good evening, and welcome t politicsnation tonight s lead, rights versu might. it has been a whirlwind political week, with republicans from the state house to the courthouse, tryin to force their ultraconservative agenda o americans who have repeatedl rejected their platform at the ballot box but trump appointed federa judge yesterday suspended th fda s longtime approval of ach abortion drug, the latest blow to reproductive rights which have been under assault sinc the overturn of roe v. wad last summer. meanwhile in tennessee republican state lawmakers voted to expel two black representatives for speaking out against gun violence invoking rules used only twice before since the civil war a fair lawmaker who barely escaped this himself joins u live in just a moment. and of course, there s forme president donald trump, defyin in the face of an unprecedente criminal indictment. his house gop allies are rushing to his defense targeting the democratically elected africa
wasn t gonna comply with the demands they were making and that made sense. i mean i, at the time, the were asking for things tha could violate secrecy rules in new york, which is a felony. some of the privileges t protect attorney, and basi federalism but at the end of the day, you can t allow them to pressure him, or try to throw them of track, distract. he s got a case to put together, and you know, the hous republicans know better than they re trying to intimidate or even get it in an ongoing criminal prosecution congressman, we mentioned your former prosecutor and you ve seen your share o crime cases. what is your assessment of the hush money case against th former president trump yes, i ve heard a lot o people say that they think it really weak and all of that. i thought it was better than i was expecting, frankly i thought having miss mcdougal involved, the doorkeeper, yo