conservatives had second thoughts, and what the leaked draft did to any hope for compromise. now a year and a half later, the high court is on clean up duty. agreeing to take on the first major complication from its ruling, this one on the abortion pill. mifepristone. the decision, which could effectively ban the pill nationwide should come next june, meaning the court will keep abortion front and center in the summer before the presidential election. an issue that has repeatedly proven to boost democrats, especially as republicans are still struggling to figure out what to say on it. just listen to senators ted cruz and john cornyn on this week s decision by the texas supreme court to deny kate cox an abortion. senator, are you supportive of the texas supreme court s ruling in the kate cox case that prevented her from getting an abortion after she learned her fetus was not viable. call the press office. i have for two days, and i haven t received an answer. are you w
. the crazy thing about this is that this is protective net. that s crazy. wow. look at that. yeah. it looks like it s water. geez. that is pretty crazy. good morning, everyone. we re so happy you re with us on assignment in los angeles. the northeast, is bracing for anarctic blast. extreme wind chills set to be the lowest in decades. this morning, the areas impacted by the cold temperatures. we ll take you live to boston. plus, a suspended chinese spy balloon the size of three buses has been seen hovering over usair space. where it was just spotted and what the pentagon plans to do now. plus this they see me as a powerful voice that needs to be silenced. that is congresswoman omar. she has been removed from the house foreign affairs committee. democrats accusing republicans of racism. what kevin mccarthy is staying ahead. we do begin this hour with extreme arctic weather unleashing some of the coldest temperatures the northeast has seen in decades. forecasters ar
one of the big questions that will surround the ukraine defense contact group in germany on friday where 50 nations or so will come together to find and ship and organize weapons to ukraine revolves around the issue of tanks. congress and the white house engaged in a risky standoff as the u.s. reaches a 31.4 trillion borrowing limit. down by the river singer, songwriter, guitarist david crosby was an american music icon. david crosby was 81 years old. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, january 20th. 9 a.m. here in london. 10 a.m. in ramstein, the airbase in germany where western allies are gathering at this hour to talk about ukraine s military needs and how they can help. lloyd austin is hosting the conference of more than 50 countries. the u.s. has already announced another $2.5 billion in aid including striker combat vehicles, more bradley fighting vehicles and avenger air defense systems but ukraine s pres
Military pressure on hamas with expanded Ground Operations in gaza. Gaza residents report the israeli airstrikes have become more intense than ever. Nearly all communications in and out of enclave still appear to be down. And the mounting death toll in gaza led the u. N. General assembly to vote for an immediate ceasefire, it was denounced in light of the october 7 attack. Now officials spoke to erin burnett about why this wont end like other conflicts in the past. They killed 1,400 people with the most spectacular, cruel violence, injured over 5,000 people, took 230 people hostage, including 30 children, including 30 children. And israel has decided we can no longer live with this Jihadi Enclave on our borders. This is not another round thats going to end with ceasefire and hamas deserved. This is a war hamas declared on us on october 7 and a war that were going to win. Still, hamas leaders have been defiant and continued to launch rockets into israel. Three people were wounded when a
From southern israel. As israel intensifies its air strikes before its widely expected ground strike, palestinian homes have been hit without warning. These pictures are from rafah where locals pulled victims from the rubble of a house that was hit overnight. And these images are from khan younis in Southern Gaza. Israel had asked Palestinian Civilians to move south for their own safety as it said it was focusing its air strikes on hamas infrastructure. The Israel Defence forces released this video of air strikes over gaza. We cant independently verify when this was shot. Gazais gaza is the south but to the north, israel has also launched fresh air strikes. This time at iran backed hezbollah inside lebanon. This is a video of it firing at hezbollah. 34 3a aid trucks has so far managed to get into gaza. The main un agency there says hundreds of trucks of aid are needed every day. The Rafah Crossing is currently the only route into gaza because its the only one that doesnt border israel.