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evening, there s breaking news and a big victory for the biden administration, the fda and the maker but widely used abortion medication that s been taken by millions of women from more than two decades. mifepristone about an hour ago, we learned that a majority of justices on the supreme court decided in effect that the pill will remain legal no restrictions on its usage while an appeal of a lower lower court ruling moves forward that ruling by a federal judge in texas, known as an opponent of abortion, put a hold on the federal approval of the pill by the fda in 2000. and raised questions about the scientific evidence provided by the fda supporting its safety. the fifth circuit court of appeals, then froze parts of that texas judge s ruling but still left significant restrictions on this distribution prohibited pills sent by mail narrowed the window of its availability and blocked healthcare providers who are not doctors from prescribing the pills. this new ruling by ....
questions about the scientific evidence provided by the fda supporting its safety. the fifth circuit court of appeals, then froze parts of that texas judge s ruling but still left significant restrictions on this distribution. it prohibited pills sent by mail narrowed the window of its availability and blocked healthcare providers who are not doctors from prescribing the pills. this new ruling by the supreme court, requested by the vitamin ist rations removes all restrictions while the continues. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider joins us now with more so the justices had until midnight. the ruling didn t come down until well into the evening. do we know why well, we ve been waiting for this a week. anderson after that initial kind of extension on wednesday as well, and it s likely that justice alito, who is the one who wrote he needed time to maybe write this four page dissent, and it s possible even that during their conference this morning, maybe the justic ....
philadelphia yesterday, outgoing chicago mayor lori lightfoot, a democrat, put her party on notice for its rhetoric on crime. as democrats if we do not speak the truth about violent crime in our city, we will be the worst for it. if we say yeah , the police department is spending all this time and resources to rest put a case on and then the judges and the prosecutors say, you know what? we re going to let you out on electronic monitoring to wreak havoc again. and if we don t call that out every single day with these prosecutors and with the judges, many of whom don t live in our city and don t care about what s happening, then we are going to lose an opportunity to advocate for the victims and the witnesses and a resident who just want in deserve peace. we gotta say it. she was one of the four black mayors leading america s biggest cities who gathered at the african american mayors association conference. new york city mayor eric adams made a similar point. we need to ....
widely used for decades taken by millions of women? the decision sets up the most consequential abortion related disputes since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade a new appeals process must now play out a process that could take weeks or even months. cnn s larrionda vogue is following this major decision, ariane, the courts brief was left unsigned and the votes were not disclosed. why well, you make a really good point here because it really shows what the supreme court did. the biden administration went to the supreme court and asked for emergency relief. these lower courts had put restrictions on this abortion drug. the biden ministrations wanted the supreme court to lift those restrictions while the appeals process played out. so this supreme court in that order that you referred to agreed to do so it did not rule on the merits of whether the he a had the authority in the first place to approve the drug. it s simply said that right now that drug could remain wi ....
junior enlisted member of the massachusetts air national guard may have had access to some of the country s secrets and striking that the leaked material first surfaced online in a venue widely used by gamers in a group the suspect led, possibly for the benefit of just a few dozen members lot to cover tonight. cnn s jason carroll starts us off in the suspect s hometown. so how did authorities identified this person and how did the arrest unfold? well, let s start with the arrest anderson it happened here. indictment massachusetts just south of boston. you can see law enforcement still here on maple street. this is the street where the suspect jack to share a lived with his mother. the arrest went down late this afternoon. camera cameras were up above. as it all happened. you can see the suspect being taken into custody by the fbi hands above his head wearing red shorts. slowly backing into the custody of fbi agents also want to let you know what we know about the suspec ....