the alabama legislature had adopted.t's no surprise that they are moving to quite a special master to draw an alternative plan under the instruction of the trial court that would in fact remedy the violation of the supreme court had they affirmed the lower court's decision. thus, alabama is once again, as it has for decades, defied the federal courts and tried to continue to to go contrary in the way in which the federal courts of the land have commanded. host: it's reported that the case the lawmakers make is that we passed a new law and we have new standards that will supersede the decision supreme court handed down. how does that hold up legally? guest: the alabama legislature's efforts are not likely to be accepted by the trial court. the trial court will provide an alternative redistricting plan no doubt the state will appeal to the supreme court again and come in all likelihood, they will lose again. host: what makes you say that? guest: the history of the case law regarding the enforcement of the voting rights act

do ynk alabama could do that? mr. lacour: under the current guidelines, i don't think we would be able to because core retent one of those principles. justice kagan: what do you mean, under the current guidelines? mr. lacour: the 2021 guidelines that the bipartisan redistriincommittee approved and handed over for our -- for our justice kagan: on -- on your current guidelines. i'm not interested in alabama's currenguelines. i'm interested in whether you think, as a matterderal law, as a matter of the voting rights act, you are prohibited from enacting a plan that has ajority-minority districts. mr. lacour: i think it would depend on sort of the guidelines that are being proposed there and the motivations. this court said in lulac breakip an existing district is -- is inherently suspect. and so that would be a much stronger case. and i'll note lulac is actually the only published oni of this court where you found a section viation, and justice kagan: so you think at there are circumstances -- i mean, this is poant to me

so does alabama's plan. alabama's own board of education p was drawn at the same time using the same dtrict in criteria. alabama's guidelines inche race. created virtually the same district that also spread across the state. we have a question about what these traditional redistricting guidelre. they recognize tha you are drawing remedial map that you have to take into consideration state and local ricting criteriaept those criteria violate section two. here, corporate retention is section two.s going to violate our plans try to take those -- that factor account as much as possible without perpetuating the violation. crere in if wenterpret step one as you proposed, if the result of this size the state must maximize, a lot of it can do so in reasonably compact district? crac they have recognized that maximization isot like that. course this doesn't mean you will satisfy any of the racial polarization. that iwhthis court entered in prortnality as a part of the totality. so it prevented maximization from bng a

she believed it should be moved to alabama.e was the one. the pushback to what you're saying today is that they say the headquarters in alabama, the new one, would not be completed until sometime af 2030. and that would affect military readiness. do you see any merit in that argument? >> no because we had a conversation -- when i say "we," the alabama delegation. all of us met with general dickinson, who is over space command, and that was never once mentioned. this was probably within the last two months we had this conversation. and there was no indication there was a problem with huntsville at that time. and if things have changed, i don't know if it's coming from. >> as you know -- >> other than maybe it's coming from politics from the president. >> well, as you know, our home state of alabama bans abortion at any stage of pregnancy, no exception for rape and incest. the only exception is if it's needed because the pregnancy threatens the health of the mother. we had previously heard from u.s. officials that they had concer

that was why alabama was ranked number one and that's why for all indication it was going to alabama.completely shocking and outrageous all of a sudden at the 11th hour they decided to put it in colorado when if you look on the list, they rank five. nothing against colorado but it just wasn't the place they thought was best. they looked at the best place for cost of living, multiple factors were put into the mix, colorado was not one of those, and huntsville, alabama came out on top. >> trump's secretary of the air force also said that she believed it should be moved to alabama, she he later claimed that he sing single-handedly made the decision. that's what raise questions about whether he was making a political decision. what we're hearing from officials and pushback from what we're hearing today, is that the headquarters in alabama would not be completed until sometime after 2030, that would affect military readiness. do you see any merit in that argument? >> no, because we had a conversation, when i say we, the alabama delegation, all of us met with general dickinson, who is over

