the air from washington with new details and the brutal assault of the husband of nancy pelosi. police saying in the last 90 minutes or so that the person arrested for the attack will be booked on several charges, attempted homicide, burglary, more. nbc news has learned he shouted where is nancy before using a hammer on the speaker s 2-year-old husband during an overnight break-in at their home in san francisco. we have our team standing by with the new headlines and more and what sources are telling us, and why that is getting the attention of national law enforcement and capitol police. i m hallie jackson in washington. joined by nbc news investigative correspondent tom winter, justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, ryan nobles is with us on capitol hill and we re also joined by carmen best, former seattle police chief, and msnbc law enforcement analyst. before i get to all of you, our team, i want to make sure people know where we are and where we re going wi
decades, at least until maybe congress codifies roe. i guess my question was was it just a big issue because the dobbs decision has come down or could this be galvanizing for generations to come? wow, that s a that s maybe something that s best left to political scientists and that sort of thing. i can tell you that i think that protecting our rights and knowing that, you know, i think the kansas third wanted a representative who is always going to push back against not just extreme policies or any attempts to have politicians making these very personal, private decisions, particularly around access to abortion. and i think, you know, i think that so long as you have politicians out there who are either running for office or are already elected who are trying to take away rights that we
frequently than any other method. they re eventually going to go after ivf. i believe actually impact ivf in this country s in some states. yeah. if there is not a federal law passed that codifies roe. so our headline right now, eddie, says dobbs deniers lift democrats. talk about the second, deniers. crushed last nice in governors races. crushed. you still have arizona that s still standing out there and maybe she squeak as out a win, if she does, like one out of seven, one out of eight. election deniers proved last night, that that is a recipe for defeat. absolutely. another it d word. dobbs, deniers, donald, but who won? what won? democracy. hmm. we saw the power of democracy always in the hands of everyday people, joe.
by a medical professional. it s not abortion by demand, through the ninth month. so i support that ballot initiative. i think it s written directly and codifies roe, where without that we re facing a 1931 ban. just on the issue of third trimester abortion. should there be restrictions to that? yes. i agree with the proposal which says up to viability, but afterwards you need the inputs of a medical professional. i think that s the right place for our state. you have prided yourself on being a moderate democrat. i wonder if you think there is room within the conversation around abortion. for democrats who are antiabortion by john bell edwards or representative henry
this draft opinion was circulated on february 10th, so a lot could have changed. but if this opinion holds and if it was ultimately released by the court, this would be a 5-4 decision overturning roe v. wade, and jim and erica, we re already seeing states react to this. democratic governors, republican governors, crucially there are estimates that about half the states would ban abortion if roe were overturned. we have seen many states already acting to enact legislation that would ban or severely restrict abortion. a lot at stake as we see what the court and how the court responds to this. guys? we do expect a statement from the white house at any moment. do you have a sense this morning of what the reaction will be? reporter: we certainly will get a statement from the white house, reacting to what we have seen with this leak of this draft opinion. and president biden himself could also comment on this as he leaves washington at 11:00 a.m. this morning. and heads for a stop in ala