substances over a relatively short period of time is just inexcusable and frankly those around her, if they have broken any rules or mistreated and abused her in this process, they absolutely need to be held accountable. to football and the last eight teams remaining in this season s european champions league now know their route to the final with the quarter final and semi final draws made earlier today. the tie of the last eight sees 14 time european champions real madrid against the defending champions manchester city with the the winner facing either arsenal or bayern munich in the finalfour. the other two ties see paris saint germain take on barcelona, with the winner taking on either atletico madrid or borussia dortmund. in the europa league the favourites liverpool will take on italian side atalanta with the winner coming up against either benfica or marseille in the final four whilst there s an all italian quarter final as ac milan take on roma, and bundesliga l
pictures are from vladivostock. and let s bring you some pictures live from a polling station in moscow. now, there is the potential for a run off vote if no candidate wins more than 50% in the first round. but, with many of mr putin s opponents unable to run, it seems inevitable that vladimir putin will be re elected, without the need for that second ballot. our russia editor, steve rosenberg has more on the issues surrounding this election. these days, when vladimir ovchinnikov paints russia, the result is very dark. from a mountain of skulls and a dictator s ambition. to this russia s war in ukraine likened to stalin s terror. the 86 year old artist had taken his anti war message onto the streets of borovsk, graffiti ing, stop the war. all these paintings were scrubbed out and vladimir fined twice for discrediting the russian army. but he continues to speak out against the invasion of ukraine. translation: i believe that this is a crime against the territorial i integr
it is topsy-turvy live news event kind of day. case in point, in a matter of about two minutes, we expect to hear from president biden. he will address the nation live on a number of topics, not the least of which is the abrupt stepback our country took today away from fairness and progress toward intolerance and discrimination. the conservative supreme court ruled 6-3 in favor of a colorado web designer, an evangelical named lori smith who refused to work on same sex weddings. the court said that the first amendment protected her from punishment. and it is a turning point decision that will flip the state of equal protections on its head and allow business owners to likewise evade punishment under similar laws in 29 states. and in the longer term, it could again signal a threat to the landmark decision of the 2015 case establishing the case of same sex couples to marry. and if you are wondering of the same sex couple, what they are doing, after being denied basic human decen
6-3, the new numbers reshaping american life. the lead starts right now. 40 million americans will not get the student loan forgiveness president biden promised them after the supreme court rejects his plan. and the president says it is unforgivable. then a key ruling on lgbtq rights and freedom of speech involving a wedding website designer and the state of colorado. what it means for anti-discrimination laws across the country. plus as millions of americans plan to take to the roads and skies this holiday weekend, a look at what cities are experiencing turmoil after days of delays. and welcome to the lead. i m abby philip in for jake tapper. today we begin with our law and justice lead. at moment now president joe biden will address the nation after the supreme court today issued two major rulings. one that blocks president biden s student loan forgiveness program rejecting a program that would have delivered debt relief to millions of americans. and the other ruling th
welcome to the beat. we have a lot going on tonight. possible legal nightmares increasing for donald trump. you may say doesn t he already have enough legal problems, but with a top campaign lake cooperating with jack smith it is another story. george santos also back in court with a lot of problems. we begin with the wider story we were discussing with the breaking news yesterday, the war on rights waged by a supreme court that said it cared about president but only cares about some precedent. this now trump tax court is that these two rulings, businesses can now legally refuse service to lgbtq customers, ruling in favor of a web designer who said they could not, would not work on same-sex weddings. now businesses can refuse to sell products and services basically on the argument that the message matters more than the equality and nondiscrimination of their potential client base. no one he wants to go about their lives thinking if i go to this place, if i go to this restau