how do things look on your end? -perfect! because we re building a better network every single day. it s thursday, october 7th. it s 5:00 a.m. here in new york. thanks so much for getting an early start with us. i m laura jarrett. and i m christine romans. so nice to see you this morning on thursday. thursday, and a lot to get to. we begin with the breaking news overnight. texas s new ban of nearly all abortions now blocked. a federal judge granted the justice department s emergency request last night finding texas law banning abortion as soon as a fetal heartbeat is detected violates a woman s constitutional right to an abortion.