care decisions. now, this, of course, comes as the white house continues to deal with the fallout from the supreme court overruling roe v wade. in just a moment, we are going to see the president virtually address this issue executive order that he had issued. this is the second time he has done so since that historic decision. let me take you through some of the top headlines. he is directing the hhs to consider actions that would support women who now need to travel out of state to get some of these reproductive health care services, including through medicaid. another big one is directing the hhs to consider actions that ensure that health care providers comply with federal nondiscrimination laws. another is ordering the hhs to improve data collection related to maternal health. for a lot of these, the details are still forthcoming. the language you see in the fact sheet from the white house says he is directing the hhs secretary to consider what the possible actions are.
friend. i wanted to come hang out with you, on friday night. you need to take a train to do that, but we welcome you on amtrak, and we re here for you. i m always here for. you have a wonderful weekend. thank you. you too, alex. have a great. so thank you, and thank you to you at home for joining me this hour. today fulton county district attorney fani willis asked a judge to set the trial date for former president trump and his 14 remaining codefendants in the georgia election interference case. that date, august 5th, 2024. now that date would be stunning on its own or. it s just three months before election day. but d.a. willis asking for an august 4th trial date today is even more of a big deal when you consider that she just said this on tuesday. i believe in that case there will be a trial. i believe the trial will take many months. i don t expect that we will conclude until the winter or the very early part of 2025. trump s legal team promptly filed its own
interference case. that date, august 5th, 2024. now that date would be stunning on its own or. it s just three months before election day. but d. a. willis asking for an august 4th trial date today is even more of a big deal when you consider that she just said this on tuesday. i believe in that case there will be a trial. i believe the trial will take many months. i don t expect that we will conclude until the winter or the very early part of 2025. trump s legal team promptly filed its own motion opposing that august 5th trial date. we have no idea how the judge will rule here. but there is a very real chance that former prior president trump could be on trial during the closing weeks of the 2024 election, elected, itself through january six in the election certification process, and maybe even through inauguration. and we remember how that all went down last time, don t we, in 2020? well, this would add a new level of complexity to all of that. this is not the only key
every day. we know the doj started this task force last year that handles this issue about threats against election officials. the reporting is that so far there have been about 1,000 contacts that were hostile against workers. but the problem is, given free speech considerations, the fbi says only about 11% of those really meets the threshold for crimes. so there s a disconnect into what s being reported and what officials can go after. they really warned that the lake of ability to take these threats and deal with them means problems and maybe even violence could be worse for the midterms. here s the michigan secretary of state. we cannot have a security democracy if we do not protect the security of the people whoa. right now we are facing an unprecedented wave of continuous unrelenting harassment and threats. there is an omnipresent feeling of anxiety and dread.