chief justice john roberts join the three liberal justice in the decent. one of the strictest in the nation and bans abortions before many people know they are pregnant remains on the books. we have a big couple of hours ahead for us, all live here on cnn with our breaking news. i want to get to our meteorologist though to tell us about what s going on. this water came in fast and furious as we heard here in new york city. as we heard the governor talk about and the mayor of new jersey declaring a state of emergency and the governor as well. this area is being uniinundated with water. look at this number, almost 200 miles stretch of land there of emergencies of portions of new jersey and onto new york and in place there going onto thursday morning. flash flood emergencies only a handful with issued per year and often you will see them with over topping of ada dam or levy. you have catastrophic flooding taken place. those are some what common. these won t happen every single
travel just recorded the busiest five-day stretch of the pandemic. a total of 8.7 million people. it s the kickoff for a rebound summer travel season for the airlines, one they cannot wait for. delta airlines says flights will be operating at 90% capacity this summer, a thought unimaginable only a year ago. you know this story not just about air travel. aaa anticipated 37 million people would travel 50 miles or more over the holiday weekend. 34 million of them by car. those numbers really not all that far off from 2019, prepandemic. people tell us they re excited for a bit of a return to normal. one thing still not normal, even if you re fully vaccinated. you still have to wear a mask on all public forms of transportation planes, trains, buses, boats also here in terminals. pete muntean, thank you for this reporting. a sign of rebirth going on. so this morning, quote, democracy itself is in peril. stark words from president biden as he was marking a memorial day weekend
although they did manage to avert a government shutdown this week, there remains so much of the people s business that has yet to be completed. the build back better plan, our national defense budget and an increase to the debt ceiling. democrats will need every accomplishment they can get to fend off republicans in the midterm and we got a reminder this week just how consequential every election can be. the conservative majority supreme court built by former president trump heard arguments in an abortion rights case that experts warn could end roe versus wade as we know it. barring a surprise ruling, the only way to reverse the rightward march of the court is to elect more democrats to the house and senate. and the way to do that is to deliver for the people. and even that may not be enough on its own. missing from the list of year-end ledge lay five priorities i just listed for democrats is the existential issue of voting rights. with republicans doing everything they can a
come on. hypocrisy is stunning. you can t help a family making $75,000 a year, but you can help a millionaire and you have your debt forgiven? i believe the court s decision to strike down my student debt relief program was a mistake, was wrong. one of the most regressing supreme court terms in history comes to an ignominious end with blows to president biden s student debt plan, lgbtq protections, and affirmative action. also tonight, moms for liberty was designated an extremist group by the southern poverty law center. so it s no surprise that republican presidential candidates including ron desantis are right at home at their convention. we begin tonight with the supreme court on the final day of their term, delivering a devastating one-two punch to the american people. today, the six conservative justices ruled in favor of an evangelical christian web designer who refused to make websites for same-sex weddings. a major setback to lgbtq rights and protections. they als