Court precedent. Instead the statute includes an unprecedented scheme to, in the chief justices words, quote, insulate the state from responsibility, closed quote. It does not rely on the states Executive Branch to enforce the law as is the norm in texas and everywhere else. Rather, the statute deputizes all private citizens, without any showing of personal connection or injury, to serve as bounty hunters. The obvious and expressly acknowledged intention of this statutory scheme is to prevent women from exercising their constitutional rights by thwarting Judicial Review for as long as possible. Thus far the law has had its intended effect. The department of justice has a duty to defend the constitution of the United States and to uphold the Rule Of Law. Today we fulfill that duty by filing the lawsuit i have just described. This action from the Biden Justice Department is described by the Wall Street Journal today as certain to set off a Federal Versus State Clash over the future of ab
Steph ruhle. We have a lot going on this morning. Rescuers are digging through what is leaves of the collapsed condo after the remnants still standing were brought down in a controlled demolition Last Night. The reason for taking it down is to make this situation safer for Rescue Crews, but also to do heal of tropical Storm Elsa. Meanwhile, experts across the globe are desperately try to go combat what is now believed to be the biggest Ransomware Attack ever. Thousands of businesses have been hit, blaming a criminal gang out of the russia. Millions of americans hold parties to celebrate independence day, and for a lot of people, The End of the pandemic. I want to bring in alison barber. Sam brock is tracking the storm from key west, and Jenessa Webb is joining me as well. We spoke yesterday about the demolition of the building. We know around 10 00 p. M. Last night, that took place. Talk us through what is ahead . Reporter it came down at 10 30 Last Night on the dot. It was brought to
With a rally at the largest retirement community in our country, the villages in florida. We have never abandoned trump and he has never abandoned america. If liz cheney could even find wyoming on a map and went there she would find a lot of very angry cowboys. Who are not happy with the fact that she s for every war. War against the republican conference. War against her own voters. It appears that liz cheney may not be the chair of the republican conference. This might be the first war she s ever sought to end. The democrats that say they won the presidential race, the democrats that are working very, very hard and very fast and aggressively to pass their socialist agenda. You are not going to put us down for loving president trump and what he did for the past four years. This comes at the end of a week this which we witnessed republicans set in motion the removal of congresswoman liz cheney for rejecting the big lie and saying joe biden won the election, the washington post out with
as this, the most secure election in the history of this country by chris krebs, lifelong republican charged with securing the vote. the washington post reporting over the weekend only 27 republicans have acknowledged the fact of the election result, indisputed fact. post writes that the results of the survey demonstrate the fear most republicans have of the outgoing president and his grip on the party, despite his new status as just the third elected president to lose re-election in the past 80 years. more than 70% of republican lawmakers did not acknowledge the post questions as of friday evening. that s about 220 republicans in all. the 220 elected officials will have blood on their hands if any harm comes to the local and statewide office holders now receiving death threats from trump supporters who believe donald trump s lies. two of the gop officials under the most brutal assault by trump and his voters, georgia secretary of state, brad raffensperger, and georgia elec
gusts making it nearly impossible for fire crews to fight the flames. as the fire moved so quickly, the length of a football field gone in seconds. at least six people are injured and officials saying the fire likely started after the raging wind gusts brought down power lines. i want to go right to emily ekada standing by for us in lewisville, colorado. emily, talk us through what you ve been seeing as you ve been there. reporter: yasmin, i will say it s hard to put into words the degree of devastation we re seeing in these neighborhoods. as you mentioned we just came from one in louisville, the homes reduced to rubble, we re seeing charged out vehicles, trees, and then small hot spots scattered about. it really is quite apocalyptic looking and the sun is still not even up yet. you will expect we will get to understand the gravity of the damage even more so once the sunrises here. because of the hazardous material and continued recovery missions that is why we are on the m