it is good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, breaking news. a supreme court document on a closely watched abortion case gets posted early by mistake. what it says about procedures when the life of the mother is at risk. the destructive flooding sweeping through south dakota and other parts of the midwest. entire neighborhoods under water after record rain. in minnesota, a home teetering at the edge of a failing dam collapses into a river. unbelievable footage there. also ahead, an nbc news investigation. the search here in the u.s. for more than 50 migrants with ties to an isis smuggling network. and a legal saga that began more than a decade ago. wikileaks founder julian assange with a clenched fist to clears as he steps off the plane a free man. our nbc reporters are following all the latest developments. we start with the supreme court and this document that was not supposed to be posted today on emergency abortions. ms
the court s website, but adds the court s final opinion has not been released and will be issued in due course. this case is about whether women, people have the right to receive emergency care, for women specifically, emergency abortion care in a state that bans abortion. the biden administration is arguing, yes, it is federal law that a hospital must provide emergency medical treatment, no matter what. the groups who supported the biden suit offered a number of examples including an example of a woman who was 18 weeks pregnant experiencing a condition that would result in a miscarriage. but instead of treating her, idaho doctors sent her home worried they would be breaking the law by giving her an emergency abortion. her condition was so dire that traveling to another state was out of the question because the risk of miscarrying and bleeding to death was too high. so she waited. eventually, she delivered a stillborn baby and consequentially developed a serious and rapidly d
political ads do. pennsylvania, you can freely vote by mail now. some lawmakers want to get rid of it motivated by trump s false claims about the fraudulent nature of it. a lot of people will use it. there is a partisan divide in how voters use it. the republican national committee is trying to under dl mine that. democrats vote by mail in higher numbers. ads like this will keep the divide. you did so much reporting about election integrity and looking into what is new in different election cycles. thank you for your efforts. appreciate this reporting. stay on it. that s it for us today. see you back here tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern. catch our show online around the clock on youtube, on other platforms any time. thank you so much for joining us. andrea mitchell picks up our coverage right now. right now on andrea mitchell reports, biden and trump are in the final phase of debate prep, but taking opposite approaches to what could be a game changer. team trump
they do ask questions, and i think they re objectively i think it makes sense why people are asking will he be on some sort of energy drinks or something. that was house speaker mike johnson insisting that donald trump s claim that president biden will use drugs ahead of tomorrow night s debate was a joke. we ll dig into those remarks and the new conspiracy theory one republican is floating, which includes, mountain dew. plus, we ll bring you the key take-aways from last night s primaries where progressive democrats in new york suffered a major blow, and republican congresswoman lauren boebert won her race after she switched districts. and also ahead judge juan merchan partially lifts donald trump s gag order in the hush money case. who the former president is now free to talk about and who remains off-limits. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 26th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we have a lot to get to t
joe biden and donald trump heading to a showdown, but traveling very different roads. new nbcs reporting on how biden is aiming to get under trump s skin, while team trump s wild pregame accusation may be revealing a case of nerves. we got details on what is happening behind the scenes leading up to thursday s big debate. plus, the debate in a florida courtroom over the raid at the center of the mar-a-lago documents case. eye opening new photos of exactly where classified documents were found in donald trump s home. the judge now makes a consequential decision. what can and cannot be used in court. and the end of the years long legal battle in the u.s. versus julian assange. after the wikileaks founder agreed to plead guilty in a deal sparing him more prison time. what this may mean for when something like this inevitably happens again. but we begin with new nbc reporting that president biden is in intense preparations for thursday s crucial debate. getting ready to f