politicsnation tonight s lead, one step at time he right now, abortion right activists are breathing a sigh of relief. as a key abortion pill wil stay on the market for now but, the fight over access t the bill now heads back to a appeals court. where the legal battle wil resume next month. meanwhile, on this earth day weekend, president biden i shoring up his green credential s with the bi announcement on environmenta justice. ahead of an even bigge announcement that he will ru for reelection that news is expected as early as tuesday as the 2024 presidential fields take shape on both sides. and, in just over a week after he was shot twice for ringin the wrong doorbell, kansas cit teen ralph yarl what i recovering at home his shooter, on andrew lester, now facing what could amount t life in prison on a firs degree assault charge. to which he has pled not guilty y all s family and their lawyers want a federal hat crime charge against leicester and, in a few minutes, ralph yarl
community members have sai they ve lost trust in the anti actually s apartment and are demanding accountability first, can i start by gettin your reaction to the lawsuit that was filed this week, an where do you see it going? well, it is an unfortunat situation that the city find itself in. in terms of the lawsuit, obviously we are going to be briefed in closed session on tuesday about this i m not going to tal specifically about that. i can only express that understand the challenges we are going through, and i understand the lawsuits that w are going to face, and i wan about this a few weeks ago whe i first announced that we were putting several officers o administrative leave as result of these text messages. so we will deal with those los just as we move forward. now, the language used in these text messages, between law enforcement, is highly racist and alarming to me. some of these messages include the use of the n-word, and
ruling against the federal vaccine mandate for large businesses, still dozens of police officers and first responders in boston on the verge of being fired by the mayor for defying this if these meager to get vaccinated they want to keep their jobs. let s discuss the details. police sergeant channing can tone, welcome to both of you. it is good to see you tonight at . hi shannon. hi shannon. get the mayor said this. starting on january 24th, there s a bit of a roof we ve commit any staff without proof of vaccination will be placed o administrative leave, unpaid ministry to believe pending further action. and grateful for the employees that have done their part to keep themselves, all of our coworkers, and the residents of boston safe. the implication is that you re not doing your job to keep people safe. at like to begin with the fact that tomorrow was the date where people would be losing their pay and losing their jobs fraid the mayor move the date