case in mississippi. this fall, the supreme court has agreed to hear arguments about an abortion ban in mississippi that is designed overtly to be a test case for the republican-appointed judges on the supreme court to overturn roe v. wade. there s been a lot of focus on that. the arguments on that are this fall. the ruling on that from the supreme court will likely be next summer. that is already looming. the very real prospect that thanks to republican-appointed judges, next summer abortion could be banned in every state where republicans hold power. that has been looming on the horizon. but in the meantime, here s this sneak attack. here s what s happening tonight. texas is trying to push the ban abortion timeline even faster. it was may of this year when texas republicans passed their six-week ban, meaning you can t get an abortion after you ve been pregnant for six weeks or more. but even though other states have passed six-week bans as well and they ve all been struck down, texas
docs is you have people coming in sicker because they re self-medicating. . self-medicating with a cocktail and dying at the age of 30, that s something that i ve heard anecdotally from a lot of doctors and it s upsetting to hear that. doctor, thank you so much. thank you for having me. that is all in for tonight. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. good evening, chris. thanks my friend. much appreciated. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour on what has been a historic day. also just an intense day in the news. right now tens of thousands of americans in mississippi, more than 1 million americans in louisiana are without power for a second day in the midst of stifling heat and fairly widespread destruction from the category 4 hurricane that slammed into the gulf coast two
for a tonight do that speech today with such strong leadership, to end a war that essentially four administrations passed the ball to each other, and it has been very difficult to watch for 18 days for the first time maybe the nation is paying attention, to pile on this president for frankly a lot of politics. either it was maybe some progressives that were too quiet. it was republicans who supported this when donald trump thought it was okay. there was a lot of democrats that supported a surge into afghanistan under president obama. and to see a president have so much strength to take on the entire establishment to do what you knew was right, which was essentially call the bluff on a ponzi scheme that we ve seen for the past ten years in afghanistan, and do it with such conviction that he was really speaking as a father who believes his son died due to his service in iraq, was astronomical.
a lot of our veterans and their families have gone through hell. deployment after deployment, months and years away from their families, missed birthdays, anniversaries, empty chairs at holidays, financial struggles, divorces, loss of limbs, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress. i was not going to extend this forever war, and i was not extending a forever exit. president biden today announcing the end to the war in afghanistan, striking a tone, i saw described today, as both defiant and vehement. i think that s fair. vehement in response to criticism of the evacuation and the drawdown of all u.s. forces from the country. president biden is not the first president to promise to end america s longtime military