breaking news, protests around the country growing at this hour, less than 24 hours after the explosive leak of the supreme court draft opinion that strikes down roe v wade, sparking demonstrations of course outside the supreme court in washington. this is the scene, it appears thousands of people now have shown up, you can see them, legions of people and president biden warning the fallout could stretch far beyond abortion rights. it s really quite a radical decision. it basically says all the decisions that to be made in your private life, who you marry, whether or not you decide to conceive a child or not, whether or not you can have an abortion now that is based on it could shatter a constitutional right in place for 50 years, 98 pages, politico obtained it and president biden is making a point, the point of roe v wade was for privacy and started that so all the things he mentioned are past things in light of the right to privacy sh which was established in roe v
breaking news on this holiday weekend. special counsel jack smith delivers a newfound, an urgent an appeals court to dismiss former president trump s immunity claims. ahead, what that means for the case and when we could get ruling. plus, nikki haley s campaign playing cleanup after she botched a simple question about the civil war. what her answer says about the state of the gop and its base. also ahead, a look at how the polls have shifted over the course of 2023 and what that means for 2024. and why an extreme immigration law in texas is drawing the attention of the justice department. this is american voices. we begin this hour in iowa, where several gop presidential candidates are spending the weekend in hopes of dismantling donald trump s hold over the republican party. that includes former south carolina governor nikki haley. but as she works to capture momentum from a surge in the polls, her campaign is also cleaning up her recent comments about the civi
the fight will go on for many months. the fate of gaza s nearly 2 million refugees is growing bleaker by the day. 40% of gaza s population is now at risk of famine. that s according to the u.n., which says daily life has been reduced to a struggle for food and water for so many civilians. and with winter setting in, those conditions will only get also learned today that an israeli american citizen believed to have been taken hostage was in fact killed on october 7th. the kibbutz where judy weinstein lived and worked confirming the 70-year-old teacher and poet was murdered along with her husband during the attack. their bodies still being held in gaza. aaron gilchrist is traveling with president biden in the u.s. virgin islands with more on this. josh, let s start with you. what more can you tell us about this israeli american citizen? reporter: well, as you mentioned, she is 70 years old, and she had been believed to have been held hostage in the gaza strip. but now we have
legal analyst. of course, the one and only, rick wilson, cofounder of the lincoln project, republican media strategist. welcome to all of you. he is also the author of run against the devil, a plot to save america from trump and democrats from themselves. i love that one. so, barbara, let s start with you. will the supreme court be forced to weigh in on trump s ballot eligibility? i think that s the driving question right now. i think so. i don t know how they dodged this. in light of the fact that we have seen different opinions now coming out of different states. i think, ultimately, there is a risk that we get this patchwork of eligibility that s different in all 50 states. even that each state gets to decide procedurally how they handle ballot questions, the substance of who is eligible is really a question for the u.s. supreme court interpreting the 14th amendment, it s a question. i think most people expect that the court might find some procedural off-ramp to avoid a
as we begin a new hour, a breaking news on this holiday weekend. special counsel jack smith delivers a newfound, an urgent urging an appeals court to dismiss former president trump s immunity claims. ahead, what that means for the case and when we could get a ruling. plus, nikki haley s campaign playing cleanup after she botched a simple question about the civil war. what her answer says about the state of the gop and its base. also ahead, but look at how the polls have shifted over the course of 2023 and what that means for 2024. and why and immigration law in texas is drawing the attention of the justice department. this is american voices. we begin this hour in iowa, where several gop presidential candidates are spending the weekend in hopes of dismantling donald trump s hold over that republican party. that includes former south carolina governor nikki haley. but as she works to capture momentum from a surge and the polls, her campaign is also cleaning up he