that is what we now know is the fbi-concocted gretchen whitmer kidnapping hoax.this confidential informant? why did he i.d. ryan kelly? also it appears from separate reporting that ryan kelly was in touch with one of the 13 men charged in this hoax. not the six men charged federally, the other men who faced state charges. so this fbi informant was hired separately as an informant to look at this ryan kelley situation. it's a very likely that ryan kelley was targeted by the same group that fbi undercover agents and informants -- the gretchen whitmer kidnapping hoax. >> tucker: there are good people at the fbi, i know some of them, why haven't they come forward to say turning our main law enforcement agency into an instrument of political repression is not acceptable. why aren't fbi agents standing up and say no, i can't be part of this? >> we really need more to do that. what is interesting is committee ranking member of jim jordan, one fbi whistle-blower has come forward and said that the agency was not being entirely forthcoming about what happened on january 6t

jeff zeleny is in michigan with actions its governor, democratic governor gretchen whitmer, is takingure girls and women will still have access to whatever medical procedures they feel they need. >> i don't think many knew that michigan would snap back 91 years to a law that would render this pro-choice state one of the most extreme in the country. >> governor gretchen whitmer is on the front lines of the new abortion fight. where a temporary court order is all that's keeping michigan from reverting to a 1931 law that made abortion a felony. >> no exceptions for rape, no exceptions for incest. this is how serious this moment is and how dramatic life could be upended in michigan. >> meeting with women in the detroit suburbs, whitmer sounded the alarm about the supreme court overturning roe v. wade. as fallout ripples across the country from courts to campaigns. it is suddenly a central issue in battleground governor's races in michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania, where democrats say they're the last line of defense from republican challengers and gop-controlled legislatures, pressing

including senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and michigan governor gretchen whitmer. itmer. foreman were accused of plotting to kidnap the governor, and work with it. of course, because example of anti government violence will retake the spotlight this week in the january six committee's first public hearing. earlier this year a poll from the washington post and university of maryland showed that about a third of americans say they believe violence against the government cannot times we justified. i want to get to the bottom of this, and here to help me do that is former fbi assistant special agent in charge, gina osborne. gina when you see a rising number in these kinds of offenses, and it frankly looks like things are just getting worse, as line force mint, what are you looking for as far as possible causes. and what's can be done about it? >> good morning katie, thank you for having me. i would say that if you see something say something. so many times people are aware, whether these individuals or during mass shootings or having these targeted attacks, we put it on

state court temporarily blocked the law, but with roe overturned, michigan democratic governor gretchen whitmereproductive choice in her state. and she is up for reelection this fall. governor whitmer, it's good to have you on tonight. thanks for joining. >> thank you, i'm glad to be with. >> first, let's talk about the status of legal abortion, reproductive care in your state. it is legal in michigan right now that 1931 law has been successfully in joint. am i right? >> that's right. it is being on -- it's on appeal, so it's a precarious moment. we could revert 91 years, if you lose that injunction. we also filed a lawsuit in our state's supreme court to ask our court to declare that, you know, the michigan constitution. women have a due process and equal protection, right to privacy, and bodily autonomy. i am hoping they will take action quickly with the event of today's decision being announced. >> so we have this sort of -- that's being litigated right now. you have a state where, i just wanna say the polling, michigan, obviously, is a very divided state, sort of a quintessential swing stat

host: michigan governor gretchen whitmer yesterday. taking calls from women only in this first hour of the washington journal, asking you what y >> you can watch the rest of this program but now remarks from senator tina smith on the supreme court decision to rescind abortion rights under roe v. wade. ♪

why he was also targeting gretchen whitmer, mitch mcconnell and tony evers as well. >> yeah, this is an interesting case and will be studied. because it both is personal for him in that we know and it has been reported that he was sentenced, and the trial judge and sentencing judge wears the deceased judge that he targeted. but is the span of time, yasmin, that has my attention i will get the attention of behavioral scientist as well. because we are talking gears here of brooding about this sentence. this is not something that happened a year, two, three, four years ago. >> 2005, confessed convicted back in 2005. >> he also violated his conditions of parole for that sentence. we wouldn't see -- why do i say grievance collector? he has been brooding but also we see ensuing, he's a litigator. he sees any law enforcement entity he comes in contact with. he loses those suits, they're frivolous, but he's got this kind of chip on his shoulder and carries it. and that was interesting, even more, is he is now extending it beyond his personal region on two people he has likely never met. gove

gretchen whitmer's name was also on the gunman's list. on it. >> reporter: at 6:30 a.m., the juneau county sheriff's office received a call about an armed gunman. they responded and for nearly four hours tried to negotiate with the suspect inside the home before entering and finding 68-year-old retired judge john roamer zip tied to a chair. police say he was shot and killed. >> this act appears to have been related to the judicial process. >> reporter: police found the suspected attacker injured in the basement from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. he survived. investigators are looking into the possibility of a targeted attack, potentially a hit list of public figures. >> he's in critical condition and the investigation is ongoing. >> reporter: the suspect in the shooting has criminal history dating back to 2002 and has crossed paths with judge roamer in the past. in 2005 his case involving armed burglary and firearms came before the judge, who sentenced him to six years in jail. the suspect also brought a civil suit against sev

