It was straight up racially motivated hate crime from somebody outside of our community, outside of the city of good neighbors as the mayor said. coming into our community and trying to inflict that evil upon us. tonight the suspect will be behind bars and will be back in court on thursday. president biden did condemn the shooting in a twit saying in part we must do everything we can to end hate fueled domestic terrorism, shannon for. alexis mcadam reporting from buffalo alexis thank you. shannon: now the debate over abortion breaking wide open with the leak of a draft majority opinion that indicates the supreme court could soon overturn roe v wade. proponents of marching to the steps of the high courts this weekend and per democrats rejoin their midterm message and now they fight shifting to the halls of congress and state houses across the country. in a moment will be joined by
thank you jesse for that. let s bring in shauna thomas, who joins us from the national mall in washington, d.c.. she s cofounder and executive director of ultraviolet, one of the groups organizing today s march. congratulations to you. i m sure it was a herculean effort to get this done. tell me shauna what you think these rallies are looking to accomplish and are you at all worry that we are past the point of no return, given that draft majority opinion indicating the supreme court very much intends to overturn roe v. wade? congress failed to codify abortion in federal law this. week where things stand up from your point? this is a crisis of epic proportions on a public health level, on human rights level. we are here today as a majority, you see it here in the streets in d.c., and cities and states
Good morning. it is thursday, may 12, 5:00 a.m. here in new york. thanks for getting an early start with us. and welcome to our viewers in united states and around the world. with the supreme court appearing poised to overturn roe v. wade, president biden is warning other landmark rulings could also be in jeopardy. speaking wednesday, the president made his strongest comments yet on that leaked draft majority opinion on roe v. wade saying if you read the opinion, it basically says there is no such thing as the right to privacy. if that holds, mark my words they will go after the supreme court decision on same-sex marriage. this just hours after senate democrats failed to advance a bill protecting abortion rights across the country. daniella diaz is live on capitol hill for us. where do democrats go from here to try to preserve abortion rights? even though democrats have the white house, have the house, have the senate, we watched in real time yesterday that vote
Keep up the fight. from oklahoma to ohio, and outside the supreme court today. outrage over a leaked draft majority opinion indicating the supreme court may be poised to overturn roe vs. wade, which would end the constitutional right to abortion. i will be damned if i don t fight. and if we don t fight, because we cannot go backwards. reporter: in wisconsin today, firefighters confirmed the headquarters of an anti-abortion rights group was a target of arson. demonstrators on saturday took their battle directly to the homes of supreme court justices john roberts and brett kavanaugh. you don t get to take away my bodily autonomy and enjoy your saturday night at home. reporter: the justices home addresses were leaked online. on friday, clarence thomas told a judicial conference the court cannot be an institution that can be bullied into giving you just the outcomes you want.
The north, which has been so significant for those she has encountered. all across the board, she is said whoa important it was to have the united states as a partner. the first of her mediator day, who drawing to dr. biden on a visit to the school, saying that it shows the strength of the alliance. that we can be strong when we know we have the amount of well mike memoli thank you for joining us live via phone. stay safe and send us your regards. now we turn to washington, d.c.. breaking news from senator leader mitch mcconnell, who told usa today that a national abortion ban would be possible if roe v. wade was overturned. his comments are coming as protests are expected to resume at the supreme court this mother s day, following the leak of that draft majority opinion potentially overturning roe. for more on this, we are joined by nbc news reporter gary grow balk at the supreme court. thank you for joining us. what more do we know but the minority leader s comment about