a legal showdown over access to the abortion pill

the supreme court asked for intervention more details unfold in the case of the online intel leak. authorities take a suspect into custody at his home. a deadly infant sleeper still being sold online, even after a recall the warning for new parents. and a story that is truly bananas, celebrating the world's oldest gorilla we're swinging into this friday, april 14 "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm phillip menma. >> i'm cori coffin we begin with the abortion controversy roiling in the u.s. right now. governor desantis just signed a six-week abortion bill into law. let's go to washington, d.c. and hear from brie jackson what's the latest on the abortion pill? there's many, many twists and turns here. >> reporter: the case is headed

to the highest court in the land the attorney general will challenge a ruling issued early thursday morning on the market but with keye market but with key restrictions. pregnant people would now have to visit visit an int doctor's person instead o mail. the drug would only be approved through seven weeks of pregnancy. that's down from ten weeks it's important to note that around 20% of women discover that they are pregnant after those seven weeks, according to a study by researchers at uc san francisco. today is the supreme court's last chance to intervene before the mifepristone restrictions go into effect. while the high court is set to

release opinions later this morning, we don't know if one will be issued on mifepristone this all began last friday when the federal judge in texas invalidated the fda's approval of mifepristone. that approval happened back in 2000 the drug has since been used 5 million times in the u.s opponents of the ruling point out that the abortion pill is safer than viagra, tylenol, even penicillin in the meantime, like you mentioned, there is breaking news out of florida. just a few hours ago, republican governor ron desantis signed into law the so-called heartbeat protection act it bans abortion when electrical activity can be detected in an embryo's heart cells, which is around six weeks again, befe most women know they're pregnant desantis said in a statement we are proud to support life and family in the state of florida

i applaud providing additional resources for young mothers and families when the florida house voted in favor of the bill early thursday, anger erupted from the viewing gallery. republicans had those protesters thrown out now this is a big legislative victory for governor ron desantis, who is a likely republican presidential candidate for 2024 the law does include exceptions, in cases where the life of the mother is at risk and for pregnancies by rape or incest. but for those exceptions a rape victim would have to provide a police report to get an abortion it is important to note that the ban will only go into effect if florida's current 15-week ban is upheld by the state supreme court. cori >> i'm sure many other states are watching the progress of what happens with those cases, brie, thank you. the suspected source of a potentially damaging leak of american intelligence has been taken into custody according to officials, the

intel breach was traced back to a low-ranking 21-year-old guardsman in massachusetts there are still questions about what little of access this airman had before he leaked documents about u.s. spy efforts and the war in ukraine alice barr has more on the new developments >> reporter: a leak of highly-classified u.s. documents exposing sensitive military y secrets, includiding on n the en ukukraine hahas now w been trark to a 21-year-old massachusetts air national guardsman, jack teixeira >> today the justice department arrested jack douglas teixeira in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, retention and transmission of classified national defense information >> this was a deliberate criminal act >> reporter: president biden says the leaks don't appear to reveal current information, quote, of great consequence. the documents were found online last month some may have been posted for as long as a year they reveal details of u.s.

spying on russia's war efforts in ukraine, along with secret assessments of ukraine's combat power and intelligence gathering on some u.s. allies, including south korea and israel >> this is espionage and involves real people real people could be killed and lose their lives over leaks of classified information >> reporter: nbc news has not independently verified that two people were interviewed, one a minor, that they're members of a private community on discord, a social media platform popular with video gamers and the leaker began posting messages it a chat room there that appeared to transcribe classified information. the leaks raised serious questions about how a young guardsman could have had access to such sensitive information. the pentagon and the department of justice are investigating in washington, alice barr, nbc

news the supreme court has declined to block a settlement blocking some $6 billion worth of student loan debt it could cancel debt for 200,000 borrowers. the borrowers say it should be canceled because they were taken out based on misrepresentations by the schools it is unrelated to president biden's efforts to forgive student loan debt with a ruling due in that case in the next two months former president trump spent eight hours testifying in a deposition the case alleges that the trump organization falsified financial statements in order to obtain loans. a spokesperson for the new york a.g.'s office says trump spoke a lot during the deposition, while a trump attorney said in a statement that the 45th president was not only willing but eager to testify this comes as a federal court in washington refused to rule on whether mr. trump can be

