for abortion rights. and to witness the states democratic governor, roy cooper veto the 12-week abortion ban that the republican-controlled state legislature passed in the first week of may. now north carolina republicans claim that the bill was, quote, a mainstream approach to regulating abortion, but critics say it is full of hidden restrictions and medically unnecessary obstacles that take in together were we dramatically reduce access to abortion and cause women s health clinics across the state to shut down. but the fact that republicans are trying to market this extreme abortion ban as reasonable and mainstream is important. it s part of a larger national effort will cancel determine unacceptable abortion ban standard that they could enact without politically backfiring on them. for the most, where they ve been unsuccessful in this regard. again, the majority of americans support abortion rights. opposed this is importing the criminalization of women and their doctors
going through a difficult period in 2018, i started to review journals, i realized i was doing two things. i was simultaneously trying to out-run something, and i was brief, and then looking for something. that was trying to find my identity. that s what the books about. that happens over six continents, deeply internal journey, in many external visible physical places. i hope you check it out. we will, this is my coffee, everybody, enabling anybody wants to to come in my office and borough it. they can t keep it, bring it back. by more. that s exactly they should. luke russert, it s a pleasure to see you, thank you so much. best of luck with the book, that s gonna do it for me, everyone, on this edition of alex witt reports, my father s my dear friends she continues our coverage right now. ues ou and good afternoon, i m lindsey reiser in for yasmin vossoughian, new numbers just in from the border on this crucial first weekend since title 42 ended. amid fears of an
13th, impeached, indict-able, and unrepentant. as he pursues another bid for the white house, the former president in the current front runner for the 2024 republican nomination continues to tessa limits of the law even as he remains tangled up in a multitude of legal troubles. all of this on full display for the public over the past week. on tuesday, a jury found the former president liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer and former magazine columnist ej carroll, who accused trump of raping her inside a bergdorf goodman dressing room back in the mid 1990s. yet just one day later, trump appeared on a nationally televised town hall event and mocked carroll again, and continue to claim that her allegations were quote, a fake story. now this is not an isolated incident for donald trump either. it s a pattern of behavior, he has a long history going back decades of weaponizing the legal system to his advantage. in just the last few years, we ve repeatedly witnessed
migrants crossing the border. and the looming debt ceiling deadline. president biden s meeting with congressional leaders now postponed. why some see this delay as a positive sign. and a lesson from the nyu journalism professor on how the media should handle the twice impeached former president who has no problem constantly lying. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we are now less than one hour away from a major change in this country s immigration policy. it could lead to a large influx of migrants into the united states. at 11:59 pm eastern, just a few minutes from now, the policy known as title expires. it was used during the covid pandemic to quickly expel migrants, even if they requested asylum. tonight there are growing concerns about what could happen once title 42 ends. nbc s tom giannis is on the board border with more. title 42 set to expire. fears of a crush of the border leading to changes, begi
looking to enter the u.s. in the next few hours. do not risk your life and your life savings only to be removed from the united states. we are making it very clear that our border is not open, that crossing irregularly is against the law. cnn s nick valencia is in brownsville, texas, on the southern border, where officials are working with buses and airlines to try to get migrants out of that city. nick, is that working? reporter: well, we got some clarity from the city, just a short time ago, jake. we asked them where they re going to be sending migrants to. and they said the destinations that migrants are asking to go to and that the city is going to help them get to include chicago, dallas, houston, brooklyn, denver and miami. and though the city is known for quite some time along with the state and really the nation that title 42, this policy is going to end in less than a day, they re still working out the specifics of their plans and things they want to avoid acco