controversial texas abortion case, the law in that state that was passed effectively banning abortions in texas. the case could have major implications for roe v. wade for abortion rights in the country as a whole. if that opinion comes in, we ll bring it to you. we are staying on top of this other story this morning. the consumer price index for november showing another jump in inflation. as you can see there, inflation spiked to 6.8% last month. that is the highest it s been in nearly four decades, obviously concerning for so many americans. the white house, though, urging folks not to panic. we do want to bring in now jeffrey toobin. i m learning we have an opinion from the supreme court. what more do we know about what this opinion is for? reporter: okay. this is the big texas abortion case. this is the case about the law in texas that essentially allowed individuals anywhere in the country to sue abortion providers if they provide an abortion to a woman after the six
country. he almost died in world war ii, he had a life of service defending this democracy and we honor him today for his entire life. senator dole began his career serving the united states on the battlefields of europe during world war ii as so many here know. 80 years ago this week, on 7 december, 1941, the japanese launched a surprise attack on what we now know as a day of infamy, an attack on our fleet at pearl harbor. senator dole was just a humble kid from russell, kansas, whose family had struggled through the depression, to the dust bowl and on that day, on 7 december, 1941, he was just a freshman in college at the university of kansas. and like many young americans, like you, like my mother, like my father, like many of our mothers and fathers, the surprise attack on the united states on that day invoked his patriotic spirit and began his journey into the hell of combat. second lieutenant dole was assigned to the famous 10th mountain division and we are blessed toda
was in terrible trouble. president reagan started a commission and ronald reagan and tip o neil. you can t get further on the political extremes than that. bob dole was a key member. they saved social security and kept it solvent and he worked together with a lot of democrats to pass the americans for disabilities act which of course he felt very personally his disabilities he suffered as war wounds in world war ii. and also expanding food stamps, which was very good for america, also good for the farmers in kansas that he worked on very hard with a liberal democrat george mcgovern. it was an old-fashioned democrat who understood if you don t compromise and legislate you don t get things done. we don t see nearly enough of that in washington right now. one other quick thing i would like to add. i don t know if somebody said it already this morning. i didn t realize it was there at the national cathedral, the beautiful cathedral on mount st. all bin that bob dole married eliza
they had no idea what he was talking about. he wasn t a great or ray or the, he was a great senator. a staffer, chief of staff on the hill said they tried so hard in 1996 to give him speeches. there you see schumer and mitch mcconnell and pelosi who slammed mitch mcconnell just slammed him 24 hours ago for what he was doing on the floor, and look at the way they re talking in the cathedral today. in any case, bob dole could not play the game of traditional candidate. and these set speeches, because he just wanted to talk the way he talked. and as warfield recounted in an op ed, just after his death, they were wrong. he was right. he was speaking honestly and from the heart to people. kansans i think have an aversion to pretense, and meeting grant s rhetoric seems pretentious. he would not like to refer to himself in the first person. he would refer to himself in the third person. bob dole did this or bob dole thinks this. i think a part of this is just being uncomfortable w
more than 50 people were killed, most of them believed to be migrants from central america. and breaking news. this morning, wikileaks founder julian assange is one step closer to being extradited after the u.s. won an appeal at a uk court battle. and on the economy, consumer prices are up a staggering 6.8% from last year. that s the highest increase in nearly four decades. and let s go with pete williams. there is a supreme court decision. okay, i m being told now that there is we are looking now at i m sorry about this. there s some breaking news that we re going to be covering, but this is the moment that the coffin that s carrying senator dole leaves the capitol after being in the rotunda for the last 24 hours. it is going to be shortly respected to the national cathedral. let s listen in. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. read