well, we made it to friday thanks for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york they got him, helicopters, armed federal agents all swarming the house of the alleged leaker of classified materials that sent the pentagon into damage control mode cameras capturing the 21-year-old air national guardsman being walked from that home neighbors shocked at his arrest. i saw the name jack teixeira, i was like i know that kid that sounds wicked familiar. good kid, had a good head on his shoulderin his shouldhoulders, wanted to jn the military. just moments ago, we learned the suspect jack teixeira is expected to appear any minute in federal court in boston. attorney general merrick garland signaling he could be charged under the espionage act, the glu details we re learning about the alleged leaker in just moments. in the dark of night in the sunshine state, florida governor ron desantis signed a six-week abortion bill into law, how this could imp
like with voters there i don t see anything changing any time soon. you talked a lot about the gun reform debate this week in light of back-to-back shootings. the other big issue we ve been discussing is abortion rights. we mentioned that strict law the governor signed in florida banning abortion after just six weeks of pregnancy this law isn t even popular with republicans in his state do you see this decision hurting him in his 2024 race, brendan? very potentially. look, this is the problem that republicans have on a lot of issues, whether it s on guns, and i think abortion probably more than any. he has made a lot of promises to a lot of people in the party for a long time, particularly on abortion now while being expected to deliver on them, that are wildly out of step with the average general election voter there s really no mechanism for pushback you cannot be too far to the right on the issue of abortion to win a republican primary.
national i think if we re looking at 15 weeks, what we need to understand is we are not okay with abortion up until the time of birth. reporter: meanwhile, a high stakes showdown will soon reach the supreme court over a widely used abortion pill a federal appeals court has blocked a texas ruling that invalidated the approval of mifepristone but rolled back several moves from the fda to make the drug easier to obtain attorney general merrick garland saying the justice department strongly disagrees with the decision and will soon take the case to the nation s highest court. we know this ban will not go into effect right away the current existing abortion law, that s caught up in legal wrangling and that has to get settled before this latest ban can go into effect. we have this just in, thparo block that texas ruling. the drug maker also filed a similar appeal just this morning. we ll keep you posted on that. we have other breaking news
announcement the law has some exceptions for rape and incest up to 15 weeks of pregnancy it is widely unpopular in florida. this is a university of north florida poll from march that found 75% of floridians were against this bill including 61% of republicans in that state nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett has more for us. reporter: good morning, florida had been one of the last places a woman could go for an abortion in the south. now that state has one of the most restrictive laws on the books. overnight florida governor ron desantis signing a bill that would ban most abortions after six weeks. desantis quietly signing the law just after 11:00 p.m. posting only this photo on twitter a stark contrast to how he publicly celebrated a 15-week ban last spring. we are here today to defend those who can t defend themselves
reporter: unless blocked in the court, the move will shut off access in a state that saw a 60% increase in women seeking abortions since roe was overturned known as the heartbeat protection act, it does make an exception for abortions up to 15 weeks in cases of rape, incest, or human trafficking have all members voted? reporter: anger erupting in the florida house during debate over the bill. protests and chaos before the republican-dominated legislature passedit democrats and critics slamming the law as extreme with the white house saying it is out of step with the views of the vast majority of the people of florida and of all the united states all this as the issue of abortion is taking center stage in the 2024 campaign with presidential hopefuls pressed on their positions. something that i believe that is a place where you find a