capital city of kyiv. good afternoon, everybody. i m yasmin vossoughian in for hallie jackson. i want to get right to capitol hill with our reporters. and we re joined by former alabama senator doug jones. so bring us up to date as to what we know as we learn about this emergency testimony we ll be hearing tomorrow. reporter: yasmin, it s fair to say we have more questions than answers. in will be a hearing tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 p.m. which they will present evidence and witness testimony. they don t elaborate who this witness is, why it s so significant that they re rushing it, why they are bringing the committee back from a planned recess to hold this hearing and get this information out. we don t know the answer to those questions. that s why it s that s why it seems a significant departure from the committee s protocol which they announce the witnesses well in advance. a source telling our colleagues that new evidence is coming to light on an almost daily basis. t
if we get this tro later this afternoon, we will resume procedures, and we will be able to start scheduling procedures while this court case goes through the system. what is your plan for these women that are waiting right now, that need abortions now, that need abortion access now? where are you sending them? right now, we can send them to the national app, abortionfinder.org to see if they can get an appointment. this is about seven hours from the salt lake city area to get to vegas or to colorado, to be able to get an abortion. they can wait and see if we get our tro. we will then resume abortions. women will have to make decisions about that on their own. the majority of women who come
welcome back, everybody. the fight for access to abortion services in the united states changing by the hour. nbc news reporting right now that the procedure is illegal or restricted in at least 11 states that. is down one after just this afternoon, a judge put louisiana s trigger law on hold. new details on just what the white house could do to secure access to reproductive care, with one official telling our team to expect announcements from several agencies this week. i want to bring in josh letterman and morgan radford. josh, i know we re hearing a new plan under the biden administration to provide abortion access across the board. what are we learning? reporter: the white house does not dispute the fact that their options are very limited, yasmin. the president said he can t sign an executive order to restore a
so as it stands right now, if we re looking at a map, there are 11 states that have banned or restricted abortion. you can see on your screen, most of the states are in the deep south, mississippi, arkansas, texas, as well. women there right now, they have to travel hundreds of miles across state lines to access the care that they need. i went to texas just about ten days ago. i flew with a group of women from texas and new mexico and journeyed across state lines. this included witnessing an abortion by oral medication. this is a journey that will be the reality for so many more in the state where abortions will be banned. here s their story. it s early in the morning, and 20 young women meet at a church in texas, for one reason. they will travel to new mexico and get an abortion. i can t do this, i can t put
conversation about roe and the former vice president urged weighing roe. pence just needs an issue set that he can really dig into that it s not about january 6th or trump or anything. he s comfortable talking about abortion, and this has been the issue with the former vice president is how to distinguish himself and really kind of take the lead when it s evangelical voters in 2024. he views south carolina as key of having any chance in 2024 and in iowa, and he thinks that by going to the state he s spoken at churches and evangelical events in south carolina and focus on the family in south carolina and lots of evangelical voters who he is trying to court to. the problem he has is in a lot of these polls are well-polling and voters are skeptical of him