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By Dan Donahue, NBC Nightly News

Good Tuesday afternoon. The Supreme Court has ordered an investigation into the leaked draft of an opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, the first group of evacuees from a Mariupol steel plant have reached safety, and we’re tracking a new tornado threat.

Here is what’s in our Nightly Rundown.

Supreme Court confirms authenticity of draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court has confirmed that a leaked draft opinion that would overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling is authentic, but not final.

The court said in a statement that while the document is “authentic, it does not represent a decision by the court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case.”

“To the extent this betrayal of the confidences of the court was intended to undermine the integrity of our operations, it will not succeed,” Chief Justice John Roberts said in the statement. “The work of the court will not be affected in any way.”

Roberts has ordered the marshal of the court to launch an investigation into the unprecedented leak of the document, first reported by Politico.

The majority draft written by Justice Samuel Alito declares that Roe, the ruling that guaranteed constitutional protections for abortion rights, “was egregiously wrong from the start.”

President Joe Biden criticized the draft opinion as a “radical decision,” and warned that it could jeopardize other court rulings concerning privacy.

“It concerns me a great deal that we’re going to, after 50 years, decide a woman does not have a right to choose,” Biden said to reporters at Joint Base Andrews.

Biden: Leaked opinion shows Supreme Court could make 'radical decision' on Roe v. Wade

A group of more than 100 people evacuated from a steel plant in Mariupol have reached the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia, the Red Cross said.

But Russian attacks have resumed at the Azovstal steel plant, where hundreds of civilians remain holed-up with the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the southern port city.

At least two civilians were killed and 10 injured in Russian strikes on the complex, according to a video posted by the Azov regiment on Telegram.

About 100,000 residents are still waiting to be evacuated from the Mariupol, Mayor Vadym Boichenko said.

In the southeast Donetsk region, the governor said at least 10 people were killed and 15 others injured when Russian forces shelled a chemical plant in Avdiivka.

We’re tracking back-to-back systems expected to bring severe storms to millions of Americans over the next several days.

The first system is putting 14 million people at risk today in the Ohio Valley for damaging winds, hail and a few tornadoes.

By tomorrow, that system will bring rain and some thunderstorms to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

The second system will bring more severe thunderstorms to the Central Plains tomorrow, on the heels of yesterday’s violent weather.

That system will move east by Thursday, putting 24 million people at risk, including the cities of Memphis, Little Rock, Shreveport, Dallas and St. Louis.

Ohio Republicans are casting ballots today in the state’s contentious Senate primary race, which is putting former President Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican party to the test heading into the midterms.

Five Republicans are competing in the crowded primary for the seat being vacated by retiring GOP Sen. Rob Portman.

J.D. Vance, the “Hillbilly Elegy” author and venture capitalist, captured Trump’s endorsement less than three weeks ago, despite his past criticism of the former president.

Also in the running, former state Treasurer Josh Mandel and businessman Mike Gibbons, who appeared to nearly come to blows during a forum in March.

Rounding out the GOP field are state Sen. Matt Dolan, whose family owns the Cleveland Guardians, and former state GOP Chair Jane Timken.

The winner will likely face Tim Ryan, the 10-term Democratic congressman, in the general election on November 8.

An escaped Alabama inmate and the corrections officer suspected of aiding him had a “special relationship,” according to the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office. The nationwide manhunt has entered a fifth day.
The CDC has restated its recommendation that everyone aged 2 and older should wear masks on public transportation, as the Department of Justice appeals a federal judge’s ruling that struck down the travel mask mandate.
The Trump Organization and the former president’s 2017 inaugural committee have agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a lawsuit with the D.C. attorney general over payments to the Trump International Hotel during his inauguration.
A climber who scaled the 61-story Salesforce Tower in San Francisco today was detained by authorities after reaching the top.
The “Great Resignation” accelerated in March, with a record 4.5 million workers quitting their jobs, the Labor Department reported.

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