i want to bring in the democratic governor of michigan, gretchen whitmer.ou are a strong supporter of abortion rights. what was your reaction when you heard the decision this morning? >> well, i think we knew this was coming, yet it still was like a gut punch. here's the thing. we cannot let this be the last chapter. we have to fight. we have work to do. i filed a lawsuit here in michigan. i'm trying to protect abortion rights for michiganders and for women from ohio and indiana who come here for reproductive health care as well. we're waging this war. we're trying to keep this 1931 law that makes it a felony, no exceptions for rape or incest, from going into effect. but it's a precarious moment. >> are you going to be able to block it from going into effect? i mean, it is the law of michigan. >> so i filed this lawsuit a couple months ago. people thought that it was too early or maybe it wasn't going to be necessary, and obviously both was timely and absolutely necessary. we are hoping that the court will take action soon. the theory of the lawsuit is that

again, what we know is that michigan governor gretchen whitmer was on a hit list along with wisconsinh mcconnell. they are still trying to figure out in what way this list was constructed and in what way this was connected to the judicial system. it was a single case? was it a series of cases? those are all of the questions law enforcement are trying to answer. what we know now is that this all started at 6:30 friday morning when a man ran out of judge roamer's home and called 911 saying there was an armed person saying two shots had been fired. police tried to negotiate with the person inside but those efforts failed, and at around 10:00 a.m., tactical teams finally made their way inside where they found 68-year-old john romer dead. inside that home they also found a 56-year-old suspect with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. officials stress this wasn't random. >> this as i mentioned before, does appear to be a targeted act and the individual who's the suspect appears to have had other targets as well. it appears to be related to the judicial system. >> federal officials have been warn

included wisconsin governor tony evers, michigan governor gretchen whitmer senate minority leader mitchelated to the judicial system, those who may have been other targets have been notified of that. >> the victim is 68-year-old john romer, a former juneau judge who retired from the bench in 2017. he was found friday zip tied to a chair and fatally shot. >> this is really the most extreme concern of all, that a former party or defendant is going to search you out and meet out his own form of retribution. >> the u.s. marshals assigned to protect the 2700 federal judges nationwide say they've monitored more than 4500 threats leveled against judges and prosecutors last year alone. >> now angry protests against conservative supreme court justices in the aftermath of the leaked abortion draft opinion are once again raising fresh questions about their safety. >> one of those decisions will be the dobbs case involving the fate of roe vs. wade. and that's going to tell us a lot about what it will look like outside the supreme court over the next few months. >> but congressional efforts have so

. >> reporter: michigan governor gretchen whitmer senate might leader mitch mcconnell also on the list. her office responding she will not be bullied or intimidated from doing her job. wisconsin officials notifying capitol police about the threat to mcconnell. ror serve inspected the army reserves and as an assistant district attorney and state public defender. he took the bench in 2004, retiring in 2017. >>> controversy continues to brew around this week's summit of the americas in los angeles. president biden is the host of the summit this year, but several other heads of state are threatening to boycott this meeting because leaders from cuba, nicaragua, and venezuela have been banned. the president has been asked to lift that ban. the meeting is part of an effort to ease tensions and collaborate on a host of issues affecting north and south america. >>> quite a surprise on this final day of jubilee festivities in london. queen elizabeth made an appearance, marking her 70 years on the throne. she waved to the crowd. the 96-year-old monarch missed events in the last two days be, becau

shooter had a hit list with other high-profile officials written down including michigan governor gretchen whitmer, tony evers and senator mitch mcconnell. >>> it was a tough loss for american tennis phenom coco gauff in the french open finals today. the 18-year-old losing in straight sets to 21-year-old iga swiatek of poland but gauff still made history. the youngest woman in two decades to reach a grand slam final >>> one of the most famous faces in the history of advertising has died you may recognize this little one, the original gerber baby the model was a woman named ann turner cook who was just 5 months old when a sketch of her became the company's trademark selling billions of jars of baby food. ann turner cook later became a teacher and novelist. she died at her home in florida yesterday at the age of 95. >>> now, overseas to england and the new questions about the health of 96-year-ol queen elizabeth absent from her own jubilee events today with prince charles and her daughter princess anne filling in, it has a lot of royal watchers wondering what's next for the monarch? stephanie gosk i

michigan's governor gretchen whitmer says abortion remains legal in her state due to a judge last monthnting a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the decades old law. but south dakota governor kristi noem told cbs news abortions became illegal in her state. >> immediately after road was over, turned south dakota's. >> you know, under our past several years and has stood for life and defending life. >> and here in washington, protesters were back in the streets with even more demonstrations across the country. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren is calling for federal protections access to abortion like other medical procedures should be available across the board to all people in this country. south carolina senator lindsey graham calls it a great day for the conservative movement. for all of you who've been working for 50 years to let members of the house and the senate and presidents that would put constitutional conservatives on the court your day finally arrived. >> next on the kron, 4 morning news you might want to prepare before you hit the road or fly for 4th of july.

