we hold that rowe and casey must be overturned, justice alito writes in an initial majority draft circulated inside the court. that scoop, that headline changed everything and it certainly changed the course of the midterm elections. in that moment the stakes of the upcoming november election, they skyrocketed and gave democrats over a month and a half, head start, to start campaigning on that issue before the opinion was handed down in late june and on june 24th the supreme court struck down roe v. wade, the law of the land for nearly 50 years, and stripped away reproductive rights for millions in this country. just six weeks later the first test of abortion rights at the state ballot box came in kansas. voters in kansas headed to the polls in early august to vote on a constitutional amendment that would strip away abortion rights from the state constitution. in kansas of all places voters rejected that republican effort. people overwhelmingly voted to protect abortion right
it was a monday night, just after 8:30 eastern time when news broke that shook the entire country. political had the once in a lifetime scoop about a draft opinion. supreme court has voted to overturn abortion rights. we hold that roe and casey must be overruled, justice alito writes in a draft circulated inside the courtroom. that scoop, that headline changed everything. it certainly changed the course of the midterm elections. in that moment, the stakes of the upcoming november election, they skyrocketed. it gave democrats over a month and a half a head start to start campaigning on that issue before the opinion was handed down in late june. and on june 24th, the supreme court struck down roe v. wade. the law of the land for nearly 50 years, they stripped away reproductive rights for millions in this country. just six weeks later, the first test of abortion rights at the ballot box came in kansas. voters in kansas headed to the polls in early august to vote on a constitutio
have on thanksgiving eve. have a great holiday and enjoy your mother s delicious reportedly delicious thanksgiving stuffing. see you. thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. after 47 days of fighting, 47 days of israeli hostages held in captivity, israel and hamas have agreed to a four-day pause in fighting in exchange for the release of 50 hostages, but the timing of it all may still be an open question. now, the deal was brokered by qatar, egypt, and the united states it was also supposed to start by 3:00 a.m. eastern time tonight, but israeli officials are now saying the release of hostages will not happen before friday. what that means for the timing of the temporary cease-fire is unclear. the new york times reports the cease-fire may also be delayed until friday, but nbc news has not confirmed this. the deal itself involves the release of 50 civilian women and children currently held by hamas. the release of 150 palestinian women and children currently held