the breaking news. greatly appreciate it. a new development in the biden administration's effort to halt the nation's strictest abortion law now in effect in texas. last night the justice department asked a federal judge to block enforcement of the controversial ban that prohibits most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy before many women even know that they're pregnant. the doj called the law, quote, an unprecedented scheme and argued it violates women's continentalal rights. joined by maya wiley. of course, an msnbc legal analyst. thanks for your patience. the supreme court already declined to block the law the first time around, so on what grounds, on what legal grounds could a federal judge now step in and put a stop to the implementation of this law? >> that's exactly the right question, eamon and the short answer is what the department of justice is saying is, look, we're the united states of