reaction do you expect? not just there, but around the country. well i think you're going to see the same kind of reaction that you had to the dobbs decision. i think you're going to see people saying, you know, you've got to vote. and this kind of a ruling is very threatening to women. i know the judges joan was pointing out was saying, look, this drug could be dangerous to young women. but then the i think you could ask the same question about what about when abortion rights are taken away, so i think you're going to see more of the same. it might be more vocal um, but expect more. all right. thank you all so much for joining me on this late breaking story. i'm alex marquardt. here in the situation room. our special live coverage continues right now with erin burnett outfront. this is cnn breaking news. and good evening, everyone. i'm bianna golodryga in for erin burnett outfront

tonight breaking news and what is now the most consequential ruling since the supreme court overturned roe versus wade trump appointed federal judge has just suspended the fda approval for a widely used abortion drug. that means the drug called mifepristone could soon be banned nationwide, even in states where abortion remains legal. now, this is a hugely consequential ruling. the drug has been on the market for more than 20 years and used and more than half of all abortions in this country. we have reporters covering this story across the country for us, but first let's start with ariane de vogue, outfront live and washington, ari. and what else can you tell us so far about this judge's decision? absolutely right. this is the biggest ruling we've had since last spring, when the supreme court reverse roe v. wade here, this federal judge has halted the approval of this popular medication abortion pill. now what's important orton . here is he's put this ruling on hold for a week. he knows

it's going to be appealed. so he's put it on hold. but keep in mind that this drug is used for terminating early pregnancies, and it was approved all the way back in 2000, and that's why the biden administration had called this lawsuit absolutely unprecedented. it was filed by opponents for abortion and let me just tell you a little bit about what this judge said in this long opinion. he said that the fda entirely failed to consider an important aspect of the problem by omitting any evaluation of the psychological effects of the drug or an evaluation of the long term medical consequences of the drug . it's worth noting that some medical officials in medical organizations have absolute lutely refuted what he has said there and it's and it's worth remembering that medication. abortion now is makes up the majority of abortions. so now they're going to go ahead and appeal. but this is a big ruling tonight. coming from this judge.

and potentially massive implications now for not only states where abortion is banned , but for the nation as a whole . i want to go next to the white house. and that is where our phil mattingly is standing by and fill. the doj has been waiting for this ruling for weeks, nonetheless, coming somewhat as a surprise on a holiday weekend, friday evening . what are you hearing from the administration? you know, bianna. white house officials had been bracing for this moment . they understood the judge overseeing the case. they understood that this was a distinct possibility, although one they warned against both on grounds that this shouldn't be in the area where a judge should feel they should operate. this is the fda is purview, not a judicial issue, and also that they believe that there is very real danger to taking this drug off the market of drugs that have been on the market. for the better part of the last 20 years. one thing has been made clear in the weeks leading up to this moment. is it worth the ruling to come down this way? there would be a swift appeal. as aria noted, they have seven days to do so. the expectation

in every way you can imagine is that they are going to do so and do so quickly, like the real question right now is over the course of the last several months, they have been meeting at a pretty heavy clip in the wake of first the dobbs leak, and then the dobbs decision about how they were going to try and address this issue, one in which they understood was only going to grow. ah more significant, more acute to some degree on abortion on access to abortion in the wake of the dabs decision, jim klein, who is a senior advisor to the president, has been leading those vice president kamala harris, has been deeply involved convened a lot of advocates just a couple of weeks ago to talk about this issue, the risks that they thought it posed in the dangers that they thought it post. they are clearly trying to get everybody on the advocacy side ready to move on something. i think the big question right now, and there's been some tension between advocates and the administration in terms of what the pathway forward should be given kind of the way things have been heading on these issues is whether or not the administration feels like they have much that they can do beyond appeal. that's been one of the issues they've been

grappling with is within their legal authorities. what can they actually do? there have been executive orders, there's been significant focus. on leveraging government agencies to try and address access issues in the wake of jobs, but this is obviously a significant moment, and this is obviously another example of an issue. that is not just a legal issue, certainly a very significant health issue. but as we've seen just this week we saw it in wisconsin, where the supreme court judge justice race was really centered on this issue. it has become a political bellwether is becoming an enormous political issue. one democrats very much focused on in the midterms. which went better than expected them to and have continued to focus on flipping the state supreme court in wisconsin earlier this week, every element of this legal uh, health on the policy side, but also political only growing more important, more critical, more top of mind with what happened tonight. brianna decision, no doubt, precedent setting as well. phil mattingly. thank you. thank you. and please do let us know when we do here from the