tonight, trump wasn't alabama to accept the endorsement of alabama's entire republican congressional delegation. just sit with that for a second. after being indicted for trying to overthrow democracy, every single republican house member from alabama still endorsed donald trump tonight. but that is not the only controversy that those members of congress are dealing with. right now, that same congressional delegation is at the center of a national fight over the disenfranchisement of black voters. now, one in four people in the state of alabama is black. but only one of the seven congressional districts in alabama has a majority of black voters. that imbalance was so plainly obvious that, in june, the very conservative supreme court -- the same one where john roberts's chief justice -- that court, said alabama republicans had gone too far. and the court ordered alabama to create a new majority black district. but last month, alabama republicans came back with the new congressional map. and guess what? it still did not include a new majority black district. they just decided to defy t

alabama republicans i'm glad to be here. glad to be home and a home alabama. -- sweet home alabama. the last four weeks have been in the clown show in washington d c and it is a clown show. but i got home and is able to travel around the state this week. once a mobile and barbara hamm -- i went to mobile and birmingham. i spoke with the farmers. everywhere i went, i never realize how big the state of is for trump. this is trump country. my gosh. i will make this short. i want the man to come out. he has a lot to say. he has had a tough week. we need to stand behind him. it is great he is here in a place like alabama that loves donald trump. sometimes even as strong as he is, as much as he pushes back, he needs encouragement. they are after him. folks they're not after him, thereafter you. thereafter -- they are after our country. our country is in trouble. i have been there to play five years and i've never been in various as much as i have seen things that have changed. yes, we have republicans and democrats but is much about americans versus anti-americans. people do not like this

i think living in alabama as a woman is challenging. living in alabama as a queer woman is doubly challenging. for 50 years, pregnant women in the us had a right to an abortion during the first three months. alabama had been blocked from banning terminations until last summer... woman yells: abortion is violence! ..when the us supreme court reversed the roe v wade ruling and lawmakers in individual states were handed the power to decide. the procedure is now illegal here unless there's a serious risk to the mother, with no exceptions for rape or incest. in january, alison found out she was pregnant. i was at home by myself and called my partner and was like, "you need to come home," like, "something's happened". so, she was very nervous and then, got home and then, i think we were both excited. so talk me through — if it's ok — what happened next. yeah. so, it was valentine's day and i was at work and i went to the bathroom and when i wiped, i saw blood and so, i called my ob/gyn. she showed us the ultrasound photo and she just told me,

he continues, quote, that conduct is alabama based and is within alabama's power to prohibit. a.g.attempting to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him by alabama health-care providers last month. the provider citing marshall's public threats. >> there's no doubt that this is a criminal law. provisions relating to accessory liability, provisions relating to conspiracy would have applicability. if someone was promoting themselves out as a funder of abortions out of state, then that is potentially criminally actionable for us. >> alabama already has one of the strictest abortion laws in the country, banning abortions at any stage with no exceptions for rape or incest. the a.g.'s motion would be considered at hearing next week. joining me to discuss, megan burros an attorney with the aclu representing the health-care providers in this case. megan, thank you so much for the work that you're doing. first i just want to start here. when did the health-care providers approach the aclu? were you already on the ground when you knew this was going to happen? were you brought in, you know, around

the state of alabama attempting to do exactly that."f the supreme court false? >> no. those are not false. we are also bringing a right to travel claim on behalf of our plaintiff's patients here and attorney general marshall in the podcast statement you played, he said, we're not preventing people from traveling across state lines to access abortion. we're just using the criminal laws to prosecute those who assist those people in engaging in that travel. under the supreme court's precedence, that's unconstitutional and what attorney general marshall effectively is trying to do by threatening to prosecute all of those who assist pregnant people trying to leave alabama to get legal abortions in other states is impose a national ban of abortion for alabama residents forcing them to carry alabama's bag with them on their back when they leave the state to avail themselves of the legal environments and the opportunities presented by other states that they are entitled to do under the constitution and given the right to travel. >> right. which