its governor, gretchen whitmer joins us this morning. >> good morning, margaret. >> brennan: it was a 1931 law already on your books, that would outlaw it with no exceptions for rape or incest. i know there is confusion in your state. what exactly is the status of your appeal to the state's supreme court. >> this is precisely why i filed my lawsuit a few months ago. a lot of people questioned if it was timely or even necessarily. and it became clear it is timely and absolutely necessary. there is a lot of confusion about what this means for i.v.f., for practitioners, and some hospitals are interpret interprg it. and that's why our supreme court needs to act. i teed up this lawsuit asking them to recognize a fundamental due process right to privacy and bodily autonomy and reproductive health care. it is time for them to weigh in and recognize this right under our state constitution. >> brennan: so what happens if you lose? >> well, we've got -- we're going at it. we're pulling out all of the stops. this is a fight like hell moment. so our partners filed this other lawsuit. they have th

wisconsin governor tony evers, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, and michigan governor gretchen whitmer. a spokesperson for governor whitmer calling the news reports deeply troubling and saying she will not be bullied or intimidated. >> we have been able to contact the people who we believe may have been targets to notify them. the others, as far as we are aware, are safe at this point. >> reporter: as for a motive, the attorney general only saying it has to do with a court case or cases. in 2020, new jersey federal judge esther salas was targeted at her home by a disgruntled lawyer who shot her husband and killed her son. she spoke with our robin roberts. >> it had been months, if not a year, when he last appeared before me. >> reporter: had he ever threatened you in any kind of way? >> nothing. there was nothing. >> reporter: but he was able to get her home address. she is now joining the fight for federal legislation to prevent that. >> phil lipof back with us now. phil, we noted authorities are looking at this as a possible case of domestic terrorism, but you're learning about legis

. >> reporter: in michigan, democratic governor gretchen whitmer is asking its supreme court to clarifyapplies, the current abortion law or a ban that has been dormant, but on the books, since the 1930s. >> what i am trying to fight for is the status quo in michigan and there are reasonable restrictions on that. there is no common ground which is the sad thing. >> reporter: according to a new cbs news poll out today, 56% of americans think the overturn of roe v. wade will make women's lives worse, and more than half say they think the supreme court is likely to put limits on gay marriage or access to birth control. >> a victory for life. >> reporter: at a rally in illinois, former president donald trump told the crowd that his work nominating conservative justices made the ruling possible. >> we got almost 300 federal judges and three great supreme court justices confirmed to do exactly that. >> duncan: christina what recourse do lawmakers have who are clearly not happy with this reversal? >> reporter: well, democrats including senator warren are advocating to add justices to the suprem

host: michigan governor gretchen whitmer yesterday. taking calls from women only in this first hour of the washington journal, asking you what y >> you can watch the rest of this program but now remarks from senator tina smith on the supreme court decision to rescind abortion rights under roe v. wade. ♪ >> it's a sad day for the court and the country. ♪ >> i am outraged by this decision. i think this is a betrayal and though i was anticipating it, i have to say i am stunned. to think that this radical supreme court is rolling back the constitutional right and are saying government, not women, should make the decision about whether to continue a pregnancy, going against 50 years of precedent is stunning and i'm so angry. >> good morning, i am an anchor at washington post life and co-author of the newsletter. thank you for coming to this important program and i'm joined by senator tina smith. it's about the supreme court decision about roe v. wade and puts the russian of abortion back to the states. senator smith, thanks for joining us t

so a man running for governor in the republican primary in michigan hoping to challenge gretchen whitmer by some accounts the leading candidate in the race was just arrested by the fbi at home. january six ? this happened today. fox is kevin kirk has a story for tonight . >> incredible story indeed. talk our evening to you. michigan gop gubernatorial primary candidate ron kelly, as you point out, wasas arrested at nine thirty this morning by the fbi on ahe misdemeanorly charge allegedly for actions fen taken during the protest at d the capitol back on january six . 2020 one critics suggest that since that event happened a year, five months and three days ago, the timing of today's arrest and the search of his home seems suspicious, to put it mildly and perhaps isd meant to give democrats something to crow about as they staged their made for tv january 6th committee event tonight . now, according to a criminal complaint filed by the fbi, kelly was accused of disruptive conduct, injuring public property d and entering restricted airspace without permission. although it's important to t poi