white house. i want to go to our legal analyst now. karin agness fellow and elie honig. so, ellie , as we said the doj had been preparing and expecting a decision from the judge. nonetheless this came as quite a surprise tonight. what was your initial reaction to the ruling? we'll be honest. this is a breathtaking example of judicial aggressiveness, both in terms of the scope and the breadth of this ruling. essentially what this one judge has done is to substitute his own scientific judgment for 20, plus years of scientific judgment by the fda essentially says they didn't do it right, even though this drug was approved 20 plus years ago. also important to note. this is one judge in one of our 94 federal judicial districts whose you're issuing this ruling, which purports to suspend this dry doug throughout the entire nation, and finally bianna. this is the ultimate example of judge shopping. it's really one stop judge shopping because by filing the lawsuit in this particular district, the plaintiffs here assure themselves 100% they would get this judge judge

kaczmarek, who is very conservative, a trump appointee . it's a little bit of a glitch in the system, but he happens to be the only judge in that particular vicinity. so this is really one stop judge shopping, and it paid off for the plaintiffs thus far, and karen and appeal is expected imminently. how do you i think this will playoff ultimately, though. well so the supreme court in dobbs versus mrs jackson, mississippi, specifically said, leave it up to the states. but as ellie said, this is forum shopping. this plaintiff here was represented by senator josh hawley's wife, who was a gop senator. and make no mistake. they went to this remote. court in amarillo, texas, to look for the one judge, the one trump appointee judge that is only the only judge sitting there, so it's there's no risk that it's going to be assigned to some other judge, and he has banned this for the entire country. because the way he did it was he revoked the fda approval of the drug, and therefore it will

nationwide make it so that nobody can have a medical abortion through these pills and the other bad part and the thing that's that's really difficult to uh, to stomach here is that this is in the fifth circuit court of appeals, which is one of the most conservative activist courts in the country. and so we cannot necessarily count on an appeal to the fifth circuit of this of this ruling to uh, you know, and who knows what the supreme court will do given where we are with the supreme court. so this was a perfect example of forum shopping and getting really what the what the conservatives have wanted, which is to ban abortion nationwide despite what the supreme court said leave it up to the states and overruling 20 years of a precedent that was set by doctors by experts. the fda has approved this drug for 20 years now. okay you guys stand by. i want to go to rosa flores, who was in texas for us. rosa. what more can you tell us about this specific judge? yeah.

so judge matthew has merrick was appointed by president trump and before rising to the federal bench, he worked for the religious right law firm and he worked on anti abortion advocacy . now i want to take you into the courtroom. what happened just last month and why we are here. so this hearing was about four hours long, and there is no question that the judge was sympathetic to the plaintiffs here. so who are the players? natives these are coalition of anti abortion groups, and we just heard the judge. the judge worked on anti abortion advocacy before rising to the federal bench, and there was no question that he was sympathetic. towards the plaintiffs during this hearing, but he also expressed some skepticism. some of the skepticism that he expressed was he didn't quite seem like he was ready to go as far as the plaintiffs were wanting him to

go. he didn't appear that he was going to be as aggressive as the plaintiffs were wanting him to be. how aggressive aggressive with the plaintiffs asking him to be they wanted him to yank this medication off the shelves , which now he has done, except that there is a plot a pause to this ruling. the judge went as far as asking the plaintiffs so point to another case in which a judge is has done exactly what you're asking me to do with the plaintiffs couldn't point to another case, and that's what i wanted to point out beyond because this is so unprecedented that we can't take this lightly. in essence, what this judge is doing is overriding the fda right. he's overriding the scientists, the subject matter experts and that's what it was why it was so unprecedented because these plaintiffs were asking the judge to override the experts to override the scientists. and that's why a lot of people were hoping that this

was not going to happen and not be the case because that is so unprecedented that a judge is in essence doing the job of the scientists. and then i wanted to leave you with this other thing, because this really stands out to me is as you mentioned this case is the most consequential case regarding abortion since roe v. wade was overturned. but with roe v. wade was overturned the point there was to return the power to the states returned the power to the people to the representatives of the people. and in this case, it's one judge with tremendous power. with federal implications nationwide . federal implications here, rosa thank you, ellie. if i could just get back to what rosa was talking about, i mean, what grounds? do these plaintiffs have to have a judge effectively overruled 20 years of expertise handed down by the fda. so the judge couches his terms in terms of procedural nuance, and it's

