it s good that you re not launching a culture war around it then. that s one reason why i m not trying to define it. thank you, alex. it is going to be massive. a lot is going to come out sooner or later, and it s goin to be massive. it s going to be massive. thos are the words of somebody wh has seen and heard, an evaluated all, all of th evidence of donald trump s interference in the 2020 election in georgia. it is going to be massive. that statement was made by one of the members of the specia grand jury whose report ha recommended the indictment o more than a dozen people i georgia. we know that number because th first member of the grand jury to be publicly interviewed, th four person revealed tha number in interviews that sh did last month five other unnamed grand juror met together in a conference room with two atlanta journa constitution reporters, an have revealed much more that should be deeply disturbing an worrisome for donald trump prosecutors in georgia and
temporarily blocked a lowe court ruling that would have restricted the availability of mifepristone, one of two drugs used to induce a medicatio abortion, which is the mos common method of abortion in the united states. that means at least for th time being, mifepristone wil remain legal, and will be made available, according to curren fda regulations, where abortio is still legal it could be sent and receive through the mail, prescribed t patients by medica professionals over telehealt consultations, and can be used up to the tenth week o pregnancy. this is the first time that th supreme court has weighed in o the issue of abortion since th conservative majority decide to overturn roe v. wade less than a year ago. as is typical when the supreme court makes a ruling on an emergency appeal, the majority did not provide an opinion t explain that ruling. not to be know exactly how eac justice voted, except fo justices samuel alito an clarence thomas, spoke of whom noted in the o
stories. take a look. as i ve heard today to make the opening i never got to give, i was reminded of the hail tha the employees went through and continue to go through to this day. money is accountability. we got that today from fox we re not done yet we ve got some other people wh have accountability coming towards them dominion settled it defamation lawsuit against fox news with a last-minute deal yesterday afternoon. the network agreed to pay. it s a voting machine compan more than $787 million more moments before opening statements were set to get underway fox s lawyers did not talk t reporters yesterday, but the network put out a statement, running in part, and i hope can get through this, we acknowledge the courts rulings finding certain claims about dominion to be false this settlement reflects foxes continued commitment to th [inaudible we are hopeful - my professor, professor pearson, would always talk about the straight face test don t ever make an argument.
much, but they have, especiall paul and giuliani, remember the whole defense was going to be, yeah those other guys were lying, but we were just puttin it on very strong case cases against powell and giuliani in particular they are now set to go to tria and mid 2024, most cases lik this settle, and that s what was, there was this missed opportunity or possibility wit the trial itself with dominion but most cases settle, so yes, i suspect they would, bu dominion will have robus settlements. we ll see how big those umbrella policies are, right terry lippman, thank you ver much, i appreciate your time a always thank you in the next hour, congres woman reacts to the unthinkable. that we now have to think abou every day america s gun crisis later, the outburst of - reacts to her latest outrage it all starts now. and good day from msnbc world headquarters welcome to alex witt reports i m filling in for alex today, we will start with coach war front and center as the 202
politicsnation tonight s lead, one step at time he right now, abortion right activists are breathing a sigh of relief. as a key abortion pill wil stay on the market for now but, the fight over access t the bill now heads back to a appeals court. where the legal battle wil resume next month. meanwhile, on this earth day weekend, president biden i shoring up his green credential s with the bi announcement on environmenta justice. ahead of an even bigge announcement that he will ru for reelection that news is expected as early as tuesday as the 2024 presidential fields take shape on both sides. and, in just over a week after he was shot twice for ringin the wrong doorbell, kansas cit teen ralph yarl what i recovering at home his shooter, on andrew lester, now facing what could amount t life in prison on a firs degree assault charge. to which he has pled not guilty y all s family and their lawyers want a federal hat crime charge against leicester and, in a few minutes, ralph yarl