. >> reporter: in michigan gretchen whitmer is asking the supreme court to apply what applies. >> what i'm trying to fight for is the status quo in michigan. there are reasonable restrictions on that. there is no common ground which is the sad thing. >> reporter: according to a new cbs poll out today, 56% of americans think the overturn of roe v. wade will make women's lives worse. more than half say they think the supreme court is likely to put limits on gay marriage or access to birth control. >> a victory for life. >> reporter: former president donald trump said his work nominatin conservative justices made it possible. >> we have 300 justices and three great veem court justices confirmed to do exactly that. >> reporter: christina, what recourse do lawmakers have who are clearly not happy with this reversal? >> demon kratz are asking to add justices to the supreme court. historically it's ranged from 5 to 10. president biden said he would not approve court packing. >> it started off with 6. thank you. >>> it was a mississippi law that triggered the decision to overturn roe v. wade.

because of gretchen whitmer and joe biden we are suffering through that right now.what's frustrating about this whole thing. there was a monologue on leadership. the leadership has been so bad from the biden administration, they were warned and they moved forward anyway. we are being warned about blackouts and they are doing nothing to fix it. i have to believe it's intentional at this point. what is option c? are they dumb or doing this intentionally? >> i learned never to attribute to malice that which can be more accurately attributed stupidity. we are set up to fail by following the pied piper of doom. we need to stand by what america was always best at. trusting its people. free will, free enterprise. a powerful centralized government throughout the course of human history and world history has always become more tyrannical and taking more power away from the people. it's messy, in their opinion it's unwieldy in their opinion. and they think they know better than us. i disagree. we need to have people who understand what it's like in the real world. inability t

others reportedly on his hit list, michigan governor gretchen whitmer, senator mitch mcconnell, and wisconsin governor tony evers. >> it makes me feel ill that somebody that devoted his life, or a good share of his life, being a jurist in the state, you know, rural wisconsin, and that's hard work, to be -- to be targeted like that, it -- it makes me, frankly, sick to my stomach. >> reporter: today, the wisconsin attorney general calling for more protection for judges and public officials. a cause taken up by u.s. district court judge esther salas of new jersey, whose son was killed and husband shot when a man targeting her posed as a delivery person to gain access to her home. salas has been trying to get a bill protecting judges' security through congress. >> judges are being assassinated, and it is time now that we say enough is enough. >> reporter: and david, in all, authorities say there were 13 people on uhde's hit list. the exact motive remains under investigation, but officials say they do not believe there is an active ongoing threat. david? >> all right, alex perez tonight. thank you

turning to this, michigan democratic governor gretchen whitmer taking fire for refusing to define what a woman is. >> the have the constitutional ability to bring lawsuit to protect constitutional rights of citizens. i brought a lawsuit on behalf of all the menstruate -- >> ashley: mayra flores is showing the country why voters are leaving democrats and flocking to the gop. >> who are you loyal to? to good or are you loyal to the democratic party? they tell me, i'm loyal to god. the party has done nothing for us for over 100 years. fishing helps ease my mind. it's kinda like having liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. woah! look out! [submarine rising out of water] [minions making noise] minions are bitin' today. (sung) liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. minions: the rise of gru, in theaters july 1st. what's guy fieri doing at the neighbor's house? it's sliiiiiiiiii-der sunday! we've got cheeseburger sliders on king's hawaiian pretzel slider buns. sliiiiiiiiii-der sunday! [crash] everything's better between king's hawaiian bread. especi

appreciate it, think he appeared >> we intend to win on 2nd of august and again in november making gretchen whitmer tucker: will be watching, thank you. inflation is so high that people in rural areas can't afford to mow their lawns because gas costs too much. what can to be done to solve this? we've got ideas after the break. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tucker: the official inflation by definition is a fraction of the inflation rate you experience. the official is 8.6% ending in may 2022. the same time, the stock markets and the bond markets are tanking simultaneously. interest rates are up, way up. what do we do about all this? how'd you make it better? senior fellow west joins us now. thank you for coming on. how would you rather than just blaming putin, what would you do to make this better? >> i can give you nine things we can do on inflation right now. it cut government spending, encourage oil and gas exploration, and the student payment loan moratorium, repeal by america provisions, repeal new ethanol rules the president put into place. it repeal new environmental restrictions on infrastructure that raises c

we have hostile anti-choice legislatures, that means reelecting folks like michigan governor gretchen whitmer, kansas, laura kelly, and picking up governor's seats in places that are tough, pennsylvania and georgia, where you have josh shapiro and stacey abrams, rallying here in philadelphia, we also are looking at attorneys generals, attorneys even, we know we have the majority of americans on our side, and this is a motivating issue for democrats. we have to start educating voters right away. >> dr. kumar, you're in texas. texas has one of the most restrictive laws banning abortion, even before the supreme court decision. how has pregnant women's lives changed in texas in the past couple of months, and how has your life as a doctor there changed now? when somebody comes in and wants or needs an abortion. >> you're right. texas has been living in a post world for the past ten months, we as physicians and health care providers deny people the care they need. for ten months, many of the people coming for us were coming out of state, figure out the logistics of travel, the costs involved, takin

