s reproductive care from state to state, and how it could influence the 2024 race. as the 11th hour gets underway this friday night. good evening. once again, i m stephanie ruhle. in less than one hour, it will be one year since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. revoking the constitutional right to abortion that it had established. that decision coming from the conservative majority on the high court. the latest nbc news poll shows 61% of registered voters disapproved of that very decision. in the years since that ruling, abortion has been banned, or made unavailable, in more than a dozen states. and it is severely restricted in nearly ten others. today, president biden signed an executive order to expand access to birth control. his administration s latest effort to protect reproductive rights. late this afternoon, biden and vice president harris spoke about those rights. we stand for the freedom of every american, including the freedom of every person, everywhere
mounting a mutiny gain ground. we will go live to kyiv for the latest overnight developments. here at home, one year later, today marks the full year since that supreme court set reproductive rights back 50 years by overturning the landmark roe v. wade ruling. congresswoman barbara lee and join us live to discuss the ongoing fallout. interlinks is. special counsel jack smith filed motions to delay trump s mar-a-lago classified documents trial, as a high-ranking trump 2020 campaign official talks to the january six grand jury. i am jonathan capehart. this is a special edition of the saturday show. we begin with breaking news on a pivotal turning point in putin s war on ukraine. internal military rebellion in russia is revealing a new threat to vladimir putin s ongoing 485-day war. nbc news reports russian generals are ordering the arrest of yevgeny prigozhin, the former putin ally and leader of the brutal wagner mercenary group now accused of trying to mount a armed pl
supreme court overturned roe. the impact we ve seen on women s reproductive care from state to state, and how it could influence the 2024 race. as the 11th hour gets underway this friday night. good evening. once again, i m stephanie ruhle. in less than one hour, it will be one year since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. revoking the constitutional right to abortion that it had established. that decision coming from the conservative majority on the high court. the latest nbc news poll shows 61% of registered voters disapproved of that very decision. in the years since that ruling, abortion has been banned, or made unavailable, in more than a dozen states. and it is severely restricted in nearly ten others. today, president biden signed an executive order to expand access to birth control. his administration s latest effort to protect reproductive rights. late this afternoon, biden and vice president harris spoke about those rights. we stand for the freedom of every
breaking news on capitol hill, congressional leaders come to an agreement they hope will buy them more time to avert a government shutdown. the problem is, speaker johnson will have to convince right-wing republicans to go along. and rising tensions before the second time in two days, the u.s. launches missile strikes against iran-backed militia militia. ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee, joins me live to discuss america s growing role in the middle east crisis. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. good evening. thank you for joining us in our brand-new timeslot. we really begin with the iowa caucuses, which are just two days away. and they could be the coldest caucuses ever recorded in the state. right now, temperatures are hovering around zero, with wind chills even lower. today, the clear front runner, donald trump, urged his supporters to brave the cold and show up to caucus, telling them he would be in iowa, possibly as soon as to
republican caucuses. the remaining contenders are brave and the snow and cold to make their final pitches this weekend. ironically the voted will take place of martin luther king day. so many of the gop candidates have to split a questionable commitment to the ideals of democracy and equality that the great late civil rights leader fought and died for. reverend kings spirit fills tonight s show and we are joined by his eldest son and namesake, his daughter-in-law arndrea and his granddaughter yolanda. they ll have plenty to say about the state of dr. king s dream. and a moment when racial tensions and the threat of political violence seem more real than perhaps any time since the height of the civil rights movement of the 60s. all of this tonight on this kicked a weekend edition of politicsnation. the king family will join us in a moment. but we start with congresswoman robin kelly, democrat of illinois. congresswoman kelly, thank you for joining us and let s start in your ne