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governor roy cooper said last night in his broadcast would turn the clock back 50 years for women. he vetoed the republican passed measure which could ban abortion after 12 weeks and impose other limitations making it harder to get even before that 12-week period. this afternoon the state senate overrode his veto, so now we re waiting to hear from the house where this all could hinge on a single vote. cnn s diane gallagher in raleigh for us tonight. where does the governor s veto stand now? reporter: as we speak the north carolina house is debating over this bill, senate bill 20 and whether or not they ll override that veto. a little earlier today after about an hour debate in the senate they chose and passed that veto override in a party 30-20 vote. that was the first part of this two-part process. this is when it gets tricky here because it s a numbers game. in order to override the veto in the house after this particular debate happening right now, they need to hav ....
Trisha koffam and representative ted davis have been quiet about this. ted davis did not vote for the bill when it came up roughly two weeks ago in the house. however, trisha kaufman did vote for it. and when he ran oz a democrat she ran on a pro-abortion access platform so much so she actually helped introduce a bill that would have codified roe v. wade into law. we ll see how she votes on this tonight. we ll continue to monitor what is going on in north carolina throughout the hour. we ll come back to diane to cover what s happening on that vote. coming up next right now ukraine, air-raid sirens sounding once again tonight in kyiv and across the country. this follows a russian missile aberaj on the capital and american made patriot defense ....