clear by the way that the judge recognizes just how bizarre this is that he's taking a medication that was approved in the year 2023 years ago, and he sort of opens the opinion by saying, well, you might you reader might be wondering why now how am i? a judge able to come in this far after the fact and essentially overruled the fda, and he basically says it's the f d a s fault they've been delaying and dragging their feet. but we're talking about 23 years or 12 of those 23 years. by the way, the fda was part of a republican administration eight years with with the bush administration four years with the trump administration, and so this is really a glaring example of what some might call judicial activism. i know that's a phrase that get kicked, gets kicked around in a political sense, but here we have this judge two decades plus after the fact saying no fda you got it wrong 23 years ago and you've gotten it wrong all along, and i'm going to come in as a judge, not a scientist, and i'm going to fix it. and i'm gonna put put this thing on hold for the entire country. so karen, given

that does the doj have good standing for an appeal here? certainly they have a good appeal because there is a voluminous records since the fda fast tracked the myth of kristen , which is the second drug of the two drug abortion, medical abortion pills that the plaintiffs were complaining about, and but there's been there's been 23 years and voluminous records and scientific studies showing that it is safe safe. this drug has been exhaustively studied since 2000 and it has been found to be much safer than and viagra and penicillin. so yes, there is plenty of, uh, there's plenty of opportunity to appeal here. but as i said earlier, i don't have confidence that the fifth circuit court of appeals this very conservative activist court is going to be a savior here and allow this to stand. ellie let's talk more about this specific judge. judge has america. he said that he was nominated by

president trump. but he said that he would be independent that he has made a series of rulings that the right has celebrated, including striking down the biden administration protections for transgender people, forcing asylum seekers back to mexico as their cases played out in immigration court , and he struck down a federal program giving minors access to birth control without parental consent. do you think this ruling looks independent or political? no, it looks political, and it looks strategic. and it looks engineer because of a quirk in the system . this particular judge this particular this image in texas has become the rights favorite one stop judge shopping location because it is a strange feature of our system that if you file a lawsuit in this particular part of the northern district of texas, you will get this judge. other districts may seem more or less favorable for conservative or liberal causes there, maybe, say nine. servant of judges for liberal judges, but you're still

going into that element of chance. here you have one of one. this is the only judge who will be assigned. and so we're seeing conservatives go back to that well over and over again and again. we are seeing this judge issue what we call a nationwide injunction, which is if it stands and it very much will be subject to appeal. but you have one judge here in one of our 94 judicial districts across this country, saying i bind you for the entire country now, that's not new that was done to block trump initiatives that was done. undo block obama initiatives. but there's a real legal question about just how much power one district court judge can have karen just talk about the implications nationwide now for women who are either seeking an abortion or for those, by the way, this is a medication that is prescribed for women who are having a miscarriage as well. i mean, what are the questions? they should be asking their doctors right now? yeah i mean, the fear here is because most women now choose to do this medical abortion in the privacy of their own home rather than going into

a doctor's office and having what's what's more like a surgery and it's easier and you get to have it in the privacy of your own home, and it's really personal choice and what i'm afraid of is that i think first of all, there'll be a rush for the next seven days of people stocking up on this, but i also think i worry about you know, we should all worry about the black market and the safety of that that that women are going to be ordering this this these drugs from overseas or places that aren't necessarily regulated properly. and so there's a concern that women will, um, will potentially put themselves in harm would harm's way. the other problem is, if somebody in these are extremely safe and any adverse reaction is extremely rare. but if there is a medical reaction to one of these pills that they get, i think there is also going to be fear of getting actual metal medical help after the fact. for fear of getting in trouble for taking this these

drugs that have been safe for 23 years, so this has tremendous, tremendous implications across the country. and we how soon can we see that appeal from the doj? oh, i think they're gonna file it next week. this judge, this district court judge has put his own ruling on hold for seven days and i think the doj needs to be ready to act and act quickly. now this will go to the fifth circuit court of appeals, which is traditionally seen as the most conservative of our 13 federal circuit courts of appeals. now the way it will work is a panel of three judges will be randomly assigned. they will rule on the case. and then the losing party there can try to get the case in front of the u. s supreme court, which of course overturned overturned roe v. wade just last year, so i think the future of this ruling is very much in doubt. now there are some important indications if you look back at the dobbs decision, which over overturned roe v. wade that some of the justices who voted to overturn roe v. wade may not be willing

