vested denver following several major stories this afternoon two big rulings on a key abortion pill praising the legal stakes to protec abortion rights for millions o women. reaction is coming in, fast an furious. new developments in the ouster of two - lawmakers in the tennessee legislature as the vic president lends her voice to the fight. they understood the importance, these three, o standing to say that peopl will not be silenced we are also keeping a close eye on israel after severa attacks this easter weekend. a new move from the white hous on trans athletes that has all sides of the debate upset. all of that, plus the news thi week that the former vic president will testify against donald trump, what he migh say. once he is under oath. we re gonna look at that comin up as well we begin though with the breaking news on abortio rights a federal judge in texas has essentially blocked the fda approval of mifepristone potentially undoing two decade of legal and safe
the biggest nuclear power plant. a pair of u.s. senators who landed, what they re telling our team in ukraine about the surprise visit. we have all of that coming up. i m hallie jackson in washington. i want to start with nbc news justice reporter ryan riley and former prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst carole lamm. ryan, i want to come to you with some of the questions hanging over this filing, some of the key questions our team has identified. is it going to convince a judge not to appoint a special master which is what the department of justice wants. will the filing give us new clues about the investigation itself, things we did not know more broadly? will the doj challenge the judge s jurisdiction here, the one who said, she said this weekend, judge cannon, she was inclined to go ahead and appoint the special master which raised eyebrows in the legal world. to you on this. the investigation itself we could see bread crumbs. the justice department has chosen to spea
vested denver following several major stories this afternoon two big rulings on a key abortion pill praising the legal stakes to protec abortion rights for millions o women. reaction is coming in, fast an furious. new developments in the ouster of two - lawmakers in the tennessee legislature as the vic president lends her voice to the fight. they understood the importance, these three, o standing to say that peopl will not be silenced we are also keeping a close eye on israel after severa attacks this easter weekend. a new move from the white hous on trans athletes that has all sides of the debate upset. all of that, plus the news thi week that the former vic president will testify against donald trump, what he migh say. once he is under oath. we re gonna look at that comin up as well we begin though with the breaking news on abortio rights a federal judge in texas has essentially blocked the fda
be on the safe side. ryan, any timing guidance? it could be any minute or in an hour? we don t know. sometimes they like to push the deadlines a little bit. definitely coming some point today, but we don t know what time. thanks to the both of you. what we know is coming any minute, president biden hitting the stage in pennsylvania. you see it live on the left side of your screen. he s hoping to flip the script on republicans when it comes to support for law enforcement but the president in pennsylvania is part of the push to talk about his accomplishments and support democrats running in november. he signed this executive order in may focusing on criminal justice reforms meant to make agencies more accountable, raise standards for use of force meant to support law enforcement and a whole bunch of different ways. let me bring in white house correspondent mike memoli who is traveling with the president in wilkes-barre pennsylvania, jonathan allen is with us along with former pol
deadlines and decisions as we come on the air with right now the justice department getting ready to make its case about a so-called special master, somebody independent to come in and review documents found during the mar-a-lago search. the judge saying she s inclined to grant the former president s request so can the doj convince her not to? we re waiting for that filing to drop possibly any minute. just about 15 minutes from now, president biden is set to speak in pennsylvania. see the microphone he ll take on the left side of your screen, trying to flip the script on republicans ahead of the midterms with a law and order message, that would include federal law enforcement like the fbi. we ll talk about what to expect and where else the president is headed ahead of the midterms. stocks taking a tumble for a third straight day with wall street worrying about another interest rate hike from the fed. we re live with the context you should know. we re live overseas where an intern