let's get to mary bruce live on the hill. and the committee now in talks with former white house counsel pat cipollone. what are you hearing from your sources about whether he'll testify? >> reporter: well, david, sources tell us that scipollones team and the committee have been talking. the committee has now issued a subpoena, compelling cipollone c to come in. >> mary bruce live on the hill for us. mary, thank you. >>> we turn to the war in ukraine. and major news tonight, that russian invasion now prompting historic moves at a nato summit in madrid. president biden and other leaders formally inviting finland and sweden now to join the alliance. and president biden increasing u.s. military commitments in europe, including a permanent presence in poland. vladimir putin responding tonight. and abc's chief white house correspondent cecilia vega traveling with the president in spain tonight. >> reporter: with russia's brutal campaign in ukraine grinding into its fifth month, nato today formally inviting sweden and finland to jo

>> mary bruce baa with ust. thank you, mary. >>> overseas to the war in ukraine. 100 days since russia's invasion, and a defiant message from president zelenskyy tonight, telling russia, he's there, his team is there, and the people are there. vowing, quote, victory will be ours. a terrible toll mounting. and the fighting in the east in the donbas where ukrainians are losing ground. tonight, no sign of any possible peace deal. >>> we're going to turn our attention now overseas and to london, celebration of queen elizabeth's 70 years on the throw. a service of thanksgiving at st. paul's cathedral. queen elizabeth taking it as a day of rest, but members of the royal family were there. james longman now in london. >> reporter: tonight, a royal family reunion, giving thanks for the queen's 70-year reign. queen elizabeth not there, choosing to rest up after thursday's celebrations. but this service of thanksgiving, at the majestic st. paul's cathedral, led instead by prince charles and camilla, who processed in with

may i approachle scott, mary bruce, deborah roberts all standing by. but we begin with terry moran who's covered supreme court for years. >> reporter: at the supreme court today, an historic upheaval. in a sweeping ruling that overturned a half a century of precedents, five justices ended the right of american women to choose abortion under the constitution. the court upheld mississippi's ban on abortions after 15 weeks by a 6- 3 vote, and five of those justices went even farther -- voting to overturn roe versus wade itself. today's opinion is nearly identical to the draft that leaked from the court last to r the 1973 landmark ruling in roe, scorning the idea that the constitution protects a right to choose abortion. "roe was on a collision course with the constitution from the day it was decided, alito wrote. it is time to heed the constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives." chief justice john roberts joined the conservative majority in upholding the mississippi law, but he insisted the court did not need to

here's abc's mary bruce. >> reporter: joe biden knows this fight well. he's been fighting for gun reforms in this town for decades, which means he knows well just how difficult this is going to be. he knows the political reality that he is facing. and the white house right now says they are encouraged by the fact that lawmakers are at least talking. the president and the top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, don't even agree on the problem. mitch mcconnell says this is an issue of school safety and mental illness. so even though you have some lawmakers talking, the question really remains. is this time going to finally be different? >> our thanks to mary bruce. >>> we turn now to an historic celebration in the united kingdom and around the world for queen elizabeth ii. the platinum jubilee marks 70 years on the throne for the 96-year-old monarch. here's abc's deborah roberts reporting from london. >> reporter: it was a magnificent display of might and majesty. the british royal family out in full force, celebrating the queen's platinum jubilee,

mary bruce is live. >>> the mountain lion discovered in a school classroom. the scare. >>> and elon musks ordering tesla employees to return to work in person. and to those complaining, he said, pretend to work some place else. >>> on the eve of the big celebration in the uk, 70 years on the throne, what's just been released tonight of the queen. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. we begin tonight with the breaking news late today. a seven-person jury siding with johnny depp in the defamation trial with his ex-wife that has made global headlines for weeks. at issue, whether his ex-wife defamed him when she wrote about being a victim of abuse. the jury awarding depp more than $10 million in damages. the couple married in 2015, the case involved an op-ed article amber heard wrote in 2018 calling herself a victim of domestic abuse without mentioning depp by name. depp had argued it defamed him, that it hurt his career. te jury agreed. but what the jury also decided in favor of amber heard. tonight, she said this is a step

for that we go back to mary bruce. i think we're always remeeinded we're in a country exhausted, exhausted by the pandemic, mass shootings, so many other issues we face. is this white house hopeful that even though they're aware of the political hurdles that perhaps the exhaustion in the country will be recognized by lawmakers? >> reporter: that's the hope. they see some cause for optimism. the fact that they're even talking is a good sign tore this white house. it's interested the president himself hasn't been involved. the white house says he wants to give congress space to see if they can find shreds of common ground. right now the president and the top republican in the senate mitch mcconnell don't agree on the problem. mitch mcconnell says it's a problem of mental health and school safety. the president outlining his demands tonight, but those are demands he's been making for decades through several rounds of unsuccessful efforts in this firef fight. can they find common ground? >> mary, thank you. three final ima

