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capital city of kyiv. good afternoon, everybody. im yasmin vossoughian in for hallie jackson. i want to get right to capitol hill with our reporters. and were joined by former alabama senator doug jones. so bring us up to date as to what we know as we learn about this emergency testimony well be hearing tomorrow. >> reporter: yasmin, its fair to say we have more questions than answers. in will be a hearing tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 p.m. which they will present evidence and witness tes...

If we get this tro later this afternoon, we will resume procedures, and we will be able to start scheduling procedures while this court case goes through the system. >> what is your plan for these women that are waiting right now, that need abortions now, that need abortion access now? where are you sending them? >> right now, we can send them to the national app, abortionfinder.org to see if they can get an appointment. this is about seven hours from the salt lake city area to get to vegas or t...

Welcome back, everybody. the fight for access to abortion services in the united states changing by the hour. nbc news reporting right now that the procedure is illegal or restricted in at least 11 states that. is down one after just this afternoon, a judge put louisianas trigger law on hold. new details on just what the white house could do to secure access to reproductive care, with one official telling our team to expect announcements from several agencies this week. i want to bring in josh l...

So as it stands right now, if were looking at a map, there are 11 states that have banned or restricted abortion. you can see on your screen, most of the states are in the deep south, mississippi, arkansas, texas, as well. women there right now, they have to travel hundreds of miles across state lines to access the care that they need. i went to texas just about ten days ago. i flew with a group of women from texas and new mexico and journeyed across state lines. this included witnessing an abor...

Conversation about roe and the former vice president urged weighing roe. pence just needs an issue set that he can really dig into that its not about january 6th or trump or anything. hes comfortable talking about abortion, and this has been the issue with the former vice president is how to distinguish himself and really kind of take the lead when its evangelical voters in 2024. >> he views south carolina as key of having any chance in 2024 and in iowa, and he thinks that by going to the state ...

Block the trigger law in place in utah. what do you make of snit >> well, it happened about an hour and a half. planned parenthood filed suit because right now, utah politicians have control over womens bodies. the women you went to new mexico with, yasmin, speak for women of utah who are waiting in our waiting rooms trying to get an abortion, that they made an appointment for a week, ten days ago. and it is hard to say to them im sorry, its no longer your decision. theres no longer bodily auton...

Right that the supreme court has said is not in the constitution. a white house official tells us they will continue throughout this week to be a drumbeat of announcements as they work to ensure as much access as many people to abortion services as possible. so we already saw the president to take action for the justice department to facilitate the legal ability for women to cross state lines for abortions, directing the fda and hhs to do what they can to assure broad access to abortion medicati...

For, women and pregnant people to make their own reproductive health decisions. >> tell me what friday was like for you, what was friday like for the planned parenthood clinics in utah as women sat in that waiting room for abortions that they could then not get? >> friday we were able to complete in our free health centers the abortions that were scheduled, because the state had to certify that their language matched the language of the supreme court. it was 6:00 friday night that abortion becam...

Used a mixture of lies and pressure on state officials, on justice department officials to overturn that result, and theyre going to try to present as vivid a picture as possible about what he did and didnt do. this is their conclusion based on what they believe they have gathered. and the closing argument is that trump knew what was going on and he purposefully used deception and marshalled this mob to stay in power. >> thank you all for being here. a lot more ahead. new reporting on how the ...

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