welcome back as we turn to this morning s other top headlines. the supreme court will allow idaho to continue to enforce its strict abortion ban that could penalize doctors who perform the procedure in emergency situations, essentially halting the biden administration s effort to ensure additional access to abortions in red state hospitals. the idaho law declares that anyone who performs an abortion is subject to criminal penalties including up to five years in prison. health care professionals found to have violated the law can also lose their professional licenses. the only exception is if a physician can demonstrate that the mother s life is in danger. on friday the high court granted emergency requests followed by idaho state officials putting on hold a federal judge s ruling that said the provisions conflict with federal law. the supreme court said it would hear oral arguments on the issue
the hour with an update on the state of abortion access in this country. yesterday, the supreme court allowed idaho to enforce provisions of a new abortion ban that could penalize doctors from performing the procedure in emergency situations. the court putting on hold a federal judge s ruling that said the provisions conflict with the federal law. that law requires doctors to care for any person who comes into an emergency room, and according to the biden admistration, this includes women with complicated pregs. the high court said would heal oral arguments in ril, and issue a ruling by the end of june. this, week in a similar case in texas,alcourt ruled thestate can also ban erncy abortions even though the department of heal human services says the law takes priority over state laws banning the procedure. instead, the conservative fifth circuit court of appeals affirmed a district court
with an update on the state of abortion access in this country. yesterday, the supreme court allowed idaho to enforce provisions of a new abortion ban that could penalize doctors from performing the procedure in emergency situations. the court granted requests followed by state officials, putting on a hold a federal judge s ruling that said the provisions conflict with the federal law. that law requires doctors to care for any person who comes into an emergency room, according to the biden administration, this includes women with complicated pregnancies. the high court said it will hear oral arguments on the issue in april, and issue a ruling by the end of june. this, week in a similar case in texas, an appeals court ruled the state could also ban emergency abortions, even though the department of health and human services says the law takes priority over state laws banning the procedure. instead, the conservative fifth circuit court of appeals affirmed a district court
this point, facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal bills coming as trump announced he is going to hold a, quote, major news conference monday to totally exonerate himself and prove the election results in georgia were rigged. to be clear, once again, georgia confirmed joe biden won after ballots were counted three times. that included a recount by hand of every ballot in every county, an audit of voter signatures on absentee ballots found zero fraud. trumps lawyers brought half a dozen cases to court to challenge the results. they lost or withdraw them all. just putting that out there. joining us now john avlon, cnn legal analyst jennifer rogers, political commentators scott jennings, bakari sellers. thank you for being here. jennifer, to you. i am very interested in mark meadows and his move, first move
in which, you know, they might make attacks against shipping and the black sea and blaming it or trying to blame it on the ukrainians. reporter: now, as you mentioned, kate, russia s ambassador to the u.s. has called this a, quote, pure fabrication, but the russians have warned the ukrainians that any ship passing through the black sea will be assumed to be carrying military cargo and the ukrainians have said as well that they could target russian ships. so obviously things really heating up here in the black sea ever since that deal fell apart, kate. absolutely. natasha, thanks so much for the reporting. rahel? coming up for us, what house speaker kevin mccarthy hold a vote to ex bung donald trump s impeachments? how he s responding coming up next. ay s now slicing their meats fresh. that s why soccer pros like me profer the grand slam ham. and this rookie pro. profers fresh sliced turkey. and if we profer it, we know you ll prefer it too. glad you made e the cut. you u mean sli