actions the attorney general merrick garland oversaw actions that were taken by jack smith, the special counsel. she wanted to know, for instance, whether the attorney general, specifically on personally approved the indictment. this indictment against donald trump and a couple of other people who worked for him here in fort pierce. and she also questioned trump s attorneys when trump s attorneys emil bove beauvais, said that he believed that jack smith was essentially a shadow government the argument that they were making here today will, was that jack smith was illegally appointed by the attorney general because he came from outside the government. he s not someone who has been approved by the senate. this is a long-shot request, but it is one that the judge for some reason decided needed to be heard, needed to have have an entire hearing. and she also allowed outside parties are groups that had nothing to do with this case, to actually spend a couple of hours making argume
with us. our biggest hour of cnn news central starts right now all right. new york times, maggie haberman says donald trump is prepared to go after president biden on hunter. biden cnn s historic debate. now, just a week away, new details on the final preparations. that s ahead. plus were standing thing by for a possible a huge supreme court decision. many decisions major questions involving trump s immunity and of course, abortion rights unlinked the line and repeatedly reckless with guns, how prosecutor planning to go after alec baldwin, kate bolduan, out today. i m sarah sided with john berman. this says cnn news central just one week to go until the first presidential debate here on cnn no general election debate has ever been this early or potentially this important. and we re you are getting details on how the candidates are getting ready. president biden is headed to camp david. we re told that donald trump is talking to his vice presidential hopefuls, outside alli
again, that s 1807123800 i m jessica schneider at the federal courthouse in washington. and this is cnn president, biden s big move on. immigration offering a pathway to citizenship for some of the undocumented spouses and children of us citizens. a move that could be cheered by hundreds of thousands of families. but a political gamble for his reelection campaign. ad lawmakers have questions boeing ceo is struggling a bit to come up with answers. dave calhoun is on capitol hill. but after a string of safety incidents and an alarming new way so blow report. is there anything you can say to persuade americans that boeing has a handle on its safety issues and just a brutal de from coast to coast. fires in the west and an unrelenting heat wave in the east. and ominous outlook with some are still two days away. we are following these major developing stories anymore, all coming in, right here to cnn news central we re, following major developments from the white house th
breaking news welcome inside politics ammonia. raj, you in for dana bash for following breaking news. supreme court has upheld access to abortion pills like mifepristone, which have become the most common way to end a pregnancy it was a unanimous ruling in a big setback for the anti-abortion movement in the courts. first major decision on abortion, since it s overtone, roe v. wade two years ago the case was brought by a group of anti-abortion doctors. and trump appointed justice brett kavanaugh wrote that citizens and doctors do not have standing to sue simply because others are allowed to engage in certain activities, at least without the plaintiffs demonstrating how they d be injured by the government s alleged under-regulation of others but this fight is far from over. and for that, i want to bring in cnn s senior supreme court analyst killed the scoping and jeff rosen, who s the president and ceo of the national constitution center. joan first, uh, you don t, you re in
dispute, but when house republicans and attorney general merrick garland now spilling onto the house floor where lawmakers are expected to vote soon on whether to hold garland in contempt of court honduras. but does the gop have the votes they need to get this done we re live from capitol hill and secretary of state antony blinken says he is frustrated after hamas suggested several changes to a proposed ceasefire deal. gaza, how negotiators are now trying to look ahead to what happens after the fighting stops and a somber ceremony that children who survived the sandy hook school shooting are now graduating from high school. how they re reflecting on 12 years since that terrible day. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central attorney general merrick garland has dedicated his career to following the law and now he could soon be sanctioned on capitol hill for breaking the rules. this afternoon, the house is expe