Law in texas which bans all abortions six weeks after conception took effect in that state. This after the Supreme Court and a federal Appeals Court failed to take Emergency Requests from providers to stop it. Many women do not even know theyre pregnant until after six weeks. Also, a disturbing detail, the new law would allow any private citizen in the country to sua Abortion Providers or anyone who assistS Pregnant women in texas seeking an abortion. Opponents argue the law immediately and catastrophically reduces Abortion Access in texas. All this as the Supreme Court is set to rule on another Abortion Case next month which could have implications for the entire country and, of course, the roe v. Wade ruling. Lets begin with Cnn Supreme Court reporter Aryan Deveaux and political Analyst Kirsten powers. Aryan, let me begin with you. The fact the Supreme Court did not act on this, does that signal their own decision on the merits or might they act today or at a later date . Right, that
Hello and welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Topping our world lead this hour, President Biden grappling with the fallout from the way the u. S. Withdrew from afghanistan. A senior State Department Official telling cnn that the majority of afghans who worked for the u. S. And applied for those special Immigrant Visas or sivs, well, they were likely left behind. Pentagon officials saying that the Siv Program was never meant to be used in a hurried evacuation. The Siv Program is obviously not designed to accommodate what we just did in evacuating over 100,000 people. And so perhaps this program should be looked at going forward. It is designed to be a slow process. Indeed it has been a historically slow process, one that a former Trump Administration official claims that the Trump Administration, quote, sabotaged. But that said, President Biden took office in january, and his administration failed to expedite the process to get these afghan allies out, despite months of warnings. This
America is not done with you yet. President biden vowing to maintain americas fight against terror as he forcefully defended his decision to end the war on afghanistan. Let me say clearly to those who wish america harm, to those who engage in terrorism against us or our allies, know this, the United States will never rest. We will not forgive. We will not forget. Well hunt you down to The Ends of the earth and you will pay the ultimate price. President on defense. Those forceful words because he is on defense. Hes saying he will no go after terror where it is today. He explicitly says terror is not where it was two decades ago when Al Qaeda, of course, launched the 9 11 attacks from afghanistan. The War In Afghanistan is now over. Im the fourth president who has faced the issue of whether and when to end this war. When i was running for president , i made a commitment to the american people that i would end this war. Today ive honored that commitment. Biden says the war should have end
Rears its ugly head outside a major League Baseball Game. Hear from someone who was there when it happened. Tomorrow or a week from now or two weeks from now itll be someone else. And we begin in Western Europe where a desperate search for survivors is under way following those devastating floods. At least 160 people are now confirmed dead. Hundreds of others still unaccounted for. Rising waters, landslides and Power Outages making Rescue Efforts more difficult. The dutch Red Cross supporting residents in the city. 10,000 people ordered to evacuate their homes on friday due to surging river waters. Meanwhile cleanup has begun in areas where waters have receded revealing whats been lost to the rushing waters. Homes, roads, bridges, even ceme cemeteries swept away. One local official calls this flood a catastrophe of historic proportion. And in the coming hours the chancellor Angela Merkel will see it firsthand. The search continues for those still missing. What is the latest . Reporter
Global Health experts are trying to reassure anyone who has received tHe Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine that tHey do not need a Booster Shot, at least not yet. THere has been confusion after pfizer said it sees waning immunity from tHeir vaccine. Now tHe worlds top Health authorities are scrambling to put togetHer a unified message based on science and hard fact. Elizabeth coHen breaks it down for us. Reporter tHeres been a lot of confusion following statements from pfizer and from tHe u. S. Government about wHetHer people need to get a third shot, a booster of pfizers covid19 vaccine. Pfizer put out a Statement Saying that tHey think tHeres waning immunity, and tHeyre going to ask tHe fda next month for Emergency Use Authorization for a third shot. However, tHe federal government says that third Shot Isnt necessary. So lets take it from what pfizer has to say. Pfizer didnt cite any new data or any particular study to show that tHeres waning immunity. Instead, tHey pointed to just some new