to sign on to this, but it's very much in doubt how this comes out. how quickly karen, could we expect this to go all the way to the supreme court? i think this can be fairly quickly . i think this might be done on emergency basis. so it depends. you know what? what what people choose to do, but i think because this has extreme implicate health implications. i think we could anticipate this going to the supreme court quickly whether the supreme court agrees to hear this quickly and an emergency is to be determined, but i think this could go quickly. i think another thing to be thinking about is the fda is going to now have to go through the long process of getting these drugs or this drug approved. proved of not in a short circuit way and hopefully they will be able to do that, in short order in case that women aren't successful. or plaintiffs aren't successful in getting this. this decision overturned. i want to go back to rosa flores for us in texas. so rosa, what are the next steps here in terms of the impact of this judge's ruling? you know, i

think the language is going to be critical bianna and what our guest was just mentioning regarding the fda and how the fda will proceed is going to be critical. it's going to be up to the interpretation of the of the fda. if this order in does go into effect as to what the fda will do now there's statue. there are laws that dictate how the fda is supposed to suspend a drug. the big question is, will the fda goethe through all that process or because of how this this order is written, how it goes into effect, all of the other circumstances will the f d. a ah, circumvent all of that . and also you also have to think about how some of the other, um stockholders if you would, uh, that are connected to this will react. how will doctors react? how will the manufacturers react? how would the pharmacies react? but they

automatically yank this drug off the shelves or not? i think that is one of the most critical things here is just this chilling effect across the nation that this order will have regardless of how long it's going to take for it to go into effect or if it goes into the into effect or not, because of the implications here because it's so unprecedented because it's going to cause confusion, and one of the big questions is going to be. how is the fda going to interpret? that order those words written by this judge? yeah i believe there are other drugs on the market. fda approved that serve similar purposes. are those drugs still allowed? well this this ruling appears to be limited to medford . fitbits assumed. excuse me this one drug, but i think it throws into question all of these drugs that have been reviewed by the fda depends how broadly the courts construe this on appeal. um so this is this is

really just the first salvo in an ongoing battle. and karen. um what are the what's what precedent did this ruling set in terms of again? let's go back to the grounds that these plaintiffs had an overruling the experts and overruling science that had been established for two decades. yeah i mean, obviously, this sets a terrible precedent because it's really not supposed to be that way. right you're not supposed to be able to find some judge who puts his own opinion in in in in front of that of the scientists , and you know frankly, what, if a different what if what if, what if other plaintiffs go to a different judge in a different federal district, who rules differently? and then there's conflicting rulings that potentially could be? i mean, it's really this is really there is appropriate judicial oversight of the fda, obviously , but this is frankly activist

judicial activism at its worst. this is a judge who really isn't looking at the science because this drug and these drugs have been extensively studied since the year 2000 for 23 years, and as i said earlier, it's much safer than other drugs like viagra and penicillin. and so this judges, ignoring the science and just putting his own moral and religious beliefs. you know here. i mean, is it? is it a coincidence that this ruling is coming down on one of the most religious holy days of, you know of christianity? i don't think so. i think he's sending a message. also on a friday, a quiet friday at that, okay, karen and l. a hold on for us, because believe it or not, we have more breaking legal news. there has been just another ruling about the same widely used abortion drug. that's before kristen this one out of washington state, where 12 states sued the fda in an effort to make access to mifepristone easier, and the judge ruling those 12 states should not be blocked from distributing this drug. this is directly opposite

of what the texas judge just ruled. if you're confused, you're not alone. i want to go back to ariane de vogue. ariane tell us more about. we're learning from this ruling and how it impacts the ruling from the judge in texas. you're definitely not alone to be confused here. this is an entirely different lawsuit, but it has to do with this same medication abortion drug this case, unlike the one we were just talking about was brought by liberal states, and they actually said that the fda has to ease access to this medication. abortion drug right so completely opposite from what the plaintiffs said in the other case. now this judge has come down and said in fact, the fda cannot withdraw the drug. so you have these two rulings that have come down tonight. the first one is on hold pending appeal. the

second one actually only applies to the states that brought the case and all this means is that this is really going to move quickly on an appeal. you've got two courts, saying two different things. biden administration is outraged. by the first ruling. all this says is this issue is going to go back to the supreme court. really on short order, but as things stand right now, the first ruling is on hold for appeal. this one only applies to a few states, which means a higher court is going to have to step in and resolve. this confusion for all of us. this is high stakes, high level of confusion coming on a friday evening. of course, we will be following this story throughout the evening and waiting to hear from the doj and the white house in response is well, thank you so much. thank you. reon. thank you to our guests. meantime outfront next president kamala harris tonight meeting with the

