how do things look on your end? -perfect! because we're building a better network every single day. it's thursday, october 7th. it's 5:00 a.m. here in new york. thanks so much for getting an early start with us. i'm laura jarrett. >> and i'm christine romans. so nice to see you this morning on thursday. >> thursday, and a lot to get to. we begin with the breaking news overnight. texas's new ban of nearly all abortions now blocked. a federal judge granted the justice department's emergency request last night finding texas' law banning abortion as soon as a fetal heartbeat is detected violates a woman's constitutional right to an abortion.