a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm max foster in london. we're following the breaking news coverage of the war in ukraine and plus the fallout from the u.s. supreme court draft opinion that could strip away abortion rights for millions of american women. >> we will not go back, we will not go back! >> how dare they tell a woman what she can do and not do with her own body. >> every other decision with a

notion of privacy is thrown into question. >> i think the right outcome is to overturn roe v. wade. it was wrong the day it was skski decided. >> the court should turn out the bad faith noise and feel completely free to do their job. >> let me bring you up-to-date with the breaking news, that the eu has announced a sixth package of sanctions against russia in response to the war in ukraine. the plan which has yet to be agreed includes a proposal to ban all russian oil imports. the eu commission president says putin must pay a high price for his brutal aggression. we'll have more on that in about 20 minutes time. millions of women are feeling anguish over what they view is an ability human right, and that is the ability to end a

pregnancy. the leaked document shows that the supreme court could be on the verge of taking away that constitutional right and that has ignited angry protests. the draft opinion shows the court appears poised to overturn the landmark abortion rights low roe v. wade. the u.s. vice president is infuriated. in a fiery speech she asked the crowd if they could think of any laws that give the american government power to make decisions about men's bodies. >> those republican leaders who are trying to weaponize the use of the law against women, well, we say how dare they! how dare they tell a woman what she can do and cannot do with her own body. >> to be clear the supreme court's final decision won't come until later next month and it is possible albeit unlikely that the votes could change.

for now abortion is still the law of the entire land. but without federal protections, states would be in charge of reproductive laws. all those states in red on this map are practically certain to ban abortion and the ones in yellow are likely to do the same. many conservative republicans are thrilled about the likely demise of roe v. wade but not showing it just yet, instead they are voicing outrage over the leak of the draft opinion as paula reed explains. >> reporter: the leaked draft sparking protests across the country. and prompting questions. chief justice john roberts -- >> do you plan to investigate the leak? >> reporter: he issued a statement calling the leak an egregious breach. he has dr directed the marshal of the court to investigate. the court confirms that the draft is authentic but cautioned

that it does not represent a position on any members of the case. the nearly 100 page opinion says a majority of justices are prepared to uphold a mississippi law that would ban abortion after 15 weeks and overturn roe v. wade which established a right to abortion 50 years ago leaving to individual states to determine abortion's legality. justice samuel alito draft stat inherent right to abortion and that the constitution makes no such to abortion. alito says roe was wrong from the state and its reasoning was weak and the decision has had damaging consequences. the opinion is not expected to be published until late next month and could still be modified as draft opinions circulate and justices can change their vote. sources tell cnn roberts did not

want to completely overturn roe, it appears alito was joined in his majority by clarence thomas, brett kavanaugh, neil gorsuch and amy coney barrett. even though kavanaugh and gorsuch called roe the law of the land. >> it is an important precedent of the supreme court. >> that is the law of the land. i accept the law of the land, senator, yes. >> reporter: senator sue son c is an collins said today the draft opinion was completely inconsistent with what justice gorsuch and justice kavanaugh said in the hearings and in our meetings. president biden echoed concerns that this decision could serve as a template for limiting other individual rights previously recognized by the court like same-sex marriage and access to contraception. >> if the rationale of the

decision were to be sustained, a whole range of rights are in question. >> we'll go down as an abomination, one of the worst most damaging decisions in modern history. >> we could pass a law to protect every woman's right to an abortion and we should do that. >> if this turns out to be the opinion of the court, it could have a major impact on the outcome of this election. >> reporter: republicans are condemning the leak itself. >> whoever committed this lawless act knew exactly what it could bring about. >> whoever did this leak should be prosecuted and should go to jail for a very long time. this has shaken the independence and the ability of the judiciary to function. >> reporter: paula reed, cnn, washington. >> the field is set for what is

expected to be one of the hotly contested senate races of this year. j.d. vance will win ohio's primary and he will face democrat tim ryan in november. jeff zeleny has more from cincinnati, ohio. >> reporter: in one of the first big primary nights of the 2022 midterm campaign season, a big republican victory in cincinnati for j.d. vance who emerged the victor in a crowded primary field for the u.s. senate. now, this is the race to replace retiring senator rob portman. he was running against a field of five other major candidates and emerged as winner at the end thanks to the endorsement of donald trump. this has been viewed as a test of the former president's strength inside the republican party and one of the first people j.d. vance thanked tonight was mr. trump. >> i have absolutely got to thank the 45th president of the united states, donald j. trump.