currently run by a character called gretchen whitmer. would you ever run against her?ichigan, bring it back to what it was? >> i would run behind her trying to trip her up. >> [laughs] >> no, i like my day job. >> you are not running for office. >> no, not now. one day i was bored and sitting around and really thought i could serve my country and help them out, stir things up a little bit and do what is right, i would have to take a hard look at it, but nah. >> where do you see yourself in ten years? >> in ten years i see myself on the front porch, glass of whiskey, cigar, rocking chair, my grandkids are going to come over and walk up and say "grandpa, what are you doing?" and i am going to say, "still rocking." ♪ ♪ >> tucker: that was a pretty good line, obviously. there are a lot like that. in that documentary, just out on fox nation, we recommend, get a free trial on tuckercarlson.com. so, in cities across the country, murder and violent crime is soaring. got the numbers and also the video of what is happening and is being encouraged by prosecutors backed by george

republican strategy for victory, and that means this fall states like michigan, where governor gretchen whitmerface serious challenge from someone like the up-and-coming tutor dixon. and even the deep blue washington state where senator patty murray is feeling the heat from tiffany smiley, who we profiled last night. and in 2024, we don't want to win by ten electoral votes, we want to win in a reagan-era landslide. that means an urgent appeal to all americans who want to save everything we love about our country. a return to common sense, and informed patriotism, a respect for our institutions from law enforcement to the supreme court. an embrace of american history as we continue to learn from our past, of course. look, we know what works, trump's policies worked. he had rising wages, no inflation, a tight border, no new wars, no free pass for china. a belief in america first, and at the angle. joining me now is jason me on, e first hispanic to win a statewide election in virginia. mr. attorney general, thank you for joining us. things are so interesting in virginia now because the state was -

that list included michigan governor gretchen whitmer and mitch mcconnell.he judge's death is the latest in the escalating gun violence epidemic. more than 18,000 americans have been killed by gunfire this year. this week president biden renewed his calls for gun reform including raising the minimum wage to buy an assault weapon if it can't be banned. >> look, i know for some folks will say 18-year-olds can serve in military and fire those weapons. that's with training and supervision by the best trained experts in the world. don't tell me raising the age won't make a difference. >> among those adding their voices to the debate are gun reform -- on gun reform are health care professionals. dr. joseph is a trauma surgeon at johns hop kins and is a gunshot survivor. thank you for coming back on the show. you were just 17 when you were shot. tell us what happened and how that experience shaped your perspective on this issue. >> thanks so much for having me again. look, i come to this conversation as someone who is a survivor. at a age of 17 i was nearly killed

sources tell cnn the suspect had a list of targets including governor gretchen whitmer and mitch mcconnell. police say this all began 6:30 friday morning when someone ran out of the judge's home and called 911 reporting there was someone armed, reporting someone was firing a weapon. throughout the morning police tried to negotiate with the suspect inside douglas yude, but those negotiations broke down. at around 10:15, tactical teams were finally able to get inside that home where they found 6-year-old roamer dead. they also found yude, a 56-year-old, inside that home with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. officials had been sounding the alarm for months that there is this real potential that anti-government sentiment could fuel violence in this overall height inned threat landscape. this case is the example of very crimes officials have been so worried about and now the big fear is that this case could result in copy cat attacks. certainly one that law enforcement across the country is watching closely. whitney wild, cnn, washington. >>> a texas state lawmaker says lack of clarity about the

one of the michigan governor gretchen whitmer and wisconsin governor who said no mention being a targety that has voted in his life being a jurist in the state in rural wisconsin to be targeted like that. it makes me frankly sick to my >>. >> wisconsin authorities say the 56-year-old suspect identified douglas, shot and killed retired judge john inside the judges home before critically wounding himself on friday. did have some interaction in the past with the victim in this case according to court records judge sentenced him to six years in prison and 2005 when he was convicted of armed robbery. the 56-year-old has a long rap sheet including convictions for carrying a firearm while a felon and eluding police port authorities say is run-ins with the law may have motivated him. >> we are related to the initial system. in any active to other individuals. >> authorities say identified and notified in the individuals may have been targets at this time they have no evidence of any active threats back to you? >> charles watson thank you very much. we will be right back unless you happen to be

it included senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, governor gretchen whitmer of michigan and tony evers, the governor of wisconsin, listen to him talking about this long-time judge being killed. >> i know him, the remember followinger judge was killed, that in itself is it makes me feel ill that somebody that took his life since they you know in rural wisconsin, that's hard to be targeted like that. it makes me, frankly, sick to my stomach. >> reporter: and it almost feels like a broken record wanehen wey this now. we are seeing shootings happen in such unexpected places. you have to drive more than two miles over to get to the grocery storech everyone here seems to know each other. everyone i spoke to says they know the family. they are in shock this happened. the suspect is not facing charges. the law enforcement says the public isn't in danger. that doesn't mean people here are rattled. >> it seems no matter where you are, my hometown yesterday in lexington, a shooting outside a funeral. wisconsin rattled by this latest shooting there, nadia ramirez, thank you so much. >>> the surviv