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and heart health. 25 vitamins and minerals and ensure complete with 30 g of protein. tonight the white house is standing by the two black democratic representatives in tennessee, who were expelled by their republican colleagues for an anti gun protest on the house floor that protest in the wake of the deadly nashville school shooting that killed six. vice president kamala harris is in nashville tonight, and she spoke earlier with now former representatives justin jones and justin pearson. the vice president also spoke with representative gloria johnson, who participated in the protest but was not expelled. johnson says that her race and age saved her. the representative also received a call from president biden today and just moments ago, the vice president spoke to a crowd and said this about the group she called the tennessee three. it wasn't about the three . of these leaders. it was about

who they were representing. it's about whose voices they were channeling. understand that. and is that not what a democracy allows. democracy says you don't silence the people. you do not stifle the people. you don't turn off their microphones when they are speaking. ryan young is outfront live in nashville for us. so ryan, what is the latest on the ground there tonight? bianna. you can really feel the anger from a lot of the citizens here throughout tennessee. we walk through some neighborhood today we talked to some people on the streets. we wanted to ask them what they thought about all the actions that happened at the statehouse. even some republicans, so does they thought this went a bit too far. they wanted some civility to return to the state house, and so far, they're not seeing that. it's sad and pathetic to think.

that our democracy can be taken away from a voter today to tennessee districts are without representation. voters like lisa levin are furious, was trying to look into whether filing a taxpayer suit and making it class action. against these folks that stole my vote and took my representative away from me. community up in arms over the expulsion of two democrat representatives from the republican led state house on thursday. expelled because they took to the floor last week with a bullhorn standing up for gun reform after the school shooting in nashville, where six people were killed, three of them children, the three representatives accused of violating decorum and procedure rules for their actions are still three tennessee three. gloria johnson, a white woman was the only one to survive the

expulsion. representatives justin jones and justin pearson , who are black did not, but they determined not to give up. continue to speak up for district 52 for tennesseans who are demanding change their constituents frustrated that expelling these democrats was more important to republican lawmakers and gun reform in their state. less than two weeks after another school massacre. we need change so badly and these people are willing to give it willing to represent our perspective and willing to change things over a little girl who i will have to send one day to school and yeah, i'm so optimistic that if these people are given the right platform, they actually can make change. so this is disappointing. what are they going to take the guns out first streets of save our children. we're losing too many of them too many of them so called tennessee three are intending to continue that fight. we need their voices in the legislature and i'll do everything i can to help them get back on one day, the local legislative body, the council in nashville, will meet to discuss

jones faith and start the process of possibly reappointing the lawmaker. bianna this is such a sensitive topic that we went to several businesses today, and there were people who wanted to talk about this, but they didn't want their business associated with the left or the right right now, with the microscope on this entire state, they'd rather keep it just down the middle and stay out of politics. on the other side of this. when you talk about gun violence, they are also worried about urban gun violence. they want to hear more about that and gun control. all right, ryan young ryan young. thank you. i want to take you now actually to listen to the vice president there on the ground in nashville , speaking on the surprise ruling on the abortion pill it is contrary to what makes for good public health policy to allow courts and politicians to tell the fda what it should do. this is a drug that the fda approved as safe. years ago. reuben should be safe. 20 years.

