from s&p sea world headquarter here in new york welcome to alex witt reports we begin this hour outside a serving court in washingto d.c. there you see protesters gathering, it s happening today, over the next few days as th showdown over reproductive rights returns to the nation s highest court. mifepristone, the drug at th center of this legal battle, remains available to women across the u.s., at least unti wednesday, while the court way the latest gop led efforts t ban the drug a new reaction this hour t comments made at the nra convention, including donald trump s remarks that mas shootings are not a gu problem. here s what to advocates for reform told my colleague jonathan capehart. camilla congress, and to se the cowardice from my go colleagues is just gross everyone is too comfortable. we walk around with our suits, we talk to our donors, w raised all of this money, an then we go on banded kne pandering to the nra are you kidding me the united states o america s o
the resilience and strength of boston on full display as a city marks ten years since the boston marathon bombings the attack on april 15th, 2013 change lives forever. went to bombs detonated near the finish line. i remember somebody comin over and yelling, we need to get these fences down. we need to get the ambulance i down the road. the blast killed thre people, and injured hundreds o others 17 lost limbs. for the survivors the, pat toward healing meant countless surgeries and months o physical therapy jp and paul norton both lost a leg in the bombings, but the turned trauma into a new calling by helping other amputees in a lot of ways it changed me for the better. a decade ago, michell blackburn was 25 years old tearing at the finish line whe she ended up racing to the hospital to save her leg does april feed 15th hi your differently every year? anytime you go through
francisco. from there now to liv pictures of the boston maratho finish line where people are marking ten years since that deadly bombing that foreve changed the city let s go to nbc, s kathy par standing by for us in boston let s talk about what th somber mood is like there. i know that a lot of people ar remembering ten years ago. it was such a terrible momen in time. we have a, alex absolutely. good afternoon to you. ever since that day the city o boston has really encourage th community to pay it forward. show acts of kindness, participate in volunteer activities and obviously today it s a little bit different because w are honoring the tenur anniversary of the bosto marathon bombings and earlie this morning some of the victims family members had a private gathering, there was a ceremony less than an hour from, no right behind, me right by th finish line. first responders as well a medical teams rushed in that day we get a moment to reflect and remember the tragic day.
trauma it s very fluid, they spent many yeat avoiding it altogether. today she is thriving, wife, mother of two and now runner who planned to finish the boston marathon this yea until an injury held her back. it goes to show you tha healing is a long journey an it s not linear. so it s a good reminder that w are all human and we, you know we have to change sometimes an pivot. as boston prepares to loo back on that day, the swell of support has not stopped. with a commitment each year to come together on the anniversary through service an acts of kindness this is a community who i determination and pride an connection to each other bar none is always changing th course of history. leading with, love one step at a time. alex, the landscape o downtown boston has shifte