conservatives had second thoughts, and what the leaked draft did to any hope for compromise. now a year and a half later, the high court is on clean up duty. agreeing to take on the first major complication from its ruling, this one on the abortion pill. mifepristone. the decision, which could effectively ban the pill nationwide should come next june, meaning the court will keep abortion front and center in the summer before the presidential election. an issue that has repeatedly proven to boost democrats, especially as republicans are still struggling to figure out what to say on it. just listen to senators ted cruz and john cornyn on this week s decision by the texas supreme court to deny kate cox an abortion. senator, are you supportive of the texas supreme court s ruling in the kate cox case that prevented her from getting an abortion after she learned her fetus was not viable. call the press office. i have for two days, and i haven t received an answer. are you w
remind you, this is not just a u.s. issue. it s this is an international problem and deserves an international response. john: so, what does that response look like and will the u.s. lead it? hello, john roberts in washington, here we go for another hour. sandra: sandra smith in new york, this is america reports . shooting down drones and missiles in the red sea, troops in the middle east are on high alert. john: new attacks on u.s. bases ins iraq and syria, that brings the total to 100 attacks since october 7th. right to the chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin live at the pentagon with more. early this morning cayman island flagged chemical shipping vessel issued a distress call, a houthi attack drone had struck the tanker. 11th attack on international shipping in the red sea since the gaza conflict began. the same u.s. navy destroyer, u.s.s. carney, who released this video two weeks ago showing it intercepting houthi missiles and drones in seve
a jury orders rudy giuliani to pay nearly 100 and $50 million to the georgia election workers he defamed in the aftermath of the 2020 election. the attorney for ruby freeman and shaye moss is gonna join me alive. plus, the four times indicted republican front runner is once again echoing the anti immigrant language of adolf hitler. but house republicans seem much more concerned about their feckless impeachment inquiry into president biden. i ll ask congressman about all of it. also today, as kate cox fleas texas to get an abortion, ted cruz fleeced from reporters when he s asked about her story. this isn t a messaging problem, it s a policy problem. later, my conversation with the families of hostages taken captive by hamas. i ll ask them about their meeting with president biden this week, their frustrations and how they find hope during the most difficult moment of their lives. ever since donald trump entered the political spotlight years ago, it s kind of seemed lik
today looking to submit his front runner status with 38 days away governor sununu endorsed a trump rival another white house hopeful. i m eric shawn. price hello eric hello everyone i am arthel nebo. arthel: backing former un ambassador nikki haley follows her rise in polls of the past months. she is pulling in second place in new hampshire. but still trailing far behind trump who scored his first primary win back in 2016 in new hampshire for the former president speaking to supporters in durham today. on tuesday, generally 23rd we are going to win the new hampshire primary. then we are going to crush cricket joe biden next november. we are going to make america great again. governor desantis is stopping in another battleground state. holding a town hall in iowa. he is focused the town hall focused on the second amendment. governor desantis taking his campaign on a strong showing in the hawkeye state. live it with the very latest and what the campaign is today. good to
good morning, to our viewers in the usa and around the world. i m john avlon. it is monday, december 18th. it s 5:00 a.m. here in new york, noon in tel aviv, where the u.s. defense secretary is scheduled to meet now with his israeli counterpart. secretary lloyd austin s mission is to press israeli officials on specific milestones for progress in israel s war against hamas, as civilian casualties climb. here s democratic senator chris van hollen talking to abc this sunday. we do have unacceptable levels of casualties. we see loose rules of engagement, way looser than anything that the united states would exercise. we would not drop a 2,000-pound bomb on a refugee camp to target a hamas commander. a senior defense official tells cnn that austin will, quote, want to hear very clear articulation of the israeli self-assessment today. that same official has confidence in the israeli military and so he s there to ask questions and learn more about their plan. elliott gotkine