use it at home and use it up to ten weeks into a pregnancy, at litigation continues into the supreme court. the generic version of the drug made by a company called gen biopro will also continue to be available. joining me now are the president of the naral pro choice america and lisa reuben, msnbc legal analyst. lisa, i want you to go through this decision with me, because and i think ari talked about it in the previous hour what i read here is something that reads like shade. this decision talking about in recent cases the court has been lambasted for staying a district court order based on the scanty review this court gives matters on its shadow docket this opening with lots of criticism of people who have been critical of the court, is that normal? and what do you make of it this is a court that isn t getting along particularly well, joy, so you re asking me, is this normal? it hasn t been normal up through the trump presidency, and yet, we now have nine justices that a
the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. this is early start a busy morning. we begin with breaking news. a short time ago, a federal appeals court took action to keep the abortion pill mifepristone on the market. the court blocked the parts of a texas judge order that would have suspended fda approval of the drug. now the fda approval will stay in effect, while the court considers an expedited appeal. but important here, the fifth circuit appeals court is leaving in place parts of the ruling that will, in effect, make the pill harder to get. the fda tried to ease access in recent years by allowing the drug to be mailed and by approving a generic version. for now, those changes that make it easier for people to get the drug. those changes remain suspended. this medication has been approved as safe and effective for uses an abortion pill for more than two decades. but it s possible removal from pharmacies could affect every american senior medical correspo
epstein. a second day talking to investigators. abc reporting after several hours of questions, he s back for more prosecutors looking at his conversations and interactions with trump attorneys like giuliani and john eastman, and trump himself the washington post has reported that epstein s speak to trump in the current era as many as five times a day. which means there is a lot linking him and the former president in ways that these investigators are interested in. as for the names, they re familiar, because they are part of the controversial set of advisers who were helping try to normalize, see the ground for, or execute on a coup plot. all of them, the three i just mentioned have been recommended for criminal prosecution by the january 6th committee, which was serving in the last congress abc also reports that smith personally sat in on part of epstein s interview thursday he, as the leader of this investigation, did not lob any questions, which would be typical, but he
medication will remain available through midnight on friday after the supreme court pushed their self imposed deadline. due to conflicting rulings from federal judges in two states. we are tracking a major threat more than 50 million people from texas to wisconsin, bracing for severe weather after deadly tornado slammed parts of oklahoma overnight, officials fear the death toll could rise these stories and more coming here to cnn news, central. if all goes well, we are just minutes away from the historic launch of the spacex starship, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built. this is a critical test fight with test flight with a longer term goal of one day, taking people back to the moon, and maybe even mars . the launch window opens this hour 9 28. am eastern. to be exact. then it gives spacex a 62 minute window to get that massive rocket off the launch pad. this test was originally planned for monday. you ll remember, but that launch was called off almost as soon as
of the black teenager who went to the wrong home to pick up his siblings shot in the head by the 84-year-old homeowner. that homeowner in court today and what played out. alex perez in kansas city. the breaking news from the supreme court late today extending women s access to the abortion pill for at least two more days. so what happens after that? rachel scott reporting tonight. in new york city, the video from inside the deadly parking garage collapse as the garage came crashing down. the new questions here tonight among them the number of cars on that roof. the massachusetts air national guardsmen accused of leaking highly classified pentagon documents in court today and we ll have the latest. a reporting from south sudan tonight. the urgent effort to get help to more than 1 million people families and children displaced by climate change. and you ll see it. tonight, the key route in from sudan, halted after the deadly violence to the north that broke out while we were in