It was a major part of the trump harris debate. And on thursday, there was a further development in north dakota. 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 centre for reproductive rights, the organisation that argued on behalf of the plantiffs in north dakota. What is your reaction to the ruling? an incredible ruling and the first time that a state that totally banned abortion in the united states, one of those 14 the united states, one of those 1a states, has seen abortion be reaffirmed as a right under the state constitution. This was not a decision based on voters based on a state constitutional amendment, this was a judge saying no, the north dakota constitution protects the fundamental right to make a decision about bodily autonomy, free from government interference. This is a wonderful day for people of north dakota and acros
That we now announce our para astronaut, and that isjohn mcfall. John mcfall has been selected using exactly the same criteria as all european astronauts. But unlike any of the others, he has a physical disability. Now he s taking part in a ground breaking project. Being an amputee, being an astronaut was never really on my radar because like the military, you wouldn t pass the medical selection process. I thought i would have the skills, a mix of skills and scientific background that i could really help them answer this very aspirational question of can we get someone with a physical disability into space, to work in space safely? and i thought i could be that person. For the last ten years, john s been working as an orthopedic surgeon. Hi, sir. How are you? but his life s about to change, possibly forever. It s daunting. It s quite scary, because i m giving up the security of being being a doctor. It s a fantastic profession, i love it. There are so many aspects about it that i absol
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Coverage right now. Good morning, 11 00 a. M. Eastern. 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. And we begin on the Breaking News on the legal drama surrounding former president Donald Trump. A judge is holding an election in trumps federal election hearing case. The first hearing in nearly a year. Trump is not at or attending Todays Hearing. His lawyers entered a not guilty plea on his behalf to a revised version of the indictment filed last week. Now Todays Hearing comes just over two months after the supreme Courts Landmark ruling that former president s have broad immunity for prosecution for official acts. Judge chutkan is expected to lay out a schedule for how the proceedings will take shape over the next couple of months. With us now, nbc News Justice and Intelligence Correspondent ken dilanian, Katie Fein, the Katie Fein show. And maya wiley, former assistant district attorney. Ken, what has been happening in that courtroom over to . Reporter well, jose, first, ill tell you abou
Youre concerned about broad immunity. I was concerned about a system that appeared to provide immunity for one individual under one set of circumstances. When we have a criminal Justice System that had ordinarily treated everyone the same. Justice Ketanji Brown jackson addressing her concerns about president ial immunity in a new interview with cbs news, as late today special counsel jack smith filed a Superseding Indictment against donald trump in the january 6th conspiracy case. Also tonight, Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz prepare to barn storm the State Of Georgia as democrats go to court to shut down a republican plot to derail a harris victory. Plus, how trump would use the military, which he deeply disrespects, against his critics and political opponents if he wins in november. It is all written down in project 2025. But we begin tonight with a president ial countdown. It is now 70 days until election day. Here in the u. S. , that of course means 70 days until