is saturday, april 22nd. i m aymara walker. victor blackwell and you re in the cnn newsroom we begin this morning with the battle over abortion. the widely used abortion bruggeman kristen will remain available to women in the u. s without restrictions , at least in those states where abortion remains. the decision protects access to the drug at least until the appeals process plays out, but the protection could ultimately be taken away again. court ruling in texas earlier this month suspended government approval of the 23 year old drug. it s the latest in a series of moves against abortion rights. cnn supreme court reporter ariana vogue is with us now. so the decision stands in the hands in the body administration. they got a big win, also for abortion rights community a major victory, but the battle is not over. right the bind administration is relieved today, right because those lower courts put in these restrictions significant restrictions on this key abortion drug, the b
experience overseeing parts of this investigation, claiming that he has evidence that the biden investigation has been mishandled that there was allegedly political interference . this individual also claims to have evidence that would contradict the attorney general s testimony before congress pledging that there would not be in there has not been any political interference . but i want to note that this individual has not yet been granted whistleblower protections they have not put forth any evidence of these claims and other promises about whistle blow. lowers related to the bidens and other people on capitol hill have not necessarily yielded what was promised. we will continue to watch that to see what if anything, this person has and how it could potentially impact the criminal investigation. victor aymara, paula. thank you . still ahead, calls are growing for changes to the credit scoring system in this country that some activists say is tainted by systemic racism. we ll talk abo
a trump administration officials are now joining together to call for changes to the credit scoring system. they say it s tainted by systemic racism and their studies that show that more blacks have lower scores than whites. lower scores. of course, as you know, mean a lack of access to credit or paying higher interest rates on loans, which contributes to a racial wealth gap. in an op ed for fortune magazine, king center ceo bernice king and ceo of ready life, ashley bell, say the algorithms and the underlying data that feed them have been corrupted by generations of systemic oppression and financial exclusion of people of color instead of removing race from lending credit scores have become a direct proxy for it. with me now to discuss his the articles co author ashley bell. ashleigh good to see you again. it s been a couple of years. let s talk about this proposal to as you say, abandoned the junk science of credit scoring
no child in school this fall without showing vaccination. i would close the space in. meaning if you want to participate in x, c activities you have got to show you are vaccinate sod it becomes a reward/punishment type system. you make your own calculation. jillian: wow, vaccine passport, isn t it? former chicago mayor rahm emanuel says the way to get more americans vaccinated against covid to punish for not. griff: unbelievable. is that the right idea? here to react former wisconsin congressman and fox news contributor sean duffy. you heard in the last segment i literally stepped on jillian s line about reward/punishment because i can t believe that came out of his mouth is that a good idea? no, it s not a good idea, griff. we have seen it before. it actually does work and we see it in china right now where they have a social credit scoring system where if you do what the government says in china, you
are important to black communities. i know mayor pete has come out with his douglas plan. senator warren has come out with a plan with regard to hbcus and black and brown entrepreneurs. so the fact that these candidates are honing in on specific policies, issues like how do we fix a broken credit scoring system and ensure access to capital, these are just very important issues to black communities. we re going to leave it there. spencer overton and thank you to you and enjoy that beautiful day in charleston, south carolina. and as if you needed the reminder. we have it for you. 11 days away for the first democratic debate in miami. we re taking the show on the road. ahead of the broadcast here on msnbc, june 26th and 27th. why couldn t it happen on a weekend. the moderates, lester holt, chuck todd and rachel maddow will be there.