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welcome back as we turn to this morning s other top headlines. the supreme court will allow idaho to continue to enforce its strict abortion ban that could penalize doctors who perform the procedure in emergency situations, essentially halting the biden administration s effort to ensure additional access to abortions in red state hospitals. the idaho law declares that anyone who performs an abortion is subject to criminal penalties including up to five years in prison. health care professionals found to have violated the law can also lose their professional licenses. the only exception is if a physician can demonstrate that the mother s life is in danger. on friday the high court granted emergency requests followed by idaho state officials putting on hold a federal judge s ruling that said the provisions conflict with federal law. the supreme court said it would hear oral arguments on the issue
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maybe even days. once again, the supreme court hears those arguments february 8th, gillian. gillian: shannon, also understand the court made an important decision on abortion today? shannon: they did. they are getting involved in a couple of cases out of idaho. comes down to this: can hospitals there be forced by the biden administration to perform abortions in emergency situations, even if the state has a near total back on abortions with an exception to save the life of the mother. arguments on that case will be held in april. in the meantime, the idaho law will be totally in effect until then. gillian: busy night for the court on a friday. shannon, thank you so much. good to see you. gillian: president biden throwing down the gauntlet against former president trump campaign speech offering a dire warning about a second possible trump turn. sacrificing u.s. democracy in the interest of his own political power. striking a decisively different tone than his 2020 message cente