the president again. in 30 minutes, he ll speak from the roosevelt room, explaining the white house s next steps because a lot could change with a ruling that sided with a web designer opposed to same-sex marriage. and a lot will change now that the president cannot constitutionally cancel student debt. joining me now nbc news correspondent julia ainsley who s outside of the supreme court for us, and nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli. noah pransky is here with us as well, and cnbc washington correspondent, emily wilkins. thank you very much for being here, everybody. so 6-3 ruling, two more 6-3 rulings, i should say. student debt. you re right, katy, if somebody was going to sum up this supreme court right now, the name of the book might be 6-3 because we re seeing so many opinions fall along those lines. today we saw two more, the first coming in, a case having to do with a web designer in colorado who says that she does have gay clients but didn t want to be
out of the supreme court breaking news about this, this drug it is called mifepristone. it is a pale about the size of an aspirin and it is the first of two pills used in the most commo form of abortion here in the united states. it s medication abortion it is safe it is effective. and it is significantly less invasive than a surgical abortion and if you have been following the news, you would know tha, am -appointed federal judge i texas ruled that despite thi drug being used safely for 2 years now, the fda was wrong t approve the drug and his ruling had the potential to take the drug off the market altogether. so, tonight s decision from th supreme court was pretty clear it means this will not happen, at least not yet the supreme court issued wha is known as a stay, meanin they are effectively blockin that texas judges decision while this case is appeale through our court system maybe even all the way back to the supreme court down the roa now, the lower court battle is c
supreme court was pretty clear it means this will not happen, at least not yet the supreme court issued wha is known as a stay, meanin they are effectively blockin that texas judges decision while this case is appeale through our court system maybe even all the way back to the supreme court down the roa now, the lower court battle is complicated and we the, and ma lead to some chaos down th line for mifepristone access and we are going to talk t experts about that in just a moment but for now, for tonight, this drug is still widely available so, on a practical level, that is where we are. the question is, on a lega level, tonight s ruling is als quite interesting. there s a majority of justices who approved tonight s stay. but at least two did not that s justice clarence thomas said that he would have denied this day he did not explain why it was just a single line in this ruling that says he disagrees. and justice samuel alito wrote a full dissent, we are going t ask our e
you for joining us. i m abby phillip in washington. i want to take you straight to dublin, where president biden is delivering and addressed to the irish parliament. let s take a listen. i ll also revisit county mayo. remember the history and hope and the heartbreak my blue and ancestors must have felt leaving their beloved homeland to begin their new lives in america. i sell this not to wax poetic about bygone days, but because of the story of my family s journey, those who left and those who stayed is emblematic of the stories of so many irish and american families, not just irish american families. and these stories are the very heart of what binds ireland america together. they speak to a history defined by our dreams. they speak to a president written by our shared responsibility. possibilities so today i d like to reflect on the enduring strength of the connections between ireland and the united states, a partnership for the ages. begins in our shared history dating bac
former president, he likely faces hundreds of questions with $250 million in the survival of his family business on the line. and the democratic party clash over age ambition and a stalled biden priority. 89 year old senator dianne feinstein says she won t resign after missing a month plus of work and after a california colleague says she s no longer fit to serve and that she should quit. first for us, though the biden justice department just moments ago, saying it will ask the supreme court to step in that after an appeals panel dramatically changes how women can get an abortion. again the biden just department now wants the high court to sweep aside this a 42 page order from the fifth circuit court of appeals filed just before midnight that delivers some relief from a texas judge s ruling that would have taken an abortion pill off shelves starting friday, but that ruling also imposes hard to ignore obstacles to getting the drug. it outlaws, sending the pill in the mail ups,