep certain things from the public that could embarrass him before he runs for president. steve contorno, thank you. so let s discuss with our panel. david, let me start with you. surely i would have to imagine desantis s camp knows that they will receive a lot of criticism for trying to block any of this information. so to me at least, it comes across as either he has something to hide or is rather thin skinned. i mean, can you come up with any sort of justification for this? well, you know, bianna, the justification is what was alluded to earlier, a public safety justification. it just doesn t shield the governor, it shields other top executives in the state, the attorney general, lieutenant governor, the supreme court, et cetera, but clearly it s designed so that the governor doesn t get bad stories written about hinl. it s been done in th
the best part of the job is coming to places like this, right here in iowa where you can talk to everybody and everyday americans. there s plenty of fear and anger right here in america s heartland and indeed across the country right now. i sat down with the president just a little while ago for an in depth interview about job, the economy, the 2012 campaign. the war on terror and a lot more. specific about the short-term plans for boosting the economy and how it could make or break his reelection campaign. you said if you don t turn around the economy in three years it s going to be a one-term proposition. do you remember that? when i came into office, i knew i was going to have a big mess to clean up. and frankly, the mess has been bigger than i think a lot of people anticipated at the time. we have made steady progress on these fronts, but we re not making progress fast enough. and what i continue to believe is that ultimately the buck stops with me. a lot of these p