The city of mcallen. Mcallen is a small city on the very southern tip of texas, right on the border of mexico. The first Abortion Clinic in texas opened there . 1973, and it served women in the Rio Grande Valley in that part of south texas for decades. Even as antiabortion republicans started to cement their control over the government in texas and year after year they devised ever more creative and draconian ways to make abortion as hard and as 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 provide that service. In recent years Texas Republicans passed new Abortion Restrictions regularly, at least every two years with each new session of the republican dominated state legislature. And as a result of those restrictions, every couple of years, more clinics in texas would close. By The End of 2013,
Hey, everybody. Good morning again, and welcome to Way Too Early, the show that knows some of the fire crews here in california that could use a lot of that East Coast rain. Im Jacob Soboroff on this thursday, september 2nd. Were going to start right now with the news. The reinformants of Hurricane Ida is hitting the northeast with Flash Flood warnings and tornadoes hitting New York, New Jersey, and philadelphia. The gronks declared states of emergency, calling on residents to stay inside. Fire and rescue crews across the region have responded to numerous Water Rescues and evacuations because of the high Water Levels. There have been at least five weatherrelated fatalities, four in new York City and one in passaic, New Jersey. The national weather advisory cle Claired A Flash Flood emergencying for New Jersey, first ever last night. It shattered a Record Set just last week. This is video of water rushed into an apartment on east 22nd street in manhattan. Most Subway Lines were suspende
All right. that is going to do it for us tonight. the hits just keep on coming. we ll see you again tomorrow, which we expect to be a totally normal calm news day. we ll just do feels-good stories, right? way too early is up next. good morning. it is a state of emergency in parts of the northeast as remember najts of hurricane ida cause flash flooding and tornadoes. the question is are these weather events the new normal? plus, the supreme court refuses to block a controversial texas law banning abortions at six weeks. with the law facing several challenges, the question is what is next in this legal fight. and a new warning about extremists preparing for a rally at the u.s. capitol later this month. the question is how are federal officials and police preparing? it is way too early for this.