shielded from a defamation lawsuit brought by writer e. jean carroll the court said it did not have enough facts to decide whether trump was acting as president when he accused carroll in june of 2019 about lying about her allegation that she was raped by trump in a department store dressing room in the mid '90s. the case was sent back to a court in new york c just days after two mass shootings rocked this nation, this time in nashville and louisville, gop presidential hopefuls are heading to the nra convention in indianapolis, the second year in a row the three-day event has been held directly after gun violence, last year after the uvalde shooting it falls on the second anniversary of a mass shooting at a fedex facility that killed nine

former president donald trump and mike pence are set to appear in person today and ron desantis will send a video message as he travels to new hampshire missouri is the latest state to announce new restrictions on gender-affirming care. but unlike other states, missouri is restricting care not just for minors but also for adults a new emergency rule will require anyone seeking gender-affirming health care to first go through lengthy psychological assessments and 18 months of therapy. health care providers must screen patients for social media addiction and autism land o'legal and the aclu have vowed to take action saying it's based on misleading and debunked claims lgbt students and allies will take part in a day of silence. they're protesting the effects of bullying and discrimination of lgbtq people in schools

the organizers say this year's theme is rising up a catastrophic fire at a farm in texas has killed at least 18,000 cows in what is the deadliest such barn blaze in u.s. history according to a reuters report this happened at south fork dairy in northern texas. no people were killed but one employee had to be rescued by firefighters the cause of the blaze is under investigation. the news agency could not reach the farmer's owners. according to the animal welfare institute, hundreds of thousands of animals are killed every year by fires, most of them poultry france is awaiting a ruling on the fate of emmanuel macron's proposal to raise the retirement age. widespread protests against the plan continued on thursday as activists stormed the headquarters of lvmh, the parent

company of louis vuitton for more on this, we're joined by nbc's claudio lavanga in rome good morning what's expected to happen in france as that rulin 11:30 today? >> reporter: it could go two ways if it is to be amended or dropped, expect the protests to turn into a mass party if the council approves it, expect the protests to continue and stintensify. if they have a public referendum, there is a chance that the majority will vote no

to that. a decision by the constitutional council today expected in a few hours from now cori, phillip? >> house authorities are ready for that amount of crowds in the streets. let's take a look at our weather now on this friday angie lassman is here with us with a look at our weekend weather. it's been unusually warm for so many of us. >> have you liked it or are you looking for spring? >> yeah. >> i think people go both ways jumping into the 90s may be not everybody's cup of tea, but i enjoyed it chicago's going to run 20 degrees plus above normal for this time of year and hit the low 80s. same for minneapolis we looked at syracuse, you're close to 90 degrees, ending at 87 today these numbers could potentially put folks in the record books today. notice 86 for syracuse 88 in new york

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hard hearing community and trying to create a more-inclusive world >> reporter: this classroom in connecticut is silent. these students are all deaf or hard-of-hearing. communicating using american sign language or asl while more and more deaf actors are appearing in films, enhancing understanding of deaf culture, few people know how to sign that makes life outside of this special hartford school a challenge. >> many hearing people have the misconception that deaf people can't. we can do anything the only thing that we don't have is hearing. >> reporter: 120 miles south in this new york city school, students are bridging the language gap it's the city's only sign language school where hearing or hard-of-hearing students outnumber the deaf most classes are bilingual in english and asl. but some classes, no spoken word

at all, immersing students in deaf culture >> i feel happy that i'm here. >> reporter: before now, 14-year-old sabrina, who's hard-of-hearing was in a mainstream school and felt ease lated from hearing students. >> i can show who i really am. >> because you see yourself here >> i am here because i want to have a better communication with my brother >> reporter: shirley's brother omar is fully deaf she's learning to sign because, like most little sisters, she wants to be heard. do you think it's made you and your brother even closer than you would have been otherwise? >> yeah, made us a lot closer. every time i sign to him, like i see a smile on his face. >> reporter: after high school, shirley's planning on becoming an asl interpreter >> for example i'm going to the store >> reporter: how would you sign that >> i go to store >> reporter: and she's already getting started. >> i feel like there should be a lot more interpreters out there for people like my brother >> reporter: a sign of what's to

come rahaima ellis, nbc news, new york >> and if you need more examples of what it's like to live in that world and to be immersed in that world, watch "chrome", one of the absolute best movies of all time >> "chrome >> yes >> i love that they don't make them feel isolated, but they can become themselves in a pivotal time of life when it's so hard >> truly, every public speech, everything that happens in public needs to have an asl interp

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