years of precedent and overturn roe versus wade, it was far from the final battle on either side over access to abortion health care in america. among independent voters, democratic voters and large numbers of republican voters, it s been a political spark that continues to jolt and potentially reshape our politics the power of the courts assault on a right supported by a majority of all americans is only exacerbated by the right s ongoing assault on access to reproductive health care the gop s war on women s reproductive freedom reached a new crescendo on friday night in the form of a ruling from a right-wing federal judge who was hand picked to make a decision that would further eliminate access to reproductive health care judge matthew kacsmaryk ordered the 23-year long fda approval of a drug called mifepristone be put on hold in every single state. it s one half of the two-drug regimen used in medication abortions. he gave the government seven days to appeal his ruling w
protest for gun control. their republican colleagues called it breaking the rules of decorum. the lead starts right now. debate and voting underway right now, as tennessee state house republicans try to expel three statehouse democrats, they protested on the statehouse floor in the wake of the nashville school shooting, but should they really be kicked out of office plus airspace over northern israel shut down after rockets were intercepted, fired from lebanon. this is just one day after israeli police raided a mosque in jerusalem all of the moves, sparking fears of a greater conflict and luxury trips. travel on yachts, all on the dime of a republican mega donor, a new bombshell report alleging that supreme court justice clarence thomas accepted at all and disclosed almost none of it. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start in our national lead any moment now the republican controlled tennessee state house will be voting on whether to expel three state house democr
police in nashville reveal a former student had carefully planned monday s mass school shooting, which killed six people, including three children. we start in france, and let me take you straight to paris. these are the live pictures coming to us from the french capital, where we have seen huge crowds of people and running battles with the police. we can hear the tear gas, we can see the tear gas they are being fired, and these strikes taking place over president macron s controversial pension reforms. protesters have been blocking railway lines and roads and clashed with police in a number of cities over the plans to raise the pension age from 62 to 64. you can see many people out there still with placards and feelings running very, very high on this matter. 22 arrest so far just running very, very high on this matter. 22 arrest so farjust in paris. about 13,000 police officers have been deployed across france, with the interior minister saying the high number a record fo
us here on the beat. the reidout with joy reid starts now tonight on the reidout beginning with the radical left george soros backed prosecutor alvin bag of new york he s maybe one of a dozen or more across the country that get elected on an idealogical agenda, usually from funding from people like george soros. the hypocrisy and extra loud dog whistling by republicans what the means when they call alvin bragg and others soros-backed also, the state of confusion republicans have created for american women and what the fight over abortion pills is really about complete federal control over women s reproductive health. plus, we re learning a lot of very interesting things about cameron sexton, the tennessee house speaker who subjected his state to national ridicule over the expulsion of two young black legislat legislators, including reporting he might not even live in the district he represents we begin tonight with the current state of chaos and confusio
state by pro-gun republicans is now complete the expulsion of jones for daring to speak up for gun control is now null and void and justin pearson isn t far behind plus, the showdown over the abortion pill. a right-wing activist judge wants to prevent all access to abortion medication, as republican politicians scramble to try to get everyone to, quote, talk about other things plus, donald trump claims to be a billionaire but he s still asking y all to give him your last $20, like some creepy combination of cult leader and televangelist and we begin tonight with thoughts and prayers perhaps the most useless phrase in the english language. as we report on yet another mass shooting in america. the mass shooting capital of the world. early this morning, a 23-year-old bank employee armed with a rifle walked into old national bank in louisville, kentucky, and shot four people dead, wounded nine others burr police shot and killed him andy beshear held back tears as he told repo