. >>> well, the son of north dakota senator kevin cramer was charged with manslaughter, and a texas woman permission to have an abortion. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." "the texas tribune" reports a judge ruled a dallas woman can have an abortion despite the state's near-total ban. kate cox is 20 weeks pregnant with a fetus that has a deadly genetic abnormality. cox's doctor says carrying the fetus to term would risk her health and threaten her ability to have children in the future. the ruling ensures her doctor will not face penalties, but texas' attorney general, ken paxton, says anyone who provides cox with an abortion could still be prosecuted. >>> "the bismarck tribune" says the son of north dakota senator kevin cramer was charged with manslaughter in a police chase crash that killed a sheriff's deputy. police say 42-year-old ian cramer was driven by his mother to a hospital wednesday over concerns about his mental health. they say he took over the vehicle which led to officers chasing him. investigators say ian cramer was traveling over 100 miles per ho

caitriona: your colleague kevin cramer made a call for president biden get personally involved.says if he got involved today, a deal could be done tomorrow. would you like to see the president involved himself? sen. coons: i think the president needs to send a senior representative to the talks. i believe that will happen today or tomorrow. i think the president himself should sit down with the majority and minority leaders. when the senate has done its work and there is a deal ready to be finished. president biden served as a senator for 36 years. he understands the pacing and timing of bipartisan agreements. as long as there is so much doubt in both caucus is about whether the other is serious about getting the deal done, it is not time yet for the president to physically be in the room. i have spoken to his chief of staff and was with him yesterday. they want us to negotiate to a resolution in the senate, but the folks who have been assigned to do that, and the leaders of both caucuses first need to show how serious we are, and have the deal ready to go on the table. caitrion

cramer great to see you.ch for the being here do you believe there will be border policy changes as part of this package? >> well, maria, if there are not a i think for the first time after yesterday's briefing, for the first time chuck schumer knows there is no bill he kept telling us, we can have an amendment for with 60 votes, i told him you can't have a bill without 60 votes, so, you better put it in, you better agree to it if you do i think there is a chance you will get, you know a large majority in the senate to pass the package and probably several hundred votes in the house but without it i am afraid we won't move forward. >> house speaker mike johnson sants to we transtransformative changes. >> how about getting to pre-pandemic numbers how about, "remain in mexico", if you are going to apply for asylum you have to apply in a third country the first safe country that you are in, not get into the united states and turned loose interior, how about reduction very liberal parole policy paroles people int

as a result, senator kevin cramer's son has been charged with manslaughter. senator's office expressing grief and sorrow for the family of the deputy killed in the incident and his family members, but they're also asking for a degree of remorse for their son. he has a history of mental health problems, has dealt with paranoia and hallucinations. he rushed back to north dakota to be with his family in the wake of all of this, but the sum total of this is that a sheriff's deputy has lost his life and the senator's son is facing a very difficult legal road ahead as a result of this tragic incident. chris. >> ryan nobles, thank you. >>> now to the first court appearance today for the suspect in a shooting outside a synagogue in new york. albany, new york. police are now investigating it as a hate crime. nbc correspondent emilie ikeda joins us now. what happened in court today? >> reporter: as detailed in the court appearance, mufid alkhader, a 28-year-old man, ira fu born, facing one charge of using an unlawful firearm, and possession of a controlled substance. h

republican senator kevin cramer was there. my colleague caitriona perry spoke with him earlier.ened to president zelensky today did he persuade you the us should continue funding the support giving that support to ukraine? 1 funding the support giving that support to ukraine?— funding the support giving that support to ukraine? i think the resident support to ukraine? i think the president did _ support to ukraine? i think the president did an _ support to ukraine? i think the president did an excellent - support to ukraine? i think the president did an excellent job. president did an excellentjob of making his case, i don't know there is a lot of new and nation but he did do an excellentjob of outlining not only why it's important united states support ukraine in other words why it is in our interest to support ukraine, which he will elaborate on but he did it all in english by the way and thatis all in english by the way and that is unusual, i think it was very effective. more importantly he did a good job of answering senators questions about what the game plan is, how can yo

senator kevin cramer, c-power. a committee that i served as ranking member. and as chair, senator deb fischer, whose work so diligently in a very technical and important area, strategic forces. and then, as the chair mentioned, i will try not to leave out any of the staff. the experts who took our concepts and who were able to put into words that became statutory language, of course, john kiest, staffer director on our side, who has been the great partner of elizabeth king. then other talented, just absolutely brilliant and diligent and hardworking american public servants who have helped get it right, rick burger, brenliedan gavin, james maysle, greg lilly, adam barker, zach barnett, christina bellcourt, jack birer, travis brundret, isaac jalkinin. jonathan moore, shawn o'-keefe, katie romaine, pat thompson, eric trager, adam troll, olivia trustee, phillip lawler. i wouldn't be surprisedif i left somebody out. even so, mr. president. it does contain some very high hopes and dreams. i hope it builds, i hope this legislation builds on an opportunity for furthe

typical republican reaction to that came from senator kevin cramer, who said he was just being funny.have said nothing about it. do you think that is serious? >> we have to take everything donald trump says literally and seriously. we saw what he was willing to do already after the 2020 election in the lead up to january 6. people need to remember when he woke up on the morning of january 6 he thought he would remain as president. we saw the extent to which she was willing to attempt to seize power when he lost an election and the wishful thinking that we see from some any people now suggesting he will certainly now abide by the rulings of the court or be stopped by the guardrails of our democracy, simply that, wishful thinking. host: liz cheney on december 10. one more on the topic of liz cheney and adam kinzinger, her fellow republican who joined her on the house january 6 select committee. it was former speaker paul ryan in a virtual conversation, asked about how history would judge liz cheney and adam kinzinger for their efforts to call out donald trump. this is the former speaker