on the city of new york city t have this ex president come in and he got rebuked by the judg presiding in this case sayin we'll, if trump can go to ne hampshire, if he can show up a public events that he ca definitely come to a courtroom and defend himself at trial, and so i don't think that went well, it doesn't look great in front of a jury >> he, go thank, you hugo loyall of the guardian political investigator reporter, thank. you >> that does it for us on, this edition of alex, report i'm richard in for alex toda and i'll see you at 1 pm eastern tomorrow my friend yasmin segui continues our coverage >> hi, everybody good to see good afternoon i'm yasmin vossoughian a rare legal victory for abortion, right supreme cour allowing mifepristone to sta on the market for now. up but the battle is far fro over, we're going to dive into what all of this means and wha is next, over the next few hours.

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supreme court's major decision to temporarily ends lega battle over access the mos commonly used abortion pill in the united states, mifepristone the high court blocked a rogue ruling by texas judge, matthew kiss merrick from april 7t that nullify the fda's longtim approval of the. drug the case now heads to the fifth circuit court of appeal. joining me now, nb investigative reporter, chlo atkins, to talk more about this quote, can you talk about this and what took place in th last 24 hours? and what we can expect next? >> hey yasmin, so we saw other supreme court move yesterday t preserve the status quo as i relates to mifepristone, one o the two drugs used in th medication abortion to terminate early pregnancies. and while the supreme court di move to keep the accessibility as is, we did see justice alit issue a dissent, saying that look, the fda and this pil manufacturer were able to prov that they would be harmed in the interim while this cas plays out. he also added that stripping

away these 2016 regulatory changes would preven mifepristone from bein accessible however,, yasmin it's importan to zero in on the facts. hear the facts are, here if we went back to the year 2000 access to mifepristone, th abortion pill, drug would look drastically different than wha we're accustomed to since 2016 folks would have to go in fo multiple visits to the doctor' office to be able to get tha pill it would have to be ther in-person, naturally it also would only be able t get it up until seven weeks. rather than ten weeks in pregnancy. this would also cause a lot of confusion with providers and patience throughout th country. and in my conversation wit providers this morning, an clinics, they told me that look this is a huge sigh o relief but the sigh of relief is very temporary. because as access to this ke drug could look different as the place plays out in the courts and in the years to come they have been stockpiling

misoprostol for the time being i think it is keepin track, if they continue to d so i think it's safe to sa they probably will, and they have yet to comment on tha specifically but i do want, add, look misoprostol only regiments - i started hearing about this one texas six-week ban wen into effect, when i talked t this woman named emma wh terminated her own pregnancy self managed it using misoprostol only regiment, she got from a friend or community member who traveled to mexic to get that misoprostol and sh was able to successfully terminate her pregnancy. >> talk to me about the cour of appeals, what we can expect there, the timing of when this will be heard. >> right, so the case now goes to the fifth circuit, where three judge panel will hav oral arguments on the case come may 17th. so it is about a month out fro today. and there, they will hear th

merits of the case so we will likely see the fact of the case, they will conside the law, and then they won't b able to issue their fina judgment on whether they believe judge cares merrick' ruling was correct or sound, and then from thei perspective. so we can, depending on ho they, rule depending on who it favors, it could likely go t the supreme court. >> got, it chloe atkins for us thank you for keeping us up to date on. that let's get a little bi deeper into that if we can let's bring in vice presiden of communications of research, angela vasquez, thank you fo joining us we appreciate it >> the organization tweete this out in the last hour or so, quote, unquote it is obvious anti-choose extremist an lawmakers are out of step with the majority of americans an we will remember just how fa of step out they are one election's come around what more can you say about th road ahead for naral >> the first thing that is

important to remember fo everyone tracking this case is that we cannot, as a movement, as a country as people who car about one another, continue to live court order to cour order. the reporter just mentioned, may 17th it's like sort of i the reproductive right movement for providers, fo patients, that every few weeks we have this looming decisio that's going to tell us once again, are we allowed to patro are only not bodies or not and we know that the vas majority of americans, eight i ten, believe in the right to choose and access abortion care we know that even 51% of republicans agree with us. so not only is the court in th republican party out of step with the vast majority of, american's they're out of step with the people who put them i office >> so we talk about what we, know the question is what ca actually be done states are continuing to wan to enact restrictions in their state, specifically you've got

