new details on the company that the governor hired to transport unsuspecting migrants across the country, and its links to other top republicans. plus, how pleading the fifth and his fraud case could doom the disgraced ex president. the astonishing scenes of protests in iran. all in, starting right now. good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. republicans unveiled their agenda, if you can call it that, if they retake the house this november. before we get to that, the most revealing preview on what it comes to look like, came earlier this week. that is what the overwhelming majority of the house republican conference voted against a law, that would clarify the language of the electoral count act. that is a somewhat obscure piece of legislation for the 19th century, governing how presidents are elected, and how members of congress can object to electors. this would just fix part of it to, explicitly, state what was obvious. that a sitting president, and his supporters i
Haiku. Next time. Bret thank you. Good evening. Im bret baier. Lawyers for former President Donald Trump seek a mistrial and a modification of the gag order imposed by the judge as Stormy Daniels finishes her testimony. Congress faces a deadline to reauthorize the federal Aviation Administration, the faa, what this may mean if you are flying soon. And, the house considers censure for a squad member over her comments about jewish students. But, first, breaking tonight, we are covering two big stories regarding major decisions from President Biden. Israeli leaders say they will go it alone if necessary after the president threatens to halt some military aid if troops, israeli troops carry out major operations inside rafah. But we begin with reaction to the president s new rule to change the process for dealing with migrants seeking asylum along the southern border critics saying its a minor fix for a major problem. Senior National Correspondent rich edson has the story live from the nort
in other news: iran s former president, mohammad khatami, has warned against a decision to return the morality police patrols to the streets in iran. he described the decision as nothing short of an attempt at self destruction by the government. he was reacting to the reappearance of the morality police vans on sunday to deal with women who refuse to wear compulsory hijab. just days after iowa s governor signed a bill banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, a judge in the us state has moved to block the law. the temporary injunction would allow abortion up to 20 weeks, after abortion service providers argued the new law was unconstitutional. governor kim reynolds said she will appeal the ruling. rescue workers in the us state of pennsylvania are searching for two young children who were swept away in a flash flood that killed their mother and four other people over the weekend. drones and more than 100 people are scouring part of suburban philadelphia for the nine month old boy
abortion. that s the shades of orange on this map. governor kim reynolds said she ll sign a bill banning abortion at six weeks. iowa is the first of the nation state, so relevance in the 2024 presidential race, but broadly for republicans nationally. six weeks is not a position that most people in the country support. without a doubt. public opinion polls in iowa and across the country show that the vast majority of americans support some type of abortion rights. six weeks is not among that. governor kim reynolds who called this special session is behind this drive. she ll be signing this bill into law friday, the same day most of the republican candidates will be in iowa for a forum with evangelical voters, except for donald trump. he s an outlier here.
carolina, where a federal grand jury has returned a 22-count indictment against disgraced attorney and convicted murderer alex murdaugh. the indictment is for bank fraud, wire fraud and money laundering, along with other charges. the indictment alleges that over a span of 16 years, murdaugh devised a scheme to redirect climate settlement funds to personally enrich himself. he was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife maggie and his son paul. and turning to south carolina, where a bill banning abortion at six weeks is headed to the governor s desk to be signed into law after passing in the state senate. governor henry mcmaster says he will sign the bill making south carolina the second state to impose a six-week ban, which is often before a woman knows she is pregnant. msnbc anchor yasmi vossoughian joins us. what are the consequences of this bill? essentially it is creating a desert for abortion care in the