menendez tonight, we are barrelin towards one of the mos consequential weeks fo abortion access since the farr of roe v. wade the government has less than a week to intervene after trum appointed antiabortion federal judge in texas matthew has merrick suspended a proven o mifepristone, one of the mos widely used abortion medications in this country. the justice department immediately filed an appea today. health and human services said - for the millions who need it well, they certainly have access today and we intend to do everything to make sure it is because o viewable to them not just in a week but moving forward. we have already filed an appea of this court s ruling one judge and one quarter an one state turned upside down the fda s approval process for safe and effective medications we have to go to court and see an appeal. this is not america. what we saw by that one judg in that one court in that on state. that is not america. adding to the uncertainty and to th
Be some briefings pretty soon. i would not be surprised i this makes it to some of our committees, particularly o oversight. i think as some o this sits on national security subcommittee of oversight, it very concerning. i think the key question i have is, why wa the information leaked? and wh is the information being tampered with unchanged, possibly, to fit a certain narrative? i think that s what very concerning. especiall when there is such an effort t try to weaken our resolve an our support for ukraine. mor broadly, i think the doj i also very interested in th other damage that s happenin in our relationship with other countries. this is not just an issue around ukrainian our efforts there. this informatio is linked around china, israel efforts happening in tha country. we ve seen a lot of - the broader issue is also trus with our allies. the broader issue is ensuring that the information being put out ther
Is currently an ongoing effort by many in this country, particularly some on the extreme right and perhap others to g legitimize our involvement in ukraine, to throw us off our mission there way to not support nato in our efforts there in ukraine. think it s very concerning tha anything that could not just hurt ukraine on the ground, bu also anything that really puts our efforts in the unite states backwards and not t support ukraine is reall concerning. that is somethin we will be finding out in th weeks ahead, hopefully, as w get more information on the do investigation that moves on. i m talking to you and you capacity as a member of th homeland security committee, you are also a member of the house oversight committee from both of those purchase, what d you hope to hear from defens officials when it comes to the question of who did this and why did they do it? i think there s going to be to lesson, certainly, there wil
To give the russians bette insight into how they ca protect against u.s. intelligence collectio capabilities, whether on the ground or in the air o wherever. that s why i think what they are doing right no is taking a hard look at wha came out and see whether the can serve it. joining me no california congressman rober garcia, he sits on the homelan security committee. congressman, talk me through th implications of these leaks fo our national security. than you. happy easter. listen, i think this is a very serious situation. the lakes are very serious. al of us are very concerned about the information. obviously it s been online and bee produced, it also should b very concerning that it look like many of these documents o tampered with and they ve been adjusted to fit a narrative. i think that is also something w should be concerned about. the broader issue here is this i under investigation, the doj s involved, the white house is involved. we need to find ou who look at disinform