tonight, the battle over abortion pill access back in court. what happened at the appeals ruling today, as more states pass restrictive legislation? and, house democrats make moves to spell congressman george santos, while republicans are sidestepping an actual vote. and both sides sounded more optimistic on a possible debt limit deal. we ll break down where things stand in the negotiations as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. today, a federal court heard arguments for and against access to the most commonly used abortion pill. it is the biggest legal battle over abortion since roe v. wade was overturned by the supreme court last summer. nbc s laura jarrett has the details on today s hearing. a federal appeals court appearing deeply skeptical today of arguments from the biden administration and manufacture, as they try to keep mifepristone available. i don t understand the steam. the fda can do no
verdict came along and we made some emergency arrangements. here in boston. to get into this coverage tonight. we have lisa birnbach joining us, as the first guest tonight, as you know, she is e. jean carroll s best friend and the most supportive witness that e. jean carroll had in the trial. she s the very first person who heard e. jean carroll s story. that very day. minutes after it happened. when she had that encounter with donald trump. and you know, lisa burn box testimony about this, i think should so much light into the ways in which victims of sexual assault often have a hard time grappling with what they just went through. and lisa birnbach did, i think the whole country a service. by helping illustrate the confusion and the denial that a lot of sexual victims feel in those first moments after an assault. it s gonna be really important guest to hear from tonight, lawrence, it s great to have her. yeah, alex, last night, on this program, we hand harvard law profe
what happens next and how will vladimir putin use this in the war? the alleged shooter of a hospital building here in atlanta is captured hours after he killed one woman and wounded four others. authorities are trying to figure out what set him off. and the special counsel investigating possible obstruction of justice charge against donald trump issues a flurry of subpoenas to some of trump s closest allies, including two men in charge of surveillance videos at mar-a-lago. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom we kim brunhuber. it is nine a.m. in kyiv, where authorities are reporting the most intense air attacks since the beginning of the year. military official says a ukrainian air defense intercepted all incoming russian missiles. it s likely retaliation for what russia claims is a pair of ukrainian drone strikes on the kremlin, an attempt to assassinate president vladimir putin. he was not at the building at the time. and ukraine strongly denies any such involveme
the trump era policiestrum that actually work to keep the border secure. but ignore what you see with your own eyes, everyone,se because secretary mayorkas, he e has it all under control. the border is not open. op it was not been open, and it will not be open. subsequent to may 11th, ball ,it s been catch and releasee at the border for more thabon wr two years and millions more waved right through. e wavelord knows how many got as there have been. it s an obscene subversion of our national sovereignty and it s purposeful and what was president biden doing today? well, he s so serious. he visited a local taco joint for cinco de mayo that tells you all you need to know. and now they own it. that s the focus of tonight s angle. now, the same people who supported the fauci approach to cover the lockdown, social distancing backs,school mandates, work from home. all the school closures are nowt bemoaning the results of their own policies. about one in two adults in thesica
investigations. oh, a possible indictmen t. and he s still relitigatingss 2020. but guess what?d in trump still has almost a thirty point lead in the rcp average over ron desantis. and he leads bidenhe hea to heae to head as well.he but of course, this doesn t speak to the battleground states that didn t fall trump s way last go around, as you remember. os and two of those states , according to a new public opinion strategies pollop obtained by mcclatchinion y deso not trump, narrowly leads biden intoesantis hasn t jumped into the race yet. he s hinted thatye he s announce after his state legislature wraps its session in may. now, this is worried some aboutd this late timing of desantis, which they claim may leave him ill prepared to defend against the former president s bludgeoning tax and lagging in h the type of on the ground organizing critical states with an early nominating contest. wh well, fotor his part, trump continues what to many seemis anke. petty attacks on de