roe v. wade is overturned. the hill with the supreme court we will decide them. bounces against the justices did not win. good evening breaking tonight history from the unit s supreme court justices voted to overturn the landmark v wade decision in today s ruling and nearly 50 years of federal legal protection for abortion they re willing says that there never was a right to abortion in the u.s. constitution and it returns the authority to regulate abortion to the states. many of those already have restrictive laws, others have passed laws that were triggered by today s ruling. still other states are taking steps to protect abortion rights following the decision. security around the u.s. supreme court is tight tonight as crowds have swelled throughout the day precautions are being tinkered and abortion facilities across the nation. at some clinics are sitting down. political reaction as you heard some of it forming long predictable lines are visibly angry president jo
turns over documents that he was ordered to turnover. in court filings this week, letitia james asked that the judge hold donald trump in civil contempt. of course, trump responded by calling the claims, you guessed it, a witch hunt. what s more interesting here is that the attorney general might be working around trump s on stansy. he just asked the judge to ask a real estate office to give her information on a series of appraisals they did on trump s business. katie fang, which airs at 7:00 a.m. eastern on saturday and sunday. also joining us democratic strategist and senior vice president of fire house strategies, michael star hopkins and nbc news senior reporter, the host of the new podcast tiffany dover is dead. katie, i will start with you. congratulations on your debut this weekend.
final stretch. as you know, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell set the first big procedural vote on the nomination 10:30 a.m. eastern. that will be the first full head count for senators, first chance for all senators to indicate where they stand on the nomination. if kavanaugh doesn t get 50 votes at the 10:30 a.m. vote, he s dead, his nomination is dead. but if he does get 50 votes, then he s not confirmed. then the nomination goes forward to one more vote. the senate will have to hold up to 30 hours of debate before that final vote could happen, which would put it at around 5:00 p.m. eastern on saturday. now, that s a separate vote. it would be possible for senators to vote yes tomorrow on moving forward, and still vote no on saturday to confirm kavanaugh to the court. the game so far has been that opponents of the nomination need every democrat to vote no, plus two republicans. here s that slight sort of twist in that calculation. the republican senator from montana named steve
i m very excited for them. and i wish people could let stop focusing on the drama and start focusing on the big day that is ahead, that we will cover around the clock. you can bet the royal wedding coverage starts 4:00 a.m. eastern on saturday, so get up early. congratulations to them in advance. the president is slamming the russia probe today on its one year anniversary. president mocking it, writing congratulations, america, while reiterating his usual phrases, witch-hunt, no collusion, no obstruction. the latest and a new tweet from the president next. sometimes a day at the ballpark is more than just a day at the ballpark. [park announcer] all military members stand and be recognized. sometimes fans cheer for those who wear a different uniform.
cities there on the gulf coast. we re worried about biloxi. we re worried about mobile, pascagoula. also in our eyesight we ve got many other cities. new orleans it appears they may have dodged a bullet right now. already getting some information. nbc news just speaking with alabama power. their spokesperson telling us that 3,000 customers are experiencing power outages in all the greater mobile area. they re saying it s also fewer outages than there were at 9:30 p.m. eastern on saturday. the state they re saying had been dry for the past couple weeks so there s not a lot of muddy saturated ground. that is also good. which would make it more likely that power lines could go down. however, the outer bands of the storm have started to come through. no big sustained winds. they have crews on standby. bill karins still with us. you re telling to us look out