it is topsy-turvy live news event kind of day. case in point, in a matter of about two minutes, we expect to hear from president biden. he will address the nation live on a number of topics, not the least of which is the abrupt stepback our country took today away from fairness and progress toward intolerance and discrimination. the conservative supreme court ruled 6-3 in favor of a colorado web designer, an evangelical named lori smith who refused to work on same sex weddings. the court said that the first amendment protected her from punishment. and it is a turning point decision that will flip the state of equal protections on its head and allow business owners to likewise evade punishment under similar laws in 29 states. and in the longer term, it could again signal a threat to the landmark decision of the 2015 case establishing the case of same sex couples to marry. and if you are wondering of the same sex couple, what they are doing, after being denied basic human decen
good day from msnbc world headquarters right here in new york city. welcome to alex reports, i a in for alex. today we will start with breaking news. u.s. forces pulling off daring nato operation to evacuate u.s. embassy staff in sudan and fighting is raging between rival generals there nearly 100 people getting out, but thousands of other u.s citizens are stopping in tha country earlier today. senate intelligence committe chair marc warner gave new insight into what is next. those individuals who are there on aid missions there is actually a human effort now, people from khartoum out ove the land corridor. i know we are working with a lot of international partners. in this case, partners wit china and europeans to say those aid workers we need to find a safe way to get them out. also new today, reactio legal battle over the abortion pill mifepristone. this week in the supreme court allowing access to the drug is the appeals process plays. and lawmakers on both sides of
you re going to see her in a few moments on video explaining this to georgia prosecutors. we re just making sense of it, and we have that for you this hour as well as something else, quite special, a brand new interview with legendary journalist, bob woodward. we caught up with him in washington for the summit series that debuts tonight. this is brand new. we were work in georgetown near his home where he took me through his personal library. we get a look inside the home library and a political journalistic history that we can tell you quite clearly, you will not see anywhere else. tonight, that s coming up, bob woodward new on the beat. all the heat on donald trump, from the coup news i just mentioned to why historians and other experts say there s a very certain way you have to confront some of what he said this weekend. our top story right now is the big news out of the supreme court which has been absolutely under fire for months over the revelations that justice cla