kentucky. we re ground zero, and i know this community is hit, has been hit really hard. we re with you. the whole state is with you. that is why we are on the ground in kentucky this hour with an update. also ahead, they vowed to be fighting for life, so why don t republicans vote for programs that actually help families? it s hypocrisy on display with roe on the line. plus, keeping a democracy, not easy. the white house s new push to protect and expand democracy across the globe. given america s troubled relationship with the truth, could a gen z conspiracy help lead us back to the truth? welcome to a new hour of american voices. we begin this hour with the assault against reproductive rights in texas and how new attacks on abortion access could soon move to other gop-controlled states. it s been law in texas for more than 100 days, and it is not changing soon. the supreme court ruling friday the texas abortion providers can move forward with challenges against th
and it is russia leading the way. could president trump s warming relations with moscow break the deadlock? and when it comes to foreign relations, what does president trump s foreign policy mean for europe and its longer term security? hello and welcome to 100 days. our new programme dominated by the first few months of donald trump s presidency, and what kind of changes it might bring. there are big things happening in europe. upcoming elections, brexit, the conflict in syria. over this next 100 days, we will be looking at all of that and how the america first policy will re shape relations around the world. but let s start here in washington. in this past half hour, sean spicer, president s trump s spokesperson, has been speaking to the white house press corp. 0ur washington reporter anthony zurcher is with us. i was listening to the beginning of the press conference. it sounded like a remarkably normal press conference? it was. this came off the hills of saturday where se
can possibly have intended that something so fundamental could be set aside by a minister. if the government wins, its problems disappear and ministers can trigger article 50. but what are the consequences if the judges across the square here rule against it, and a bill has to be put through parliament? the consequences are that the government will start to lose control. it has to go to parliament and ask parliament to empower it to act. that means mps can put conditions on the government s power. so they might want to propose amendments to the government s bill. they might want to have future debates. they might put conditions on future discussions or more detail, and that starts to wrest control away from government towards parliament. be you ever so mighty, the law is above you. so said the latejudge lord denning. this case is about where power lies in the constitution as between ministers and parliament, but it also shows the power ofjudges in applying a fundamental const
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