the use of drug. that restricted the use of the drug. the drug, mifepristone, is used in more than half of all abortions in the us. this decision is a victory supporters of abortion rights, as it defends broad acces to this pill, and a victory for the biden administration. president biden has responded: with me is our correspondentjess parker. jess what does this ruling mean? it means axis ii mifepristone remains but the uncertainty goes on. mifepristone is used by an enormous number of women, more than half who have abortions in the united states and is part of a two drug regiment and for now we will be able to access it. of course, some states who overturned roe v. wade have looked to either bad abortion or severely contain it so this will be particularly significant where abortion has remained legal and access it remained relatively easy. it is all kicked into the coming months. fix, easy. it is all kicked into the coming months. easy. it is all kicked into the coming mo
considered. the supreme court decision temporarily blocks a lower courts ruling in texas that restricted the use of the drug. the drug, mifepristone is used in more than half of all abortions in the us. a decision as a victory for the biden administration. as it defends broad access to this pill. with me now is our correspondent jess parker who has been closely monitoring this decision. we now heard from the court. ~ ., ., , , decision. we now heard from the court. ., , ., court. what does this mean? i ve not court. what does this mean? i ve got a court. what does this mean? i ve got a ruling court. what does this mean? i ve got a ruling here. - court. what does this mean? i ve got a ruling here. it s - i ve got a ruling here. it s pretty short. most of it is made up from dissenting words from two justices, thomas and alito. but the supreme court has broadly decided to do is to freeze those restrictions decided by lower courts. nothing changes on access to mifepristone fo
tornadoes struck across oklahoma, kansas, and iowa, causing widespread damage and climbi claiming the lives three people. right now, more than 16,000 customers are without power across oklahoma as strong winds brought down trees and power lines. joining us now from oklahoma is scott gibbons. deputy sheriff, thank you for being with us. what are the conditions on the ground there this morning? much better than last night we got some visibility we got crews working to clear debris and power lines off the roadway, giving us access that we didn t have last night to some of the more rural areas, addresses and locations that we weren t able to check to our satisfaction last night. just how significant is the damage i know overnight there were concerns about people being trapped in their homes where does the search and rescue effort stand this morning? we don t have any outstanding folks that we believe are still entrapped that we re aware of. that may change just based on the
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University heating up overnight. A group of protesters breaking windows and barricading themselves inside Hamilton Hall at the campus. Theyve pushed tables and chairs against the doors. And this action comes just hours after Columbia University, the epicenter of the nationwide propalestinian Campus Protests , began suspending students. The Ivy League School had set a 2 p. M. Deadline monday for the protesters to leave their encampments at the campus. The university had been trying to avoid calling back the police, whose intervention on april 18th led to more than 100 student arrests. The protesters at columbia have inspired similar propalestinian demonstrations on campuses across the country. Arrests nationwide are now approaching 1000, as the final days of Class Wrap Up and Commencement Ceremonies are just days or weeks away. The protesters demand the universities cut financial ties with israel over the war in gaza, but many jewish students say the protests have veered into antisemiti