several blue states as well as quote we just talked about looking to stockpile mifepristone along wit misoprostol, which i essentially the second pil that you take along with mifepristone for the medical abortions. what are groups like yours doing to prepare for the possibility in which mifepristone is taken off th mark it in six weeks time, possibly we've been working with ou allies on the ground, states like michigan, california, great governor partnership there to expand access t medication and surgica abortions in the meantime. we know that there are als governors who are stockpiling, that's another valid option to try to protect their constituents we also know that it's not going to be enough we need broader reform specifically court reform. we've got this court that is siding with laws from the 1800 from the 1930s, rather than th people living right in front o them, and it's going to be har

to change any of this withou changing the courts first. >> let's talk about the wa around, the new york times i reporting, quote, the abortion rights group stage constitutions are a critical part of a strategy to overturn bands that have cut off access to abortion in a wide swath of the country. they offer a way aroun gerrymandered state legislator that are pushing stricter laws can you talk a little bit more about this and how it coul apply? >> yeah, so i live in michigan right? and we just passed the reproductive freedom for all amendment in november. here in michigan we believ that everybody can make thei own decisions about their ow bodies and what is really upsetting and frankly horrifying about a ruling like this one is that they would be overriding the will of millions of voters who came out,, some sitting fo hours in college campuses to say i believe that the peopl facing an unplanned pregnanc

should be able to do what they want and, yes you, know this is a valid option it is a great strategy and this is not an end run it's extremely dangerous >> tell me the abc's up what happens between now, may, 17th when the conservative fift circuit hears this, and then possibly if it ends up on th supreme court. >> we are day-to-day, right? >> again, we are living cour order to court order, we are continuing to work with our million members and supporters who are every day more and mor enraged horrified by what this court and republican party i willing to do to them. we know that we've got a election in 18 months and as w saw in 2022, people understand the connection between the horrors they're facing at home and who put those there, so we fully expect to know that we will be organizing, organizing organizing everyone who is just a horrified as we are about thes developments >> angela vásquez drew, we

appreciate you coming, up in the next hour i'm gonna speak t democratic congresswoman chantal brown, to get he reaction to the supreme cour rulings and the concerns she has for those seeking abortion access in her state. and then, in just 60, second naked it official, the president expected to make his 2024 campaign announcement a soon as tuesday. a live report fromhe t white house, much more coming up house, much more coming up n't forget about the boss. sometimes- you just want to eat your heroes. the subway series. the greatest menu of all time. weeds... they have you surrounded. take your lawn back with scotts turf builder triple action! gets three jobs done at once - kills weeds. prevents crabgrass. and keeps it growing strong. get a bag of scotts triple action today, it's guaranteed. feed your lawn. feed it. so, you found the no7 then... it's amazing!

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luckily,, though you have some cover so we're thankful for. that tuesday, a pretty significant date for the biden administration talk to us >> absolutely, yasmin. this is a president who ofte quotes poetry, talking about loving the fact that sometimes he can make hope and history rhyme. so of course, he's a little bi sentimental when it comes to certain anniversaries, and s if indeed he makes thi official on tuesday, april 20, fifth that would be the fo your marker since he launche his 2020 campaign. back in 2019 so that is a date that aides have been circling, eyeing thinking about as something he would want to give a final sig off on but that is the whole point, that we should emphasize that isn't completely locked in yet so that is why we ca report that it could take plac as early as that day but the president also says he is a great respect or a faith. and things could suddenly shif what he would like to do and s if until he really gives the final greenlight, aides are at

the ready for this expecte reelect launch and campaign so i think you shouldn't expec to see what you would normally see from someone who is no president of the united states announcing a bid for the white house because he is currentl here continuing to govern an he is going to really be carrying out those officia duties, not doing any kind o traditional campaigning fo awhile but something that he is going to be doing that is critical t any kind of race like this i raising money. so we will be inviting some ke donors here to washington next week to meet with them to tr to devise a strategy for how they want to raise money i this quarter and beyond. so certainly this is something that happens on a parallel track continues to be commande in chief this is a president who ha said for sometime that h intended to run. he wanted to announce it relatively soon. so in the coming days, this is when we'll get the exact definition of what he means by that >> we are certainly going to b watching for that. monika alba for, us please stay, dry thank.

