temporarily blocked a lowe court ruling that would have restricted the availability of mifepristone, one of two drugs used to induce a medicatio abortion, which is the mos common method of abortion in the united states. that means at least for th time being, mifepristone wil remain legal, and will be made available, according to curren fda regulations, where abortio is still legal it could be sent and receive through the mail, prescribed t patients by medica professionals over telehealt consultations, and can be used up to the tenth week o pregnancy. this is the first time that th supreme court has weighed in o the issue of abortion since th conservative majority decide to overturn roe v. wade less than a year ago. as is typical when the supreme court makes a ruling on an emergency appeal, the majority did not provide an opinion t explain that ruling. not to be know exactly how eac justice voted, except fo justices samuel alito an clarence thomas, spoke of whom noted in the o
more than 100 cases have been reported across 11 countries outside africa, where it s most common. first identified in monkeys, the disease typically spreads through close contact. now on bbc news our world eurovision: ukraine s victory. music plays. this is kalush orchestra, winners of this year s eurovision song contest. but they are no ordinary band. they are from ukraine, a country in the midst of a bloody wall. war. in the lead up to the contest, all the band members faced a difficult decision. now, their winning song has become a powerful statement of defiance. and they hope their global starter will help ukraine s plate. p plate. iam i am viktoriia zhuhan, i woke is a journalist for bbc ukraine. they don t normally cover eurovision, especially when war is in my country, but kalush orchestra isn t atypical eurovision contestant. but after following the kalush orchestra for ten days, i ve learned that for them this is much more than a singing competition. it s a
Play buy early monday morning. That is christmas morning. Now day by daybreakdown of the forecast coming up later in the show. But bottom line for right now. No major storms you will want to pack your patience whether you are trav along by road roar rail or air this holiday South Carolina more. I am Bill Anderson and this is chasing news. Friday morning President Trump signed historic tax bill and responses are already coming in nationally and locally. President trump leads to celebrate the holidays but not before a busy morning at the white house. Setting two major pieces of legislation into law and the stop gap spending bill and the gops tax bill. Well wait and do a big formal ceremony but everyone of the networks is saying will he keep the prom is . Will he sign it before christmas. So i immediately called and i said lets get it ready. Big and very popular tax cut and reform bill has taken on an unexpected new source of love that is Big Companies showering the workers with poe us in
Hirschfeld davis. Also joining me is philip rucker, the bureau chief for the washington post. Julie, let me start with you. How much Common Ground is there and the Administration New south Korean Administration . The South Koreans are talking about talking and diplomacy and the Trump Administration is ratcheting up the rhetoric. Thats right, i think there is a fair amount of Common Ground on paper. President moon and President Trump are very concerned with the north korean behavior and continuing provocation. We heard them both speak about addressing that in different ways. President trump is really intensifying his message to the sort of byns, extension to the chinese, who he will also see next week. Really getting a lot more aggressive about his approach to dealing with north korea. Its not clear where president moon is on that. He is the things that disappointed with on that is the degree to which china has been willing to intervene to put its leverage on north korea to change its b
Well i didnt vote because i didnt have an idea but i also wasnt registered. So is that a person who isnt voting because they were not registered or voting because they didnt have an id . But even even if you give them the menu, like tuna, the weather was bad, they didnt like the candidates, only about, i dont know, 7 of nonvoters say a lack of i. T. At least in indiana, this was the case in 2008 only about 7 of the voters say that was one of the many possible issues that they have, so i suspect that there are not that many folks who are out there. There was so much as currencies and so much coverage on both sides repeating charges of bipartisan toadeater voter fraud or Voter Suppression that you have to think it entered the public consciousness and perhaps had ann impact on the turnout for the life of me i do not know what direction that was petraeus and attwell, for West Virginia and i know that we had a total identification fogle i. T. Bill introduced in march, and that did have rami