U. S. Capitol police say the force is closely monitoring plans for gathering September 18th. Associated press say sources show Extremist Groups plan to attend the rally, designed to demand justice for the hundreds of people charged in connection with januarys insurrection. The Associated Press adds that discussions are under way about whether to reinstall the fence put up around the capitol after the riot, and politico reports that new Court Filing shows prosecutors who reviewed Body Cam Footage concluded the rioters committed more than 1,000 assaults on federal officers. In texas, ban on abortion after six weeks is raising fears about the future of roe v. Wade. New measure is strictest State Level Abortion ban that went into effect after the Supreme Court did not act on a request to block it. Private individuals can sue anyone who performs an abortion or helps a woman obtain one. White house wasted no time in voicing objections to the ban. This extreme Texas Law blatantly violates the
Conference over the last several days it is clear that liz cheney s support has cratered, elyse stefanek has locked down enough support and that this would be the biggest shakeupch republican leadership that we ve seen since john boehner stepped down as the house speaker in 2015. Manu, what does congresswoman cheney have to say? behind the scenes he s not moving to try to lock down support unlike in february in february when she survived an attempt to push her out. That time she spent time on the phone explaining her vote to impeach donald trump and eventually won a vote pretty easily in the house republican conference. This time she s not doing that. She s saying privately she s telling her allies she won t lie or stay quiet in order to keep her post and one person familiar with liz cheney s thinking told me earlier today that she s fighting this larger battle that s for the soul of the party and preserving the foundations of our democracy, so she sees exactly where this vote is heade
Washington. Welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world on this first day of may. You are in the cnn newsroom. As we come on the air tonight, several countries are rushing to get desperately needed covid aid to india. Essential medical supplies are arriving as india s health care system buckles under the out of control pandemic. On friday india recorded more than 400,000 new cases in a single day. That is a first since this pandemic began. India is not alone. Symbolic body bags now lined the famed beach there in rio de janeiro. Brazil now reporting 400,000 covid deaths. The government s handling of the pandemic now under investigation. The contrast country to country grows more stark. Hospitals in india are struggling to provide even the most basic care. Eight patients died at a new delhi hospital this afternoon because of a lack of oxygen. They couldn t breathe and there was no oxygen for them. This as disney land in the u. S. Reopens and the nation takes more ste
of the tunnel draws near. we re headed in the right direction. we re going to have a great summer. but we just have to be a little more careful against the big stuff right now. i fear that people are going to get complacent. they are going to see that things are returning to normal. we don t reach herd immunity come the fall and with the winter, because coronaviruses are winter respiratory viruses, we have a big resurgence. raids by federal agents of rudy giuliani s apartment and office this week are raising fears among former president trump s inner circle. these are quite overt steps that are being taken by the justice department. this isn t just anybody. this is a lawyer to the president, former u.s. attorney in new york. it s a late night for spacex, as a crew and capsule get set for an overnight splashdown in the gulf of mexico. i m pamela brown in washington. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are in the cnn newsroom. gre
welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, january 27th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. just a few hours from now, the fight officially begins to fill the next vacancy on the nation s highest court. president biden and stephen breyer expected to officially announce breyer s retirement at the white house. obviously this has major historical and political implications. so here s a look at the supreme court vacancy by the numbers. 108 of the 115 u.s. justices have been white men. the other seven, two black men and five women. it s been 28 years since bill clinton and breyer showed off their running legs in short-shorts. just another reason to love the 90s. 28 years since then senator biden presided over briar s nomination. six years since former president obama announced now attorney general merrick garland to fill antonin scalia s seat. that didn t work out. 1,239 days since one of the most heated confirmation hearings i