ladies and gentlemen, an example of what could be. remember 2019 when wages were going up and not down, remember 2019 when workers were doing well in this country, not struggling terribly? thanks to the president for everything, for endorsing me. >> reporter: j.d. vance known for that book hillbilly elegy, has never run for public office before. in his first campaign, he not only defeated several republican candidates, he also introduced himself to ohio voters. he will be running against democratic congressman tim ryan who vance accused of trying to act like a trump democrat. of course this will be one of the most competitive races in the fall campaign. but more importantly urgently, this is a big test of the former president's strength going forward. he has offered endorsements in several races and the strength will be tested throughout the month of may if he is a king maker in his party, the first

try on that stop here in ohio, mr. trump showed that he still is. jeff zeleny, cnn, cincinnati. we'll get the latest on situation in ukraine for you now. let's bring in isa in lviv. >> very good morning to you, max. ukraine's military is echoing the latest british intelligence, russia says it is struggling to break through ukrainian defenses. we have new video that shows ukraine's artillery and attack drones continue to be effective against russian armor in the east. it shows ukrainian forces hitting at least two russian positions on the russian occupied snake island. and strikes hit several regions in the past several hours causing severe damage to railways. i'm in lviv, the mayor says two people were injured. and these images you are looking at show a power station on fire in the aftermath knocking out

electricity for parts of the city on tuesday. water supplies we've been told have also been affected. wolf blitzer was told striking infrastructure is part of moss ca moscow's strategy. >> they have been doing this the last couple weeks and we believe this is an attempt by the russians to try to hit targets that they believe are affecting ukraine's ability to resupply or reinforce themselves. >> right now we are also keeping a very close eye on the besieged city of mariupol. ukrainian officials say they are planning to evacuate more people from the area over the coming hours. for some, the harrowing journey to safety is finally complete. tuesday more than 150 evacuees from mariupol arrived in the city of zaporizhzhia, part of a convoy led by the u.n. and the red cross. many had been evacuated from the bombed out azovstal steel plant.

others are still trapped inside that sprawling industrial complex that has been under relentless attack. according too of officials fromh sides, officials have launched a fresh round of attacks on the plant. a ukrainian commander inside azovstal says they have been under constant fire and at least two civilians sheltering in a bunker were killed during those attacks. nick paton walsh was there when evacuees from the steel plant began arriving in zaporizhzhia and he spoke with two women about some of the horrors they endured while trapped underground. >> reporter: five buses only, but within them, the world's hopes of a way to deliver innocent ukrainians to safety from russia's onslaught. the first to leave the basement of azovstal bringing with them stories of the circle of hell they lived in underground for

weeks. this is olga. after two months in the dark, she struggles in sunlight still. i ask if she can see okay. bad, she says. i can't see anything in the sun. age 78, and she keeps saying completely alone. her entire life is in these two bags. 48 hours earlier, she was pictured in a ukrainian military video just walking out of mariupol tearfully across a bridge. now slvia the u.n. and red cros talks in moscow and countless checkpoints, she is here worried that she can't fend for herself because a wound is not healing because of her diabetes. her toilet roll in her pocket.

also coming off the bus is another familiar face, anna, with her six month old. embraced by her brother, one of many family reunions here. she was also seen in the same video as olga leaving mariupol. the day after her baby turned six months old. she is a french teacher in happier times. how do you feel now?

