stunning nationwide because what roe v. wade said in 1973 is that women have a constitutional right to end a pregnancy before about 23 weeks. and then just to give to what you asked again about the chief, you know, the chief justice likely was going to separate himself from this opinion for institutional reasons, and just think, don, how he must feel right now about the institution and integrity of the supreme court to have news of what s coming likely by the end of june to be to burst on the scene like this and so disturb so many women, so many people on both sides of this debate to see this haphazard announcement of sorts or release of sorts of information that s going to affect so many lives, the political scene across america, and how the court operates going forward, don. you know, john, this is going to mean really immediate repercussions, have immediate repercussions, what are some of the conservative states going to do the minute roe is gone. there are as many a
maybe you want to keep those seat belts fastened. the lead starts right now. major questions raised today about your safety in the air as senators grill the faa why the agency cannot be so sure there will not be more runway near misses and grounded flights. plus, nikki haley officially kicks off her 2024 campaign, bringing a pledge to bring in a new generation of leadership. but how long can she maintain this delicate dance, throwing subtle shade at trump while not alienating his supporters? and hayashi, you know, that first flying object shot down, the one that was deemed a chinese spy balloon. u.s. intel says maybe it wasn t supposed to be over the continental u.s. after all. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the airport chaos taking over capitol hill after the series of near collisions and the nationwide ground stop that led to thousands of delayed and canceled flights. the acting head of the federal aviation administration
because it is a concern, as you said, as it s close to the affluent neighborhoods. it s something they don t want to see, and people want to be necessarily herded into shelters either. let me just tell you it is a profound crisis here. this is just in the city. there s over 50,000 people living on the streets, who have pitched tents and a lot of different places. and we do absolutely have to get people off the street right away, but my concern is that our city kind of has two choices to go, are we gonna go back to failed strategies, which is really just about hurting people and incarcerating a percentage of folks, or are we going to build the type of housing that is needed, and address the underlying problems? and so, that is a very big issue. and we have to involve every single level of government, that s one of the things i bring to the table, especially with my federal state county and city relationships. this should be interesting. are you ready for a runoff, if it ha
was a blatant attempt to use force, to destroy american democracy and the rule of law. that s what made that day so uniquely terrifying, such an existential threat to the democratic order. the organizers, the rioters, wanted to topple the rightful government, and install a wrongful one, using mob violence to do so. the president backed them on, as some of the people closest and participated in the planning. in the variety of wannabe paramilitary groups, they view january six as a testing ground for precisely this undertaking, for using force, violence, intimidation and the threat there of, to overturn the democratic order. today, we saw a big development in the case against one of those groups, the proud boys. department justice charged the longtime leader of the proud boys, enrique tarrio, and four of his top lieutenants, with extremely rare charges of seditious conspiracy. as the indictment alleges, quote, the purpose of the conspiracy was to oppose the lawful transfer of p
Immediately. it is an unbelievable amount of work that is going to be left here for many, many months to come, jake. 100 kilometers, more than 60 miles. sara sidner, thank you. in our national lead, a shelter in place order is in effect for parts of tucson, arizona, because of this, a nitric acid spill that started emitting fumes. truck carrying the hazardous liquid crashed today, the driver dying in the accident. homes were evacuated as crews worked to clear the scene. interstate 10 in tucson is closed in both directions as a precaution. exposure to nitric acid can cause irritation to the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes according to the cdc. up next, nervous residents in ohio don t know whom to believe as they learn soil possibly contaminated from the train derailment has yet to be cleaned up.