the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. this is early start a busy morning. we begin with breaking news. a short time ago, a federal appeals court took action to keep the abortion pill mifepristone on the market. the court blocked the parts of a texas judge order that would have suspended fda approval of the drug. now the fda approval will stay in effect, while the court considers an expedited appeal. but important here, the fifth circuit appeals court is leaving in place parts of the ruling that will, in effect, make the pill harder to get. the fda tried to ease access in recent years by allowing the drug to be mailed and by approving a generic version. for now, those changes that make it easier for people to get the drug. those changes remain suspended. this medication has been approved as safe and effective for uses an abortion pill for more than two decades. but it s possible removal from pharmacies could affect every american senior medical correspo
seussical companies might say, wait a minute. we re investing millions and millions of dollars. dollars into research and development for drugs. the fda looks at it. they re outside advisers. all these scientists look at it. and now we need to worry that a single judge, not even a scientist, that a single judge can just pull it off the market. it could definitely discourage them from investigating and from researching new drugs, and that could affect us all back to you . alright repeating the breaking news overnight and appeals court has partially frozen that texas judge s order. it keeps me fit kristen available while the full appeals process plays out, but the judges blocked the drug for being sent to patients through the mail blocks some aspects that make it easier to get this drug right now to severe flooding overnight in south florida that is shut down fort lauderdale s airport until noon today, the national weather service, calling it a once in 50 year event, declaring us a flash
enhance a broad description of the individuals police are looking for. yesterday we learned that lieutenant gliniewicz s gun was recovered but police are being judicious in the amount of information they give. they are not saying whether it was fired or whether the gun was used to kill him, whether the suspected should be considered armed. they are only saying they should be considered dangerous because they aren t cop killers. there is nothing to indicate that suspects left this immediate area. this is kinds of a holiday area with a chain of lakes. you have got a lot of people stream offing in town for the holiday weekends. reporter: the u.s. is feeling pressure to get more involved in europe s mushrooming refugee crisis. millions of syrians are fleeing their war-torn country and