between president biden and governors to discuss plans to protect access to abortion. this morning the trial of wnba star brittney griner began in moscow. we ll bring you the very latest. we start this friday morning with the holiday rush. if you hit the road or the skies this weekend you will not be alone. far from it. according to aaa nearly 48 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more. that s almost at 2019 pre-pandemic levels. if you thought high gas prices would slow down traffic think again. ron allen is talking to drivers in new jersey. good morning. 42 million drivers exec expected to hit the road this weekend. that s a lot of problems potentially. reporter: there they are right over there. a bunch of problems starting over there. new jersey turnpike heading south to philadelphia and beyond. yes. the traffic is already piling up. it is only what? 10:00 in the morning. the worst time is afternoon and gets worse as the day wears on. this is the first su
in a surprise hearing this week, cassidy hutchinson, the former trump aide to chief of staff mark meadows, delivered to our stunning testimony to the january six committee. hutchinson took us inside the white house in the days leading up to and on january the six. as trump and his inner circle carried out their campaign to overturn our election. hutchison testified that repeated warnings of violence on that day were simply ignored by trump and other white house officials, including her boss. was it your understanding that mr. ornado told the president about weapons at the rally on the morning of january the six? that is what mr. are not related to me. here is how you characterized mr. meadows general response when people raised general concerns about what could happen on january six. so at the time and the days leading up to the six, there were lots of reports about how things might go bad on the six, even potential for violence. if i am hearing correctly, it seems to
constitutional right to an abortion. for president joe biden to lawmakers, to everyday americans, it seems like everyone is bringing the newly minted justice jackson the behavior of the supreme court of united states. what we have seen in the last weekend on guns, climate, abortion is just a preview of we are seeing not only the overturning of decades of protection, but with the descend upon us, there is an indication of what else could be coming down the line. this affects the personal freedom of everybody. newly minted justice ketanji brown jackson, the first black woman on the supreme court will be on the bench when the next term starts in october. there are already some cases on deck, including an election case that some experts warn could bring complete chaos to american elections. joining me now, talia let mick, legal correspondent for slate and podcast. jim jared kushner and host of jack stiff matters podcast. both are msnbc analysts. some are calling the
lawrence, and oberfeld as well as interracial marriage. jessica schneider is with us. the court made interesting calls this morning in other cases, including ones they chose not to take up. what have we learned so far? a flurry of activity as we end the term, guys. the supreme court just a while ago issuing orders. these are decisions on which cases they will and won t take next term. notably, the court has decided not to take a case that would have revisited the standard for libel. since 1964, new york times versus sullivan, they had to prove actual malice. so they are not taking that case next term. we are awaiting some big decisions on religious liberties, immigration, the power of the epa when it comes to climate change. checking on all that now and we ll come back with you guys in a few minutes. okay, jessica schneider, thank you very much. joining us is caroline kitchener, national reporter focused on the politics of abortion for the washington post. good to h
the courts agree. we ll speak with coach kennedy himself and his first interview since winning the case alongside one of its attorneys, but first we had to shannon bream, chief legal correspondent with the news. hey, sandra, so a 6-3 win for coach kennedy after years and years of this battle fighting his way back and through the courts, he finally gets the decision on the supreme court today and i want to tell you about that decision offered by justice gorsuch. at the eight government entity sought to punish an individual from engaging in a brief quiet personal religious observance doubly protected by the free exercise and free-speech causes of the first amendment of the constitution neither mandates nor tolerates that kind of discrimination. this was an ideological split as he would think within the court, 6-3 conservative liberal split that has been made of the term emberley has shown up in a lot of big cases here. let me read from the defense, off this by justices breyer