are ready to overturn roe v. wade, saying the decision that granted the right to abortion, was egregiously wrong from the start. such a move would not make abortion illegal but leave it up to individual states to decide whether or not to restrict or ban it. this is only a draft opinion. the outcome could change before the final decision is released in late june or early july. starting off our reporting, pete williams, carol lee, yamish, in jackson. and kimberly atkins, columnist for the boston globe. pete, we re going to start with you. how did the news come about? we don t know. that s the question that the supreme court would like, too. i can t think of a time in supreme court history, where anything like this has happened. especially in such a high-profile case as this. this is going to be something that the supreme court is going to want to know exactly what happened here. i doubt it s one of the justices that cast the suspicion on the clerks that work in the court, t
goal the policy objective is a nationwide and total ban on abortion, on women s rights in that area. the supreme court is very close to a ruling that, according to a lot of available evidence, could open the door to that option. in other words, the supreme court can make it easier for states to decide how to regulate or ban or limit abortion, and if they do that, essentially what many see would be gutting roe v. wade. if they do that, well, i m about to show you the evidence that conservatives are moving towards trying to make abortion something that people don t have access to in many or most parts of the country. this is something top republicans have been planning. as we stand here today, we may well be on the verge of an era when the supreme court sends roe vs. wade to the ash heap of history where it belongs. that was mike pence s view referring to the case i mentioned in the news right now and that there is a conservative blueprint now being basically worked on an
about the preserving of the true democracy. case in point, senator mitch mcconnell and house minority leader kevin mccarthy, who ditched the responsibility of holding donald trump accountable for trying to steal the election, he clearly lost. msnbc opinion columnist a brown laid it out this way, quote, for a brief moment, then new york times reported thursday, mccarthy and mcconnell fell into full alignment on trump. and the days immediately following january 6th, both men expressed the belief that trump was at fault for the assault that he couldn t be allowed to remain in power. but they re anti trump s stance is collapsed in the face of opposition from their own members. gop members tearing at the fabric of the scared experiment extends well beyond washington. this week, michigan s republican party endorsed a trump backed election denier as secretary of state. it s a role that oversees elections. so we know that republican leaders are doing, and how low they will go for t
russia warns the u.s. of unpredictable consequences. nobody can predict putin s reactions. my guest this morning, austrian chancellor karl nehammer the first european leader to sit down with vladimir putin since the invasion began. with cases up but hospitalizations still low, what about omicron s variants mean for the mandate? you want the mandate to be over. i ll speak with the coordinator, dr. ashish jha. we first have to defeat the rhinos and grandstanders in the primary. another trump key supporter announces he s leaving congress. so many are beholden to trump that they won t hear about i m joined by fred upton jr., and joining me are political cooperative eugene daniels, matthew continetti, and ruth marcus, amna nawaz. welcome to sunday. it s meet the press. from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is meet the press with chuck todd. good sunday morning. happy easter and happy passover. in kyiv and ac
the wider implications in moments. as i bid you a very good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york. happy easter to everyone celebrating. we begin with breaking news and new reaction on the catastrophic collapse of the key bridge in baltimore. president biden says he plans to visit the city this week. while he is taking strong criticism over a pledge to use federal funding to rebuild, pete buttigieg also pushing back today. we are using an authority call emergency relief through our federal highway administration. that is how we got the first $60 million out. there will be more where that came from. what would be the pitch to any skeptical lawmaker who says why should we have to pay for this? the page is your district could be next. this has historically been bipartisan. i am not just reaching back the bygone eras. new video release today of the record-breaking biden- harris fundraiser in new york city and a new hand on whether we might see more former presid