ukraine s first lady in a speech to congress detailing the suffering caused by russia s invasion and causing for more aid to defeat the enemy. translator: you help us and your help is very strong while russia kills, america saves. i appeal to all of you on behalf of those who were killed, on behalf of those people who lost their arms and legs. i am asking for weapons. weapons that would not be used to wage a war on somebody else s land but to protect one s home and the right to wake up alive in that home. the comments follow new revelations from the white house that putin s army is planning to tighten its grip over eastern ukraine by annexing the donbas region and the territories surrounding the crimean peninsula, fortifying their position away from the port city of odesa. at the start of the year, russia told the world it was not planning to invade ukraine. now we are expected to believe that they re not going to plan to annex ukrainian territory. annexation by force w
overturn roe v. wade. the austin city council is meeting tomorrow, guarding the right to abortion care effectively, decriminalizing abortion in the city. joining me now, austin, texas, city council member. what are your legal options? talk about the grace act and how it might protect legal protections. our legal actions are limited because of the state making abortion illegal. we are a creature of the state. we cannot just legalize abortion. we are an independent city. we control our own budget. we have discretion to set policies. the grace act sets any abortion crime, any alleged abortion crime as a lowest level priority for prosecution by the city.