destined for a rendezvous with the supreme court. also, the fight between donald trump and the committee looking into the insurrection that he led is heating up. the current president has played a role in this fight. nbc news reported that the biden white house has decided not to block the release of documents related to trump, his presidency, and the insurrection. the move sets up a legal and potentially lengthy showdown between two presidents, current and former, over the issue of executive privilege. earlier today, the white house press secretary was asked about this decision. the president has determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not warranted for the first set of documents. this will be an ongoing process, and this is just the first set of documents. we ll evaluate questions of privilege on a case-by-case basis. this comes as the 1/6 committee is considering its next moves now that yesterday s deadline has passed. benny thompson, liz cheney released
of texas, and tonight the state of texas has told the fifth circuit that they want their abortion ban back. texas, as you, know earlier this year, passed a law that effectively banned in texas. the conservative, republican appointed majority of the united states supreme court, amazingly, let the texas abortion ban go into effect. even though there s a ruling called roe v. wade that supposedly is standing president that block states from banning abortion. the united states supreme court, despite that, let the texas abortion ban go into effect last month. the biden administration, the justice department under u.s. journey general under merrick garland, sued texas in federal court. asking a judge to step in and block implementation of the texas abortion ban. well it s cases served in court. two nights ago a federal judge in texas just that. block the ban. which has meant that for the past two days or so, the texas abortion ban has been suspended. and texas and women could, once
Off the air tonight. that s our broadcast for this friday evening. have a good weekend, unless you have other plans. on behalf of our colleagues at the thanks for joining us at this hour, happy friday, happy to have you here, so one of those friday night for the news guards are saying we don t believe in weekends. tonight, we have got eyes on the country s most conservative federal appeals court, the fifth circuit u.s. court of appeals. sits in louisiana, ideologically republican presidents have so stacked that particular court with their employees, that it s now the judicial equivalent of like a combination anti-vaccine rally and gun show. this circuit includes the state