Senior attorney for the Group Booking a new suit on Abortion Access and other states is here. And later, believing in science for americas future. At a time when it rapidly tragic climate makes the topic more urgent than ever. This is american voices. We begin this hour breaking news and texas. Republicans in the state senate failed to help one of their own accountable. Voting to acquit Attorney General ken paxton and the pitchman trial. This is once again the story of gop leaders prioritizing loyalty to the party above all else. Impeachment articles accused paxton of misconduct, bribery, and corruption. Just two gop senators broke with their party to vote for conviction. Texas senator called out his republican colleagues lack of courage today on msnbc. What happened here wasnt a tossup, this was an easy bank shot. Every one of these republicans saw this evidence, they should have all voted for conviction. But the midpolitical choice rather than the expedient choice, rather than the ha
everything you did is not presidential, so to speak. to saying now the supreme court will look at how a case normally goes through to get to the supreme court. this is significant, ian. it is. i think jack smith s being very smart trying to make this move as fast as possible. you don t want a situation where like on october 20th the supreme court throws out a conviction because of some procedural rule that no one anticipated. ordinarily i advocate for the supreme court to do as little as possible. you want narrow that s not because i don t like the supreme court. that s good judging. you don t want judges to overreach, but in this case i think we want the court to give us as much guidance as possible as to how this trial is going to be run. it s an unprecedented case. right. it s a case where the stakes are enormous. the voters need to know if this man is a convicted felon when it comes time for the election and so i am hoping that the supreme court is going to tell t
greetings, everyone. you re watching symone. a major blow to women s rights, to make decisions about our own bodies even when our health is at risk. the texas supreme court blocked, at least for now, a dallas woman s court approved exception to the states abortion ban. kate cox needs emergency reproductive medical care. i ll be talking to her lead attorney about how justice is being delayed, and frankly, it s about to be denied. it isn t even justice? also chaos on capitol hill, not showing any signs of slowing down from a bogus impeachment inquiry both next week to the erosion of norms and civil liberties. led by house republican who rose to first overturn the 2020 presidential election, and talk about speaker mike johnson. followed a would-be dictator donald trump. congressman benny thompson is here to weigh in on what s next. plus, the presidents of harvard, penn and am i t facing major blow back after lawmakers press them to say rhetoric calling for the genocide of jews w
Attacks. Thats at 4 45. Also, its been nearly three years since the sandy hook massacre where a lone gunman opened fire at an Elementary School in connecticut. 26 of them died. 20 of them were children. This morning the relative os testify victims will ask for expansion of background checks on gun buyers. There will be a vigil tonight at st. Marks Episcopal Church on capitol hill. Foggy start to your morning but its actually not as cold as yesterday. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell with the details. Youre right, erika. Its anything but cold out there. Weve got a fog filled sky and a sweaty ground so the leaves and the roads might be a little slippery in addition to the bad visibility. But well be seeing more breaks of sunshine than we saw yesterday, which wouldnt take much. Our little december heat wave starts up tomorrow. And the weekend, im optimistic for most of it, but there may be a chance for a shower late. But well have more details in a little while. Thick fog between i95
Shot. Theyre working right now to see if the residents will be able to move back into the building this morning. Good morning. Welcome in. I hope youre having a gun one. Im adam tuss. And i like the weather but i need a warmup. Were dressed for the weather. Were all dressed in gray. It matches the mood. Were suffering from solar deprivation. Wed like to see some sunshine, but starting off with another rainy morning. Right now storm team 4 radar really not showing a lot of rain. Just some sprinkles bags south of the metro area. A closeup view showing a few sprinkles in calvert county, st. Marys, charles county, then from the beltway to fredericksburg and west of there. This is all tracking off to the west, by the way. A few of those sprinkles into Prince William, southern fauquier, and culpeper. Just a little bit of drizzle around the metro area right now. Another cool morning. Not quite as chilly as it was yesterday morning. Low 50s. Western suburbs. Eastern suburbs. Upper 50s in washi