>> now i feel happy and exhausted. because two months is amazing. >> reporter: how did you live for two months in a basement with a four month old boy? how did you eat? >> now i smile because i can smile finally. all these months i was crying every day. emotions were very deep. we would heat the water on the candle. >> reporter: the busy world she's emerged into now different for her. >> for me now, airstrikes is the most difficult and the most scared because now i -- when i -- sorry.

emotional. >> reporter: of course. >> now when there are a lot of noise, i have like a reflex to hide myself, you know. >> reporter: what are you going to tell him when he's older? >> i just tell him that he was really, really very brave boy. very brave. he is very calm. he is the best child in the world. >> reporter: he is sleeping well, so that is good. >> yeah, all this time. yeah. and also i can say that i don't want for him to repeat this terrible. >> reporter: yet the terror that they have all witnessed will fuel a loathing that won't pass quickly. nick paton walsh, cnn, zaporizhzhia, ukraine. >> very brave little boy as well as a brave mother. and as i told you in the last few minutes, we're keeping a close eye on the situation in mariupol, we're expecting more

evacuations. we've just learned that evacuations from mariupol are now under way, a convoy of buses has left mariupol and obviously they will be making their way to zaporizhzhia one assumes. joining me now from zaporizhzhia is a spokesperson for the international committee of the red cross. chris, i was wondering if you could give me any insight from your vantage point as to how long it will take for this convoy of buses to arrive and any sense of the numbers. yesterday we got 156 civilians. how many are we expecting today to be evacuated, do you know? >> thanks for having me. at this stage i can't go into any details around potential ongoing operations. what i can speak about is basically how we managed to get people out of azovstal in a five day operation. yesterday our teams arrived with the civilians trapped in azovstal, and they are now in safety. your viewers have seen the footage and we are relieved at

the one hand that these people have made it out, but at the same time obviously more needs to be done and we're in constant dialogue with the party so we come conduct more operations like the one that happened yesterday. >> you can give us any signal at all how long this journey, this evacuation could take from mariupol to zaporizhzhia, any sense of timing here? >> at the moment i can't go into any details of potential operations. i'm sorry. but what i can tell you is that these are highly complex operations. and so what our teams need on the ground and has shown since our team not last operation left on friday, and it was a five day operation to get people out of the azovstal and surroundings. so it shows that is this an active conflict zone, so people need to -- our teams need to negotiate a lot in order to get people out.

>> let's talk about the complexity of this operation. it is a positive sign of course that civilians are coming out, not just from the azovstal steel plant but also from mariupol, the city itself. as we've outlined, as you have outlined, takes slow and pretty staggered process. what is behind the delays besides obviously being a war going on, what is russia saying, what are they requiring in order for this to take place? >> as you've rightly pointed out, it is an active conflict. so that makes it incredibly complex in terms of our confidential dialogue with the parties. and to agree on concrete logistical terms. so the exact route, the timing, how many civilians can be evacuated. all these logistical questions are important but obviously since the situation on the ground is fluid, things are changing by the minute. so obviously that can lead to

delays. but what we've seen is our teams are extremely determined to get people to safety and with this operation yesterday, it has shown that there is a glimmer of hope for civilians and we've not forgotten that people are still trapped not only in mariupol and azovstal, but anywhere that they may be and we continue to work to get these people out. >> i wanted to ask you, and i'm not sure whether you can tell me this for operational security reasons, but from what i understand today the evacuations will be from mariupol city. do we know whether there will be any civilians being evacuated part of this convoy from the azovstal steel plant? >> at this stage i'm really sorry but for operational security, i can't confirm and i can't go into specific details. but what i can tell you is that our team is tirelessly working on safe passage not only in

ukraine, but this is our role as a international committee of the red cross, this is what we do in conflict zones and we continue to work to get people to safety. >> give us a sense really of what you are being hearing. we heard a report from nick paton walsh just terrifying deals that people have gone through not just inside azovstal but inside the city as well. what have your teams been hearing on the ground? >> our teams have been hearing from the people that we helped to get to zaporizhzhia, i mean, it has been mentioned, you've seen it in the images, that these people have not seen the sky for two months. they had no idea what was going on around them, they only heard intense fighting and when they reached safety, they also -- i mean, they have seen around what was happening to their city and that make them incredibly sad and they are devastated. you have seen the images.

most were in a deep state of shock. of course it is a relief now that some of these people are in safety. we've seen pregnant women, women with kids at a young age. and it is a relief that they are in safety, but more needs to be done and what these people have been through is obviously beyond what we can imagine and these people now need all the help that they can get. >> and, chris, our teams on the ground have been hearing that some of these convoys, and i'm not sure whether you can give me any information here, have been passing through russian-held territory, going through filtration camps. you can tell us what exactly happens at these filtration camps? it looks like we seem to have lost chris. an answer that i would have loved to hear. we'll try to reconnect with him and get the answer from chris

there. beal we'll stay on top of that. still to come, south korea is condemning the latest missile launch by north korea which comes just days after kim jung-un vowed to ramp up his country's nuclear arsenal. we're live from seoul next.

