wade, which legalized abortion nationwide in 1973. now, angry and somber abortion rights supporters have been gathering outside the supreme court, but to be clear, the final opinion here has not yet been released. and until it is, abortion is still the law of the land, although it seems unlikely that those votes will change, given, of course, the conservative majority among the justices. now, we have to say, the publishing of this draft opinion is already a stunning breach of supreme court confidentiality and secrecy. you see it there, politico actually published 98 pages, the entire draft. cnn cannot confirm the document s authenticity. cnn legal analyst joan reports now from washington. reporter: this is seismic news coming from the supreme court. in a draft opinion obtained by politico, the court appears poised to overturn the landmark decision, roe v. wade, that legalized abortion in the united states. this means nearly 50 years of legal access to abortion in any state
woman s rights and ambition. according to the draft opinion obtained by political the supreme court has privately voted to strike down the landmark roe v. wade decision from 49 years ago. political reports tonight, quote the draft opinion is a full appreciation of the 1983 decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights. in a subsequent 1992 decision, planned parenthood versus casey, the lodged and maintain the right. roll was a gradually wrong from the start. illegal rights. political also pointing out justices can, and sometimes do change their votes as draft opinion circulate. nbc news has not confirmed the draft ruling, and so, far the supreme court has declined to comment. even if this leak, even if this leak itself is unprecedented, the new york times pointing out, early jobs of opinions had never leak before the final decision is announced. so we ve got unprecedented across the board and a lot to begin to. with that, let s bring in our e
january 6th select committee, how her hours of testimony may actually end up being key to the investigation. let s go outfront. good evening, i m kaerin burnet the breaking news, russia intensifying assault on a sprawling steel plant where thousands of ukrainians are holed up. i just spoke to a commander there who said the strikes have been literally nonstop over the past few hours yet despite the attacks ukrainian fighters say they still hope to evacuate several hundred people which includes still in that plant, commander tells me, 20 children. as you can see, though, there is heavy black smoke rising over the area where the plant is located. it is, of course, in the area of mariupol, and tonight, russia is cla claiming putin s forces reached the outskirts of the plant and carrying out a step-by-step clearing operation. well captain pladomar at the plant pushed back against russia s claims. translator: all of the buildings that they re showing or might be showing, they a
united states, and i m going to be fine. i m going to be fine, right? [ laughter ] ask yourself this question. [ applause ] if if russian journalists who are losing their livelihoods as you were talking about, steve, and their freedom for daring to report on what their own government is doing, if they had the freedom to write any words, to show any stories or to ask any questions, if they had basically what you have, would they be using it in the same way that you do? not the enemy of the people. the truth matters. american democracy is not a reality show. it s reality itself. the first amendment is in peril because democracy is in peril. the authoritarian impulses of trump are not behind us. they are very much still here. the infamous phone call trump once made to georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger asking him to find the votes to steal the election in his favor. that phone call is now the center of a criminal investigation, what may be the biggest threat of
welcome to the show, everyone. it s 1 it s 10:00 a.m. in lviv. there is hope for evacuations from the besieged city of mariupol could resume soon. according to local officials, a convoy overseen by the u.n. and the red cross will leave this morning. 100 people were evacuated from the cities as is still planned. it is believed hundreds more are still trapped inside the sprawling industrial complex. many have been stranded there for weeks now under russian attacks. they decimated the city. food and water supplies have been running dangerously low, but despite those dire conditions, evacuations had to be paused on sunday night and ukrainian soldiers said shelling resumed against the plant once again. for so many in mariupol the chance to escape came too far too late. 20,000 residents have been killed since the war began. it is a staggering number. but those burying the dead are seemingly endless as well as heartbreaking task as sarah sidner has this report. reporter: no tears,