good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world it is tuesday, july 26th. i m brianna keilar alongside john berman this morning. we re beginning this hour with new cnn reporting that takes us behind the scenes revealing just how close the supreme court came to saving roe v. wade. according to multiple sources chief justice john roberts fought to the bitter end trying to convince his former conservative justices to preserve the constitutional right to abortion. but it was the unprecedented leak of a draft opinion reversing roe that may have have doomed roberts efforts. and the abortion rights drama that testified in april that the draft opinion would soon be published. tensions over the fate of roe were heightened over the course of the leak that diminished whatever chance roberts had to disloch the five votes to overturn the rule. joining us, joan biscupic. joan, tell us how hard he was fighting to bring some folks over to his time. good morning, brianna
hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. you re watching the context on bbc news. london s free newspaper, the evening standard, is to scrap its daily print edition and move to a weekly publication instead. let s return to that breaking news from new york and donald trump s hush money trial. we heard earlier that thejury we heard earlier that the jury had returned to ask further questions. they wanted to hear some of the evidence again as they continue their deliberations. our north america correspondent nada tawfikjoins us now. just bring us up to date on what s been happening where you are. yeah. been happening where you are. yeah, well, the jury been happening where you are. yeah, well. the jury has been happening where you are. yeah, well, the jury has been been happening where you are. yeah, well, the jury has been sent been happening where you are. ir u well, the jury has been sent home now. they have not reached a verdict yet. they are still about nearly five hours int
foil sheets, and go for days without showers. meanwhile, house minority leader kevin mccarthy has visited one of those migrant detention facilities in texas and went after president biden. he said, he should visit the border himself to see what his policies have created. it s more than a crisis. this is a human heartbreak. the sad part about all of this, it didn t have to happen. this crisis is created by the presidential policies of this new administration. there is no other way to claimant than a biden border crisis. harris: but dhs secretary al hunter myrick has echoed the white house in blaming former president trumps policies for the surge, while also dismissing security concerns. the border is secure. the united states border patrol secures the border on behalf of the american people. that s what we do, and we are doing it. in order to keep the american public safe, give us the time to rebuild the system that was entirely dismantled in the prior administration.
That would achieve . Well, i think itjust shows the amount of support weve got behind us. I believe its 370,000 signatures. You know, weve got support from around the world that believe in charlie and believe he deserves this chance. You thought your sons a Life Support Machine would be turned off. How worried are you about tomorrows hearing . Tomorrow is the first hearing, and therell be another one later in the week. I think that will be the scary one, or the day we get the result. Weve got to stay hopeful, hope that the judge listens to the seven experts weve got now that are saying that this has a chance of working for charlie. They all agree that he should have this opportunity. We agree he should have this opportunity. All our supporters do, as well. We just hope we get this chance. Did you think that your battle had come to an end . Explain what was going through your head at that time. Yeah, we did. It was very close. Very close. But, you know, hes still fighting up there, so w