north korea has apparently fired yet another ballistic missile just a short while ago. south korea and japan say it was launched in to the waters east of the korean peninsula. paulhancoc is joining us from seoul just a few days before the new south korean president takes office. >> reporter: that's right, max. that happens next tuesday. and it is fairly frequent that we do see some kind of a welcome from north korea in this respect when it comes to a new south korean president coming in or even visitors coming to the korean peninsula. but we've seen an uptick in the amount of missile launches.

this one today happened just after midday, a distance of 500 kilometers. neither side has specified what kind of missile or weapon system they believe this to be at this point, but clearly we could hear something from north korea themselves. it has been condemned by all sides, the japanese have said alongside the koreans that the ballistic missile technology is banned for north korea, they are not allowed to carry out these missile tests. but we have seen a remarkable uptick in the amount they have launched, 13 so far this year alone. you compare that to the past couple years, although it was during the pandemic, last year there were just 8 missile launches, 2020 just 4. so certainly we can see north korea has increased the amount

it wants to test and most experts will tell you that they expect this to continue for months to come. >> in terms of the quality of these missiles, is it possible to assess whether or not they are getting better at making them and firing them? >> reporter: absolutely. even if a missile fails and we know that one which was potentially an icbm in march which the south koreans say failed on just about 20 kilometers into the air after launch, that would still have taught north korea something. so even failures can progress from and find out what they need to change. now, we've heard from kim jung-un himself the leader of north korea back in january of last year exactly what he wants to achieve. he gave a wish list of weapons systems, of missiles, over a dozen different systems that he wanted to perfect over the next five years. and this is exactly what he

seems to be doing. he is going through that wish list and testing each system. >> paula, thank you. still to come, outrage and shock over the possible reversal of roe v. wade. we'll take a look at which states could ban abortions if the landmark supreme court ruling is overturned.

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signed a bill modeled after the controversial texas abortion law. the oklahoma heartbeat act would prohibit abortions when a heartbeat is detected, which could be as early as six weeks in to pregnancy and the law would law private citizens to take action against abortion providers. the governor says that he wants oklahoma to be the most pro-life state in the country. and oklahoma isn't alone in the pro-life push. more than two dozen states could feature abortion bans if roe v. wade is overturned. tom foreman takes a closer look. >> reporter: if the supreme court goes through with this ruling, these are all the states in red that are certain to ban abortion, the states this yellow likely to ban them, even though the bans may be of different measures, some may be outright, some may be 16 weeks, some may be six weeks, whatever it may be, the truth is that what this

would do would affect 58% of the women in the country who are of child bearing years. those people would then be living in states that the institute says would be hostile to abortion rights. and of course there are many more states that are talking about that than there are states talking about protecting abortion rights. it would move forward with far-reaching laws in terms of the language. if you look at one proposal in missouri, it would not just merely forbid an abortion, but anyone providing help to get one. providing internet services, providing money, arranging for referrals. any of that could make you an accessory. so if your sister became pregnant and wanted to talk to you about abortion, under these laws, you could be culpable if you even discussed it with her. beyond that, there is this notion that what they are trying to do is basically say any child

conceived in that state automatically becomes a resident and legally protected. so much so that if you read the details here, if a couple simply stopped in a hotel in missouri, conceived a child and then went on to their homes in let's say nevada or in organiegon organiz california and had an abortion, they would be considered a fugitive because that resident went with them. legal battles all over the place connected to this. this is worth noting. while democrats are scrambling to find some way to blunt the impact of this ruling if it comes through, on this side there is a tremendous amount of energy with republicans and abortion opponents pushing very, very hard to say now is the time to run with this, to enact a national standard that says it is illegal everywhere no matter what the states want because the

