asking the supreme court to fast track a decision on whether the former president should even face trial for january 6th and the supreme court has already responded. also in the documents case, new revelations about what the former president and his associates have been saying to a former employee and potential witness. and later, today s life changing decision by the texas woman caught between the state s strict abortion laws and a pregnancy almost certain to end in the death of her child. that and the court ruling on it just moments ago. we begin tonight with the breaking news. just hours after special counsel jack smith asked the supreme court to take up the question of whether the former president is immune from prosecution in the election subversion case, the court responded. though it s only the court s initial move, it is the speedy first step toward a historic decision, with echos of another landmark case involving the president and the law nearly 50 years ago.
news. the united states supreme court just agreed to weigh in for the first time on donald trump s historic criminal prosecution. the justices now set to quickly decide whether to accept the special counsel s request to rule out trump s claims of immunity. also, cnn s new polling in both michigan and georgia finds trump is leading president biden in those pivotal swing states. we re going to break down the warning signs for the biden campaign and the democrats as trump also appears to be gaining support over his republican rivals in iowa. and president zelenskyy is here right now in washington for talks with the president and key lawmakers about stalled u.s. aid to his country. zelenskyy arguing the lack of new war funding is making putin s quote dreams come true. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news. the supreme court res
stonehenge this morning. thousands still celebrating the first sunrise following the solstice. while the sun stays here all day long, for some in the west there is change in the way. details on breakfast. good morning. it s friday, the 21st ofjune. lindsey burrow has told bbc breakfast that her husband rob made the world a better place to be. speaking for the first time since his death three weeks ago, she also revealed that rob left personal messages for their children, which she s not yet ready to hear. john maguire reports. rob and lindsey burrow married in 2006, having first met as teenagers. hello, girls. how was your day at school, my little princesses? since his diagnosis with motor neurone disease four and a half years ago, they faced the condition together as a couple and as a family. i couldn t put into wordsjust how proud i am of rob. i think he wasjust such an inspiration to so many people. he was the face of the mnd community for so many people and gave so many p
Be with him on the hill tomorrow for his first real day back at work and we will see you back here tomorrow night at 7 00. We thank you for being with us tonight. Tucker carlson is up right after this. Thats the story for tonight, we will see you tomorrow, everybody. At a good night. Tucker good evening and welcome to Tucker Carlson tonight. A horrific attack in las vegas has become the single deadliest Mass Shooting in this countrys history. More than 500 are injured after a gunman, a retired accountant perched in the Mandalay Bay Window and opened fire on the Country Music concert. [indistinct] tucker our own Trace Gallagher is a las vegas Semite On Top of the developments as they come in. Trace. We now know there are four crime scenes, the mandalay bay directly behind me, the Concert Venue as well as the home of the suspect, Stephen Paddock in mesquite nevada with to mike about 75 miles north of here. Reno, nevada, in the process of being rated. The Sheriffs Department also told us
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