right now on ana cabrera reports, breaking news at a courthouse in washington, rudy giuliani no longer set to testify today in his own defense in the defamation case brought by two election workers. why did the man once known as america s mayor decide not to take the stand? plus, donald trump s fed in pause. will this force the judge to change the trial date? also ahead, the house voting to launch an impeachment inquiry, so why now after a year of investigation resulting in no evidence of wrongdoing by president biden? and later, the return of vladimir putin s hours long year-end news conference, the first since the invasion of ukraine. his new admissions about the war and what he said about a potential prisoner swap with the u.s. good morning, thanks for being here. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with breaking news from washington. in major reversal, rudy giuliani will not take the stand in his defamation trial. he wa
reporting that the court mistakenly posted its opinion yesterday on a major abortion case in idaho based that s right. that was really a shock development yesterday. and actually the high court did confirm that a document was inadvertently posted to the court s website, and this was reviewed by bloomberg news and this was involving the case about abortions and idaho. and according to that document that was uploaded and we should caution this could change depending on what officially comes down from the high corporate and this was a 6-3 opinion you had three conservatives siding with three liberals and it essentially allows for abortions to happen in the state of idaho. in the case of medical emergency these not just when a woman s life is at risk. and so that is what the idaho abortion ban initially allowed for was just when a woman s life was at risk of doctor could perform that abortion. so that law is essentially on hold for now. and just to put this in perspective, when
it s 11:00 eastern, and 8:00 a.m. pacific. i am ana cabrera in for josé diaz-balart. garland s appearance comes as house republicans recently advanced a bill to hold him in contempt of congress for not handsing over the audio recording of special counsel robert hur s interview with joe biden. i will not be intimidated and the justice department will not be intimidated. we will continue to do our jobs free from political influence and we will not back down from defending democracy. joining us now, ali vitali from capitol hill, and you have been monitoring this all our, and a federal prosecutor and nbc news legal analyst also joining us. for those who are just joining us, what stands out to you so far from what has unfolded so far? think i the point we ended last hour making is the one we should take into the next part of the hearing. i expect the hearing to get back under way in the next few minutes, because jim jordan is a fast walker between here and the hearing floor
why is the situation so much worse for black women in particular? it really has to do with access to care. he would talk about maternity care deserts in the country. up to 2.2 million people who are of childbearing age in this country, between the ages of 15 and 44, do not have access to reliable prenatal care and reproductive health care in general. like many other diseases and illnesses in medicine, communities of proportionately affected. sam brock is here with why flamingos are making their way back to that state. sam? reporter: there was a time when florida was teaming with
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