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happening right now and, sudan fighting is continuing for the eighth straight day between th sudanese military and their, rival the rapid support forces plans to evacuate foreigners including several dozen u.s. citizens are on hold right now as the u.s. embassy is remaining under a shelter in place order until conditions become safe, or at least one american has been killed in th clashes, and over 400 others have lost their lives. i want to bring in, embassie megan fitzgerald, she's been following this for, us megan could you bring us up to dat on the fighting now and also the possibility that there could be evacuations o americans, out of sudan with the loss of life there >> you are absolutely, right i will start with the possible

evacuation, so what we know is that the pentagon has sent troops to the u.s. militar base in djibouti in preparatio for a possible evacuation of the 70 u.s. government personnel that are in th country. now we know that there are som 16,000 americans that are in the crossfire there in the country, but officials hav told our pentagon team that th mission to evacuate thos 16,000 americans right now i too dangerous, they went on to say that the u.s. military i preparing for all contingencies, including a larger evacuatio missing. at this, point nothing has happened yet we are also hearing from the general for the sudanese armed forces who is saying that he i immediately working to evacuat u.s., british and french nationals, but all three o those countries have not confirmed that information but, look we hav seen several attempts fo cease-fires over the last week this fighting has been takin place, and including yesterday both sides agreed to that. that has failed. we have seen continued fighting,

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everybody. we have been talking about the supreme court allowing acces to the abortion, pil mifepristone, for now. that case before three judge panel on the fifth circuit court of appeal. pretty conservative court, b the way. and i want to turn the collectible the nation's top lawmakers are reacting to it all and bases, julia tsirkin is following it this for u from the hill. what are you hearing >> well, just a couple minutes ago, yasmin, we heard from the nrsc chair, the person i charge of the senate political arm for republican, steve, daines who tweeted saying this decision by scotus is, quote, setback in the fight for lif which is significant because i was prepared to say we haven't heard much from top republicans, including from senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and ove in the, house speaker kevi mccarthy but democrats on the flip side they know how important it i to stay in front on this issue and his state loud on this issue. because they saw what happened with the 2022 midterms, wher voters particularly in the

general electorate cared about this issue more than perhaps others tha democrats have a hard time messaging on, like crime, like inflation. some of those things tha republicans tend to capitalize on but, still in senate majorit leader, schumer, he is warning saying this temporary stay b the supreme court is not the end of the road for this fight to keep this abortio medication, to keep access t this abortion medication ready and available for all women. take a listen to what he sai this morning >> this decision was a temporary victory. this is hardly the end of ou fight. to protect a woman's healt care and a woman's right t choose, make no mistake about. it the hard right antichoice maga wing in this country will keep working and working and working to take away all women's rights but we will fight it and fight it and fight it. >> to state the, obvious democrats know the numbers jus aren't there to pass any meaningful legislation t

codify any protections for reproductive rights, but the know, including in schumer's state of new york, there are swing voters in swing districts, that do care about this issue, and they know if they are in front, and if they are, loud that could threaten some moderate republicans and put democrats in their seats instead. and that also applies to the presidential election in 24. >> all, right julie tsirkin, for us thank, you julie, w appreciate it let's talk now with monthly john, fast correspondent for vanity fair. joining us now amongst so many other things it's great to talk to you. you just heard julia, and some of her reporting on capito hill about how folks are reacting in the last 24 hour or so from this latest out o the supreme court. we are kicking it back to th fifth, circuit which is pretty conservative circuit, t say the least. so you've got that, we've go that ruling and then als hearing about how this could play out on an election, field what is your gut reaction righ now? >> so this is an interesting week, the supreme court foun themselves in a very interesting situation. remember, this case was not

