that turned into a fire stor last night, after the nearly all white republican super majority voted to expel the tw black lawmakers but not th white lawmaker, both president biden and former president obama spoke out after th dramatic speeches, by stat representatives, justin jones, and just in person today, vice president harris flew into nashville to respond to the ongoing protests agains gun violence and the expulsion of the black representatives that is where we had planned t start tonight. and we will have much more o tennessee coming up. but just after 5 pm texas time a trump-appointed federal judg ruled to suspend the fda s approval of the abortion pil mifepristone, siding wit anti-abortion groups in a case that could end up up and acces to medication abortion in al 50 states. that s right in all of 50 states, even in states where abortion is legal the ruling will not go int effect for seven days. and just in the last hour, the justice department filed notic that it wo
streets of san francisco. this time a former fire commissioner was allegedly attacked by a homeless man with a metal pipe. but the suspect s attorney claims it was the fire commissioner who was the aggressor, after he sprayed the homeless man with bear spray. we re going to go deeper into this story to see what it says about the homeless situation in san francisco. plus, teachers union president, randi weingarten is here after a contentious hearing on capitol hill afbout whether teachers unions stayed closed too long after the pandemic. and steven spielberg said he made a mistake in this rerelease of his classic film et , and he ll never do it again. et phone home? et phone home. okay. we ll talk about that. but we begin tonight with that attack on the streets of san francisco. we warn you, this video is disturbing to watch. prosecutors say former san francisco fire department commissioner was seriously injured after being attacked on april 5th by a suspect with
good evening, and welcome t politicsnation tonight s lead, rights versu might. it has been a whirlwind political week, with republicans from the state house to the courthouse, tryin to force their ultraconservative agenda o americans who have repeatedl rejected their platform at the ballot box but trump appointed federa judge yesterday suspended th fda s longtime approval of ach abortion drug, the latest blow to reproductive rights which have been under assault sinc the overturn of roe v. wad last summer. meanwhile in tennessee republican state lawmakers voted to expel two black representatives for speaking out against gun violence invoking rules used only twice before since the civil war a fair lawmaker who barely escaped this himself joins u live in just a moment. and of course, there s forme president donald trump, defyin in the face of an unprecedente criminal indictment. his house gop allies are rushing to his defense targeting the democratically elected africa
daytonville, alabama about the shooting will star any minute we are going to monitor it and bring you any developments this new round of mass shootings unfolding as the national association wrapped u its annual meeting this weeken in indianapolis. on friday, a long list o potential 2024 republica presidential hopefuls flock to that event no surprise, they gave speeche about how they support the rights of gun owners they were on the message tha you have heard over and over again also - gop donors ahead of the 2024 presidential election. nashville of course is the scene of last month s shooting a private school were thre students, and three staf members were killed. inaction from gop lawmakers on gun safety sparked protests in the tennessee general assembly tennessee republican responding by expelling tw democrats from state legislature. representatives justin pearson and justin jones bot reinstated last week after council on commission votes at the local level. the retalia
bill: i have questions for you. dana: yesterday president biden took a cheat sheet to a new level. he was holding cue cards showing names of the cabinet officials and a pre-submitted question from the reporter. bill: the question reads as follows. how are you squaring your domestic priorities by reshoring here now is the question from that reporter l. a. times ? thank you, mr. president. your top economic priority has been to build up u.s. domestic manufacturing in competition with china. but your rules against expanding chip manufacturing in china is hurting south korean companies that rely heavily on beijing. are you damaging a key ally in the competition with china to help your domestic politics ahead of the election? bill: not the good look. the president is underwater on every key issue from national security to the economy. dana: team fox coverage. karl rove here to react. we begin with peter doocy at the white house. we ve seen this president do a two-