many states will. at least half a dozen already are, as of yesterday. now the rule has been overturned, 26 states are certainly to ban abortion in the coming days and months according to the institute. it advocates for reproductive rights. they have so-called trigger bans on the books. they are laws designed to automatically ban abortion if roe were to be overturned. officials and seven of those states, missouri, south dakota, louisiana, kentucky, oklahoma, utah, and arkansas, have already activated these bands. chief justice john roberts was the only conservative justice that disagreed with the court s decision. he disagreed. he ruled in favor of upholding mississippi s 50-week abortion ban. roberts did not vote to overturn roe entirely. however, all three justices appointed by the now twice impeached president now voted to overturn. roe nancy pelosi singled him out in her remarks yesterday. take a listen. how about those justices coming before the senators and saying that
took nearly three decades but most significant gun legislation in that time, closer to law as it awaits president biden s signature. let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett, outfront tonight, protests nationwide tonight as the supreme court overturns roe v wade, looking at like pictures from chicago, boston, atlanta and the steps of the supreme court. at least 70 protests in the united states planned tonight as crowds have been growing through the day. some are celebrating, but the vast majority we see tonight are protesting the 5-4 supreme court ruling. we refuse to go back! this decision is an outrage. it s terrifying, more than anything, makes me angry. these people do not decide our life. the decision for many in america already being felt. there are 13 states, i ll show on the screen, that already have what s called a trigger law. a law in place that would ban abortion in the event the supreme court overturned the land mark roe v wade decision
justice clarence thomas where he writes, quote, in future cases, we should reconsider all of this court s substantive due process precedents, including griswold, lawrence, and obergefell. he is talking about reconsidering decisions on gay rights and the right to contraception. joining me now inside the growing protests, nbc s julia ainsley. josh letterman is at the white house where the president just spoke and barbara mcquaid former u.s. attorney and msnbc analyst. julia, i ve watched the crowd grow bigger by the minute. what is it like there and what is the mood? what are people telling you? reporter: well, here, chris, if you saw that, what we got from the leak just a few weeks ago would take any steam or pressure off this situation when the final decision came you would be wrong. i was there that day. it is even more fraught today. we re seeing a lot of intense emotions. some women are crying. people who had an abortion and some people who feel directly, personally viol
taylor green. some have denied this ever happened. matt gates is under investigation in an alleged sex trafficking investigation. he has denied all wrong doing, he has not been charged. but according to the testimony we heard in the hearing today, matt gates was asking for one of those from the beginning of time for everything he has ever done kind of pardons. and, you know, that could be an interesting thing for prosecutors who are still looking at him and are still going to have to decide whether or not he faces these charges. it depends on what he told the white house his pardons were about. this could add complications to matt gates. at this point, these members of congress are saying that there s nothing to see here but, as you can tell from the testimony from people inside the white house, this actually happened. you mentioned mr. biggs mr. biggs did. mr. dornan talked about congressional pardons but he never asked me for one. mr. gomer asked for one as well and m