It was a monday night, just after 8 30 eastern time when news broke that shook the entire country. Political had the once in a lifetime scoop about a draft opinion. Supreme court has voted to overturn Abortion Rights. We hold that roe and casey must be overruled, Justice Alito writes in a draft circulated inside the courtroom. That scoop, that headline changed everything. It certainly changed the course of the Midterm Elections. In that moment, the stakes of the upcoming november election, they skyrocketed. It gave democrats over a month and a half a head start to start campaigning on that issue before the opinion was handed down in late june. And on june 24th, the Supreme Court struck down roe v. Wade. The law of the land for nearly 50 years, they stripped away Reproductive Rights for millions in this country. Just six weeks later, the first test of Abortion Rights at the ballot box came in kansas. Voters in kansas headed to the polls in early august to vote on a constitutional amendm
we hold that roe and casey must be overruled justice alito writes in an initial majority draft circulated inside the court. that scoop, that headline changed everything it certainly changed the course of the midterm elections that moment, the stakes of the upcoming november election skyrocketed. it gave democrats over a month and a half head start to start campaigning on that issue before the opinion was handed down in late june. on june 24th the supreme court struck down roe v. wade, the law of the land for nearly 50 years, and stripped away reproductive rights for millions in this country. six weeks later the first test of abortion rights at the state ballot box came in kansas. voters in kansas headed to the polls in early august to vote on a constitutional amendment that would strip away abortion rights from the state constitution. in kansas of all places, voters rejected that republican effort. people overwhelmingly voted to protect abortion rights in the state s constitu
is only beginning. sandra: for those of us who have lived through hurricanes we know how scary they can be. chief meteorologist is with us tracking the storm and the latest tally on some of the winds that are being reported across that state. what are we seeing, rick? so far, john, i m glad we had the video that popped up from 2017 up in jacksonville, because jacksonville is going to get storm surge again from this storm, which is pretty hard to imagine. this is a look at the winds recorded so far, verified naples, 112 miles an hour, still with kinds of the worst of the wind offshore, it has not made its way there just yet. so we have a long road ahead. all right, every hour now we are getting an update here, so this is the 2:00 p.m. update. no changes in the last three hours, pressure still at 937 millibars, moving north/northeast at nine miles an hour. we are looking at that every hour. often times when you have a storm making landfall it starts to weaken a bit, interac
we hold that rowe and casey must be overturned, justice alito writes in an initial majority draft circulated inside the court. that scoop, that headline changed everything and it certainly changed the course of the midterm elections. in that moment the stakes of the upcoming november election, they skyrocketed and gave democrats over a month and a half, head start, to start campaigning on that issue before the opinion was handed down in late june and on june 24th the supreme court struck down roe v. wade, the law of the land for nearly 50 years, and stripped away reproductive rights for millions in this country. just six weeks later the first test of abortion rights at the state ballot box came in kansas. voters in kansas headed to the polls in early august to vote on a constitutional amendment that would strip away abortion rights from the state constitution. in kansas of all places voters rejected that republican effort. people overwhelmingly voted to protect abortion right
bill: 10:00 in new york. early voting starts on monday in pennsylvania. there is a hotly contested senate race there. dr. mehmet oz and lieutenant governor john fetterman going head-to-head. it is one of the biggest toss-up battles in the battle for power on capitol hill as we say. brand-new hour starts today. it is friday, i m bill hemmer. sandra: nice to spend friday morning with you, mr. hemmer. here we go. hour to. i m sandra smith. nearly 40% of pennsylvania voters cast their ballots by mail in 2020. early voters now will have to make their choice without a single debate as fetterman faces growing questions about his health, of course, after suffering a stroke back in may. dr. oz says fetterman is cheating voters by waiting to debate until the end of october and by using closed captioning at his request, which is not allowed on the senate floor. bill: some voters in philadelphia say fetterman s health problems are less important to them than his policy platform.