his lawyers mistakenly sent years, years of his texts to the oppose counsel. oops. we begin tonight with samuel alito. the supreme court justice who played partisan god or at least thought he could when he authored the majority opinion that overruled roe. now we imagine today was a hard day for justice alito, but, no, we don t feel especially badly for him. remember, he s the one who cited in his opinion a 17th century jurist who supported marital rape and witch burning so it shouldn t surprise us at all that alito in the first public appearance gloetd over making women suffer and mocked his foreign critics during a speech he delivered in rome. i had the honor this term of writing i think the only supreme court decision in the history of that institution that has been lambasted by a whole string of foreign leaders. one of these was former prime minister boris johnson, but he paid the price. what really wounded me was when the duke of sussex addressed the united nations and
planning to talk to ahead of the fall. also scheduled to get an update on the president s covid diagnosis from the white house. the doctors saying the symptoms are almost totally gone. i want to bring in nbc white house correspondent mike memoli and correspondent shaq brewster with where america is at with abortion access with indiana being really the focus at this moment. talk about vice president harris trip there and what it means. reporter: we have seen the vice president do the event in indiana multiple times, speaking with democratic lawmakers where republicans control the levers of power and abortion access is under assault and today with the visit to indiana is we have the indiana legislature considering what would be a total ban on abortion and we have of course a case that the president highlighted. the 10-year-old girl from indiana the victim of rape traveling to get the kind of health access she needed. this is part of what the vice president s message is t
and it ended up being a decisive factor in the victory for abortion rights advocates in this state. a lot of credit has to be given to cannons for constitutional freedom. they are the manu bortion rights coalition that was pushing out the vote, and they had to overcome a lot for this decisive win here. not only are registered republicans outnumbering registered democrats in the state by a nearly 2-1 margin, this is deeply conservative state. they have a democratic mayor, yes, but the last two elections they voted for president trump. but as we mentioned, this voter turnout ended up being a huge factor. the numbers we saw last night were more indicative of a general election. and credit has to be given to that kansasans for constitutional freedom. also educating voters here that they could vote. this amendment was ambiguously worded in a way that voting yes on this amendment would have stripped abortion rights. a vote no would have kept the status quo here. the state constitut
helped illuminate what a liar he is. plus, it can make the difference if you re trying to buy a car or a house. the stunning report that equifax erroneously issued millions of americans lower credit scores that they did not deserve. welcome to the lead. i m jack tapper. a report card and a reality check for republicans and democrats gearing up for this fall s midterm elections. the biggest takeaway is from another primary night, now coming into focus starting in kansas where abortion rights with on the ballot. voters in kansas overwhelmingly rejected a measure that would have allowed lawmakers to ban abortion in the state. the turnout is giving democrats new hope, they say, that anger at that decision by the high court could deliver a midterm boost. on to arizona now where republican election deniers won big last night. cnn now projecting three trump-endorsed republicans who embraced donald trump s sad election lies will win their party s nominations for u.s. senate, fo
first breaking tonight house speaker nancy pelosi says that u.s. will not abound in its commitments to taiwan after meeting with taiwanese leaders of the past day. the beijing rebuttal crock causing a lot of concerns as china prepares for a large-scale show of force in the taiwan strafe to make clear that its claims are nonnegotiable the island it regards as a renegade province. the military drills are expected to be the most provocative action towards taiwan and a quarter century. the white house correspondent peter doocy joins us from the north long, peter. on the ground and in the water near taiwan a lot is changing. here at the white house the president s position towards china head is not changing. tonight he remains in covert isolation as speaker nancy pelosi jets around asia. we condemn them for being one of the most freest societies in the world. that s not how china sees things though. neither is this. this is a choice between democracy and toss to see. the