alabama.acy is being punish and even if the final conduct never occurs, and the conduct is alabama-base and within the alabama power to prosecute. and the alabama hammer fund have been pivoting to help women get contraceptives. they are saying that this is a bogus claim and that they cannot prosecute somebody for helping to try to get abortions out of the state, because there is abortion legal in other states, and this is what they are saying is legal. alabama can no more regulate abortions in other states than other states can demonize laws inside of alabama. now a judge is looking at this motion to dismiss and a number of eyes will be on this case, borry, be boris, because there are going to be many implications. >> more fallout of the overturning of "roe v. wade." >> yes. >>> and now, former new york mayor rudy giuliani just lost two defamation cases from two workers in that state, and how much it could cost him coming up. being middle class right now, it's tough making ends meet for sure.

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that's with the fact showed in this case in this alabama case and all of the alabama cases i've evereen involved with or ever read even when i wasn't involved in them. racialized voting is not restricted to alabama or to the south. there is racially polarized voting in many jurisdictions all over the country. i have worked on cases involving northern ohio, westchester county, new york, indian voting rights cases in south dakota and montana and so on. these are cases involving hispanics in california and the southwest and in texas and racially polarized voting is present to varying degrees in this country. whether that addresses your question of systemic racism, i'm not sure. host: there is one more question about the alabama case -- guest: the federal courts will do it using a special plan. the court routinely had to step in but states are so recalcitrant, they do not follow the command of the lower court and the supreme court. host: are there any other voting rights cases your keeping an eye on yourself whether be the supreme court on the state level when it comes to voting rights?

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not just in alabama. but again, throughout this country.nk there's a lot of work for us to be done. a lot of work for us to do. and a lot more things to be done whether at the grassroots level, or the corporate level, throw to make sure that we're having the conversations, and that we're not taking steps back like we just mentioned. that those who -- and those who lead the montgomery bus boycott are really paving the way for us to be here we don't to step back, we don't want to see that aggression. we want to see that there are a multi cultural coalition to come together to push back of the dog whistles, bullhorns, and at the outright actions because it doesn't take much for us to lose progress that has been made over decades in this country. >> the mayor of montgomery alabama. stephen reed. thank you very much for coming to the show this morning. >> thank you. >> joining me now, excuse me, joining me now, senior white house correspondent dr. garry owen, msnbc contributor april ryan. april, thank you for coming back to the show. what were y

and the state of alabama said, we are not going to do that.hing indicating where we might be going. when you have states saying, they are looking at the federal opinion and saying, we are not going to listen to that. host: mike from stockton, california on the independent line. caller: i just wanted to make a couple statements. [indiscernible] i noticed, a lot of times a son will make a statement to his father like, "see, dad, you don't have to yell at a fellow." [indiscernible] it is sort of like a psychosis or something. donald trump. my brother cause him agent orange. and i called rudy giuliani the melting man. we are going through a really dark chapter. all the false exaggerations. i just almost want to give up. i am glad the polls are coming out, showing only 14% of republicans are believing this now. it needs to get down to just around 0%. donald trump needs to go to prison and get it over with. he knew he was lying in the election was not stolen. host: we got your point. let's let debilyn molineaux respond to some of your points. guest:

africatown it's a neighborhood of mobile, alabama.respondent alexis clark went there to talk to cleon jones about his passion for africatown cleon jones is hometown africatown in mobile, alabama, a community that once had around 12,000 people has dwindled to 2000. what was it like growing up in africatown? the most wonderful place in the world? your neighbors were like family. when did you first become exposed to baseball? my grandpa were great baseball fafans. we h had this bibig radio anandn to the d dodgers gamame and jace robinson got to the dodgers and we sit around like we were watching tv growing up, jones and his friends play baseball in the street or local park. i never owned the baseball club until i was 13 years old. we had a broomstick and we had soda bottles, caps. but meager resources didn't stop. jones was a gifted athlete. he was eventually scouted. my goal was to make it to the big leagues, and he did just that, joining the new york mets and playing in the 1969 world series. there's a fly ball hit out to left waiting