so this is a dangerous president , and i'll have more to say after review commission in its entirety. thank you. i want to bring in congressman jim clyburn , the assistant democratic leader of the house and one of our country's most prominent civil rights leaders. congressman as you know, we had booked you to talk about those three members of the house there that had those representatives that had been expelled. but first, i do want to get you to weigh in on what we just heard from the vice president. obviously what we've been covering the 1st 30 minutes of this show, and that is that ruling out of a judge in texas, basically banning a drug that had been used for women, too, are looking to get an abortion or those who are suffering through a miscarriage had been approved for 20 years by the fda is safe and sound. and now we have this ruling from this judge your view. i think this is atrocious, really believe that we need to wait in, uh, very

quickly. the judge did stay his ruling for seven days. uh and we ought to use that seven days to do what we can to stop this. now there is another decision coming after this one. that seems to be going in the opposite direction , which means they'll be really need to move quickly in order to clear this up because people are confused with these two rulings . problem here than later rule only applies to several states. this one is so worth it that it seems to apply a nationwide so i think this is a classic case of putting politics over science. scientists have studied. it's been in place for 23 years. it's safe, but. politics is now trump and decides your right to very different rulings over the same

medication, and we're waiting to hear how the doj and the biden administration officially responds with an appeal, of course, will be continuing to follow that development. but i do want to ask you about what the vice president was there in nashville to do and that was to speak with those three representatives who were expelled from the house for their protest. yes, they broke house to quorum rules. but they're a protest over gun legislation in support of so many of their constituents. they're young constituents who are sick and tired of having to deal with school shootings. how important was it for the vice president to be on the ground there in nashville today? very very important, but it was only to that of the three that were expelled. however i think it's important for the spine house to make it clear. to the people of niceville, and she'll be county , tennessee, and the people of the country. make it clear to all of us that they stand on the

side of the mock rasi what we had there in texas is it's observed of sub servant, uh of the market. asi these people of subverting the most precious thing that we have in this country, and that is, uh, representative democracy that we hold dear. they have taken away the representation of people. uh and somewhere around 140,000. people have just said that their voices silence and i watched this debate yesterday and to see the author of this resolution stand up on the floor. that said you're young african american. you wanted attention. and now you're gonna get it. that's the kind of stuff that i grew up in here in south carolina. never to

be intimidated by again and i'm so pleased that both these justin's are not going to be intimidated by that. i spoke last night. uh with justin from from nashville. uh and i'm following this issue very closely, and we are not going to be intimidated by those legislators in tennessee. you were right to correct me. it wasn't three that were expelled. it was three there were threatened to be expelled. two of them were expelled. a one was saved by one vote. that one who was saved. gloria johnson is a white woman who, when asked about whether she believed that her seat was saved because of her race. she said. yes i'm curious to get your response to that. do you think that race was a factor here and the expulsion of as you said the two justin's absolutely. the whole issue here is about race, the tennessee legislative lines heaven, gerald mandate. by grace. that's all it

is. the republicans have his supermajority in tennessee for the same reason republican got a supermajority here in south carolina and just with the switch of remote got a supermajority in north carolina as well. race is driving all of this study. these issues have been studying them since my childhood. and i can tell you i have said on national television . i would say here again tonight i am convinced that these people studied what was going on in this country in the 18 seventies and most, especially, the children has compromise of 18 76 . because everything i see let's see over the last several weeks is almost identical to what was going on in this country. when south carolina went from heaven

, four african americans, it is congressional delegation down to zero in 20 years. congressman clyburn. thank you so much for your insight. for your words. they are very powerful indeed. and we appreciate your view tonight on a very important night here indeed. thank you so much for joining us. thank you very much for having me. and outfront next more on our breaking news, the federal judge suspending the fda approval of a popular abortion drug ruling that could ban the drug nationwide. democratic congressman katie porter is next. plus fears of more violence in the middle east after one person was killed from a quote terror attack in tel aviv. we're live in israel with the latest. my relationship with my credit cards wasn'n't good. i got into debt in college and noo matter how much i paid followed me everywhere. the high interest felt tracks. so i broke up with my credit card debt and

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fox on capitol hill, and this is cnn. back to our breaking news that trump appointed federal judge has just suspended the fda approval for the drug, which is used in more than half of all abortions in the country that would essentially banned the drug nationwide. the biden administration has seven days to appeal the ruling out front. now. democratic congresswoman katie porter, congresswoman thank you so much for joining us tonight, so i want to get your initial reaction to this ruling suspending access to this medication after more than two decades of approval. this is an outrageous and wong decision that is going to put women's lives at risk. i think it's ridiculous that a judgment unkempt to invalidate on the basis of this extreme political opinions, the science and the research of the fda. the goal of the fda is to make sure that drugs do not endanger people. and not only does this decision

