election ballots. these decisions are based on an interpretation of the 14th amendment, and trump s actions during and after the 2020 election. but late thursday, california s secretary of state, decided the former president should appear on that states primary ballot. all this sets up an explosive legal and political drama that will inevitably end up before the justices of the nation s highest court. nbc s ryan nobles has more. for the second time in two weeks, a state has ruled that donald trump is ineligible to run for president of the united states. it was not a close call on the question of whether january 6th, 2021, was an insurrection. the events of january 6th 2021 were impressive dented and tragic. reporter: shenna bellows, the secretary of state in maine, a democrat, determined that trump s actions on january 6th constitute a violation of the 14th amendment. the weight of the evidence makes clear that mr. trump was aware the of the tinder laid by his multi min
inventory. plus, the future of the most commonly used abortion method in the u.s. remains up in the air. inside the latest legal developments as federal judges could issue a ruling over access to the pill, mifepristone, at any moment. and flooding the streets, thousands of israelis marching through jerusalem s old city in annual parade that raises tensions in a divided city. we ll have a live report on the ground. the fbi revoked security clearances of three agents who took part in the insurrection on january 6th or expressed views that raised serious questions about their allegiance to the u.s. hear what two of them had to say while testifying on the hill today. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that testimony on capitol hill from those two fbi agents who claim the government is being weaponized against conservatives. ryan nobles, you re following the story for us, what did we hear today? reporter: well, we heard a long
systems underway in a delaware courtroom. with dominion seeking damages for repeated false claims about the 2020 election promoted by fox news guests and anchors on some of the network s highest rated shows. this hour, jailed american wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich losing his appeal of russia s baseless espionage charge, appearing in a glass box in a court for the first time since he was arrest nearly three weeks ago the u.s. ambassador at his side. president biden speaks to the unarmed black missouri teenager who was shot in the head by a homeowner after the boy mistakenly went to the wrong house to pick up his younger twin brothers with the alleged 84-year-old homeowner, the shooter, now facing a potential life sentence. good day, everyone i m andrea mitchell in washington opening statements begin this afternoon in that $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought by dominion voting systems against fox news and fox corporation after jury instructions, do
the fda would cause great harm to women. the judges also questioned whether the fda had done its due diligence before it made changes in recent years that made this abortion pill more accessible. meanwhile, there isn t a clear deadline, we should say for the appeals court, so these judges can rule whenever they want to. this is also important, in the short-term, access to the pills remains right now in place no matter what the appeals court decides because the supreme court issued a stay keeping access to the pill in place until it rules. it s widely expected this case will end up in the supreme court, where the ultimate decision is made and the only way this pill would really be in jeopardy is if the doj loses in the appeals court and the supreme court decides it will not hear the appeal or the justices rule in favor of antiabortion activists. yamiche alcindor, thank you so much for that. there are new numbers on home sales from the national association of realtors today that show
midnight deadline on how it will handle the restrictions on the abortion pill. if the high court does not extend its temporary stay, access will be thrown into regulatory chaos the anti-abortion plaintiffs who brought the original lawsuit in texas just filed their brief with the court opposing the biden administration s request for a longer stay. laura jarrett joins me now along with yamiche alcindor. laura, to you. we know chaos is going to ensue if the court does not do anything they have set this midnight tomorrow deadline. i misspoke earlier it s midnight tomorrow, is that correct? they have gotten briefs from the plaintiffs what happens next? they could rule at any time they don t have to wait until 11:59 tomorrow night we hope they don t we hope we hear from them sooner for selfish reasons. the bottom line here is that the plaintiffs are suggesting that