great. case there were a number o problems with. one, this judge is a ver trumpy judge this matthew - he appointed him and he is i texas, he had the case, it was very flimsy. and more than that, the larger point of the case was, if yo overturn fda approval for drug he didn't like that has been approved for 23 years, so is pretty sketchy. and pretty, i mean, i was stil a little bit worried about the supreme court because remember what they did with sb8 officially overturning roe i this state of texas. a year before they did do th dobbs decision i was worried but this reall was not a good case for th antichoice, crew >> let's talk about how this could reverberate on both side of the i'll as we are looking ahead t a presidential election, we ar already seeing and hearing about some of it i want to read for you from th new york times, from north carolina to, nevada democrat running at every level o government are vowing to mak

support for abortion rights killer of their campaigns, and to paint their opponents a extremists on. the issue as races, intensif republicans are -- socially conservative, base an a broader american, public tha generally supports abortio rights you're not in your head >> this is the proble with trumpism. you have to keep the bas excited. you have to give them more and more right-wing fodder, and th most the country doesn't lik it that's why trumpism doesn' scale in these purple states i, mean we republicans have real problem, because he's anti-trust people will not b satisfied until there is n portion. but if you see, after the dobb decision, now more americans than ever are pro-choice and so you can really see that they are not, they are out o line with most of the. country >> it's a race to th right when you talk abou republicans, if you alread have susan b anthony, who wa

integral in getting suprem court justices appointed whe they did they were applauding the appointments of then president donald trump, to the supreme court. knowing and hoping the outcome would be the overturn of, ro which is what they got and now they are calling, th former president's position, o abortion, quote unquote, morally indefensible because h has now said that it should be in the decision of the states. i mean, that's the thing once you go right it's ver hard to go back. and you're seeing -- look, i mean, trump's only rea challengers's return t sandusky just passed a six-wee abortion ban in a largel purple state we >> yeah, i, think it's goin to be a problem for them >> let's talk about th election we are looking at a possible 2024 race. and similar, matchups a, match up, president biden gets far president donald trump possibly ron desantis is not performing the way i think a lot of his

potential republican donor were hoping that he would, h hasn't stepped up to the plate things could, change there's a lot of time. what do you make of that landscape? and how things could turn out? i mean, it's very good for biden. >> right, because trump is 7 and trump seems -- he does not seem fully - >> it's interesting that you mentioned his age because if you -- provided, the one issue is his age. he is done really well, he's overperformed every election he's been in the one thing where people can say he is old and when he' running against trump he doesn't seem that old becaus he's only a few years olde than trump but if he's running -- so you can't >> you can't go after him over his age because donald trump is the same >> and trump has had covid, yo know biden actually looks muc healthier than, trump was if you put him next to someon like desantis, that might be a issue of age because desanti is in his. 40s that, said i think tha we're gonna see a matchup, i think it's very good for biden to because people really wan

normal and he won on normal an trump is running on the same grievance politics that he ran on four years ago, so i thin it will be good for him, but you know, again, this is going to every time trump runs fo something we get all thi vitriolic rhetoric and it' very bad for the country >> you bet it doesn' necessarily seem like his base cares. about what he's putting out. they're right? the issue, is when it comes to running for president, you hav to be able to expand your base we haven't necessarily see that from the former president he hasn't had the ability to expand his base. and i don't think he has the interest in expanding the base i think the hope is that you run in those electoral states, those six, eight, electora states and you just hope tha the other peoples guys don't show up. >> how do you think th indictment is gonna play out for the former president >> - >> and how can democrats, yo know, let's say the bide administration, how do they us