. >>> the governor of michigan, gretchen whitmer has filed a motion with her state's supreme court toe v. wade was overturned. the concern is an old law on the book that dates back to 1931 that criminalizing abortion without exceptions for rape or incest. right now it's not inforced because planned parenthood got injunctions against it, but now people want it reinstated. joining me now is congresswoman debbie dingle. thank you for joining us. how big is the risk to women in michigan right now, and how do you stop what is being contemplated in michigan, bringing back a law from 1931. >> so the governor -- it's good to be with you, by the way. first let me say that. >> thank you. >> the governor anticipated this and began this legal effort a number of months ago when the decision was issued yesterday, has asked for an expedited decision from the michigan supreme court. but jim, i want to tell you, there are immediate consequences. one of our major hospitals in the southeast michigan area now become part of a broader hospitals throughout the state has already said that they will not be d

wisconsin governor tony evers, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and michigan governor gretchen whitmermong those targeted sources tell cnn. >> we've been in contact with the individuals who were dpinted as potentially being targets. >> reporter: governor whitmer's office releasing this statement governor whitmer is tough and will not be bullied or intimidated from doing her job. the targeting based on court cases but law enforcement remained tight-lipped on many details regarding the suspect the motive and possible connection to the judge and others targeted. >> this is an ongoing investigation so we can't go into any further at this point. >> reporter: the investigation is ongoing but no threat to the general public. that doesn't mean people here aren't rattled. every time i speak to someone it's the same pattern. don't want to go on camera, share their name. they are concerned, because thm most lived here their entire lives, news family. well like and respected in community. now terned, because something like this has never happened before. jim? >> must be very unsettling for that co

a hit list and allegedly included senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, michigan, governor gretchen whitmer wisconsin governor this was discovered after wisconsin authority said shot and killed former wisconsin judge john at roemer inside the judges home before critically wounding himself in juneau county on friday just northwest of the walkie. governor called the alleged attack sickening but made no mention of being a target himself. >> it makes me feel that somebody has devoted his life for good share of his life being a jurist in the state in rural wisconsin, to be targeted like that. it makes me frankly sick to my >>. >> court records do show he did have interactions with the victim and the past in 2005. the judge roemer sends them to six years in prison after his convicted of armed robbery the 56-year-old since has a key made quite the rap sheet including convictions for firearm while a felon and alluding to police. authorities say his run-ins with the law may have motivated him to target the criminal justice system. >> related to the judicial system at this point we are not aware of a

a spokesman for michigan governor gretchen whitmer confirmed the suspect's hit list contained the governor's name in a statement from her office sent to news nation called the investigation, quote, deeply troubling. think we're now up to about 2700 domestic terrorism investigations. the wisconsin murder investigation comes after a department of homeland security report on terrorism warned in february of an ongoing threat of targeted violence from lone offenders and small groups acting to further personal beliefs or out of personal grievance. increasingly, we're seeing. >> people with this kind of weird hodge podge blend of the old school world of kind of people with some surety of of radical ideology, then turning to violence is often giving way to people who have kind of a jumble of mixed up ideas. >> now following the targeted murder of a judge in wisconsin. police will further investigate the motives of the crime. >> that was tom dempsey reporting for us tonight. >> now to an update on the multiple stabbings at a hospital in los angeles. police have arrested the 35 year-old suspect accuse

including senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, governor of michigan gretchen whitmer.d, whitmer was previously targeted for kidnapping plot, which the suspects were a member of a far-right wannabe militia group. all these threats and acts of violence are as congressman, numbers of the january six committee jamie raskin has often put it, outside the constitutional order. in fact, they are an assault on the constitutional order. this movement is deeper and more insidious than any quote unquote normal violence, or quote unquote normal politics, right? because the use of violence as a tool of force in the political sphere towards the ends of undoing self governance is a unique threat, as jenny was sixth was. and it is an ongoing one. as republican congresswoman and vice chair of the january 6th committee, list cheney, told cbs news this week -- >> it's an ongoing threat. you know, we are not in a situation where former president trump has expressed any sense of remorse about what happened. we are in fact in a situation where he continues to use even more extreme language,

