Century and replacing it with one from 160 years ago, the court has risked the health and lives of arizonians. Thats arizonas Attorney General slamming the ruling from her States Supreme Court upholding a civil warera ban on abortion. Well go through that stunning decision in just a moment. Well also bring you President Bidens response to the ruling as well as his new comments on donald trump and the threats to our nations democracy. And well bring you the latest from capitol hill. Speaker mike johnson is now delaying a key priority for farright republicans and facing new pressure to pass funding for ukraine. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, april 10th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. Just two days after former President Donald Trump said that the states should decide their own laws regarding Abortion Health care, arizona has just given the nation a stark example of the consequences of leaving this issue up to the individual states.
just some of the horrifying consequences for women all over the country, after the supreme court decision overturning roe two years ago today. plus, multiple hearings today on trump s purloined classified documents as trump s favorite judge entertains an absurd argument that special counsel jack smith was illegally appointed. and we begin tonight in the midst of a heat wave. amidst the sweltering heat that is shattering records worldwide. saudi arabia announced yesterday that at least 1300 people have died making the hodge, the islamic pilgrimage due to extreme heat. and 100 million people in the u.s., nearly a third of the country, spent much of last week under a heat advisory. these temperatures are not normal. they are the direct result of the climate crisis we re currently living in. and scientists have sounded the alarm. quote, these heat waves are the fingerprint of climate change, experts said, and are a glimpse of what s to come as human induced climate change c
Hi, everybody. Its 4 00 in new york. A catholic and a convict walk into a bar. You get the picture. Its a picture that will be seen by millions of voters here and all around the world. Tonights debate one part sacred political tradition, the first and possibly only president ial debate, and the other two parts undignified first thanks to one of the two participants being someone sw w so little respect for our political traditions, the traditions of our very elections, they sought to end the tradition of a peaceful transfer of power by denying the irrefutable fact of his own defeat and inciting an insurrection. It will be the first time a current president debates an expresident and also the first time one of the participants is currently awaiting sentening for his criminal conviction. The substance of whether there is much substance debated, thats an open question too at this hour. President biden, who is now in atlanta for tonights debate, you can see him here greeting supporters a fe
Their own marches as well. We have Team Coverage for you tonight. Lets begin with nbc team areas raj mathai in washington, d. C. Tonight. Raj, d. C. , reportedly, has the biggest turnout of protesters. Reporter i would imagine so. It all was an idea started here and its ballooned across the country. Ly tell you, weve been here for several days now. It is more active and more energized here in washington, d. C. , tonight, than it was last night for the inauguration. It was amazing. We spoke with some of the organizers here today, and they said they expected maybe 200,000 or 300,000 people, it exceeded their expectations by far. As for President Trump, he woke up this morning for the first time in the white house, and he quickly realized he was surrounded, the white house was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of passionate women, many of them from the bay area. Their voices were heard loud and clear, as they marched past the white house and in the shadows of the washington monument, th
He is trying to stifle a free press. The United States Supreme Court preventing abuses of accepted of power and defending the constitution will be tested as never before. Supreme Court Justice who is independent and not beholden to. Ideology a justice who will defend our democracy. This week, President Trump named judge neil gorsuch to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. I want to share with you, the american people, what is at stake with this Supreme Court nomination, one of the most consequential in our nations history. Such has sided with corporations over the environment, the disabled and consumers and sided with corporations that would hold improperly fire workers or he has sided with corporations over the reproductive rights and health of women. Repeatedlyrump promised to appoint a Supreme Court justice who would overturn roe v. Wade, and he has found a potential ally in judge gorsu ch. Americand gives every reason to be concerned that the basic protections to keep families sa