right to an abortion. and to see those words, it s very stark, i think, to read them. it is stunning when you first do so. it s surprising, i think torsion see it in this format, that looks like a final supreme court opinion. but i do think, john, if you step back and you think about the decades-long effort by conservatives and conservative legal activists, toed edbuild their numbers on the court. you think about the fact that former president donald trump managed to get nominations and confirmations of very conservative justices to the supreme court. in part, because of the hubris of senators mcconnell, you could see this is a long time coming. it s a culmination as you say decades in the making that accelerated over the years and the impact is very, very real. by some estimates, we can put up a map, i think, so people can see, if this draft opinion becomes the real opinion, this means that the states seen in red there would almost immediately outlaw or severely restrict a
bombardment of that city. details of that this hour. i m rosemary church in atlanta with the latest on the biden administration fighting back about the mask rule taken away from public transportation. reporter: we begin in mar mariupol. russian shelling continues. negotiations are underway to try to open up more evacuation corridors. this is what they hope to publish in terms of evacuations so far. russian forces were not able to adhere to a cease-fire for a much larger humanitarian corridor. president zelenskyy said they do not have what they need to defend the city. translator: according to our information, they are keeping 120,000 people in besieged mariupol. i m confident with the combined efforts we can bring all of those responsible to justice and i promise you we ll find them all. reporter: now to a bleak assessment by the governor. russian troops are destroying everything in their path. the governor says 80% of lieu hans k is under control. u.s. defense offici
international correspondent clarissa ward. i want to begin with the situation in mariupol. you have putin now seeming to back off for now saying he doesn t need to assault this steel plant there that has become something of a lifeboats for those remaining. we have learned throughout this war to take the words of vladimir putin with skepticism and to assume he s misleading. what do you think his game is here now for mariupol, his intentions? reporter: well, i think, jim, it is looking more and more like this might be the small victory that russia hopes to be able to proclaim ahead of may 9th, which is victory day in russia. people have been speculating furiously as to how they were going to try to construe anything in this war as some kind of victory. mariupol may provide him with that opportunity, which may be why he is seemingly trying to appear as magnanimous in this moment, even though we know that the according to ukrainian commanders and people inside the city that t
which appears to show new damage in recent strikes. also this morning, ukranian troops refusing to surrender the besieged city of mariupol, despite a deadline by forces. they are asked to agree today on a corridor. this hasas the u.s. sends anoth $800 million to ukraine, including weapons. matt, the mayor is urging the residents to evacuate, and it comes after state department officials said nato allies could be involved in helping civilians get to safety. this is new. what are you hearing? reporter: this is new, bianna, and it s something we know the people inside of that steel plant complex called for as early as yesterday. we spoke to, cnn spoke to the commander of the ukranian marines that are part of the ukranian resistance that is still holding out inside that steel plant yesterday. and what he said is he was calling for a third party country to basically be involved in an evacuation route, basically saying it would take a country outside ukraine and russia to kind of
steel factory in mariupol where civilians are trapped and trying to escape. local police say as many as 1,000 people including many children have been living there hoping for some protection from russia s shelling. vladimir putin s forces have surrounded the place and the new deadline has passed for the people inside to get out before azo azovstal, the name of the steel factory, is destroyed. the situation is so desperate that one brigade commander is asking for a third country to come in and evacuate the civilians and his team who are defending the plant. translator: this is our statement to the world. it may be our last statement. we might have only a few days or even hours left. the enemy s units are ten times larger than ours. they have supremacy in the he artillery and units lotioned ed the ground. we appeal to the world leaders to help us. but let s begin with russia s missile test. state media reports that putin says this launch will, quote, give thought to those