tonight, the battle over abortion pill access back in court. what happened at the appeals ruling today, as more states pass restrictive legislation? and, house democrats make moves to spell congressman george santos, while republicans are sidestepping an actual vote. and both sides sounded more optimistic on a possible debt limit deal. we ll break down where things stand in the negotiations as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. today, a federal court heard arguments for and against access to the most commonly used abortion pill. it is the biggest legal battle over abortion since roe v. wade was overturned by the supreme court last summer. nbc s laura jarrett has the details on today s hearing. a federal appeals court appearing deeply skeptical today of arguments from the biden administration and manufacture, as they try to keep mifepristone available. i don t understand the steam. the fda can do no
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a new era of immigration is underway this weekend after the lifting of title 42. the biden administration putting in place new asylum rules and legal pathways as it turns the page on a pandemic era program that quickly expelled migrants. officials were bracing for an unprecedented influx of migrants, but officials say crossings appear to remain steady. a border town told msnbc told us how they re handling the situation. i m a big leader in prevention, and temporary infrastructure shelters and the age of consistencies. migrants, however, it s been manageable till now. i ve been in constant communication with border patrol and mayors from border towns, border cities, to get updates as well. the clock is ticking in washington for a plan to avoid defaulting on the country s death. staff are meeting this weekend, trying to make progress resolving the coaches as a june 1st deadline years. earlier today, democratic or really told msnbc, she doesn t think speaker mccart
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all right. so in just a few minutes they re going to try again. president biden, speaker mccarthy will continue their debt standdown face to face at the white house. biden is hosting mccarthy and three other congressional leaders to once again try to get closer at least to a deal to raise the debt ceiling, as has been done dozens of times. they have just over two weeks to do it before a potential u.s. default. somehow it is looking like the two sides have dug in even more since last week s meeting. we go to capitol hill. melanie, we ve seen this before, right? we re making progress, we re not making progress, it s sort of the definition of a game of chicken. the trouble is the economy hangs in the balance here. what s really happening? is there any real progress? do we expect any real probably in the white house? reporter: i will tell you, jim, staff have been working behind the scenes to come up with a potential number of policy options for a potential deal but there has b