those, indictments in thei campaigns. >> the first indictment has pu out really well for them it was like a loser fo desantis trump raised a ton of, money i mean, they got two other possibles that are in the race georgia, seems - that seems very possible and then there's the doj documents case but the thing, is people who are trumpy are so bought i that i'm not sure the federa government will convince the of anything. >> people that, are as, you sa trumpy, that's not the peopl that are gonna win an election for donald trump >> no, but the winner primary. >> they won a primary. >> and that is republican matt >> do you think the republican relinquished looking at this and, say donald trump can' beat joe biden he didn't the first time around >> and that's why they were so all in on desantis desantis makes scott walke look like a charming guy but he was the only one that anyone had so i think actually, you kno they, we're just desperate for someone they thought could

transfer the maga base too but the truth, is the maga bas is with trump not because of his policy but because of hi personality. >> because of who we, is and what he stands for to them molly john, fats as always thank you for entertaining wit all my questions we round two should we keep going by the way, you can listen t molly on her podcast, fast politics, with molly jong-fast anytime, anywhere that you get your podcasts. thanks molly, good to see. you >> thanks >> nine months out from the iowa caucus is republica 2024 hopefuls are flocking t the state this weekend for u fund-raiser organized by i four gentle christia conservative - she is on the ground in clive, iowa, covering it all. take us, there you just hear the conversation that molly an i were having about a potentia trump biden face-off, is not delivering necessarily the way republicans had hoped, what do you hear there on the ground >> well, look, the first

official cut oak hall of the 2024 republican primary kick off tonight. but i do think that in the vei of the conversation that you guys were just having, a lot o the conversations that i'v been having with republica strategist and operative lately hinge around bide versus the santas because a lo of people really do look a this as a two man race at this point. and the fact that desantis has not shown up on the national stage the way that man operatives thought that he might, even as the sam messenger as trump, but -- the same message as trump but different messenger. that's what many people were hoping for from desantis including the desantis team. nevertheless, people are in th race, not just them. several will be there. tonight trump will be ther remotely, live speaking to this audience several others will b in attendance including te senator, tim scott, you ca consider him in with a asterisks, yasmin, because h looks like a guy who's, runnin for president he talks and travels like a guy who i running for president. but officially, he won't say that he's a candidate yet, a this point he's just exploring

but he's exploring with this message of optimism, fac though today with the question about what a footers don't want? that this is what he told us about an hour. go with >> when i think people want a fighter and we also want to. when that is better so the real question, i how do we do that one of the ways we do tha is by when making sure our message is in sync with what the voters want and what the nation needs and so far so good i'm excited about where we, ar i'm excited about th responsive to the message. we have work to, do we will ge it done. >> here is what is fascinating as i was listening to he conversation with molly, the idea that many of these othe republican candidates in thi field are trying to make the argument of electability for many of the same reasons you were just talking. about which is the fact that trump lost in 2020, he was not a help to his party in 2022 or 2018 they see him nationally as a message that does not resonate with the places that they need it to resonate nevertheless you look no further than the fact that eve

after, indictment which is still a bad thing, politically he was able to turn that into positive, both from fundraising perspective an also from a pollin perspective. continuing to watch hi coalesce the conservative base around him, which at this point? that is all you need you need to win a primary in order to get to a general, onc you are in a general, you ca deal with the politics of that later so for all of thes candidates, both here in iow and throughout the course of the rest of the nine months, they are going to have to focu and we are watching us in th way that they're talking about policy on winning the primar before they think about winnin the general election >> yeah, but i can't help bu think about how those tw things go hand in hand i mean, it's not just abou winning the primary. if you want to win, you have t win the election if you want to get to the whit house, you have to win the general. and you might be putting all your eggs in a basket of a man that's been twice impeached an now indicted by the manhatta d.a. and who knows what else is i the pipeline between now and our first primary. early next year >> when i wa

talking with my voters that -- even if they like, trump eve if they don't think that any o the things going against him right now are fair, some o them are willing to admit that there is a baggage problem her that other candidates might no have and so they might be looking for an alternative but at the same, time at thi point in the, race it is a nam i.d. function. no one's gonna have a higher name identification than the former president second, him maybe might be someone like, desantis because we talk about him a lot. mike pence, should be in tha conversation, but he has not quite seen a polling boost so i think we're gonna have to watch over the course of the next few, months in states tha matter like here in iowa, wher trump has not always done well other candidates have a better profile for a state like this. could that allow them to jum the pack i don't know, it's early voters would say that. to their can that it shoppin right now, even as nationall trump has a clear hold on th party. >> ali vitale, it's great to talk to my

