If they want one. And that right can t be infringed even if politicians and individual states feel different. After that ruling in 1973, the very first abortion clinic to open its doors in the great state of texas was a clinic in the city of mcallen. Mcallen is a small city on the very southern tip of texas, right on the border with mexico. The first abortion clinic in texas opened there in 1973, and it served women in the valley, in that part of texas for decades. Even as anti abortion republicans started to cement their control of the government in texas, and year after year they devised ever more creative and draconian ways to make abortion as hard and that s dangerous to get as possible in texas, that clinic in mcallen kept going. And republicans really did keep passing more and more restrictive laws making it more impossible for clinics to stay open, making it more impossible for doctors to keep providing that service in recent years. Texas republicans passed new abortion restrict
federal prosecutors have filed conspiracy charges against two members of the far-right nationalist group the proud boys. the two allegedly worked together to obstruct and interfere with law enforcement officers who were protecting congress during the insurrection. lawmakers also had a lot to say this week about what happened on wall street. stock traders coordinated on the social network reddit to take on giant hedge funds and shake up the markets. it opened up a long list of questions about how the stock market works and how it should work. in our next hour, we will break down this story. trading can be really complex, but what happened is actually pretty easy to understand. and in just a few minutes, we ll speak to congresswoman maxine waters. she s the chairwoman of the house financial services committee and she is calling for hearings on this. meanwhile, president biden spent part of his week signing executive orders and memoranda and proclamations to scrap his predeces
let s start tonight with new details from the investigation into the capitol attack. according to the washington post, the fbi has new evidence of how it was planned and coordinated. agents are still tracking down and charging suspects. federal prosecutors have filed conspiracy charges against two members of the far right nationalist group, the proud boys. the two allegedly work together to obstruct and interfere with law enforcement officers who were protecting congress during the insurrection. lawmakers also had a lot to say this week about what happened on wall street. stock traders coordinated on the social network reddit to take on giant hedge funds and shake up the markets. it opened up a long list of questions about how the stock market works and how it should work. in our next hour, we will break down this story. trading can be really complex. but what happened is actually pretty easy to understand. and in just a few minutes, we ll speak to congresswoman maxine wate
republican party. then, i will be joined by legendary author of a darkly dystopian and eerily oppression to book, that is as relevant today as it was when it was first published in 1985. the one and only, margaret atwood. two will join me for this week s meeting of the velshi banned book club, to discuss her frequently banned blockbuster book, the handmaids tail. velshi starts and now. good morning to you. i am ali velshi. it is, sunday may the. first it is day 67 of russia s unprovoked invasion of ukraine. we begin this morning with breaking news. because just hours, ago the house speaker nancy pelosi led a small delegation, a congressional delegation, on a trip to kyiv. she met ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. she spent about three hours on the ground in the capital. pelosi is now the highest ranking u.s. official to visit to kyiv. since the start of the war in february. this comes about a week after the defense secretary lloyd austin, as the secretary of state anth
what you have up on the screen right now, so they can see it when we know by the other members of congress allegedly implicated by marjorie taylor greene as the january 6th committee six interviews with more republican members. and mitt romney enters the debate over soon loan forgiveness with bribery allegations. [inaudible] i will explain why mitts outrageous attack is actually a good development, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. it s hard to think of a more insanely flagrant violation of the basic international order than bombing a city while the un secretary general is they are on a peacemaking mission. that is exactly what happened today. russian forces apparently bomb to the capital city of kyiv and ukraine while un secretary general antonio gutierrez was there for talks with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. ukraine s foreign ministers condemning it as a heinous act of barbarism. it is quite a provocative act of