5 Things To Know For Your New Day-Friday May 24th

The reality for women seeking abortions in Alabama and Georgia:

Alabama and Georgia recently passed some of the most restrictive abortion legislation in the country.

But even before that, reproductive rights supporters say a web of laws and logistics already made it hard to get an abortion in those states.

When most people think of abortion rights, they think of Roe v. Wade. But when it comes to abortion access, the case to look at is Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which challenged changes to Pennsylvania’s abortion law in the late 1980s.

Doctored videos shared to make Pelosi sound drunk viewed millions of times on social media:

A manipulated video being shared by some social media users to spread a false claim that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slurred her words after meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday has been removed by YouTube, the company told CNN on Thursday.

The crudely edited video comes amid warnings from the US intelligence community that more sophisticated video manipulation may be part of future disinformation campaigns targeting the American electorate.

The video, which shows Pelosi’s onstage comments at the Center for American Progress on Wednesday, has been slowed down, which makes her words seem slurred.

Pelosi’s spokesman declined to comment on the video when contacted by CNN. When asked about this video and other manipulated videos targeting Pelosi, her spokesman Drew Hamill told The Washington Post, which first reported the story, “We’re not going to comment on this sexist trash.”

Mallory Edens, Daughter of Bucks Owner, Trolls Drake with Pusha T Shirt:

Mallory Edens just dropped the best Drake shade since “The Story of Adidon.”

The daughter of Bucks owner Wes Edens was seated next to Aaron Rodgers for Thursday night’s Game 5 matchup against the Toronto Raptors in Milwaukee and wearing a sick, sick, sick Pusha T shirt.

Fiserv Forum also played Pusha T’s music throughout the arena during pregame action, clearly choosing a side in the longstanding beef.

Not that we had any question which way they were leaning.

Everest traffic jam creates lethal conditions for climbers:

Two mountaineers have died on Mount Everest after crowds of people became stuck in a queue leading to the summit of the world’s highest mountain.

Indian climber Anjali Kulkarni, 55, died on her way back from climbing to the summit of Mount Everest Wednesday, her son Shantanu Kulkarni told CNN. She had become stuck in the “traffic jam” above camp four, which, at 8,000 meters (26,247 feet), is the final camp before the summit.

American mountaineer Donald Lynn Cash, 55, also died Wednesday after fainting from high altitude sickness while descending from the summit, according to the Nepalese expedition company Pioneer Adventure Pvt. Ltd.

‘Aladdin’ should rub audiences the right way:

Chalk it up to modest expectations — starting with early previews that rubbed people the wrong way — but “Aladdin” is a great deal of fun, with charming leads and elaborately mounted songs. It’s hardly a whole new world, but in this suddenly well-populated land of live-action reboots, makes the most out of its familiar one.

Much of the advance focus was on Will Smith and the blue-ness of it all, but his Genie manages to straddle a line between Robin Williams’ irrepressible animated antics and the theatrical Broadway version. Moreover, the filmmakers have come up with a framing device that brings a bit more heart and resonance to the role, and indeed the movie in general.

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