former president, he likely faces hundreds of questions with $250 million in the survival of his family business on the line. and the democratic party clash over age ambition and a stalled biden priority. 89 year old senator dianne feinstein says she won t resign after missing a month plus of work and after a california colleague says she s no longer fit to serve and that she should quit. first for us, though the biden justice department just moments ago, saying it will ask the supreme court to step in that after an appeals panel dramatically changes how women can get an abortion. again the biden just department now wants the high court to sweep aside this a 42 page order from the fifth circuit court of appeals filed just before midnight that delivers some relief from a texas judge s ruling that would have taken an abortion pill off shelves starting friday, but that ruling also imposes hard to ignore obstacles to getting the drug. it outlaws, sending the pill in the mail ups,
back in new york city, where he will be facing questions in a $250 million civil suit, separate from his indictment we begin this hour with a major development in the national fight over abortion rights today, widely used abortion pill mifepristone is still available to patients after a federal appeals court put on hold a judge s decision to suspend the drug s fda approval while leaving some restrictions in place. here in florida, any moment the legislature is expected to pass one of the strictest abortion bills in the country that would ban the procedure at just six weeks. joining us now with more is nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett and with us msnbc news correspondent dasha burns in tallahassee in what appears to be a demonstration of some sort laura, all this is still difficult to understand because now there is a conflicting ruling from a judge in washington that ordered u.s. authorities to keep mifepristone available across 17 states and d.c. what does
young. and uh and so it s a it s not exceptional that that young people are doing important things in our military. that s that s really not the issue. the issue is and by the way he had a top secret clearance. the issue is, uh, you know how, uh, you responsibly execute, carry out your duties and how you protect the information. as the pentagon tries to contain this, a secret document not previously reported on shows the chinese military is preparing a supersonic spy drone unit. we have cnn s alex marquardt here with us on on this story. what do we learning about this drone? it s pretty incredible. it is pretty remarkable. it does show significant advancement in china s drone capabilities. and as you noted, this is an assessment that comes from the national geospatial intelligence agency. it was a document was obtained by the washington post, which we ourselves have not seen. verified but what it does indicate is that they have made significant leaps to this drone , which is
steve bannon, he s in a federal courtroom right now about to be sentenced for defying a subpoena from the january 6 congressional committee. earlier this year, a jury convicted bannon, you remember, on two counts of contempt of congress regarding this insurrection investigation. and defying that subpoena. this comes also at a really interesting moment. when everyone is also standing by for that committee, the january 6 committee, to formally issue a subpoena to donald trump himself. let s get to washington. cnn s sara murray is live outside of the federal courthouse are bannon is listening to his sentencing right now. what are hearing is happening inside of the courtroom right now? reporter: that is right, kate. the judge just ran through the factors that are at play here and just hasn ted down the sentencing. steve bannon is sentencing to four months in prison. now it is four months for each count but will run concurrently so that is four months as well as a 650$65,000 fin
the white house where president biden will put the economy front and center today. any minute, he s set to speak about his economic plan and our country s deficit. all this week he s addressed the pressure people are feeling at the gas pump, oil prices and infrastructure. it s clear why. with the midterms just 18 days away, poll after poll after poll reinforcing that old mantra, it s the economy. these gas prices are getting high. i don t know what i m going to do. it s brutal. everything is so expensive now. everything. in moments, the message he s now delivering to anxious voters as the economic climate gives republicans a growing edge heading into november. plus, overseas, it was an economic plan that helped sink liz truss after 44 days in office. we ll have the latest on the internal horse race to replace her. first, we re keeping our eyes on a federal courtroom where steve bannon is facing sentencing for criminal contempt of congress. he s charged with two coun