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>> your vote, you can act. you can have the final word. this is not over. >> we went off the air at 10:00 a.m. on friday, and ten minutes later, this. >> this is an nbc news special report. . >> we have just received word of a decision in one of the most consequential cases before the supreme court in decades. >> the monumental ruling by the supreme court finally handed down more than a month after that unprecedented leak of a draft opinion suggesting the nation's highest court was poised to overturn the landmark 1973 roe v. wade case. the nation's highest court ruling 6-3 to uphold ...

Here on capitol hill, meeting with house speaker nancy pelosi. congress is considering sending an additional $45 billion in aid to ukraine, but some republicans are skeptical. republican leader kevin mccarthy saying that the united states should not write a blank check to ukraine tonight. zelenskyy will make his case not only to lawmakers, but also to the american public, david. >> all right, rachel scott, i'll see you a bit later on the air here. one more note on this tonight before we move on. president zelenskyy's visit to washington, the first wartime leader to address the u.s. congress si...

A call in the nevada race could commissioners this afternoon. clark county is the home of las vegas. it is expected to finish counting at some point today. the house is a bit of a different story, however. it might take longer to determine which party is in control next year. right now, republicans have won 211 seats in the house. democrats have won 203. neither party has reached the 218 under necessary to lock in a majority. democrats need to win 15 of the remaining 21 races in order to control the house. republicans only need seven of those races. on paper, this does not seem like a terrible...

Both of chambers of congress. but if you put this into historical context, it's an entirely different story. historically, the sitting president's party, almost always loses a significant number of congressional seats during the midterm collection of their first term in office. while donald trump was in office in 2018, republicans lost 40 seats in the house. during barack obama's first midterm elections, democrats lost 63 seats at the peak of the tea party movement in 20. ten and 2002, happens to be the exception to the rule, republicans gaining seats amid high approval ratings for george w. b...

Religious freedom in this country does not mean you get to inflict your religious views on others, it means the freedom to practice your religion without fear of prosecution. beyond that, you know what isn't mentioned in the constitution, women. this is an assault on our freedoms, this is an assault on our identities. right now, the supreme court is not going to save us. the congress is not going to save us. states and state legislatures are the front lines and the last line of defense, they have sent this to the states, and that is where we all have to focus our energy and effort to take our ...