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>> reporter: good morning, cocori, the timeline is uncertain. if the court does not intervene by midnight friday central time it could be banned the biden administration will almost certainly appeal. if the court now upholds the texas ruling, it would take off the market a drug that has been approved for 23 years and used more than 5 million times in the u.s. data suggests that mifepristone is safer than tylenol, viagra, even penicillin. more than 600 drug manufacturers have signed the open letter. a scathing condemnation from pharma to judicial activism. states have wibeen stockpiling years' worth of mifepristone they say they are making

preparations some lawmakers have urged the biden administration to simply ignore the ruling and continue manufacturing and selling mifepristone as before the biden administration, however, dismissing those appeals with a spokesperson saying it would set a dangerous precedent. instead, the administration putting its hopes in the supreme court, adding we are confident the law is on our side the stakes are high. if the texas ruling is allowed to stand, by the supreme court, that precedent could have far-reaching implications. some fear more judges to ban other commonly-used drugs just as abruptly. obviously, this is going to be an ongoing case the rest of the week as the deadline approaches this weekend and we'll continue to follow it >> yeah, we'll be closely watching the developments, drew, thank you. turning now to louisville, kentucky where we have an update in the mass shooting at a bank that left five dead. new body cam footage has been released by police showing the response to the massacre the gunman purchase add

high-powered rifle less than a week before opening fire at his workplace. jay gray has the latest. >> reporter: images of horror and heroism. officers rushing in to confront a mass shooter, just minutes after he opened fire inside the old national bank in downtown louisville >> they stopped a threat so other lives could be saved. >> reporter: police confirm the 25-year-old shooter was a current employee at the bank, armed with a ar-15 rifle legally purchased just last week, and investigators say he was live streaming the massacre online. now after the attack, five dead, eight injured, two, including a police officer, still in critical condition louisville becomes the latest city caught in the vicious and sadly-familiar cycle of mass shootings in america a spray of bullets followed by a string of questions, including how and why? >> there's only so many times

you can walk into a room and tell someone they're not coming home tomorrow. >> reporter: raw emotion and grief. >> we are despondent >> reporter: quickly giving way to anger and demands for change. >> put those policies in place that put people first. people over guns kids over guns public safety over guns. >> reporter: words echoed in some form after more than 140 mass shootings this year alone words to this point many say without any real action. hollow, and empty. like the hearts of those now struggling after the latest attack jay gray, nbc news louisville we now know where two of the biggest political stages will be set in the lead up to the 2024 election president biden has chosen chicago for the democratic national convention. illinois's part of the so-called blue wall in the midwest that

was crucial to biden's 2020 victory. the democratic convention slated for august of next year. meantime republicans chose milwaukee for their 2024 convention, also part of the blue wall. their convention in 2024 will be held in july on tuesday, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg fil filed a lawsuit against jim jordan who is investigating bragg's own probe of former president trump. the suit calls the actions by jordan and other house republicans an unprecedently brazen and unconstitutional attack into an ongoing investigation. in a tweet, jordan wrote that the lawsuit attempts to block congressional oversight. jordan's subpoena was issued days after former president trump was charged with 34 counts of felony business fraud in a case spearheaded by bragg's office the hearing in bragg's case against jordan is set for april 19th

china is flexing its military power in taiwan's territory. beijing claims it is ready to fight days after carrying out military exercises near the island nation, calling the drills a serious warning against taiwan's separatist forces this comes a week after taiwan's president tsai wrapped up meetings with the west claudio, tell us more about this warning from china >> reporter: good morning, cori, yes, tension continues to rise in the strait of taiwan, despite the fact that china's latest round of military drills should have ended officially on monday. now according to the defense ministry in taiwan, in the last 24 hours alone, they detected at least 35 military aircraft from china and eight ships and eight ships. now according to reuters, 14 of those aircraft crossed the

median line, which is considered the barrier between the two sides, even though china does not officially recognize it as a border now the latest round of military drills, as you mentioned, were triggered by the angered response by china to the visit by the president of taiwan to central america and the united states, and despite that, the president of taiwan continues to reach out to the international community. now this morning she welcomed in her office in taipei a delegation of lawmakers from canada and told them that her latest trip overseas will send out a strong message to the international partners that taiwan is determined to safeguard democracy and freedom, which has been acknowledged, she said, by taiwan's democratic partners cori, phillip? >> we appreciate that update, claudio, thank you 20 tons of contaminated soil

from east palestine ohio ended up in the highway. the tractor-trailer that was carrying the toxic turf traveled off the roadway and overturned, releasing 40,000 pounds of dirt onto the road. east palestine was the site of a train derailment in february that resulted in a massive chemical spill officials have since said that the highway spill was contained and no longer poses a threat to public health. florida governor ron desantis is not giving up the struggle for power over disney world. according to a proposal obtained by the orlando sentinel. the state's new tourism oversight board is looking to exert control over the two cities where the park is located. the resolution would give the board authority over planning and zoning it would have the power it review any new developments in and around the disney parks. governor desantis has also threatened to add toll roads and hotel taxes for disney now before the state oversight board was formed, disney pushed through changes to limit the

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