amarillo, texas, where is judge will decide whether to expand a ban on a drug used as medication abortion more than half the women who terminate their pregnancies do itwith this drug it is extremely low risk fewer than half a percent of patients experience complications, which means almost no one. medication abortions are illegal in 13 states, and that does include texas, where the arguments in this landmark case just wrapped a group of doctors who do not support abortion brought this suit they want to go beyond the texas ban and take this off the market nationwide they claim the fda did not evaluate its safety before it was approved in 2000 and argue it should not have been made accessible to women via telehealth during the pandemic the public found out about today s hearing monday after the judge initially delayed releasing the details. we ll fill you in on why he says he delayed and why others argue his motivation was personal. the hearing was not broadcast, but we have re
observatory here in washington. and at martha s vineyard. democrats call the moves cruel and inhuman political stunts. the administration is said to be exploring legal options. republicans say they are giving democrats a taste of their own medicine. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off tonight from 1600 pennsylvania. hi, yack question. good evening to you, john. for a second day the white house hammered republican governors for moving migrants away from overwhelmed border towns. just as there are reports that some within the administration are saying it s time to do just that. thank you. reporters pushed out the oval office door. the president taking no questions after the press secretary compared the republican governors of florida and texas to human traffickers. these vulnerable migrants were reportedly mislead about where they were headed. told they would be headed to boston. these are the kinds of tactics we see from smugglers in places like mex
anywhere if they didn t evaluate safety risks, it s not safe for anyone anywhere the supreme court has never spoken about whether nationwide injunctions are a good idea. a lot of judges who blocked donald trump s immigration attempts exactly we ve seen this on both sides. it s very controversial. if they rule in favor of the plaintiffs, i imagine it goes to another court. where does it go next? it goes swiftly to the fifth circuit of appeals the justice department would be asking them to stay the injunction, put a pause on the inju injunction if the fifth circuit says no, then the case goes to the supreme court. laura, thank you so much for helping us understand the legalities morgan chesky, thank you for joining us from texas.
country and lesson d they are entitled to or by entitled i mean if it s legal for them to do it. what is clear, the border is not secure. anyone that says that, i don t believe will be taken seriously or credibly as we seek a long-term solution to this problem. john: kimberly harold s pronouncement stand in sharp contrast to what this white house is saying. they are saying that the border is closed. we don t need a wall. your thoughts? well, first of all, i entirely agree with her that we do need longer and lasting solutions and that both sides are going to come together. but to your point, john, what we know from all immigration attempts in the past is that this is not happened unless have you serious leadership coming from the white house because it s an uncomfortable policy topic and neither side really wants to embrace it unless they are pushed. i would also, by the way, i just tip my hat. some people are calling the decision by governor abbott and desantis to send some of thes
we have bipartisan issues bipartisan support for the republican position that this president has exceeded his authority. both in the house and senate. you have eight senate democrats at least that believe the president exceeded his authority and are against the executive order. what the president doesn t want and democrats don t want is democrats to go on the record and embarrass the administration with a majority of senate and house saying the president has acted illegally. going back a half century that have done the same action. go back to 2015 there were immigration attempts by both republicans and democrats in the past. but what can we expect for example, luis what do you think that is going to happen going forward. there is a lot of fear. i think you can agree on the fact a lot of people don t have documents, have u.s. born children that are going through a lot of fear as they see uncertainty about their future. luis what do you think the