laboratories, yesterday. they paused the court ruling that would have restricted access to the nationwide abortion pill, mifepristone. for, now at least until next week access to mifepristone ha been preserved the matter is far from resolved and the future of abortion pills remains uncertain. the order merely maintains the status quo for a few more days to allow the justices time t consider the issue the white house, on the othe hand, is doubling down o defending reproductive rights. on tuesday, vice president kamala harris, will be in reno nevada, to discuss the importance of keeping abortion legal. mifepristone is one of the two drugs often used to induce a abortion a method that is safe, effective and popular. medication abortion now counts for more than half of al abortions performed in the united states. meanwhile, a near tota abortion ban in florida will have dire consequences for those living in the south. late thursday night, the governor s office announce that ron de
lawyer is testifying in a matter of hush payments in a federal court in west texas behind closed doors, no cameras, no audio recordings. we start there because what happens in this courtroom and this judge decides could ultimately have consequences for every single woman and every single family in america oral arguments took place in a case brought by anti-abortion groups challenges the completely legal, completely safe long-ago approved routine and decades old use of medication for abortion those groups today asked a judge to order a stop to the use of an abortion pill as their case makes its way through the courts it s reported at the hearing the judge, quote, asked government lawyers on wednesday about what he characterized as an accelerated process for approving one of two drugs used in most pregnancy terminations nationwide in response the justice department lawyer said there s tremendous evidence showing this pill as safe, even when a doctor does not administer it it s
no better example of that and this week s conservative political action conference, cpac, once a platform for leading conservative thinkers, now a extremism. cpac attendees are doubling down on trumpism ahead of the 2024 race for president. this afternoon, trump got to the cpac florida governor ron desantis trailing with just 20% of the vote. results fueled by cpac s growing devotion to the former president. a columnist for the washington post writes, quote, year by year, cpac has become less and less of a wonky conservative movement networking event and more and more of a circus. the guest list features fewer and fewer policy experts debating the correct path for conservatives and more and more telegenic faces who usually populate the fox news green room. one after another, at cpac, serving up red meat. the tone is now indistinguishable from one of trump s campaign rallies. in a set of talk for a economic solutions to help american lives, cpac mainly focus on a politics
presidency, also new details in how fast the trump administration did intel on the current president. as you expect, democrats are fuming. plus, immigration and child labor, the latest in the msnbc exclusive investigation into how and why migrant kids were forced to work and slaughterhouses across this country. and later, tending to the whole flock. we ll speak to a bishop working to make sure that lgbtq community has a home in his church. this is american voices. we begin this hour with the story of donald trump and how he transformed the republican party into his own image. no better example of that and this week s conservative political action conference, cpac, once a platform for leading conservative thinkers, now a extremism. cpac attendees are doubling down on trumpism ahead of the 2024 race for president. this afternoon, trump got to the cpac florida governor ron desantis trailing with just 20% of the vote. results fueled by cpac s growing devotion to the former pr
rivals. and affecting bidens two years in office. the battle he faces in congress. our favorite historians is here as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening, i m alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. it has been seven months since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. but today, antiabortion activists came to washington for the annual march for life. the first since roe was struck down. and two days before the 50th anniversary of that original decision. the anti-abortion rights movement has achieved one of its main goals, the washington post points out there is a, quote, internal debate about how to make an abortion ban nationwide. march leaders emphasized friday that rose overthrow was just the start, that they will be launching dozens of local marches. most abortions have been banned in more than a dozen states and a support for national ban has been the major theme for today s march. the march began as a response to roe, we don t and as a