a day after the six-week abortion ban went into effect, a judge has ordered the law to be put on hold. anyhow it s up to the all-male justices of the state supreme court. plus we re on standby for another member of the oath keepers to be sentenced for their role in the january 6th capitol insurrection, one defendant telling the judge she was just another idiot running around the hallway. then, 12 people are injured and the big question is, why did he do it? hello, everyone, and welcome to the lead, i m biana. a judge has blocked south carolina s new abortion restrictions from going into effect. yesterday, governor henry mcmaster signed a law banning most abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy before many women even know they re pregnant. it did allow for some exception b s but it s all on hold. dianne gallagher is following these developments for us. what happens now? zbl. reporter: so, at this point in south carolina, the limit on abortions returns to wha
there s now a little optimism on a debt ceiling deal following yesterday s meeting at it white house even though president biden is cutting short an overseas trip. we ll have the latest on those negotiations. and also ahead ron desantis goes after donald trump on the issue of abortion. we ll look at how it could impact the 2024 presidential race. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 17th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. moving in today with the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, president biden met with congressional leaders at the white house yesterday, and while both sides say that some progress has been made, no deal has yet been reached. both biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy named top negotiators to take part in talks and continue daily. and while democrats continue to insist that they will not negotiate over the debt ceiling, they are reportedly in talks about spending cuts working on a parallel track. the
new charges, or wholesale changes in how the fbi handles politically-charged investigations. so, jessica is here with that story, but also evan perez is joining us from washington. okay evan, just walk us through the bottom line of this report. well, the bottom line after four years, alison, this is all we got from john durham. there s a lot less here than certainly donald trump was paul promising us for many months, remember he was out there saying durham is coming, and he was expecting people to go to prison. as you pointed out, durham does not make any new prosecutions at the end of this report. but you know, he did find a lot of mistakes by the fbi in the way they conducted this investigation back in 2016, and he believes that a lot of it has to do with confirmation bias, not political bias. again, a finding that i think the former president would not be very happy with. i will read you just a part of what the report says, it says that based on the review of crossfire h
shear lack of communication new york city is unaccept. companies vowing to leave chicago. new mayor brandon johnson defending rioters and defunding the chicago p.d. insofar as and police actual real political goal. thousands of officers visit the capital for national police week to pay tribute to men and women who keep us safe. law enforcement is not a job it s a way of life. helped me get through what i was going through. brian: we begin with a fox news alert. listen to this. special counsel john durham s final report finds the fbi had no factual evidence when it opened up the trump-russia collusion probe during the 2016 election. ainsley: the report reads in parted the doj and fbi failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law. senior fbi personnel displayed a serious lack of analytical rigger toward the information that they received. especially information received from politically affiliated persons and entities. durham s investi
his mindset was to keep his fellow passengers safe. it has nothing to do with race. companies vowing to leave chicago. new mayor brandon johnson defending rioters and defunding the chicago police. defunding chicago police is an actual goal. oh the batter is on. where that landed up there. that guy did not expect to get a ball. good tuesday morning. we start this day with a fox news alert. as you probably heard yesterday, special counsel john durham s final report finds that the fbi had no factual evidence when it opened the trump-russia collusion probe during the 2016 election. ainsley: and now house lawmakers are calling for durham to testify on capitol hill next week. brian: that will be great. alexandria hoff is live in washington with the latest. good morning to you. this report more than 300 pages the culmination of more than four years work at the core the question was did the fbi properly vet what ended up being politically motivated evidence that