answer so let s get started breaking news, access to the abortion pill, mid upper stone and legal limbo after duelin federal rulings. what does this mean fo tightening reproductive rights in america plus, support for the tennesse through pouring in, by s president kamala harris me yesterday with the lawmakers after the republican-controlle house votes to kick two of the out of the state legislature i will speak with the member who managed to hang on to he seat by just one vote. and later, michael cohen i will go one-on-one with th star witness in th unprecedented indictment of former president all of that and more is coming up our good saturday morning to you i am katie phang we begin today show with breaking news out of texas the fate of abortion access fo tens of millions americans i now uncertain after conflictin decisions by two separat federal judges late lost night first, a texas judge blocks th food and drug administration s approval of the abortion pill, mifepristone
now. good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the major twofold test for president biden as he travels abroad but with big political implications back home. can he showcase unity among western allies over the wars in ukraine and gaza while u.s. voters are increasingly skeptical, and how much will the push to preserve democracy really resonate come november? plus, more high drama in delaware as hunter biden s ex-wife takes the stand in his federal trial, what she just finished telling the jury, her brief testimony under subpoena including talk of drug paraphernalia, rehab, and infidelity and whether it s likely to help or hurt her former husband s defense. a pair of critical races taking place 2,000 miles apart, but providing new clues to one of the most consequential political questions of 2024. will democrats hold on to the senate, or can republicans take it back? we ll break that down in the senate contests in montana and new jersey
need, and even as important is that when women go to the emergency roo that we don t leave any women dying in parking lots because a doctor has to call a lawyer or some politician to figure out what kind of health care they need. how close should a woman be to death, and at what cost to a woman s health. you are going to leave women, women dying in parking lots for what? and so we saw roe v. wade overturned. we know griswold could be next, if republicans are serious, they will vote yes on this right to contraception bill today. if they don t, well, then it lets you know where they stand. senator jacky rosen, thank you so much. we appreciate you taking the time to come on the program. thank you for having me. still to come, an unlawful pardon, a texas district attorney battling the governor there over the pardon of a man convicted of murder. what that fight looks like. and in our next hour, a first of its kind bill in new
their humanity, and common sense legislation would be within our grasp there is a debate over whether it should even be necessary to see that evidence of violenc for lawmakers to do the righ thing. after all this time, with so many victims, do you reall think, doctor ellen, s that pr gun rights advocates are gonna change their minds it is a tough time in tennessee and it s a tough tim in our country the way i look at it, there ar four variables to how this happens. there s the, bullet there s the, gun there s the shooter, and there is society if our society continues o this track where there is th politics of extremism there gonna be difficult to sit at the table and come to an agreement. the more name-calling from either sides, it s gonna pus people apart even further. i remember vividly being intimate the emergency roo that monday. there were 30 plus people there, chief of pediatric in d.c., chief of pediatric surgery was