out of the supreme court breaking news about this, this drug it is called mifepristone. it is a pale about the size of an aspirin and it is the first of two pills used in the most commo form of abortion here in the united states. it s medication abortion it is safe it is effective. and it is significantly less invasive than a surgical abortion and if you have been following the news, you would know tha, am -appointed federal judge i texas ruled that despite thi drug being used safely for 2 years now, the fda was wrong t approve the drug and his ruling had the potential to take the drug off the market altogether. so, tonight s decision from th supreme court was pretty clear it means this will not happen, at least not yet the supreme court issued wha is known as a stay, meanin they are effectively blockin that texas judges decision while this case is appeale through our court system maybe even all the way back to the supreme court down the roa now, the lower court battle is c
supreme court was pretty clear it means this will not happen, at least not yet the supreme court issued wha is known as a stay, meanin they are effectively blockin that texas judges decision while this case is appeale through our court system maybe even all the way back to the supreme court down the roa now, the lower court battle is complicated and we the, and ma lead to some chaos down th line for mifepristone access and we are going to talk t experts about that in just a moment but for now, for tonight, this drug is still widely available so, on a practical level, that is where we are. the question is, on a lega level, tonight s ruling is als quite interesting. there s a majority of justices who approved tonight s stay. but at least two did not that s justice clarence thomas said that he would have denied this day he did not explain why it was just a single line in this ruling that says he disagrees. and justice samuel alito wrote a full dissent, we are going t ask our e
breaking tonight, 13 israelis held hostage by hamas terrorist for seven weeks are back in their home country this evening. the return was the centerpiece of a four-day cease-firend agreement that was struckk between israel and hamas. that positive effect at midnighl today. 11 others were also freed today. this is supposed to be the firsr in a series of prisonerl av exchanges. jeff is inwi tel aviv tonight wh what comes nexhit tonight. we are learning tonight that, on top of the 13 hostages whoto are free today, an additional 13 could be released tomorrow.er the move on the ground is still bittersweet knowing there arhoe more than 200 hostages who have. yet to go home. a moment nearly seven weeks in the making. buses leading people through the crossing. 13 israelis and one person from the philippines were freed after spending 48 days in captivity. among the israelis released, four kids, three mothers, and six elderly women. it was the first round of hostage releases and wh
anti abortion rights judge and it s been on the market fo 23 years it safe and effective. 5 million women have use medication abortion. it is used in countries around the world. the world health organizatio says it s essential medicine so, we should not be here at all. they should have been thrown out in as fast as it was filed but here we are. there s a good for patient today. but we have to still b vigilant about what comes next so, tali farhadian weinstein, this ruling kicks mifepristone down the road, basically and it s essentially down to the fifth circuit. how do you see this playing ou in terms of the legal mechanic over the next several months yeah, so this could reall take some time because what the supreme court has said is that we are no going to make an emergency decision here. we are going to freeze the world before judge kacsmaryk s decision and it has to be fully baked before it comes back to us
across the country and they can continue continue where abortions illegal, providing medication abortion to their patients for the next, six weeks, eight weeks, until th supreme court wears olives any further issues that come u with this circuit. but we are not out of the wood yet. because they did not decid this on the merits they just said we are going to keep a stay in place right now we should not be here to begin with this is a frivolous lawsuit. they judge shopped in texas to get this in front of a ver anti abortion rights judge and it s been on the market fo 23 years it safe and effective. 5 million women have use medication abortion. it is used in countries around the world. the world health organizatio says it s essential medicine so, we should not be here at all.