politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us today an abortion case with implications everywhere. a texas trump-appointed judge will determine if pregnancy pills should be pull ed off the shelf from coast to coast. plus more economic turbulence as american markets tumble on fears a global bank mugt go over the edge. and wrong, disturbed, the chamberlain approach. washington say the florida governor is way off target to suggest the united states should forget about ukraine. up first this hour, a texas classroom that may echo in w women s lives no matter where you live. the case, the alliance of hippocratic medicine versus is the fda. the plaintiffs are five out of state antiabortion groups. the argument that the fda put it ahead of science two decades ago ignoring evidence and safety rules when to go on the market. it s one of two drugs used to terminate pregnancies. it s as important or important than the specific legal arguments. today s h
federal districts in this country. you can see the problem with one of those judges in one of those districts blocking something for the entire country. this is something that never used to happen. it started happening more during the obama administration when conservative judges starting blocking administrative actions. it happened during the trump administration in the opt sut circumstances. now it s happening again. the courts don t know how to deal with this problem, john. this judge s past does not guarantee what he will decide in the case. but the reason a lot of people are watching closely, national significance, but it s because of the judge. he was confirmed to the federal bench in 2019, appointed by trump. he was a former attorney for a law firm that worked with antiabortion groups. he has issued a number of r rulings contrary to the biden administration s positions,