is the u. s supreme court about to impose a limited ban on medication abortion. the lead starts right now. the u. s. supreme court kicking the can down the road for now, pausing restrictions until friday on access to the abortion pill restrictions put in place by a texas judge. but what might happen after this two day stay and for the third time in a week. young people shot after making innocent mistakes. this time two cheerleaders after one of them mistook someone else s car. for hers. i m going to speak with her cheer programs owner plus one day after one of the biggest media defamation settlements in the history of the universe, the ceo of dominion will be here and we ll talk about whether his company took that historic $787.5 million check from fox at the expense of truth and democracy. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start with breaking news in our health lead this afternoon, the u. s. supreme court handed down its decision in the blockbuster medication abor
the lead plaintiff in a landmark same-sex marriage case joins me tonight. he with begin tonight with a theme that, by now, may be familiar to viewers of this show. repeal the 20th century. the notion that, for many on the far right, the good ole days start with 17 and 18, as in hundreds. the era where men were men and is womener property. and the 20th century, the american century, was literally the ruin of this country as a christian nation the onset of workers rights and social safety net and income taxes and voting rights for women and black people and liberalized immigration and acceptance of lgbtq people and dangerous cultural things, like jazz, hip-hop, you know, rock and roll. and legalized contraception and apportion. believe it or not, there are people and el with-funded groups in this country who have dedicated their lives to repealing it all. but right now, i hate to say it, they are kind of winning. conservative organizations like the heritage foundation had in
and who is against it. majority leader chuck schumer is calling a vote on the women s health care act, an unusual move because he doesn t have the votes. only 49 senators are expected to say yes, 11 short of what it would need to pass. speaking from the senate floor, schumer said he was pushing forward because it was time for each member of that body to tell the american public where they stand. before the day is over every member of this body will make a choice, vote to protect the fundamental rights of women across the country or stand with five conservative justices ready to destroy these rights in one felled swoop. today s vote is one of the most consequential we will take in decades because for the first time in 50 years a conservative majority, an extreme majority on the supreme court is on the brink of declaring that women do not have freedom over their own bodies. this is also about the mid terms for democrats with polling and a century s worth of history keeping
that s a that s an image. so if the court ultimately allows this judge s restrictions to take effect and we re not there yet. it might not happen. but if the court ultimately does do that, and i can easily see four justices who would probably vote that way. and maybe five, um you re in the senate judiciary mini committee. can congress do anything? well the first thing we re doing and you see how aggressive the justice department has been is too vigorously fight this out in the court, and i do not count out a successful result here because you ve got a decision coming out of washington state with 17 states. that is very firm that says this is okay. you ve got the risk of the entire system of approving drugs at stake here. so that s the first step and it is a major one, and unfortunately, we re not going to know the answer until midnight on friday. of course, congress can get involved. congress can pass the women s protection act like that. that s
ukraine. victory day still marks russia s triumphant past. what the kremlin really wants is to celebrate that elusive victory in the present. matthew chance, cnn, moscow. senate democrats are promising a vote on codifying abortion rights into law after the leak of that supreme court draft opinion overturning roe versus wade. yesterday, abortion rights activists protested outside the homes of chief justice john roberts and justice brett kavanaugh. now this document that we ve seen is only a draft. it was obtained by politico. it could be weeks before an official court ruling is released. activists are already gearing up, demanding action from lawmakers. dani daniella diaz joins us now. we expect the women s protection act to be introduced on wednesday.