Supreme Court Justice John Roberts confirms that the leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade

is in fact authentic. This morning, the latest reaction from the court, the White House, and from Congress.

Plus, Trump-backed J.D. Vance wins the tightly contested Republican primary in Ohio, and he will now face

Democratic Congressman Tim Ryan in the Buckeye State Senate race. The question now is whether

Vance can unite his party behind him. In breaking news overnight, comedian Dave Chappelle attacked

while performing at Hollywood last night by a man who jumped on stage with a knife.

Chappelle is okay and we'll tell you what police are saying.

And the latest on the war in Ukraine.

The first civilians evacuated from the Maricopal steel plant reached safety as the European Union proposes a complete ban of

Russian oil by the end of the year.

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Wednesday, May 4th.

It's a jam-pack show.

Let's get started.

I'm Jonathan Lemire.

We begin with the seismic fallout from the League Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.

In an extraordinary step, Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed that the document published by Politico is authentic,

but he noted that it does not represent the court's final decision.

Roberts said he has directed the Supreme Court Marshal to investigate how the draft became public.

In a statement, Roberts wrote in part this, to the extent this betrayal of the confidences of the court was intended to undermine the integrity of our operations, it will not succeed.

The work of the court will not be affected in any way.

President Biden reacted to the leaked draft by calling on elected officials to protect the right to abortion.

He urged lawmakers on Capitol Hill to pass legislation to codify Roe v. Wade, but he declined

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