It was a major part of the trump harris debate. And on thursday, there was a further development in north dakota. A judge struck down the state s near total ban on abortion, saying north dakota s constitution gives women a fundamental right to choose abortion before foetal viability. Elisabeth smith is with the centre for reproductive rights, the organisation that argued on behalf of the plantiffs in north dakota. What is your reaction to the ruling? an incredible ruling and the first time that a state that totally banned abortion in the united states, one of those 14 the united states, one of those 1a states, has seen abortion be reaffirmed as a right under the state constitution. This was not a decision based on voters based on a state constitutional amendment, this was a judge saying no, the north dakota constitution protects the fundamental right to make a decision about bodily autonomy, free from government interference. This is a wonderful day for people of north dakota and acros
That we now announce our para astronaut, and that isjohn mcfall. John mcfall has been selected using exactly the same criteria as all european astronauts. But unlike any of the others, he has a physical disability. Now he s taking part in a ground breaking project. Being an amputee, being an astronaut was never really on my radar because like the military, you wouldn t pass the medical selection process. I thought i would have the skills, a mix of skills and scientific background that i could really help them answer this very aspirational question of can we get someone with a physical disability into space, to work in space safely? and i thought i could be that person. For the last ten years, john s been working as an orthopedic surgeon. Hi, sir. How are you? but his life s about to change, possibly forever. It s daunting. It s quite scary, because i m giving up the security of being being a doctor. It s a fantastic profession, i love it. There are so many aspects about it that i absol
It s a great book from a great reporter. I m glad you had him on, chris. Agreed. Have a great weekend. You too. Okay, well, today started yet again with news of bomb threats in springfield, ohio. Yesterday two elementary schools, city hall, dmv and the county court facilities had to close because of bomb threats. Today two elementary schools were evacuated and a middle school had to close. Yesterday the mayor of springfield told nbc news he believes these bomb threats are directly connected to the baseless rumors spread online in the wake of viral social media posts claiming haitian migrants were abducting people s pets in springfield in order to eat them. I should note that the claims about haitian migrants eating pets in springfield are lies. There is no evidence to back up any of those claims. But that does not seem to matter. Here s the thing, a week ago today, on all of twitter, there were only about 1,000 posts mentioning haitians, migrants or immigrants eating animals. Twitter i
This week, i m in puglia. Now i ve travelled a lot through italy. I love this place. There s great food, there s great wine. But this is my first trip into the heel of the country. In recent years, the area has become more popular with tourists, but also with the government, that s been trying to entice people back to live in the south. So i m in a town called presicce acquarica, and here, they re offering people 30,000 euros to buy a home. Sounds like a total bargain. So far, 20 people have applied for the grant. But there may be one more. Hi, you must bejesse. Buongiorno! i brought you an espresso. Oh, my gosh. Not sure how long our day will be today. Thank you. You re a life saver. So, are you looking to move here, jesse? so my parents have roots from bari, and they are looking for a lovely summer home. So i m here on behalf of them, to kind of virtually give them an idea of some properties that might interest them. Well, i ve got a surprise for you. 0h! come on, let s go. 0k, great
Of the former England Manager. And. A spot of lunch for a rare whale at risk of extinction the winning image at this Years Ocean Photographer of the year awards. We will speak to the winning photographer. Now with all the latest sport. The solheim cup, the biggest team is under way, the usa have got Home Advantage this year against europe. They are playing in virginia as they look to win the trophy for the first time since 2017. The full foursome matches right in the course right now, were getting close to the first point is going up the board. This is when the teams were to cut into shots with the same board, you can see the usa are up in three of those four. Last year, when it was a thrilling time in spain, usa actually took a four Nil Leap before europe clawed their way back into it. The World Number one, theyvejust World Number one, theyve just gone World Number one, theyvejust gone one up on Charlie Hall and esther has a light that has been topsy turvy. Really close. They are thre