that i ve been working with as we were here for 18 years around the world in countries where abortion is legally restricted. and so, in the u.s. the powers are divided, it is federally organized. the states cannot ban the mail. i know it s a multi step process. i was just there with a woman in new mexico who took and were to build. it was the first of the many pills that she had to take through that process. i believe she was around eight weeks or so along. how do you manage the care of these women from abroad that are taking these abortion pills, and how do you advise them if in fact they have consequences that were not necessarily planned for that may need hospital care? medication abortion is extremely safe. it is one of the safest medical procedures that exists. it safer than by aggro, or over
capitol hill where it is shaping up to be finally infrastructure day. after weeks of negotiations, the bipartisan infrastructure group have announced they have reached a deal with the democrats and the white house, and according to chuck schumer, the senate could begin the multi step process to pass the bill as soon as tonight. with respect to infrastructure, senators are making good progress on both tracks of legislation. the members should be prepared to vote on clture to proceed on the bipartisan bill as early as tonight. joining us is white house correspondent leigh ann caldwell, and what more do we know about the deal, and when could we have a the text of the agreement? hey, geoff, we are still waiting to hear what the details, but we know some stuff.
the first round shows eric adams eeks out a lead after several rounds. katherine garcia, former sanitation commissioner coming in behind, 2.2 percentage points there. it is also not even 16,000 votes out of hundreds of thousands of votes cast, that s what s important to stress. this is by no means final or official. this is the first step of a multi step process. those numbers that were released by the board of elections only include early votes and votes in person on election day. they do not include absentee ballots. we know there were more than 124,000 democrats returned absentee ballots. today is the deadline for ballots to arrive. yesterday was the first day board of officials could open the ballots. that s why numbers are preliminary. next tuesday we ll see some of the absentee ballots counted and those results released but don t expect a final total until mid july.
they need to expand here. they need to have a separate department like president clinton had during his impeachment inquiry. they re looking outside of the white house, add differet diffe advisers trying to put together a message and a line that is cohesive on all fronts. kristen holmes, thank you very much, i appreciate it. i want to bring in ellie hone ig and the white house politics report for axios. we appreciate you being here. i want to start with you because as kristen was saying, the president thinks this is a scam. the federal judge just seemed to legitimize the process. help us understand this ruling and will it really result in congress overseeing this material? this was an important ruling, but we need to understand this is step one in a multi step process. the main takeaway from the judge s ruling yesterday is one,
joe, you split the candidates into three separate groups of which de blasio doesn t fit. explain the three groups and the de blasio factor i think there is a group of, i want to say six to eight people who not only believe they have a legitimate chance of getting the nomination, do have a legitimate chance. biden is the scrambler on this. if he continues to perform well, particularly through the first debate then there will be a battle for who is the alternative to him. if he doesn t do well. if he crashes and burns, things open up a little bit. that s one group. the second group is people who think they might be president someday but not in this term. they are banking on trump winning. a third group are in it for different reasons. you look at the house members looking to increase their stature. one of the ways you get booked on cable television is to say former presidential candidate and they go out there and look at it as a multi step process.