invalidate that, but it actually going to put women's lives in danger by limiting access, um to christopher phone, so i think it's a terrible decision i am adopted by the administration will appeal it. i'm confident that they will. and i think this just really demonstrates that this is part of a larger strategy. um nationwide strategy to remove the right to an abortion for all americans. the administration is expected to appeal this. they have seven days to appeal this ruling, actually, what is your message to your constituents specifically your female constituents. but this is a family issue, so i would say to all of them when they hear this ruling. this is absolutely a family issue. everybody benefits from being able to make their own decisions about when and if to become apparent. um and so i think this is a powerful reminder of the risks that risks that we face that the fight for equality, including in health care for women, is still very much ongoing. that the battle lines the battle is being fought

right now. this is not something that we're some abstract, let this is very real and occurring right now, and we've seen at about box in november and all kinds of parts and pockets in places in this country that people want the right to make their own healthcare decisions. it's the fda job to decide if a drug is safe or not safe. it is every patient's own personal decision whether or not to use that drug and for a judge, a male judge to override that individual authority that patients should have. i think it's outrageous, and i'm sure my constituents are feeling both angry and scared at this moment . all right, congresswoman katie porter. thank you so much for calling in. thank you for your time tonight. thank you. another major story we're following tonight. russia, formally charging detained wall street journal reporter evan gish devic with espionage, according to russian state media. covic an american citizen categorically denied the charges. this is a state department confirms that

consular access to get gourevitch has not been granted since his arrest more than a week ago. matthew chance is outfront for us in moscow tonight, matthew. this is a grave charge that carries a potential 20 year sentence. so what happens next? well the bureaucratic wheels in russia, you know, make make another turn because this was a formal procedure. the authorities here have 10 days to charge a suspect with a crime formally or they have to let him go. and it's been exactly 10 days since evan gush covic was detained in the city in central russia of your katarina berg. on suspicion of espionage, and so they're exactly following the letter of the law here in that, in that formal sense, it also dashes any hopes, of course, that the russians would have had, you know a change of heart that they would have backed down, perhaps decided to set evan bush devic free you despite your amid all

the appeals from the international committee from the u. s from his own newspaper to do so immediately but that they're not doing that they're proceeding. he's been remanded in lefortovo prison here in moscow until may, the 29th while the prosecution build their case , if they need more time, they can just ask for it and because it's top secret, they're going to get it and there's an appeal hearing on his remand, which is being held in 10 days from now on the 18th. of the month in which they'll try and sort of work out whether he should be kept in prison or whether he can going to house arrest, but i think with a charge of the seriousness, espionage, the likelihood is they're going to keep him behind bars piano. all right, matthew. chance. thank you. in the mid putin's crackdown. russian prosecutors are seeking a maximum 25 year sentence for human rights advocate vladimir kara murza. russian state media is reporting remorse i top putin critic who

has survived two poisonings, was arrested nearly one year ago today after criticizing russia's invasion of ukraine, and he has been imprisoned ever since. outfront now with us in guinea, a kara murza, the wife of vladimir kara murza, yevgenia, thank you so much for joining us. you call this sentence of 25 years in prison, a high recognition of the effectiveness of vladimir's work vladimir's work, and that is legendary. kara murza. you're talking about your husband, speaking out against the kremlin and this war. this is a sentence out of fear. you say, what is it that you believe the regime fears? good evening, bianna. thank you very much for inviting me here. well putin's regime is built on lights and the thing it here's the most is the truth. and hence total censorship of the media. hence the use of repression against free voices that keep telling the truth, despite all odds they refused to be

intimidated, and hence also the portraying of anyone who dares oppose the official narrative as a criminal like in dozens and dozens of cases in russia spy like in the case of evan gersh, covic or a traitor like in the case of my husband, actually, while asking for a 25 prison sentence for vladimir. prosecutor locked yonah made a very revealing statement talking about vladimir, he said. this is our enemy who must be punished. so that tells me about what this regime about how this regime sees vladamir. it says my husband as its personal enemy that threatens its existence. and i understand why, because for years my husband has been involved in the advocacy for the introduction of targeted magnitsky sanctions against human rights violators. the sanctions. that includes, um

asset freezes and visa bands and russian officials have been very much affected by the sanctions. the fact that this regime sees my husband as an enemy, a personal enemy as proven by the presence of three people on the magnitsky list in vladimir's case, one of whom is actually the judge. sergey podoprigora, who sent sergei magnitsky in 2008 to, uh, unlawful detention as a result of which sergei died. this is the same man who is now trying my husband. he's been on the magnitsky list for years. can i ask you again because the kremlin imposed these instruments of fear as you call them as warnings, really for other people, including journalists. i mean, just look at evan gersh, covic. and now you're seeing other journalists leaving the country. are you worried that at least in the short term, they may be effective in suppressing opposition and the truth.

