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9 AM ET: Emergency abortions, Afghanistan blast doubt, Medicare Wegovy coverage & more
CNN 5 Things
Apr 24, 2024

Today the Supreme Court is hearing arguments over whether hospitals should have a federal obligation to provide emergency abortions to pregnant people in medical emergencies. President Joe Biden says he'll pass a foreign aid bill as soon it hits his desk, and it could lead to a TikTok ban. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in China today. A new CNN investigation is casting some doubt on Pentagon probes surrounding a suicide attack in Afghanistan. Plus, millions of people on Medicare could be covered for Wegovy.

Episode Transcript
Jo Beck (host)
00:00:01
Hello! From CNN, I'm Jo Beck with the 5 things you need to know for Wednesday, April 24th.
00:00:08
Today, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments on whether hospitals should have a federal obligation to provide emergency abortions to pregnant people in medical emergencies. The Biden administration is challenging the state of Idaho for enforcing its abortion ban, even when it's necessary to stabilize in your patients. CNN's Joan Biskupic says this brings us back to June 2022, when the Supreme Court robust Roe v Wade.
Joan Biskupic (analyst hit)
00:00:34
Shortly after that decision, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a statement reminding everyone of the federal law here the Emergency Medical Treatment Act that does require patients brought to emergency rooms to be stabilized, to be able to have good care. That law would allow stabilizing care for a pregnant woman who is suffering complications and who, to prevent serious impairment of her health, would require termination of a pregnancy. Idaho challenges that saying no. This federal law should not preempt its state ban on nearly all abortions, except when a mother's actual life is in danger when she might die. And that's where the gap is in that place between actual imminent death and serious life conditions.
Jo Beck (host)
00:01:24
President Joe Biden says he'll pass a $95 billion foreign aid package as soon as it's put on his desk today. The bill was approved with wide bipartisan support last night after months of long, intense negotiations on Capitol Hill and in the same package. Lawmakers passed a bill that could ultimately lead to TikTok being banned in the U.S. it gives Chinese parent company ByteDance roughly nine months to sell the platform or see it blocked from American app stores. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in China today. He's expected to meet with senior Chinese officials as the Biden administration tries to strengthen and maintain its relationship with the country. But the trip comes amid some tensions, as Blinken accused China of human rights abuses earlier this week, which Beijing hit back at saying the U.S. was, quote, "not qualified to point fingers.".
00:02:18
New video evidence uncovered by CNN casts doubt on two Pentagon investigations into a deadly suicide attack during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
Speaker 3
00:02:30
(sounds of shouting and gunfire from August 2021 attack)
Jo Beck (host)
00:02:36
The U.S. military has insisted for years that the 13 military personnel and about 170 Afghan civilians who died were killed by a single explosion, only acknowledging that there was limited gunfire from American and British forces. But video captured by a marines GoPro that hasn't been seen publicly in full shows. There was far more shooting, with one serviceman telling CNN's Nick Paton Walsh he had a massive amounts of gunfire come from where the U.S. Marines were. Just to let you know, we've disguised the man's voice.
Nick Paton Walsh (reporter)
00:03:06
You think they fired into the ground?
US Serviceman (soundbite)
00:03:08
I couldn't tell you for sure.
Nick Paton Walsh (reporter)
00:03:09
But they wouldn't have fired into the air, right?
US Serviceman (soundbite)
00:03:13
No, they would not have fired into the air. It wasn't a direct order, but it was a common understanding. No warning shots. These are kids. They're young, and they've only been taught what they've been taught.
Jo Beck (host)
00:03:24
A spokesman told CNN the Pentagon would need to see any new, previously unseen video out there before assessing it. You can read and see the investigation for yourself at cnn.com.
00:03:37
Up next, millions of people on Medicare could be covered for a popular weight loss drug.
00:03:46
'More than 3.5 million people enrolled in Medicare could be covered for the popular anti-obesity drug Wegovy. That's according to new analysis by KFF. But it might come at a price, because it could wind up costing Medicare nearly $3 billion a year and contribute to higher part D premiums for everyone. Medicare is banned by law from covering anti-obesity drugs, but since the FDA expanded Wegovy approval for reducing the risk of a heart attack or stroke, it opened the door to some people being able to get it through the program.
00:04:18
That's all for now. Our next episode drops at noon eastern.