that. thank you, my friend. today has been a lesson how every accusation from the republican party these days is really actually a confession. are you weaponizing the house the same way you say the democrats were weaponizing the doj to get what they wanted? are you just doing it on a bigger platform from the entire house of representatives? no, there s a very clear distinction in what we re doing and what they are doing. what we re doing, neil, is the opposite. we re trying to adhere to the rule of law. that was republican speaker of the house mike johnson this afternoon saying the republican party is just trying to adhere to the rule of law. now, a few hours before that interview speaker johnson made a huge decision, which shows that is plainly not true. one of the most important things johnson does is decide who from his party sits on house committees. and among the most important committees for the rule of law in this country is the house intelligence committee. to
incident to police. that does it for us this hour. our coverage continues with katy tur reports, right now. good to be with you. i m katy tur. what is president biden hoping to get out of today s executive order allowing him to seal the southern border? he made the announcement just a few minutes ago saying the influx of migrants is unsustainable. quote, for those who say the steps i ve taken are too strict, i say to you be patient. the goodwill of the american public is wearing thin right now. doing nothing is not an option. we have to act. he also said that without immigration reform, specifically the immigration bill which was crafted by a bipartisan team of senators and leaned conservative, by the way, signing an executive order was his only remaining option. that order is definitely going to go to the courts. the aclu has already said it plans on suing. and a number of progressive lawmakers including the congressional hispanic caucus are crying foul, saying this isn
on a bill about life begins at conception that would actually make illegal certain forms of contraception. iuds, plan b. in addition to that there are extremist group out there that are aggressively lobbying to take away access to contraception and then we ve got donald trump himself who just two weeks ago said he was going to take a look at putting restrictions on contraception and then as if all of that were not enough, understand that today in the united states senate, all but two republicans, when given a chance to vote on what about a federal law to protect access to contraception, that is all the bill really said. only two republicans said i will support that. the rest of them voted no or
available as vyvgart for iv infusion and also as vyvgart hytrulo for subcutaneous injection. additional side effects for vyvgart hytrulo may include injection site reactions. talk to your neurologist about vyvgart. a few hours ago senate republicans tanked the right to contraception act. the bill would have made access to contraception a federal right, but every republican senator besides lisa murkowski and susan collins decided to take a pass on it. according to a 2023 gallup poll, almost 90% of this country sees
nothing. the washington post reports republicans in missouri and indiana and idaho are falsely claiming contraceptives induce abortions. even though a supreme court justice openly invited challenges to contraception. nga something. even though cea supreme court justice openly invited legal challenges to contraception when he voted to overturn roe. even as multiple states are actively limiting access to contraception or refusing to protect it. even then with all that, the republican position is nothing to see here folks. now senator schumer just announced a vote on a new bill, the right to ivf act. that s coming next week for the record. public support is 70%. republicans will say there s no real threat to ivf which probably means that right now is exactly the time to start protecting imthose. still ahead tonight, earlier this year, president biden t,promised to shut down t