restrictive, to prohibit access to drugs that the fda has authorized as safe and effective for women to use. we are also hearing from the justice department on the issue of access to abortion clinics and the fact that it s not legal under the freedom of access to clinic entrances act to block people s physical access to walk into an abortion clinic. the justice department saying it s going to make sure that that right is protected. as you can see, these are steps around the margins. this is not the biden administration saying we are going to enforce the ability for women across the country to get an abortion. that s something that only congress can do. that s why we expect a key element of what president biden will have to say to be about the election and making sure to elect politicians who will ensure a woman s right to choose in future. thanks to you, josh. this is andrea mitchell reports with our continuing breaking news coverage of the supreme court s decision overtu
leaves abortion a question for each state to settle. that heads up if you will by no means makes this day any less consequential. justice samuel aleto says roe was egregious from the start. in a joint rebuttal the court s three liberals wrote this, with sorrow for this court but more for the many ill-man s american women who today have lost a fundamental constitutional protection, we dissent. the impact nationwide will be limit. the role reversal was the goal, of course, of a decades long conservative campaign to tilt the courts their way. the three trump appointees to the high court, the culmination of that. now a new legal chapter unfolds state by state as does a new political fight. we ll hear from president biden shortly. and nancy pelosi vows make abortion now the big deal in the campaign. reporter: the supreme court here issuing its most consequential decision in decades holding there s no longer a federal constitutional right to get an abortion and now handing the is
constitutional right to abortion. states will now define abortion laws. and 13 states have abortion bans that were triggered into law by this morning s ruling. in all about half the states in this country are expected to implement abortion bans. it s a monumental victory for abortion opponents and conservatives. but many liberals and moderates fear that the court could target other landmark presidents like same-sex marriage and contraception. justice clarence thomas explicitly called for those cases to be revisited. he wrote today for that reason the future cases we should reconsider all this court s substantive due process including lawrence, griswold and obergefell. we have a duty to correct the error established in those precedents. cnn s jessica schneider is outside the supreme court, kaitlan collins at the white house. the president just spoke. he did not mince words saying this is a sad day for the court and country. what else did he say? reporter: he called it a sole
millions of american women, no longer have the constitutional right to an abortion that has been their right for decades now and nearly half of all states women will soon find themselves without any access to an abortion, a 6-3 decision handed down in dobbs versus jackson women s health upholds mississippi s ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, in a 5-4 majority went further completely striking down roe versus wade, written by justice samuel alito, it is similar to the draft opinion that leaked back in may. it reads in part, roe was egregiously wrong from the start and the decision was exceptionally weak. and the decision has had damaging consequences. with this decision, 13 states have already effectively ended abortion access. missouri s governor issued an order ending all elective abortions one hour after the supreme court decision was released. another 13 states will impose draconian restrictions on abortion. a decision that s consequential is of course, nothing
and his latest political stunt. jasmine crockett joins me from later legal trouble over its rendition of hamilton. we have a reporter who broke a story. all of that and more, is coming up. let s go straight to msnbc s garrett grumble, who is tracking the news details for us. gary good morning. good morning katie, three big developments, rising overnight on this big story. new york times is reporting an nbc news, is for one lawyer signed, back in june, saying all classified material, have been returned to the government. according to four people familiar with the matter. that s a big deal because they can speak to one of the possible crime is being investigated usc which is 15 19 or an administration of any matter. or a jurisdiction of any agency. that is one big part of the story. the second really is congress, and the heads of the intelligence, the hostages and house oversight committee sending a letter to daniel haynes. basically asking who saw these documents? how