pair of dueling decisions, creating a flash point in the fight for abortion rights. in texas. a federal judge is halting the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug medford pret zone, one of the main medications used to provide abortions. but less than an hour later. conflicting court ruling out of washington state the federal judge, they re protecting access to the drug in 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia, which suit to protect the medication. the two decisions are the most significant on the on abortion since the supreme court overturned roy roe v. wade last summer here with us now is cnn senior supreme court analyst joan baez. cubic joan. good to see you also, you re the author of the new book, nine black robes. so two rulings now two very different decisions. what happens next? well, this puts the abortion issue right back on the path to the supreme court. attorney general america ireland last night that the government is going to app
morning, everyone it is saturday . april 8th. i m amro walker. i m victor blackwell. you are in the cnn newsroom and we begin with the abortion debate across the country. this time, it s over access to medication. abortion after federal courts issued conflicting rulings began after a federal judge in texas ruled to suspend the fda s two decade old approval. of method. pistone then washington state judge ruled the fda must keep the pill on the shelves and 17 democratic states and the district of columbia. cnn s senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen joins us now. so explain what medford press stone is and what happens next. so victor medford. redstone is one of two drugs that are used in medicated abortions. in other words, abortions that are used by pill rather than by a surgical procedure. as you said they ve been used safely from more than 20 years. they have an excellent safety profile, and actually, they are now quite common. let s take a look at what s happened wi
[the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] pete: good morning and welcome to fox and friends on saturday morning. joey jones hanging out with us for four hours, two days on this easter weekend. joe: i was at disney world. rachel: that s not a vacation. joe: i brought my brother in law who pushed me around in my chair most of the time. i get the disability pass, just to bring everybody with me. rachel: you come in handy. joe: ila crippled old guy. will: needing a vacation from your vacation. glad to have you with us this morning. everybody smells wonderful on the couch. rachel: apparently to kathleen. will: happy to have you with us if this morning. we start in nashville, tennessee where vice president kamala harris made a visit. she didn t make a visit with the direct message for the covenant christian victims but made a visit in support of what is being dubbed the tennessee three, the three tennessee state legislators, two of which have been expelled from
beautiful shot of st. patrick s cathedral right here in manhattan. i never get tired of seeing that beautiful church. it s beautiful on the inside as well. great to be the here. will: great to be here with you and joey jones here with us. morgan wallen, we re debating, mainstream country. not necessarily, you know, you and i like, i think both of us like a little bit of offshoot country, but morgan wallen, as good as mainstream gets country, that s fair, right in. joey: absolutely. , no i think my what i said was is he bro country or, you know, to me, kind of fits more into the i call genuine country genre. and i think that s because i listen to the words of the song, and you take a step back and you re using a song with rap beats, it is mainstream/bro country, but he s at least singing about things that i experienced, and that s fun for me. will: he s good. as is easter. joey: yes. yes concern. [laughter] we ll listen to some easter songs by morgan wallen later. [laughter]
the scottish national party s chief executive has resigned with immediate effect after they were forced to reveal a dramatic drop in membership this week. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. it s crunch time in dublin as ireland go for the grand slam against england we ll have the latest. earlier france kept alive their hopes of snatching the title, with a win over wales in paris. and reunion at the etihad but will burnley s vincent kompany come away all smiles against his former boss in the fa cup quarterfinals? a blow for f1 champion max verstappen he won t be on pole, for this weekend s saudi grand prix. we ll tell you why. and a big fight at the 02 can we expect fireworks in the ufc, in the rematch between leon edwards and kamara usman? hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. plenty to come, but we start with the six nations and ireland are within touching distance of a first six nations title since 2018. they re on course to