stand at this hour and president biden reacting to the leak and slamming republicans, saying controversy is about more than abortion and warning that the crowd is the most extreme political organization that s existed in recent american history. plus, amber heard takes the stand in the defamation trial pitting her against her ex-husband johnny depp. the courtroom drama continues and we will break it down. we begin with what the president is saying about the impact of the possibility the supreme court could possibly overturn roe v. wade. white house correspondent kevin corke has details. good evening. to call extremists who voted for his predecessor is a shocking claim. however, it also reflects a renewed political focus on yes, an old foe, thanks in large part to renewed debate about roe. the economy, gas prices, food prices, crime, the border and foreign policy, each to varying degrees, political kryptonite for the biden white house. with roe v. wade hanging in the balance
getting ready. there was a ton of reaction last night. dana: the breach at the supreme court sending shock waves through washington the draft opinion reported by politico shows the majority of the justices voting in favor of mississippi on its 15-week abortion ban and overturning roe in the process. bill: the unconfirmed leak is seen as an attempt to see one of the judges to change the vote. keep in mind draft opinions circulate and change. nothing is final until it is signed. apparently this was written the first part of february. according to many, however, the damage to the highest court in america, the damage to that court has been done. this is an utter disgrace in terms of how it was released. this thing has been brought about as a result of an unscrupulous person trying to subvert 235 years of tradition. a matter of time. all these institutions will collapse. a grave assault on the supreme court. this is just so outrageous that this draft opinion was leaked
acknowledged russian forces have seized some towns and villages since the assault began last week. however, he said it is come at a high cost for russian forces. insisting that their military has incurred, quote, colossal losses. president zelenskyy said his government is planning a new effort to evacuate civilians from the steel plant in mariupol. russian forces have surrounded the factory for days. rapping 2,000 soldiers and a thousand civilians. mostly women and children. inside. in a message overnight zelenskyy said the operation can work but only with u.n. assistance and russian cooperation. meanwhile, renewed bombing overnight struck a field hospital in the plant killing and further injuring dozens of wounded soldiers being treated there. that is according to the ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs which posted this video appearing to show people in hospital beds covered in rubble. a seen u.s. defense official said some russians forces are starting to pull out of the
build a war crimes case. to that point, this late item from america s ambassador at large for global criminal justice speaking at the u.n. she said the u.s. has credible information that a russian military unit executed ukrainians who were attempting to surrender near donetsk. images and reports from here suggest that such atrocities are not the result of rogue units or individuals but instead reveal, she says, a pattern of systematic abuse. also tonight, the return of american trevor reed held in russia since the summer of 2019. released today in a prisoner swap in turkey. his parents spoke to reporters just a short time ago. it s not going to hit us until we see him. we re excited. we know he s on the plane. i think it s going to really hit us when we get to put our arms around him and hug him. for its part today, the kremlin flexed its economic muscle, cutting off natural gas supplies to poland, as well as bulgaria. poland s prime minister calling it a direct attack,
of people were abdicated from around the town of dema near kyiv during russia s occupation, and most were initially held here in a sprawling industrial site. the russian forces used as a command post. this is where they were kept? yeah. ukrainian prosecutor alexander shows me the conditions those captured people were forced to endure. a small, dark, cold room. people were packed together here, he says. hands bound, eyes taped. this place was where 22 people. when they try to get the toilet, they need to walk on the legs of somebody else. because there are too much people. he says people came and went. some spent weeks here. someone tries to keep track of days by scratching marks on the wall. he said all the people who came through this room had only one thing in common. they were civilians. several people who were kept here tell us they were frequently beaten and interrogated for local information. one man says his hands and fingers were cut to the bone by russian s