>>> one of the key grounds is michigan where the republican led state house and the governor gretchen whitmer are both up for reelection this fall and are at opposite ends of the issue. there's confusion after the state's largest health care provider initially said they would follow guidance from a 1931 state law only allowing abortion to protect the life of the mother. that law is now unenforceable under a temporary state court injunction. it's a case of a number of states where there is a democratic governor or in pennsylvania an open democratic seat in the state house and republican legislatures who can then move barring a democratic veto to outlaw abortion. let's begin with where things stand in your state. >> we have a 1931 law on the books that criminalizes abortion, no exceptions really, no exception for rape, no exception for incest, seemingly no exception for medical emergencies. the only exception is to save the life of the mother. it's really not certain what the criteria is for that. does there have to be 100% chance that the woman will die? what if they have high blood pressure a

while the fbi sets up fake kidnapping stings against gretchen whitmer. why it was no surprise that biden's cameo last night was a total flop. he sat down with a democrat activist. took some softball questions, and called it a victory. but not before getting a pat on the back for how tough of a job he has it. >> what a terrible job you have. [laughter] i mean, i'm glad you are doing it but, boy oh boy does this seem like a bad gig. >> no. >> jesse: that wasn't an interview. it was a pity party. there were no real questions or actual answers. it was just two democrats sitting around refusing to accept responsibility for their party's massive failures. maybe next time joe sits down for a one-on-one he will do it with an actual journalist like me. [laughter] or at least do it on a late night show people actually watch. clay travis is the host of the clay travis and buck sexton show and founder of outkick. all right, so you are a tv critic. what would you give that as a review, clay? >> look, i don't blame jimmy kimmel or anybody for getting the president of

i think when you look at gretchen whitmer, she has become a high-profile figure across the country. and that profile really started to rise during the pandemic when she put in restriction polity's -- she was considered as a contender to be -- to be vice president tonight running mate when he was deciding on how to pick. i think governor whitmer had these two things -- she took an aggressive stance on the pandemic, lockdowns since the beginning of the onset. then -- those two things combined to really create -- profile across the country. we've seen the response, which is a lot of people targeting her, criticizing her. sometimes it turns into a dangerous situation as we saw over this past weekend. >> yes, not to mention i remember during the pandemic and michigan individuals that the michigan state capital and not to mention again -- to kidnap governor whitmer. she had really become a target. and frankly i think that people across the country -- i often ask, am i imagining this? >> we are not. violence is a major threat in this country and tyler -- the university of maryland. we had

it couldn't get any worse for the democratic family look at this from foxnews.com, michigan gretchen whitmer refers to women as men straighting people. monica crowley along with leo 2.0 tyrell. monica, i don't think our giggling vice-president talks about the passage of time and the passage of time over and over again is quite up to the task of being president, do you? >> no, i don't, sean and we've got a real problem here because the president of the united states clearly, most of the time, doesn't know what planet he's on, and his number two is in a perpetual state of nervous breakdowns. so neither the president nor the vice-president is capable of doing the most important job not only in the country sean but in the world. so what we're experiencing here is a rolling constitutional cries. nobody in the propaganda press wants to point out the reality of what we're facing here. but the american people see it very clearly. and that is why joe biden, his job approval numbers now sean are in the low 30s. kamala harris is in the mid to upper 30s, not much better. and that's why you've got democr

hit list found at the murder scene included wisconsin governor tony evers, michigan governor gretchen whitmer and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> appears to be related to the judicial system. those who may have other -- been other targets have been notified of that. >> the victim is 68-year-old john roamer, a former juneau county judge who retired from the bench in 2017. he was found friday zip tied to a chair and fatally shot. >> this is really the most extreme concern of all that a former party or defendant is going to search you out and mete out his own form of retribution. [chanting] >> the u.s. marshals protect 2700 judges nationwide say they have monitored more than 4500 threats leveled against judges and prosecutors last year alone. >> we are not your incubator. >> angry protesters against supreme court justice notice aftermath of the leaked abortion draft opinion are once again raising fresh questions about their safety. >> one of those decisions will be the dobbs case involving the fate of roe v. wade. and that's going to tell us a lot about what it will look like outside

michigan governor, gretchen whitmer and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell.estigators say those lawmakers have been notified and they are looking into whether this was related to any court cases, very disturbing, eric. ♪. eric: while it is day three of queen elizabeth platinum jubilee celebrations. today's big event is horse racing. the queen decided to skip that due to ongoing mobility issues for her. she is pacing herself we are told for the long holiday weekend. meantime prince harry and meghan markel hear about this they were noticeably boot as they left church service yesterday. alex hogan on these historic festivities. >> hi erica. people here in the city of london and across the country are celebrating there is also a fair share of americans who have traveled all the way here just to catch the celebrations. >> of pomp and pageantry seeing the royal family. it is all just incredible. >> is so friendly and festive. it's better than i thought. i thought it would be chaos and everyone is well behaved. it is gorgeous weather. >> the next big event today is

