tonight, texas abortion providers are still waiting to hear from the supreme court after asking the justices late last week to expedite a review of the state law that blocks abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. the law went into effect september 1st but the federal appeals court hearing the challenge has set a tentative hearing for december. and the abortion providers are asking the justices to in effect step in and decide a key issue in the case now, instead of waiting for the appeals court to weigh in. now, that's one of the issues now that some see as an assault on women's rights, anita hill joins us now for her take. she's been fighting for women since she testified for an all-male senate panel 30 years ago led by then-senator joe biden about supreme court justice clarence thomas. she accused thomas of sexual harassment. he denied any wrongdoing. hill is now a law -- and lawyer and professor writing about that and more in her new book that goes on sale tomorrow.