wonderful, wonderful, laura, is a reference to steve martin s great film l.a. story when he says he s falling in love. and here i thought it came to mind because you saw me in canary yellow. that s what inspired it. anyway, it was a cinematic theme. i like the trivia. i like the fun facts to start the show. that s awesome. next i ll work on a pop up video for it. very good. and you re awesome too, jake. good evening, everyone, i m laura coates in washington. and i m allison camerota in new york and this is cnn tonight. we re also here with our panelists across the political spectrum there s actually one team in washington with me. and the other team here in new york with me. basically we have so much work we need two studios. it doesn t fit in one. so let s start with all the developments heading up to the mid-terms. the big guns from barack obama to donald trump are about to hit the campaign trail, and we ve also got new polling that tells us a lot abou
a swing district that went to trump in zweent and then joe biden in 2020. steve joins us in just a moment to break down how democrats messaging on abortion rights is now recasting the conversation about that once expected red wave this fall. also from new york, a victory for two key figures since the impeachment of donald trump, jerry nadler handily defeated caroline maloney after powerful allies were forced to run for the same seat. and in a crowded 10th district, federal prosecutor daniel goldman won unseeding mondaire jones. and in florida, democrats have placed their debts on charlie crist to challenge the state s current republican governor ron desantis in the general elocation. and it will be former orlando police chief congresswoman val demings trying to unseat marco rubio in the united states senate. both charlie crist and val demings will be our guests on the show a short time from now. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, august 24th, i m willi
leaves abortion a question for each state to settle. that heads up if you will by no means makes this day any less consequential. justice samuel aleto says roe was egregious from the start. in a joint rebuttal the court s three liberals wrote this, with sorrow for this court but more for the many ill-man s american women who today have lost a fundamental constitutional protection, we dissent. the impact nationwide will be limit. the role reversal was the goal, of course, of a decades long conservative campaign to tilt the courts their way. the three trump appointees to the high court, the culmination of that. now a new legal chapter unfolds state by state as does a new political fight. we ll hear from president biden shortly. and nancy pelosi vows make abortion now the big deal in the campaign. reporter: the supreme court here issuing its most consequential decision in decades holding there s no longer a federal constitutional right to get an abortion and now handing the is
heading to south korea. his first trip to asia as president while pyongyang watches closely. and the taliban continues to roll back the rights of women in afghanistan. now forcing a choice between covering their faces or losing their on-air jobs. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. a bill authorizing $40 billion in u.s. aid to ukraine is on its way to seoul, south korea, for president joe biden s signature. the aid package easily passed the u.s. senate on thursday but does not take effect until it is signed. another $100 million worth of artillery, radar and other e equipment headed to ukraine. and more than 1,000 cars have been blocked at a russian checkpoint for four days. the convoy is trying to reach ukrainian-held territory. with reports many making that journey are running low on food and water. in mariupol, more than 1,700 ukrainian troops have surrendered at the steel factory. cnn cannot verify that report, but an unknown number of sold
Well, if i might to make sure we are not making a mistake senator coops. It is my hope that if you are confirmed and we do make progress on bipartisan criminal Justice Reform that as Attorney General you will carry out whatever legislative decisions might be made by this body. Last let me say in my six years here in addition to not working on a number of bipartisan proposals on criminal Justice Reform you have repeatedly voted against congressional attempts to prohibit torture in the military on text or the interrogation context and to defend enhanced interrogation practices. Are you clear now that our statutes prohibit torture and if the president were to rover yid that clear Legal Authority what actions would you take . On your previous question i would note the federal prison population has already dropped 10 or more percent and will drop
another 10,000 this year. What is happening now is reducing the federal population. This law only dealt with the federal prison population. And th