now michigan's governor, gretchen whitmer, has promised to quote fight like hell to prevent it from going back into place. here she is speaking exclusively with msnbc's, dasha burns. >> so considering this moment. the supreme court decision and the fact that you are not going to be governor forever. so how vulnerable are abortion rights in michigan right now and two, three, four election cycles from now? >> it is a very precarious moment. i was raised by protests republican. we had a pro-choice republican is a part of our conversation. and yet the republican leadership in our legislator is trying to intervene in my lawsuit. on behalf of a law that is 91 years old. that makes it a felony. no objection for rape, no exception for incest. that is the state of politics in michigan at this moment. >> that state politics, that state of uncertainty, and fair for many, is already taking a toll. >> i was 18 when roe v. wade went into effect. and it was like, it was a gift. i felt like my government understood that i was a human being that could make up my own mind. how did they have the right to te

suspect's alleged hit list included senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, michigan governor, gretchen whitmer, and wisconsin governor tony evers cnn's perry russom on what we are learning >> reporter: a criminal history at least two decades long and now accused of killing the retired judge who can sentenced him to six years in prison. >> the targeting was based on some sort of court case or cases. >> the judge sentenced uda in 2005 in a case where he was convicted of armed burglary with a dangerous weapon possession of a short-barreled shotgun roamer retired from the bench in 2017. >> i see him walking his dog, everybody waves to him he is a nice guy >> reporter: wisconsin attorney general, josh kul says uda had other targets, as well. >> it appears to be related to the -- the judicial system >> reporter: a senior law enforcement system says governor tony evers was on the list. >> important to our judiciary and to leadership in -- in our -- in our state and our country. >> the u.s. marshal service reports federal judges were threatened more than 4,500 times last year. a number, its director s

senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, wisconsin governor tony evers, and michigan governor gretchen whitmer. the republican-led house of representatives in ohio has approved a bill to ban transgender girls from school sports. under the bill, student athletes could be forced to have invasive genital inspections if anyone even questions their gender. the bill was approved on the first day of pride month with little debate after a republican lawmaker amended it to an unrelated piece of lislation. and those are some of the headlines. this i is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's show in ukraine, where russian missiles struck the capital kyiv for the first time in over a month on sunday. this came as russian and ukrainian forces continue to battle over control of the city of severodonetsk in eastern ukraine. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says russian forces now occupy roughly one-fifth of ukraine. on sunday, russian president vladimir putin warned western nations against supplying longer range missiles to ukraine. >> if the long

that included this state's governor, tony evers, as well as michigan's governor gretchen whitmer, andl judge whose son was killed in a similar attack, and she's pleading for more protection. listen in. >> when there's a common sense solution, a common sense solution that is narrowly tailored to address this compelling government interest, i say to members of congress, this is, in my opinion, a no brainer. why are we not doing this by now? daniel's been gone 22 months and 18 days, and yes, i'm counting, and i'll be counting for the rest of my life on earth. let's avoid tragedy. let's now do something no other judge should lose their life because they're doing their job. >> and we heard from authorities about an hour ago during that update. they told us the alleged suspect is still listed in critical condition after they believe he suffered from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. victor? >> adrienne broaddus for us there in new lisbon and to hear that judge say she will be counting for the rest of her life. that certainly resonates. thank you. >>> british prime minister's boris johnson's p

and other related activity against the current sitting governor, gretchen whitmer. so it's an ongoing problem in -- that he has repeatedly been cited in these incidents, and now, of course, with his involvement in january 6th. one of the things that came up is he was wearing similar clothing to what he was wearing in the so-called judgment day protest in michigan. obviously, someone that should have been called out earlier. but it remains to be seen what the tactics are and why they haven't moved any sooner against him. >> david, how does the january 6th belief system and participation, how does it function in -- it might help somebody win a primary in pennsylvania, who is now the republican gubernatorial nominee. does it -- it might help you get the nomination in the republican party, but is it ultimately a disq disqualifier? the general? >> i think it's going to be the case -- it depends. there's a broad spectrum of people that participated january 6th. did you come and exercise your 1st amendment right or did you storm the capitol? those that broke the law will b

according to the source, also targeted senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, michigan governor gretchen whitmer, and wisconsin governor tony evers. >> someone who spent the majority of his life being a jurist in rural wisconsin, and that's hard work, to be targeted like that. it makes me frankly sick to my stomach. >> the state department of justice said law enforcement attempted to negotiate with the gunman at the judge's home. when they entered, they found the judge, who had been shot and killed. police found the suspect injured in the basement from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. 56-year-old douglas uhde survived and the authorities won't say whether he told them anything. no charges have been filed. >> all i can say is he's in critical condition and the investigation is ongoing. >> the suspect has criminal convictions dating back to at least 2002. and court records show in 2005, his case involving armed burglary and firearms charges came before judge roamer, and he sensed him to six years in prison followed by nine years extended supervision. the suspect also brought a civil lawsu