Philippines where 80 of the people have been left homeless by typhoon haiyan. Good morning, and welcome to al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy. Two decisions in the battle over abortion rights both with major implications. The Supreme Court ruled against blocking a restrictive abortion law in texas at least while its being repeople. A third of the clinics will have to stay closed. In new mexico voters in albuquerque reject a ban on lateterm abortion. In texas it was a plea to the Supreme Court from planned parenthood and several clinics, argues that tough restrictions are unconstitutional. The sprout refused to block the law. Erica how did the justices fall on this issue. The Supreme Court was decided along idea logical lines. In a 54 vote the justices left the texas law in effect, at least for now. Antiabortion activist vowed to keep fighting even after winning the battle. The Supreme Court refused to lock a texas Provision Requiring doctors who performed abortions to have admitting p
Moves ahead with the work of actual governing. Hes rolling out some of the most highranking nominations in appointment yet to start this week. For secretary of state, hes named anthony blinken, tapping obamas former secretary of state john kerry as a special climate envoy. Averill hanes to run national intelligence, the first woman in that role. Janet yellen, treasury secretary, a key post for the pandemic recession. So there is a lot of actual governing going on here in preparation for the new administration. But this is what were living through, this contrast of one outgoing president s antics and one incoming president s work. Because Donald Trumps postelection losses are not only piling up through that normal certification process i just mentioned, the few cases where he still has something pending have been hitting brick walls. Donald trumps lawyers, for example, had been arguing he should just have the results in pennsylvania completely reverseed. Now, a judge just tossed that ca
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