on capitol hill, senators negotiating a deal on the border as house speaker mike johnson and fellow republicans are set to visit the border this afternoon. we want to begin this hour with that breaking news out of iran. more than 100 people confirmed killed. iranian officials calling the explosions a terrorist incident. want to bring in now tehran bureau chief ali arouzi who is live for us on the ground in tehran. we spoke last hour, what updates are we getting this hour as to what may have taken place and who is behind it? reporter: hey, yasmin, so we know there were two explosions about 15 minutes apart from each other at 3:00 local. the death toll keeps rising. right now saying at least 103 people have been killed, and over 210 people have now been confirmed injured at that blast, went off near a cemetery in iran where that ceremony was being held to mark the death of soleimani in 2020 by a u.s. drone attack. state media saying there was one explosion and second one du
ayman, weathering the storm. democrats convening this saturday to discuss next steps after the presidents poor debate performance. plus, the supreme court ruling that will have massive implications across this country and are republicans playing the long game? and can we change america s gun culture? the surgeon general sure hope so. i am in for ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. there is there is no sugarcoating it. president biden had a bad night thursday. we all know that and his poor debate performance has created a lingering split in the democratic party,■ç with many questioning whether he should remain on the ticket. take note of how many prominent democrats like barack obama, nancy pelosi, hakeem jeffries and james clyburn have been willing to admit biden had a rough night. however all of them remained behind biden, insisting he should not drop out. others on the left are more blunt. he had one thing he had to accomplish and that is reassure america that he is up
stabilizing care, and that includes abortions if a patient s health is in serious jeopardy. those are different standards and the supreme court will hear this case in full in april, but until then, doctors and their patients have to abide by state law. joining us now is about obstetrician, gynecologist, and specialist in fetal medicine. we appreciate your time. i want a start there. the tension between what you feel you re bound by based on federal law versus what you are now grappling with based on state law, and what that does in your approach to the job. well, the emergency medical triage and labor act is nationwide. any hospitals who receive cms money, medicare, medicaid, et cetera, must abide by this law which basically protects and makes sure that hospitals will take care of patients who present either in labor or a
doj sued after the dobbs decision, because texas indicated it would not follow guidance. that it had issued, that required the provision of lifesaving care necessary to stabilize patients. we re not talking about voluntary procedures. here, this is about saving lives, the cloud of uncertainty now is over the legality of medical care, is the real problem here. so, what you just said, joyce, i think is so wildly important, right? stabilizing care. this is saving a woman s life. so what position, joyce, does this put health care professionals in, if they re saying health care professionals, doctors, nurses are not required to perform emergency lifesaving care? so are they putting it on their shoulders to say this woman needs this lifesaving care, and i m going to carry it out, despite maybe the law coming