lawyer is testifying in a matter of hush payments in a federal court in west texas behind closed doors, no cameras, no audio recordings. we start there because what happens in this courtroom and this judge decides could ultimately have consequences for every single woman and every single family in america oral arguments took place in a case brought by anti-abortion groups challenges the completely legal, completely safe long-ago approved routine and decades old use of medication for abortion those groups today asked a judge to order a stop to the use of an abortion pill as their case makes its way through the courts it s reported at the hearing the judge, quote, asked government lawyers on wednesday about what he characterized as an accelerated process for approving one of two drugs used in most pregnancy terminations nationwide in response the justice department lawyer said there s tremendous evidence showing this pill as safe, even when a doctor does not administer it it s
let me just say that i m relieved that my role is now for the time being over. i have complied with every request that was asked of me by the district attorney s office so that they could review this case as best as they possibly can. and at the end of the day, i complied with everything and now it s in the hand of our district attorney and his competent team. reporter: what is your message that s all mike em s going to say about anything we ve done our work together and i d like to make a personal comment. i met michael when he had decided to tell the truth and faced consequences he could have decided otherwise the way some have and been pardoned instead he told the truth, he did his time and he took responsibility and he s here
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investigate this russia leaks stuff and the emphasis is on the intelligence and leaks. that s different from investigating the president and michael flynn s relationship to russia. it s very much missing the point. he has gone out of his way, the president, to demoralize and demean the intelligence community. having visited with so many of them, they don t care at all about politics. they follow the evidence. so the leaking that we re seeing right now i believe is likely coming because he doesn t believe intelligence is relevant. the steam has to come out of pot and it is right now and it s showing that all the arrows are showing to a relationship between either he and his team or his associates and the russian government. and the american people want to learn more about that. congressman, thank you for joining us this morning. congressman eric swalwell is a representative of california s 15th congressional district. it has been two days since mike
acting attorney general has made democrats here on capitol hill a little feisty. what are democrats saying about these delay tactics? we just heard from sean spicer. he said senate democrats are trying to stall core functions of our government. what are the dems saying? reporter: democrats are essentially recognizing they don t appear to have the votes to defeat any of these cabinet nominees so their strategy appears to be to delay. a top senate democrat essentially said they re using the rules of the senate at their risk. ultimately there will be votes on these cabinet nominees. the pace of the votes and the political environment depend on the white house. reporter: all this maneuvering, all this fighting back and forth over cabinet nominee, and we have not even gotten to the confirmation of a supreme court nominee. sandra? mike em you. reporter: sure. press secretary sean spicer