today s missouri s republican governor signed a bill that bans abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy. it includes exceptions for medical emergencies but not rape or insist. several other states have passed abortion laws but some ban the procedure as soon as doctors defect a fetal heartbeat. let s bring in debby hines, defense attorney and a former prosecutor. good to see you, debby. supporters of the alabama law, they know the law is unenforceable. they want the challenging, this is all part of the plan, correct? that is correct. they want the challenges. they know it s not going to be enforced as law at the lower level or at any appellate court level. their soul purpose is to get a hail mary to go to the supreme court. but they may be surprised if they don t get there or even if they do get there. trace: yeah, that s the whole
on syria. the pentagon is not disclosing their location. the pentagon says they have a high degree of confidence that the revolutionary core was responsible for the attack on the oil tankers earlier this month. it s the latest assessment that prompted the more deployment of forces to the region in response to iran s aggressive behavior. not to provoke iran. the democratic chairman disagrees. it s not clear when the new forces will arrive. trace? trace: thanks, lucas. celebrity chef mario batalli in court after a woman accused him of kissing and groping her. his response. abortions rights activists file a lawsuit to black alabama s new lawsuit. that s the strictest law in the country. we ll talk to a lawyer about the
is that at some point in time the supreme court will have to take them up? i think they re hoping that the supreme court will take up any one of these. obviously alabama thinks it will take up their law. at the end of the day, like i said, even if it gets to the supreme court, there s no guarantee that even with the five conservative justices that they re going to vote in favor of the alabama law. here s the reason why. the one of the recent justices, judge gorsuch, he s sided on two cases this year with liberal justices. so there s no guarantee that he will go that way. i think with brett kavanaugh, they probably are guaranteed should the cases get there, that he will vote in that way. but then there s justice roberts who is from the affordable care act, he sided with the liberals and gave us that law. going to the supreme court in many ways is going and opening a box of chocolates. you re not sure what you get with the justices if you get there.
questions that were shouted by reporters. as tern representing batali issued a statement saying at least four other women have accused batali of inappropriate sexual behavior. the resulting controversy is cost him his television show and his lucrative restaurant empire. the case in boston though, this is the first time that he has been criminally charged. trace? david lee miller live. thank you. the american civil liberties union and planned parenthood suing to block alabama s abortion law. the bill makes it a felony to perform an abortion. the only exception is if the woman s life is in danger, none for rape or insist.