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the wrong floor is now facin felony counts. it's not the only shooting stemming from those innocent o mistakes in upstate new york, a man has pled not guilty to secon degree murder after he allegedly shot and killed 20 year old, caitlin gilles, afte she pulled into the wron driveway in texas, two cheerleaders wer shot, one of them critically wounded after one of the mistakenly got into the wron car outside of a supermarket just two days ago, a man was arrested in north carolina after police say he shot and wounded a six-year-old girl in her parents in - after the basketball rolle into his yard charles coleman, msnbc an civil rights eternal, oh m gosh this is frustrating, carl. let's talk about this let's talk kansas, if we can and andrew lester. or nationally the guy who shot him without charges, the polic initially released him without charges. what is this tell you abou where we are as a country?

despite all the attention, especially that black live matter has had over the last few years? >> well, yasmin tells me tha we still have to have some ver honest conversations and discussions about who we are a a country, about our lov affair with gun culture, about our problems with racism, an about how intrinsicall violence is embedded in ou dna. we are now honest about al these, things and that's why you see these situations occur and continue to happen until w call them up for what they, ar and deal with the root cause of why they are taking place unfortunately we will see this happen again if we are not prepared to really do somethin about it and have the courag to confront these forces >> what about th stand-your-ground? law we are hearing that lester is expected to use stand-your-ground law missouri as his defense 38 states have some form o this law, mysteries is known a no duty to retreat new york, where caitlin, gille the 20-year, -old was shot doesn't have this law.

what action needs to be taken, charles, when it comes to th use of this law? we, in defense >> well, to piggyback on wha we were just talking about when you're looking at how t begin to curb this sort of trend you have to have som level of uniformity in approaching legislation that addresses what self-defens laws are interest victims. as we've already, stated in ne york, for example, you have duty to retreat. in most public places, if yo can retreat safely you have duty to do so before you exercise lethal force agains someone who was threatenin force against. you and other jurisdictions, you have stand-your-ground, fo example, there is no duty to retreat. whether you're in your home or in a public space. the issue with that is that it has basically emboldened a group, a culture, of desperado vigilantes who will seek t take violence and justice into their own hands, as they perceive it not to mention, it is

important to understand, man of these, examples jasmine people are claiming they stood their ground were also the original aggressors. so think about that i can actually start in implicate and instigate an altercation, feel threatened a a lethal level of force an then respond with a level of force for an incident that i instigated this has to be addressed through more consisten legislation and people advocating for their local representatives book addin these things uniform and addressing, the gaps for wit respect to stand-your-ground >> then there's the grandson talking about what andre lester has been exposed to mos recently, and i can't help but think about the dominion fox settlement, when asking yo this next question and what we won't learn becaus dominion, in fact, we settle for that large amount. of money and the accountabilit that fox won't necessarily have he had become obsessed wit far-right news outlets conspiracy theories, which radicalized him.

that coming from his grandso and then you think about wha took place on his property killing this young black man how intertwined are these tw things >> they are very important t understand, and they als highlight one of the frustrations of what it is t be a trial attorney. this is an example,, yasmin of when you can see something tha you probably may not be able t prove. his grandson can talk about th implications and impacts of hi watching certain media outlets and the effect that it had o him, and perhaps buildin racial - when it comes to building that into a, case of putting up for a jury in such a way that you' be able to prosecute him for hate, crime there are all sort of evidentiary concerns that d not make this straightforward. it would be very, difficult if not altogether impossible to b able to get your grandson to testify at a trial because a lot of judges would no necessarily allow that testimony to come in, absent o the, defense this client is on