>> all right, mary bruce live at the white house. thank you, mary. >>> here at home, yet another new setback tonight in the struggle to get baby formula back on the shelves in the u.s. tonight, that plant at the center of the shortage, abbott nutrition's formula plant in michigan, it's now c this time, because of storm-related flooding. just two weeks after it reopened. they say it could take weeks now to reopen again. >>> we turn now to the economy and your money. and a day after that massive federal interest rate hike, president biden addressing the growing fear of recession in an oval office interview today, saying it's not inevitable we'll have a recession because the u.s. is in a better position than any other country, he said, to overcome this. but he said he also knows that people in this country are really, really down. the dow falling below 30,000 today. it's the lowest point in more than a year. and so, we know part of what's driving this, of course, let's get right back to rebecca jarvis tonight. rebecca? >> reporter: davi

th >> all right, mary bruce at the white house. thank you, mary. >>> there's also news on the covid vaccine tonight for the youngest children in this country. the fda now confirming late today they have received pfizer's completed application for a three-dose vaccine for children from 6 months to 5 years. we know the fda advisory board is now set to meet on june 15th to discuss pfizer and moderna's vaccines for the youngest of children. the cdc would also have to sign off, but if all goes well, that vaccine could be available by the end of june, we'll see. >>> when we come back here tonight, late word this evening on that search for those two missing women, the kayakers in virginia, what authorities have revealed late today. >>> and then elon musk's message to tesla employees, ordering them back to work in person, and then to the complainers, what his message was today. for adults with generalized myasthenia gravis who are positive for acetylcholine receptor antibodies, it may feel like the world is moving without you. but the pict

>> i am mary bruce with abc news. so far you seem to be receding existing policy. you just said this decision was not unpredictable. when can we expect more concrete stepto be announced. what is the hold up or are you acknowledging your hands are largely tied? sec. becerra: mary, it was a long decision. it did up and 50 years of precedent. you want to make sure that what you do this within the confines of the law. we are not interested in doing things just because. we wanted to make sure what we tell americans is accurate because we know americans are hearing a lot of inaccurate information. to every american who is impacted, we cannot tell you there is a silver bullet. what i am saying is the more we dig, we will do everything we can with what we find to make sure we are protecting women's reproductive health care services. it takes time because we want to do it right. >> you mentioned you are looking at possible ways to help women with transportation, women may need to travel to another state to get an abortion. what options are on the table? are you considering

our mary bruce pressing for details. >> when can we expect more concrete steps to be announced? what's the holdup here? >> it was a long decision and it did upend 50 years of precedent. and so, you want to make sure that what you do is within, as i said, the confines of the law. we are not interested in going rogue. >> reporter: the battle over abortion rights now turns to the states. at least 13 have stopped nearly all abortions. about a dozen others set to take action in the coming weeks and months. >> my body! my choice! >> reporter: abortion rights demonstrators marching from illinois to iowa. >> we have to protect our siblings who this does affect in other states. >> reporter: illinois now a safe haven, surrounded by states banning or severely restricting access to abortion, bracing for up to 30,000 more women to travel here over the year. >> patients who are struggling to make ends meet, who are deciding, do i pay my rent or do i feed my kids? and now they have this, not only added expense and time of needing an abortion, but also the time they have to take off work and th

our chief white house correspondent mary bruce has the latest. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, michael. the president is hoping that this will provide americans some relief this summer. in a speech this afternoon, biden will call on congress to suspend the gas tax for three months. that means americans could save about 18 cents a gallon, meaning in all they would save about $70 million a day but it's also going to cost the government about $10 billion over these three months. that's money that would normally go to funding key infrastructure projects. the president is also urging states to halt their gas taxes and, again, calling for oil refineries to step up their capacity. but, of course, none of this is a guarantee. the president needs congress to act on this and he is already facing opposition from members of both parties. look, officials here admit that this alone is not going to fix this problem. that it's not going to stop surging gas prices so think of this more as a temporary band-aid to provide some relief rather than a lo

let's go to mary bruce. good morning again, mary. >> good morning, robin. cassidy hutchinson was one of the few people inside the west wing and with the president on january 6th and she is describing in vivid detail what she witnessed, describing an unhinged donald trump willing to do anything to hold on to power and overturn the will of the voters. under oath, cassidy hutchinson, a top white house aide pointed a chilling picture, detailing how the president wanted to go to the capitol himself on january 6th. something she said she learned from trump's lawyer rudy giuliani four days before the attack. >> he looked at me and said something to the effect of "cas, are you excited for the 6th? it's going to be a great day." confused, she said she went talked to her boss, trump's chief of staff mark meadows. he didn't look up to his phone and said something to the effect of, "there's a lot going on, cass, but i don't know. things might get real, real bad on january 6th." while meadows acknowledged something was wrong he did nothing to stop it, even on the mornin