they're doing everything to suppress position and to suppress the truth in the country since last february, over at 200,000 media resources , online media resources have been blocked in the country. all social media platforms have been blocked in the country. the remaining three independent media were blocked talking about the echo of moscow radio station tv does in no vegas yetta. um but despite all this, russia placed second on the but the number of vpn services installed last year around the world. which means that there is a high demand for independent information in the country. people are trying to get to independent information that to circumvent the blockade. yeah why it is important to support the work of journalists, independent journalists who are creating content to counter

propaganda. ginia jenny, we will continue to cover evan gets covic obviously and whelan over there as well. and obviously your husband, vladimir, who has been sentenced to 20. five years. thank you so much for joining us. and outfront next. israel calling up additional forces tonight after what's being called a terror attack in tel aviv will take you there next. i can't take my eyes off my eyes. go to islam. if i drops dramatically reduces redness in one minute. look at the difference my eyes brighter and whiter eight hours. it was love at first sight with bloom. ii see f yourself, i'm lynette. this is my husband, arthur. you wouldn't believe her and i seventies. i have recommended consumer silent a soul. many people she was the one to convince me to come over to her side. that's right. come over to consumer cellular and start

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is cnn, the world's news network. tonight major developments in israel to tell you about prime minister benjamin netanyahu ordering israeli police to call up all border reserve units and calling on the i d f to mobilize additional forces this after israel said a terrorist attack occurred in televisa and attack caught on surveillance video, which i will warn viewers may be disturbing. a driver of a vehicle seen hitting multiple people on the road, leaving one person dead and several others injured. let's go right to fred pleitgen, who is in television for us right now. fred, what else can you tell us about this attack? either being able. we are actually right at the scene of where that attack happened. you know what we saw there on that surveillance camera videos that car just blasting here down the promenade and then coming off the problem, not flipping over several times, and as you mentioned, one person was killed, several people were injured. all of those people who were killed and injured the israelis say are all tourists who had come here to israel. but

it also comes at a time where the tensions here are extremely high, especially after those retaliatory airstrikes of the israelis flew after the rocket attacks coming from southern lebanon. here's what we're learning. hmm. throughout the night. massive explosions in gaza as israeli warplanes hit militant infrastructure, israel says a mass firing back dozens of rockets activating israel's missile defense is a spokesman for the israel defense forces tells me started firing rockets after that some palestinian factions in lebanon predominantly hamas also started fighting. israel israel says it intercepted most of the rockets , but one landed in steroid damaging a house. hamas, saying it will put up a stiff fight alone. the resistance forces of our people today send a message to the occupation to extremist groups and to this extreme right wing government that the

continuation of provocations, attacks and attempts to divide and change the reality will blow up the entire region. hamas has condemned both the strikes in south lebanon and here in the area of gaza. they say they are going to hold israel accountable . the palestinians also say that civilian infrastructure was hit in those strikes on gaza, including a pediatric hospital. israel also hit targets in south lebanon, saying they were used to launch rockets at israel the night before. in the west bank to british israeli women were killed and one was severely injured when their car came under fire and crashed. still israel says it wants to deescalate. there's a very, very sensitive weekend ahead with passover, ramadan and easter, all aligning, and we're looking for a hoping for a quiet weekend. at friday prayers in jerusalem. some protests but a tense, calm persisted. still,

israel mobilized reservists, especially for the air force and air defense, we will act together with the complete backing of our forces, the i, d f and the security forces who also worked on the holidays to ensure the security of our citizens and the security of our homelands. as dusk sets in drones hum over gaza as israel keeps a watchful eye, hoping the night stays calm. h as you heard there beyond the israelis, saying they don't want all this to escalate any further, but certainly what we're seeing on the ground here is that the situation remains extremely volatile. vienna be watching closely, fred pleitgen, thank you. and a c 3 60 starts now. good evening. we begin tonight with breaking news to court rulings, the first potentially life altering for women in this country. a federal judge in texas putting government approval of a drug widely