good evening, we begin tonight with two developments into the january 6th investigation. the first concerns john eastman, the trump lawyer who cooked up the scheme to overturn the election. the one that former white house attorney eric harshman told to quote, get a great criminal defense lawyer. we learned tonight that the fbi has seized his phone. eastman did nothing to dispel suspicion when he went before the select committee, took the fifth over and over again. i assert my fifth amendment right to being compelled to be a witness against myself. did the trump legal team ask you to prefer a memorandum regarding the vice president s role in the counting of electoral votes in joint sessions of congress, 26, 2021? doctor eastman, did you advise the president of the united states that the vice president could reject electors from seven states and declare that the president had been reelected? fifth. doctor eastman, the first sentence of the memo start off by saying tha
prepares to sign it into law. will it make a difference in the epidemic of gun violence in the united states? i ll ask the new york city mayor eric adams. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf f blitzer, you re the situation room . we begin with the u.s. supreme court decision undoing a half century old precedent and ending a woman s guaranteed federal right to an abortion. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has more on the ruling and ramifications. hell no we don t need roe. reporter: roe v. wade roe v. wade no longer the law of the land. eliminating the right to abortion and leaving all decisions concerning abortion rights to individual states. the final 5-4 majority opinion striking the draft from justice samuel a lee toe. in a dissenting opinion, the court s liberal justices lament the current state of the conservative court saying with sorrow for this court and many millions of american women who have today
Stay tuned. Well have senator Susan Collins announcement as soon as she comes to the floor. From there well know more. Thanks for joining us. Ill be on the five at 5 00. Im dana. Heres shep. Shepard the vote is tomorrow, but the big moment is right now. A live look. The floor of the United States senate where were about to witness what could be the Tipping Point for judge Brett Kavanaughs Supreme Court nomination. At any moment now, the key republican senator from maine will announce how she plans to vote tomorrow. Susan collins holds all the cards. If shes a yes on Brett Kavanaugh, he is likely the next associate justice of the Supreme Court. Big picture, theres four key senators today. Three of them are collins, joe manchin and jeff flake voted yes today. Jeff flake said he will vote to confirm kavanaugh unless Something Big happens. Susan collins hasnt said how she will vote on the actual nomination. Were watching the republican senator Lisa Murkowski of alaska. She voted against a
Thank you. What a busy afternoon we are about to have. You have the busiest hour of the day. Lot of people asking why did Susan Collins decide 3 00 is when she is i dont have a good answer, but we will hear it moments from now. We dont have an answer, why are you asking the question. Other people are asking me the question, thats our job to figure it out. It appears we will hear from her in moments. History is about to be made in the United States capitol. The final confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court count will come down to two undecided senators. One is about to make her decision public, republican senator Susan Collins is set to take the senate floor moments from now to announce how she will vote on Brett Kavanaugh. The stakes could not be higher. Li Lisa Murkowski of alaska, republican, saying she will vote no. Jeff flake from arizona,
republican, not running for reelection says he will vote yes. If collins joins the yes column, this is a done deal. Kavanaugh will
confirmation hearings and then do the opposite on the court. here is what brett kavanaugh said in 2018. one of the important things to keep in mind about roe v. wade is that it has been reaffirmed many times over the past 45 years. as you know. and most prominently, most importantly, reaffirmed in planned versus casey in 1992. that makes casey a precedent on precedent. precedent on precedent that he voted to abandon. he suggested he wouldn t but he did. gore six expressed similar thoughts. many republican senators susan collins took both at the word and said that, this decision is inconsistent with justices or truck and kavanaugh said in a meeting with me. as the matter of the president, friday s ruling raises more questions. you will recall on his opinion that justice clarence thomas