case, dr. caitlin bernard, the indianapolis-based physician who took care of the young girl, she s been the target of threats and smears including from indiana s republican attorney general, who said he ll be investigating her. none of this is new to dr. bernard, or to many other abortion providers. they ve been the targets of threats for years, back in 2020, doctor bernard stopped offering her services to a clinic after the fbi alerted her employers that a kidnapping threat had been made against her daughter. there is in fact a long history of violence against abortion providers in this country. according to the national abortion federation, there have been 11 murders, nearly 500 assaults, 42 bombings, and 196 artisans directed at abortion clinics and at volunteers since 1977. the threat of violence has been increasing for years. last week, tammy coleman oscar, the director of north dakota s last remaining abortion clinic spoke of the threats that her clinics have recently e
comes amid new reporting that federal prosecutors have zeroed in now on donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, focusing on the man himself. the attorney general saying anyone who tried to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power will be held accountable, that includes, he said, a former president or a candidate. trump meanwhile returned to washington for the first time since leaving office. and dropped several more hints about whether he may run in 2024. as he and mike pence held dueling speeches in washington about the future of the republican party. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, july 27th. i m willie geist, we the host of way too early and host of the politico, jonathan lemire and the author of the book the big lie and mike barnicle and katty kay. morning, i want to begin with the investigation to overturn the 2020 election. four people familiar with the matter telling the washington post federal prosecutors have now turne
long-range missiles toward the ukrainian capital of kyiv. we ll have the very latest on the ongoing fight and where global leaders stand on the issue. e global leaders stand on the issue. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, june 27th. i m jonathan lemire, coming to you live from the beautiful bavarian house. we will get back to the g-7 in a moment but we start with the supreme court landmark decision to overturn roe v. wade ending the constitutional right to an abortion after nearly 50 years. the decision came after the court s conservative majority ruled 6-3 to uphold a mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks. the justices then 5-4 voted on overturning roe with chief justice john roberts making it clear that his vote was only to side with the mississippi law. the majority opinion on striking down roe was written by justice samuel alito, he writes this. the constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly prot
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a man who attended the rally that led to the capitol insurrection and also now the man who won the republican nomination for the governor s race there. he will now face pennsylvania s attorney general josh shapiro in the general election. a lot going on in pennsylvania. so let s go there. cnn s athena jones is starting us off live in lancaster, pennsylvania, with more on this deadlocked senate race. what s the latest that you re picking up? reporter: you mentioned, we re talking about the two leading candidates trading the lead back and forth. in the wee hours of last night. a lot to be determined. could be very close causing a recount. there s a problem though because a lot of votes still need to come in counties across the state. this is one of those counties. lancaster county where we learned early yesterday that about 22,000 mail-in ballots were misprinted with the wrong code, so they could not be scanned by the machines. here you see a room full of county staffers, ele