was not rightly approved it would be ludicrous if it wasn t so serious. former house speaker nancy pelosi calls out the courts and lawmakers in the legal fight over the abortion pill her comments came just before the supreme court delayed its decision on the medication we ll break down what s next in that case. elsewhere on capitol hill kevin mccarthy finally releases the republican plan to address the debt ceiling we ll take you through the house speaker s proposal just ahead. plus yet another shocking act of gun violence in america this time in maine where a man just released from prison went on a deadly shooting spree good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, april 20th i m jonathan lemire. thanks so much for starting your day with us. we ll begin with this headline the supreme court has delayed making a decision on the abortion pill mifepristone by extending a temporary block on a lower court ruling until this friday that means the drug will co
line reportedly deal with shortages. monday will mark 14 months of war in eastern europe. and joining us now to talk about the latest there is national security reporter for politico, alex ward. alex, good to see you my friend. let s talk about the state of this conflict, the u.s. toning to send munitions and money to the front lines. ukraine preparing for a counter offensive widely expected. when do we believe that s going to start, and what could their objectives be? well, we ve only really heard spring so that could mean anytime i guess to about midjune. at this point, you know, there s really no indication that we know what the plans are, that we know exactly what their objectives are going to be we do know that it s effectively going to be in the east and the south, that s the area where the russians have taken on a lot of territory. there are questions whether ukrainians want to take crimea,
in the nats off-season he was reminding me how many days until pitchers and catchers reported to spring training and gave me advice on how to deal with my fear of flying. tonight we want to share a glimpse of what made him so very special. it s my job to call a folly a folly. charles krauthammer, columnist, all thor and fox news commentator lived his life telling others what he thought. you are betraying your whole life if you don t say what you think. in midjune he announced he had been diagnosed with cancer and doctors had given him weeks to live writing, i leave this life with no regrets. it was a wonderful life. full and complete with the great loves and the great endeavors that make it worth living. i am sad to leave but i leave with the knowledge that i lived the life that i intended. do you think you will ever stop writing? no. i intend to die at my desk. really? i would like to.
we also know by midjune through mid-august according to it plea deal papadopoulos is trying to setup a meeting between trump officials and russian officials. that s according to the plea agreement. on july 7th, manafort offers private briefings daur pausky according to the washington post. we should note they do damage the dnc, but they don t contain anything particularly damaging to hillary clinton. on july 27h, that infamous news conference where he makes an apparent reference to clinton s deleted e-mails saying this. russia, if you re listening i hope you re able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. i think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. this is all part of the fishing phase. also around this time a republican operative named peter