federal courthouse in washington, and this is cnn hello again and welcome. it s time to break bound the big stories with some smart people today, we re asking, following this supreme court s abortion pill decision, how will it change the debate over this highly charged issue then backfire. the unexpected fallout for gun advocates from hunter biden s guilty verdict and carded the head-scratching moved by a restaurant and keep some people over 21 from eating their the panel is here and ready to go. so sit back, relax, and let s talk about up first. a major decision by the supreme court allowing the so-called abortion pill to stay on the market. what s more surprising all nine justices agreed at a time when at least one of them is under even more scrutiny for his views i don t think we ve ever had a unanimous decision on anything related to abortion. the unanimous decision, a win for abortion rights advocates but it still leaves the door open for future lawsuits against the
Combat troops left helmand is back under their control a special report. The motion is therefore carried. Scotlands Episcopal Church agrees to same sex marriage, a first for anglican churches in the uk. And Coming Up In Sportsday later in the hour on bbc news for the first time in over 50 years, an England Football Team has reached a World Cup Final thats after the under 20s beat italy. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. In one of the most politically explosive Hearings Washington has seen the former director of the fbi has accused white house staff of lying. James comey who was fired by the President Trump was giving evidence to a Senate Committee which is trying to establish whether there was russian interference in last years election and whether mr Trumps Campaign team colluded in that effort. As our North America Editorjon Sopel reports the hearings could have significant implications for the trump presidency. People talk about the crackle of expectation. In washingt
Hearing from them later in the programme. We will Hearfrom Karl Mercer at a nearby mosque which opened its doors to help those in need tonight, who were evacuated from the tower block itself. Alice has a different Vantage Point of the one ive got now. Firstly, i think we should hear from those affected most. People who tonight are counting themselves lucky to escape alive. People who lost their homes and in many cases, people who have lost just about everything and in many cases, people who have lostjust about everything they own. Lostjust about everything they own. Today lostjust about everything they own. Today is the 14th ofjune. 2am, i was woken up by the siren noise. It was my son that woke me up. I think it was about 1 20am. And where were you . On the 17th floor. We grabbed them. We ran downstairs, it took us a solid four minutes to get out, just as i was entering the ground floor, The Fire Brigade was coming up. It was moving very fast. I cannot imagine, it was so fast. I looke
Hearing from them later in the programme. We will Hearfrom Karl Mercer at a nearby mosque which opened its doors to help those in need tonight, who were evacuated from the tower block itself. Alice has a different Vantage Point of the one ive got now. Firstly, i think we should hear from those affected most. People who tonight are counting themselves lucky to escape alive. People who lost their homes and in many cases, people who have lost just about everything and in many cases, people who have lostjust about everything they own. Lostjust about everything they own. Today lostjust about everything they own. Today is the 14th ofjune. 2am, i was woken up by the siren noise. It was my son that woke me up. I think it was about 1 20am. And where were you . On the 17th floor. We grabbed them. We ran downstairs, it took us a solid four minutes to get out, just as i was entering the ground floor, The Fire Brigade was coming up. It was moving very fast. I cannot imagine, it was so fast. I looke
To reach the upper floors because of intense heat and falling debris. This is a completely unprecedented fire. In my 29 years in the London Fire Brigade i have never seen a fire of this nature, and i have seen many high rise fires. Residents have been taking shelter in nearby community centres, some are still looking for missing relatives. She said we cant do it because the smoke is killing her, the smoke is coming. The smoke is coming through the doors, shes keep covering it but. Its everywhere. And that was the last time we heard from her. Theres no word yet on the cause of the blaze. Residents say they had raised concerns about fire safety in the block. Dozens of people are being treated in londons hospitals, 18 are said to be in a critical condition. The block had recently been refurbished. Ministers have ordered urgent checks on buildings where similar work has been carried out. Stay with bbc news throughout the evening for all the developments from our correspondents at the scene