amarillo, texas, where is judge will decide whether to expand a ban on a drug used as medication abortion more than half the women who terminate their pregnancies do itwith this drug it is extremely low risk fewer than half a percent of patients experience complications, which means almost no one. medication abortions are illegal in 13 states, and that does include texas, where the arguments in this landmark case just wrapped a group of doctors who do not support abortion brought this suit they want to go beyond the texas ban and take this off the market nationwide they claim the fda did not evaluate its safety before it was approved in 2000 and argue it should not have been made accessible to women via telehealth during the pandemic the public found out about today s hearing monday after the judge initially delayed releasing the details. we ll fill you in on why he says he delayed and why others argue his motivation was personal. the hearing was not broadcast, but we have re
reporter: but christmas in buffalo did come with some unexpected holiday hope on friday a bus full of korean tourists heading for niagara falls got stuck outside their buffalo area home. i said come on in everybody because you re going to be here for a while. reporter: without hesitating the couple welcomed ten strangers in for two nights sharing homemade korean food and the bills game with new friends. you might have saved those people s lives what do you think of that? i feel very grateful we were able to help them because it could have been a very terrible outcome. and i feel like we made ten extra family members reporter: meanwhile, the bills themselves digging out when they got back from chicago. now millions waking up to another frigid day as the northwest braces for more heavy rain, ice, and mountain snow some signs of warmth amid this terrible storm. now to the travel chaos that s still unfolding, thousands of flights canceled over the weekend and the ri
good monday morning. i m hallie jackson in washington we re coming on the air learning more people have been killed in a massive winter storm with emergency workers only starting to get to some of the hardest hit areas now. we just got an update from officials near buffalo we will bring you live what they said we are looking at western new york buried under several feet of snow. the governor describing it all as a war zone. i know how hard this is but western new yorkers are tough. we know how to deal with this. we will get through this together we ll have more on that in a second new tension on the korean peninsula after north korea fires drones over soak soak for the first time in years. how the south is responding. plus, the first christmas holiday inn ukraine since the war began. the defiant message from president zelenskyy later in the show here at home with holiday shopping season over, the return the gift season is kicking into high gear. what you should know abo
the former president more than 30 members of a far-right group arrested in idaho, found packe into the back of a u-haul wearing masks and riot gear. what we know now about their plans. gas topping $5 a gallon nationwide. for the first time ever we re with families coping with inflation, as they struggle to get by my feeling when pulling up to a gas station is anxiety, stress groundbreaking weight loss research can your future fact and health be predicted at birth and final lessons. how students past and present, are honoring retiring teachers. this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. good evening ten democratic senators, ten republican senators, announcing a breakthrough today that could lead to the most significant changes in gun laws in this country in decades in the wake of shootings in buffalo and uvalde congress is under pressure to take action there were protests in many cities on saturday democrats in the house passed broader measures last week, but tho
office, it says a backlog of asylum cases in the uk has set a new record high. this is according to home office figures. a back a total of 0ffice figures. a back a total of 175,457 people are waiting for an initial decision on asylum application in the uk up to the end ofjune 2023. that is up 44% on the same time. that is the new figure from the home office, a backlog of asylum cases, 175,457 people waiting for a decision. 1296 12% said they had to resort to a loan or credit card to afford their bounce. record numbers are seeking advice on energy debt. let s talk to our money and work reporter, peter,