in tennessee and late friday, a ruling on a abortion pill that could hav enormous implications for wome all across the country senator catherine cortez masto described that texas rulin with a word i can t say on television and that exclusive interview i coming up first. plus, what is next for justi j. pearson, one of the tennessee three who captivated this country this week i will ask him when he joins m in a few minutes meanwhile, after donald trump arraignment in new york, republicans stepped up their calls to defund the fbi and th doj. i will explain all the reasons why the gop is anything but in the party of law and order and later, what was th governor of california doing a alabama? i traveled to montgomery for a wide ranging conversation with governor gavin newsom. i asked him about gun reform abortion rights in the, trum indictment, and of course hi favorite foil, ron desantis. i try not to be alarmist on the show, but every now an then there is good reason to
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
you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex wit reports. developing for you this hour some brand-new comments from former vice president, mik pence, as he speaks out agains donald trump over his role i the january 6th attack speaking at an annual in washington, pence said, president trump was wrong, i had no right to overturn the election and his reckless word endangered my family and everyone at the capitol that day. i know history will hold donal trump accountable. those strong comments come after a week that saw some republicans try to re-frame th attack is a largely peaceful protest. earlier today, some go lawmakers called out their own party over those efforts a lot of folks on both side keep bringing up january 6th and it is keeping us fro moving our country forward we should be talking abou the southern border, as they were discussing, we should b talking about china and th challenge of possesses talking about inflation and budg
preventing them from traveling to other states. i mean, this is a real crisis. it just demonstrates the healt inequities in our health car system once again it is black and brown women and it is lo income women who are going t be most negatively impacted by this if you saw the map, you actually look at all the red states sadly, it is also th concentration of the poorest americans in this country, t your point what implications do you think that this abortion ban wil have on a larger political narrative? we saw that ron desantis, yo know, in the dead of night h decided to sign this antiabortion six-week ban. but we also know the majorit of americans do not believe in the six-week ban and are close to 15-week ban what political implications di you think this will have on th red states where, again, the need access to health care the most because of the rates of
red states, like alabama mississippi, and arkansas. he s even putting $10 millio of his own campaign funds left over from his reelection t boost that effort. he had some things to say abou how those counterparts in th red states are handling issues like gun safety and abortion rights, and had some ver choice words for what governor in particular, ron desantis. here s a part of our conversation let s start with why you ar here, you ve pledged to take o authoritarian leadership in re states why are you, the governor of california, progressive an many issues, the right perso to do that we ve all got a responsibility we re all citizens, and we hav to be more active. we can shape the future. i represent a state of 4 americans, but in the spirit o dr. king, he lost his life 5 years ago to the day, an they re all bound together b