Good afternoon. We are following the breaking developments in the middle east. Within the last hour, we ve been getting word of protests continuing across the west bank showing palestinians throwing stones and retaliating against israeli forces. At least 200 palestinians have been killed air strikes thus far. This as the fighting that has killed more than 200 people on both sides shows no sign of letting up anytime soon. We re going to bring you coverage from the region, halls of congress and the journalism and advocacy groups following this story. And we re also watching developments at the white house which at this hour is distancing itself from growing calls in congress and around the world for a ceasefire between israel and hamas. Meanwhile the united states has just blocked what would have been a unanimous statement by the u. N. Security council expressing calls for cessation of hostilities. Earlier when president biden was speaking about the covid vaccine efforts abroad, he hinte
Supreme court just agreed to review an abortion ban that violates nearly 50 years of supreme court precedent and is a test case to overturn roe v. Wade. The mississippi law under review described as pure gaslighting by a judge and to legal scholars the very decision to take up the case in many ways speaks volumes about the focus of the conservative dominated court. From florida state university law professor ziegler in today s the washington post it is impossible to overstate what a big deal this decision is. The immediate threat to roe is very real but adds if the court stops short this case alone jeopardizes reproductive rights saying if the decides r court decides to uphold the abortion law it is not clear whether the court will impose any limit on abortion bans. This is where we start today. Former u. S. Senator and contributor claire maccaskill and casey barlow an attorney and host of words matter and errin haynes. Claire, you and i co sort of talked the way through the confirmati
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