Years, the second since it overturned roe v. Wade. This appears to have divided the court over ideological and gender lines. It is a case about the near total ban on abortions in idaho. The doj sued the state saying the ban violated federal law that makes it mandatory for hospitals to provide emergency medical care. Arguing in some cases abortions are just that, theyre emergency medical care. And that the Legal Standard of quote, good faith medical judgment has proven to be too vague. That lack of a clear standard is exactly what both Justice Sonia sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett tried to wrestle out of the attorney representing idaho today. Listen. This particular patient had to deliver her baby. The baby died. She had a hysterectomy, and she can no longer have children. All right. Youre telling me the doctor couldnt have done the abortion earlier . Again, it goes back to whether a doctor can in good faith medical judgment thats a lot for the doctor to risk. It is very case by case. T
will make a point of contrast on the debate stage. and amy klobuchar is looking to draw contrast between herself as a pragmatic candidate, not directly going at warren and sanders but attacking their ideas. shaq and i wrote about this for msnbcnews.com. he views warren and sanders a one-two punch in support of and in defense of progressive policies. i will say the one thing i have learned from talking to voters over the course of the last few days is while they are looking at these debates as a point of introduction, they are looking at the contrast so they can start making preliminary decisions. the attacks and the sort of differentiations we have seen over the course of the last debate could be lasting damage to the democratic brand. and so i think there is a needle to thread for the candidates who want to dinner khaeut themselves without alienating voters who
remember, donald trump is not running against hillary clinton who was incredibly unpopular. what we saw in 2018 with women class voters, minority voters, we saw something that was unprecedented when in comparison to 2016. i think that s something that has to concern the trump campaign going into 2020. and i think if democrats select the right nominee who can excite those groups and turn those folks out, i don t think donald trump can win this thing next year. all right. we ll have to leave it there. jim, we ll start there next time, jim messina. jim, is her michael, big thanks to all of you. in case you haven t heard, eight days from now the democratic candidates, at least 20 of them will be taking the stage in miami for the first democratic debate. you can see it on nbc, msnbc, telemundo and we ll also treem it stream it on msnbcnews.com. and the president is taking his hardest stance yet on immigration via twitter, plans
i mean the whole border. this was just the latest attack in a 24-hour period that began with an unprecedented critical remark from john roberts. house judiciary republicans announced subpoenas for james comey and former attorney general loretta lynch. democrats critical of the timing and sudden appearance of the subpoenas. comey tweeting last hour, happy thanksgiving, got a subpoena from house republicans. i m still happy to sit in the light and answer all questions, but i will resist a closed door thing because i have seen enough of their selective leaking and distortion. let s have a hearing and invite everyone to see. we re joined by our thanksgiving team, nbc s capitol hill reporter, leann caldwell in washington, nbc s white house correspondent o donnell. john meachum an nbc contributor, and raul reyes a contributor for msnbcnews.com. kelly o donnell, i have to start with you.
mika, even if this is a corporate tax cut it s got to be tightly tailored in order to get the kind of outcome that we want and not just the quote-unquote sugar high that some people and some analysts are now saying that this tax cut is amounting to, the benefits are petering off and it was not a tax cut aimed at the forgotten man that trump talked about on the campaign trail. it was not. heidi przybyla, thank you very much. heidi has new reporting on the unprecedented around the clock security for education secretary betsy devos. also how congressional democrats may look into the millions that has cost taxpayers. find that on msnbcnews.com. jonathan swan, thank you as well. still ahead on morning joe the white house looks for a roundabout way to ease pressure on saudi arabia over the assassination of washington