courts are no longer standing in the way. let's go back to isa and the latest in ukraine. >> despite the heavy artillery fire, that russian forces have made few advances toward capturing luhansk and donetsk regions. this as ukrainian officials say fresh evacuations are under way from the besieged city of mariupol. regional cities say a convoy of buses has departed the sieged port city this morning. they will join the more than 150 evacuees who reach zaporizhzhia. but a ukrainian deputy prime minister said hundreds of others remain trapped in mariupol and local officials say the steel plant is under constant fire. meanwhile, ukraine says russian missile strikes hit several reaches in the past 24 hours, causing severe damage to railways lear. here in lviv, the mayor says

that two people were injured and there were power stations on fire knocking out electricity for parts of the city on tuesday. european commission is proposing a sanctions package that would include a ban on russian oil. here is what she said. >> this is why we will phase out russian supply of crude oil within six months. and refine products by the end of the year. thus we maximize the pressure on russia while at the same time, and this is important, we minimize collateral damage to us and our partners around the globe because to help ukraine, we have to make sure that our economy remains strong. >> clare sebastian is joining us from london, she has been monitoring the breaking news. so an important move no doubt by the eu, but i understand this is

not going to be an immediate ban. talk us through the package of sanctions here. >> reporter: yeah, it is true this would be the biggest economic weapon that the eu has deployed against russia. russia makes more money from oil than it does even from gas, so this would really hit its war chest where it hurts. as you said, it is not immediate. the eu commission president zelensky has outlined had eu crude oil production would be phased out within six months and refined products by the end of the year. so the idea is to sort of minimize the impact on european economies. she doesn't want people to have widespread disruptions or deal with major price rises, things like that. while at the same time, inflicting this pain on russia. so this would be a really big move. eu council member and ambassadors are debating this as we speak. they then have to adopt it by the council for it to go into effect. and after that, we would see these take effect. not just the oil ban, but there

is also new sanctions on banks. they will de-s.w.i.f.t., so disconnect from s.w.i.f.t., the international payments messaging system, spare bank which is an important russian bank, it accounts for about 37% of all of the whole banking sector in russia, two other major banks as well. and they will also ban three big russian state broadcasters from any kind of distribution within the european union. and they are enlisting a number of high ranking officials who say they are committing war crimes. so a wide range of sanctions coming less than a month after the fifth package of sanctions was introduced by the eu. >> and on oil, claire, i know this is just a proposal at this stage, but where does it lead for example the likes of hungary and slovakia who are more reliant on these supplies, will they simply just veto it? >> we don't know for sure as of yet, but certainly there are reports that have been coming out on this package as we've been leading up to this point

today where it was announced that the aim is to try to present andunited front. so come out as a bloc and say we've adopted the sixth package, europe is taking this extreme measure against russia. and the way to do that certainly hungary has been very clear that it is not able to get rid of russian energy imports would be to carve out some kind of exemption for hungary and potentially slovakia as well, perhaps a longer transition out of these products. so that is something that we're looking at. as of yet, we're unlikely to hear for sure until the eu council adopts these measures. >> and probably too soon given that we've heard from this breaking news in the last hour or so, but any reaction thus far from russia on how they may react even to the sixth round of sanctions from the eu? >> nothing concrete as of yet. checking russian media, it is simply telling the story, listing the various sanctions. but interesting if you look at sort of the rhetoric on

sanctions leading up to this, even in that phone call that president putin had with french president macron yesterday, the way that russia presents sanctions is that they say they are at the root of the economic problems the world is having. they discuss the global food crisis and putin says that it was caused by the western sanctions. obviously the western perspective is that it was caused on the unwarranted invasion of ukraine. so you get the sense of how they approach this issue. >> yeah, and in the past as well i believe they said that they have gone through this, they have had sanctions before and the economy was able to survive. so i know that we'll wait for any reaction coming out of moscow. clare sebastian, thanks very much. good to see you. still to come here on cnn, we are following a rise of new covid infections in the u.s. what we are learning about a possible fourth vaccine dose, that is just ahead. and plus social media videos are feeling more backlash against chinese officials in their handling of shanghai's

