to do that in just a moment, i m told melissa murray is with us. professor of law at nyu. melissa, your thoughts as this historic second in a row for one president impeachment process begins well, shep, this is a familiar scene, watching the house impeachment managers walk the article of impeachment across statuary hall across the senate so much has changed from a year ago when we saw this play out. obviously all of the managers are swathed in masks that is obviously because of the pandemic, something we had not even anticipated lasley ja la january. it s a most unorthodox president whose actions while in office prompted an unprecedented action, two impeachments in the course of just four years. well, let s listen as they carry out their duties here and deliver the articles. . the hour of 7:00 p.m. has arrived. the acting sergeant at arms will present the managers on the part of the house of representatives. mr. president and members of the senate, i announce the prese
menendez tonight, we are barrelin towards one of the mos consequential weeks fo abortion access since the farr of roe v. wade the government has less than a week to intervene after trum appointed antiabortion federal judge in texas matthew has merrick suspended a proven o mifepristone, one of the mos widely used abortion medications in this country. the justice department immediately filed an appea today. health and human services said - for the millions who need it well, they certainly have access today and we intend to do everything to make sure it is because o viewable to them not just in a week but moving forward. we have already filed an appea of this court s ruling one judge and one quarter an one state turned upside down the fda s approval process for safe and effective medications we have to go to court and see an appeal. this is not america. what we saw by that one judg in that one court in that on state. that is not america. adding to the uncertainty and to th
house speaker nancy pelosi stressing the urgency of the investigation. as intel chair adam schiff instructs the committee to work through recess. this is not a pause for any joy that we have to go down this path. it s a difficult decision to make. but we have that obligation. because in the actions that were taken could undermine the constitution and the oath we take to protect and defend, including the oath that the president takes. house democrats issuing their first subpoena as they focus on the whistle-blower complaint about the president s july call with ukraine s leader. the chairman of house intelligence oversight and foreign affairs committees demanding secretary of state mike pompeo produce documents related to trump s dealings with ukraine by friday. the committee is requesting and scheduling depositions from five senior state department officials in the coming two weeks. the new york times reports and nbc news confirms one of those officials, kurt voeckler, t
In that one court in that on state. that is not america. adding to the uncertainty and to the confusion, federa judge in washington stat issued a conflicting rulin friday ordering the fda to keep the drug available in 17 states an washington, d.c. the dueling decisions directly to the supreme court. setting up the most contentiou fight over reproductive care since last - that reversed row. here s how mark joseph sti pitch why this is a moment of trut to the supreme court quote, they do not put a sto to cause merrick s madness they will show the country tha their goal is not to leave abortion up to the democrati process, but to use every tool in their power to outlaw abortion in every state. kicking us off tonight, msnb contributor mick bliss murray. she is a - of law and faculty director at nyu melissa, what would it loo like for the supreme court t take up the abortion cases and