>> all right, mary bruce. thank you. >>> coming up here in our next half hour, jon karl's exclusive interview with representative liz cheney, one of two republicans on the january 6th committee. in her first interview since those hearings started. gio? >>> now to an urgent investigation under way after a 20-year-old woman was shot on the street in new york city while she was pushing a 3-month-old baby in a stroller. just awful. will reeve is on the scene with the latest. will, the suspect is still at large? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, gio. it happened around 8:30 last night in this mostly quiet affluent neighborhood on the upper east side. that 20-year-old woman pushing a 3-month-old in a stroller when she was shot in the back of the head at what police call a very close range by a man wearing all black, a hooded sweatshirt, who ran off after pulling the trigger. the baby fortunately is unharmed as police investigate what seems to be a targeted killing as they try to get a sense of the victim's life and r

mary bruce, standing by waiting for word from the president, and we expect to hear from president biden at some point today, mary? >> we have just learned that the president will be speaking here in about an hour at 12:30. we will have to wait until then. he has though, of course, in the past said this would be a radical decision. he has warned as you have been discussing of the potential trickle down effect how it could impact other rights, and he has been bracing for this decision. weighing his executive options. i asked the white house yesterday how quickly the president would move. he's wageighing his options and hasn't made a decision yet, and though there are things he could do, he's well aware an executive order can't re-establish a constitutional right. any action he takes is likely to be caught up in legal battles and that is why i suspect you will hear the president again today say this comes down to voters. it's not just about elected diinresident the state level has called for, but that means that americans are going to have to get out and elect more pro-abortion right candi

abc's mary bruce joins us now with more on what the white house is promising to do though the steps the president can take are limited, mary. good morning to you. >> reporter: they are, janai. good morning. yeah, the president calling this decision a tragic error saying it will put women's lives at risk, and he is vowing to do what he can here announcing steps to defend women who may travel to other states to get an abortion and try to ensure that the abortion pill is still readily available. now, there are other possible steps he could take, some more drastic than others. he could declare a public health emergency or sue states at odds with fda policy, or he could lease federal buildings to abortion providers or try and ease restrictions on importing those abortion pills, but the reality is any steps the president takes are limited. he has acknowledged that and, of course, anything he does is likely to be challenged and could be locked up in lengthy court battles, and the president knows this. this is why you are seeing biden and democrats already stressing the importance of the upcomi

that and more, abc news chief justice correspondent pierre thomas, senior white house correspondent mary bruce, our political director, rick klein and "washington post" congressional reporter marianna sotomayor. thanks, all of you, for joining us. pierre, i want to start with you. before we get into the politics of all of this, this is obviously a concern based on reality and not just in california. >> well, there was a major driver of how americans feel about crime relating to gun deaths and shootings, and if you look at what happened in 2019 compared to 2020, gun deaths went up by 30%. also over that time frame, mass shootings went up by 60%, so americans feel a certain way about crime because the crime has been going up in terms of violence. now, that said, you're not going to see any law enforcement officials or the public crying for defund the police. that's just not going to happen in this current environment, but at the same time they also know we have issues of bias in policing, and that i've seen too many cases where i have had to cover personally where black men and brown men a

mary bruce is at the white house. good morning, mary. >> good morning, george. this was a passionate plea from the president. biden knows this fight well and he knows the uphill battle when it comes to gun reform, but the president is hoping that speeches like these will keep up the pressure republicans in congress. the president now asking the question that so many americans ask themselves after every one of these shootings. will this finally be enough? after consecutive mass shootings, the president overnight addressing the nation with yet another desperate call for action. >> it's time for each of us to do our part. it's time to act. >> with bipartisan talks under way, biden pleading for sweeping change, but also offering alternatives. >> if we can't ban assault weapon, then we should raise the age to purchase them from 18 to 21. strengthen background check enact safe storage laws and red flag laws, repeal the immunity that protects gun manufacturers from liability, address the mental health crisis. >> biden describing his proposals as common sense. >> this i

our senior white house correspondent mary bruce is there in washington tracking it all for us. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, robin. yeah, this could be a pivotal week in our nation's history. all eyes on this big case on roe v. wade that could implicitly overturn the right to an abortion in this country. we are also closely watching a guns case that could make it easier to carry a concealed firearm in public. it comes, of course, as the hill is racing to pass bipartisan gun reforms. negotiators say they are heading in the right direction but have hit a snag over republican opposition to red flag laws and the so-called boyfriend loophole, efforts to close that. negotiators are facing a tremendous amount of pressure, though, celebrities, gun reform advocates and victims of gun violence are speaking out in an online filibuster and the top negotiator, republican senator john cornyn, over the weekend was booed and formally rebuked by his own party down in texas, robin. the >> the january 6th hearings, of course, continuing as well this week. what can we expect? >> r

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