A judge struck down the state s near total ban on abortion, saying north dakota s constitution gives women a fundamental right to choose abortion before foetal viability. Elisabeth smith is with the center for reproductive rights the organisation that argued on behalf of the plantiffs in north dakota. Ms smith, thanks forjoining us. What s your reaction to the ruling? what s your reaction to the rulin: ? ,. , what s your reaction to the rulin? ,. ,. , ruling? this was an incredible rulin: ruling? this was an incredible ruling and ruling? this was an incredible ruling and it s ruling? this was an incredible ruling and it s the ruling? this was an incredible ruling and it s the first ruling? this was an incredible ruling and it s the first time i ruling and it s the first time thatis ruling and it s the first time that is stayed that totally bans abortion in the us, one of those 1a states has seen abortion be reaffirmed as a right under the state constitution. So this was not a d
cannot. because the supreme court today says he does not have the constitutional authority, they are going to basically say, keep going forward, implementing this plan or lease planning to implement this plan. we just heard this from the press secretary, sean spicer and a briefing that was audio only. the reason i was not on digital card, because he wants president trump to be the only one at the white house who is on the evening newscasts tonight. here is a sean spicer, audio only, talking travel ban. with respect to the supreme court decision on the executive order, the president was honored by a 9-0 decision that allows an important tool to protect our nation homeland. his opponent demanding your there today he mentioned a 9-0 decision. even though they did not release a breakdown about all nine justices siding with this rulin
exciting with our partner in hawaii getting this great result today. we should be clear about the hawaii ruling because during the sort of chaotic 72 hours of the first executive order there were some district court rulings that held just for that jurisdiction. this is like the judge found in your ruling a nationwide injunction. that s exactly right. one benefit of our original victory five weeks ago is not just a victory for the many thousands of people who could travel to and from the united states but it allowed time, chris, for other states and wonderful organizations like the aclu, the northwest human rights project to marshall their legal skills to challenge this revised ban. saw the stth of those resources here today with that great victory in hawaii. bob ferguson, attorney general in washington state, thanks for joining us, appreciate. it thanks. joining me now ari melber, you tweeted something interesting that i thought was interesting which is that in that case of w
and expressed dislike for, said he liked the first one better, the one the courts struck down in jurisdiction after jurisdiction after jurisdiction. the president also defending paul ryan and his version of obamacare repeal and replace, although sort of expressing some equivocation saying he really wants to cut taxes but we have to do the health care thing first which if you re a nervous member of the republican caucus in the house is not the most reassuring signal from the president of the united states that he is ride or die from this bill. i m joined now by a ranking member of the intelligence committee in the house, congressman adam schiff, democrat from california. i want to ask you about what happened in your committee but i want to get your response to the president s comments about the travel ban. that the ruling makes the country weak, makes the country look weak and then that he prefers the original. well, i think the arbitrary and discriminatory nature of the ban makes the
please, we ve got enough problems. [ cheers and applause ] we re talking about the safety of our nation. the safety and security of our people. now i know you people aren t skeptical people, because nobody would be that way in tennessee. you don t think this was done by a judge for political reasons, do you? no. this ruling makes us look weak which, by the way, we no longer are, believe me. [ cheers and applause ] just look at our borders. we re going to fight this terrible ruling. we re going to take our case as far as it needs to go, including