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fueling accusation of mismanagement and heavy handedness. anna coren is joining me from hong kong. these videos are getting more and more extraordinary. >> reporter: it really points to the dysfunction that is occurring in shanghai as officials desperately try to maintain their zero covid strategy. this video we're about to show you is very distressing. there is police basically breaking down a door to forcibly remove the people inside. they have apparently tested positive. they do not know this, they were waiting for results. and you can hear the women inside saying we will call police. the officials are saying we are the police. you have to come with us. we are taking you to the quarantine center. now, this is nothing new, max. we have been seeing this week after week when people can post these videos on to social media. it is quite extraordinary that

sensors haven't scrubbed these out. but as i say, this has been going on as authorities try to stamp out covid by taking people away to these quarantine centers. you are talking about elderly people, you know, more than half those over the age of 80 haven't been vaccinated. many of them are succumbing to covid, they are being dragged from their homes into these makeshift quarantine camps and having to live under basic if not squallered conditions. authorities in hang shanghai had announced that six districts, which is about 7 million out of the 25 million that have been under lockdown, that restrictions would be easing. and it is only beginning today. one pass per household, they will be allowed to leave their apartment, go to the grocery store, go to the pharmacy, and then return straight home. and the catch is, max, you know, case numbers are hovering around

5,000. if there is one positive case in one of these neighborhoods, then there will be a snap lockdown for the next two weeks. so people in shanghai are just feeling like this is never going to end. i was speaking to a friend there earlier in the week and she just talked about this state of depression that she is in, that she has stopped monitoring the news. she's stopped monitoring social media feed and stopped counting the days because it has just dragged on for so long. compare that to beijing, the country's capital, where admittedly case numbers are in the dozens according to officials, but they are going through another round of mass testing. they are doing everything in their power to ensure that they don't have to impose a shanghai-style lockdown. we're also hearing that schools which were supposed to go back in person as of tomorrow, they will now remain online. so once again, you know, beijing

doing everything to ensure that things don't spiral out of control there. >> anna in hong kong, thank you. just ahead, new details are emerging in the case of an alabama krcorrections officer w disappeared with an inmate. we'll have an update. i mean, obviously, let it out. ghaa. yeah, i'm not really sure if this is w working either.

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u.s. state department is now classifying brittney griner as being wrongfully detained in russia. this means the u.s. won't have to wait for griner's case to move through russia's legal system and the u.s. will seek to negotiate her return through president biden's special envoy for hostage affairs. griner was accused of smuggling narcotics which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. and parents of a man an ductsed in syria say that joe biden offered supports on effort to bring her son home. austin tice was kidnapped in 2012 while reporting on the syrian war. his parents met with the president this week and spoke with cnn on tuesday and said they came away from the meeting feeling encouraged.

>> we were astonished at how up-to-date he was on austin's case. and how committed he is to getting him home. >> that means the potential for a real sea change because when the president is behind something, the rest of the system falls in step and makes things happen. >> austin tice's parents there. and another marine veteran trevor reed on the left was leased last week by russia in a prison swap. a second marine veteran paul whelan on the right remains in russian captivity. we're tracking new developments out of alabama where a search is ongoing for a corrections officer and an inmate who disappeared together after leaving a detention center on friday. new surveillance video shows officer vicki white leaving inmate casey white out -- leading casey white out of the detention center and into her patrol car. they are not related.

she claims that she was taking him, a man charged with murder, to the courthouse for a mental evaluation which authorities say that it was not true. and the sheriff says he learned that the pair had a relationship. >> we have confirmed that there was what we call a special relationship. not a physical relationship that we can have any evidence of. but they did communicate at times when she was not at work. >> the sheriff also says the pair ditched the patrol car on friday at a shopping center near the jail and got into another vehicle that had been parked earlier. in new mexico, more than 15,000 homes could be threatened by wildfires if flames continue to spread over the next few days according to officials. this includes an area 85 miles or 136 kilometers northeast of albuquerque. high winds and a massive drought are helping to fuel the flames. right now five fires are

actively burning in the state and more than 6 tho,000 homes h been evacuated. federal government and fire crews from other states are helping to battle the blazes. we're learning of the apparent attack on a comedian david chappell, it happened tuesday while he was performing in hollywood. video on social media appears to show a person running on stage and tackling him. chappell didn't appear hurt and he later joked about the incident. police say that they took a man into custody and that he was armed with a gun and a knife. that does it here on "cnn newsroom." our coverage continues on "early start" with christine romans.

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