0 other pill for medicinal purposes the supreme court was willing to look at that. oklahoma said please take our appeal, the supreme court here says we can't enforce this law, the supreme court says yes. when the supreme court found out that the law essentially bans the use of these pills, the supreme court said we're not going to review a decision striking that down. that i would think is not a good sign to the advocates of these laws in other states. there are similar -- not identical but similar laws in texas and arizona, in ohio, and in north dakota. so the lower courts are all over the map on this. but i would think this is not a good sign for those laws, but that's going to have to work its way for a while. yes, there are other cases heading here just today there's an appeal to the u.s. supreme court, a request for it to stop the owe the effect of a appeals court ruling allowing the texas abortion law to go into effect. the one that says doctors that perform abortions have to have admission privileges at hospitals within 30 miles. it already closed down a third of the abortion clinics in texas and want the supreme court to let the clinics stay open while that case works through the lower courts. the supreme court asked the state of texas to respond by next week. that ban will remain in place for the -- the law bill rewill remain in place for another week. >> tomorrow, two key governors races with wide ranging implications will be decided. in virginia, where vice president joe biden is campaigning for democratic candidate terry mcauliffe today, it's looking like a 30 year trend might be broken in that state. after tomorrow democrats could control all five major statewide offices. the two u.s. senate seats plus governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general for the first time by the way, since the gubernatorial race where terry mccalliffe is in the driver's seat. may be the closest contest will be the state attorney general's race between mark herring and mark o ben shane, the polling we've seen on attorney generals race is a little tougher. the polling we've seen it is very close. democrats do have the chance for a sweep. and it's significant because it's a state in virginia which has been a swing state. it's perfectly reflected the spread in the 2008, 2012 presidential races and that's what we'll watch tomorrow night. >> the poll shows mcauliffe is up 6% and also interesting to know note, mark, how much the clintons have been involved in this race and for obvious reasons as well as the president's limited involvement in the race. >> the president had a limited involvement and his people would point out because of the government shutdown, kept him from having any campaign activity in the first half of the month of the october. gubernatorial races. new jersey is even more interesting case because there you have someone -- chris christie who appealed to the middle but alienated the tea party base. his numbers with the tea party republicans is actually gotten worse over the past six months. that is a predicament the republican party finds itself in. good news, they have lots of time before 2016. >> they have lots of time but we know time flies and we're looking at and we'll talk more about chris christie and his strategy if he plans to run for president, with tea party republicans have seen a significant drop. even when the president was in new jersey, he was seen with chris christie and not in a one on one with the democrat running against him. >> absolutely. one of the starkest thing you look at the contest here in virginia, the amount of support mcauliffe has gotten from establishment democrats and president and clintons, where in new jersey, everybody in the democratic side has stopped and not weighed in. even the spokesman had a hard time saying whether or not he supported the new jersey democrat for the race. certainly i think everybody expects chris christie to win. as somebody who in this administration has been looking for people to compromise. chris christie could be that kind of candidate for hem. >> anna and mark, thank you both. we'll be talking about it. we're also following developing news from the senate where a critical vote is expected tonight on a politically risky bill to outlaw workplace discrimination against gays and trans gender employees. the employment nondiscrimination act would be the most substantial gay rates law passed by congress since the repeal of the don't ask, don't tell policy. today nevada's dean heller became the fifth republican to publicly back this bill. his support means the bill has the 60 votes necessary to clear procedural hurdles in the democratically controlled senate. as ben jacobs writes it's, mark pry or may face the toughest re-election campaign of any incumbent senator in 2014. he's running against conservative rising star tom cotton in culturally conservative arkansas, a state that is becoming increasingly difficult for democrats. luke russert joins us from capitol hill. luke, as pointed out in those two examples alone, this is a risk but looks like it's moving forward and the president said he will sign it. >> reporter: it's moving forward, tamron. there's a cloture vote scheduled in the united states senate, that's a procedural vote of which they now have 60 saying they move it forward and final vote sometime this week. however, after this announcement came out from mr. heller that this would go to cloture this evening. john boehner releasing a statement that throws a wet blanket on this enthusiasm on a lot of folks supporting enda have, saying the house will not move on this. they view it as something that would allow for frivolous lawsuits that would hurt small business. they've said a this a lot, that house republicans are saying, there is not anything new. we oppose this legislation, not based on the actual people that will be affected, but because what it could do it to business. specifically those involved in religious community that oppose gay marriage and gay rights, also as hertage action that very strong outside conservative group which said they would score the vote if you voted for enda, you would be infringing on the individual liberties of businesses to carry out how they want to carry out their practices. this is something that will face a death in the house gop confidence, much like a lot of these controversial bills have come out of the senate, things like immigration. what's very interesting tamron. back in 2007, this passed the house with 35 republican votes. republican charlie dent of pennsylvania, a moderate said he wished if -- go forward on house floor because it would get republican votes, maybe not enough to pass but an issue where you're saying, 2012 the rnc said this making ourselves more viable to young americans. they are going to throw a wet blanket on it. >> if the house proves to be a roadblock again, what has the house said regarding an executive order? >> reporter: regarding executive order, that will be interesting to see. i haven't covered the white house aspect with that so much, more involved with congress. you would hear an outcry from the house speaker john boehner as well of a lot of republicans sub seeding his authority there. >> jay carney was asked the question whether the president would consider an executive order barring lgbt workplace discrimination if the legislation was unable to be secured in the house and senate. apparently he did not directly answer that question. >> he leaves the door open in an interesting way. >> thanks, take care. >> coming up, new comments from attorney general eric holder about security in our nation's airports right in time for the holidays after friday's deadly shooting at lax. plus, questions over whether lax and other airports are secure enough. then a disturbing story that's been trending all weekend long. hard to believe but true, a pregnant woman was attacked while talking to 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