the stand and allow him -- with the testimony of the. grandson you're talking abou evidence sharing rules in tria that would not even allow a lo of that stick stuff to come in which is very frustratin because, again, we're talkin about how you can see, it an you know it's, there but can you prove it beyond reasonable doubt >> charles coleman, thank you. as always, up next a live report from oklahoma, where recovery efforts are underway after a deadly tornad ripped through the state killing at least three peopl and leaving extensive damage using earth day to highlight the effects of climate change. how we can help our planet amidst a dire new report on it melting glaciers melting glaciers we wind 27th. get bedroom furniture up to 60% off! area rugs up to 80% off! kitchen and dining furniture up to 60% off! and free shipping on everything! plus, pay your way with a wayfair credit card.

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back severe weather wreaking havoc across the south in th midwest. a twister tearing through tyle testers, unrelenting rai causing flash flooding i austin all this happening as golf ball-sized hail pummel parts o illinois and illinois an oklahoma there's a state of emergency after an ef2 tornado rippe through several key counties killing several people priscilla, take us there if yo will how folks are dealing after th devastation? >> yeah, yasmin, let me give you a sense of the devastation this behind me used to be house.

and you can see all that i left after this tornado ripped through our cinder blocks, the back porch, the pool, the ho tub. the woman who lived here actually ran into this storm shelter with her fiancée just as his tornado bore down and now, this is what they had left they saved what they could and then they piled everything els up into big piles like thi spread throughout the yard and this is the type o devastation that so many peopl in this community are dealin with right now i spoke with the woman who lives here, really not vessel, about how she is doing now and what this experience has bee like and want to play some of tha conversation >> i think i am still in shock the story is probably a good 5 60 pounds and above the hinges of >> how are you feeling about that in the future >> scared. >> we are trying to find som housing temporary housing, o even hotel that we can afford. >> and, that is the bi question for people now as the grapple with the fact that the survived this and look at what they have left

where are they going to stay temporary housing, her minutes housing, and also the larger question of, will they rebuild and if so, how there are also power truck that have been out over th past several days working to restore power to the thousands of people whose houses hav still been standing here but, certainly a long road t recovery >> yeah, absolutely. priscilla thompson for us. we thank you this extreme weather tha we are experiencing, i reiterate's the urgency of doing more to combat globa warming. the u.n. issuing a dire ne report about the earth glaciers they are mounting anto astonishing rate and the consequences are catastrophic nbc's chief environmenta affairs correspondent, and thompson, has more >> today's even a report details the relentless advance of climate change on every continent. the world's glaciers shrinking at a dramatic pace right befor our eyes >> it is not just that we ar losing ice, but we are losin ice faster and faster.

and that is consequences -- >> the 40 glaciers tracked worldwide lost an average of 4.2 feet of ice in a year. in europe, the melting of th glaciers in the alps is off th charts little winter snow and summe heat wave exacerbated by dar dust from the sea heron desert the trapped heat acceleratin the record melt. scientist mattea's hunt showin nbc news the devastating impac in january >> you can see that it is much more obvious than seeing just graph with rising temperatures >> in switzerland for th first-time, no snow survived the summer melt season even at the very highest sites in this country, montana's glacier national park is i danger of losing its namesak ice. >> the park has lost 85% of it ice area that was five years ago. today, the government says the park is warming at twice the global average >> all this global glacier mel contributing to record sea level rise here in lower manhattan, scientists predict the water behind me could rise another

foot by 2050 >> but, we can slow it down. >> every tenth of a degree o warming is worth fighting for. >> to survive more blunt hea waves and droughts tha inflicted lethal toll of climate change nbc news, new york >> all right, thank you to and thompson for that report coming up in our next hour, live report from cape cora florida where residents ar spending earth day cleaning up the remnants of hurricane ia and talking about climat change as well we have got a lot more comin up you are watching msnbc, ou second hour, starts right now. >> hey, everybody. welcome. i am yasmin vossoughian. if you are just joining us, it is good to see you if you are sticking around, we thank you for that a nation reacting today to the supreme court's decision allowing the most commonly use abortion pill to remain widely availabl