in all, 600 storms reported across the nation yesterday, alabama and south carolina. making it the second most active storm day of 2023, claiming lives in alabama and south carolina fierce wind gusts in maryland left 33 people trapped in cars for hours, pinned in their vehicles by toppled power lines. today, airlines playing catchup, after 9,000 flight delays and 1,800 cancellations. meantime tonight, parts of massachusetts, which saw as much as five inches of rain in under six hours, remain under flood watches through this evening. kathy park has late details. >> reporter: tonight, a confirmed tornado touching down in massachusetts, leveling trees and damaging homes other parts of new england under water. with flash floods stranding drivers and swallowing parked cars the same storm system slamming states up and down the east coast momonday night parts of pennsylvania took the brunt of the brutal weather >> i see the wind coming through in the darkness. >> reporter: andrew king took cover in h his basement as tornanado warnings were issued >>>> and then i i hear the t

. >> and the brawl on an alabama dock that launched a thousand memes.this fight resonating so much and will the folding chair wind up in a museum? >>> we begin tonight with donald trump obliterating norms for his political and personal gain. norms like rooting for your country on the international stage. call it patriotism, fandom, however you want to characterize it, we generally root for the home team when american athletes compete abroad and we are sad with them when they lose. the defeats can be soul crushing, and a lot of stomachs churned on sunday when the u.s. soccer team lost to sweden in the women's world cup. it was an agonizing moment for the top-ranked women's soccer team in the world especially when soccer star megan rapinoe missed a crucial penalty kick contributing to the loss and then something weird happened. conservatives relished america's loss, expressing a maniacal glee over their and by their, i mean our country's world cup exit. they sent a clear message that it's only america first if republican trolls like you, so all of that ho

but the senator from, alabama is not for the first time in more than 100 years. we don't have a sitting commandant of the marine corps. by the fall, we may not have a chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. we may not have a military leaders from our army and navy either. this partizan is already harming military readiness, leadership and troop morale. freezing pay. freezing people in place military families already sacrificed so much. unsure of where they change stations. unable to get housing or start kids in the new school. because they're not there yet. military spouses forced to take critical career decisions not where or if they can for a new job. a growing cascade of damage and disruption, all because senator from alabama and 48 republicans who refused to stand up to him to lift the blockade over the pentagon policy offering servicemen, women, their families access to reproductive health care rights they deserve if stationed in states to deny. i think it's outrageous. but don't just take it from me. hundreds of military spouses petition to end the extreme b

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quote, tuberville lives in alabama with his wife suzanne.ington post" has us asking if he actually lives in florida. the fact-checker reports that last month tuberville sold the last of the properties that he owns in the state of alabama. the senator has not responded it our request for comment, but his office told "the post" his primary residence is in auburn. but kessler found that records show that house is actually owned by tuberville's wife and his son. instead, "the post" says that campaign finance and property documents show the home that actually bears his name is a beach house in florida in the panhandle worthy millions of dollars and where he has lived two decades. he said this in 2017. >> six months ago after 40 years of coaching football, i hung up my whistle and moved to santa rosa beach, florida, with the white sands and blue water. what a great place to live. >> let's be clear. no one is saying that senator tuberville broke any laws. he spent plenty of time in alabama, specifically in auburn where he coached the auburn tigers

>> no, ma'am due process does not exist in the school system here in alabama. >> reporter: c.j.'s parents hired an attorney, but district policy prohibited her from being inside the meeting where they tried to appeal his punishment charles bell has spent more than a decade studying punishment in schools. >> we're literally pushing children out of school >> reporter: more than 2.6 million students were expelled or suspended for the most recent year federal data is available. black students were suspended at a rate more than double the national average though experts say black kids don't misbehave more often >> you have to leave, you're guilty, and we don't want to hear from you anymore. that's the thinking we've created with allowing broad discretion in these policies >> reporter: tuscaloosa city schools declined nbc's request for an on-camera interview, but say their policies exceed due process requirements, and that when students violate the code of conduct, they are given notice of the alleged violation, an explanation of the evidence supporting the violation, and an opportunit

yes, he has sold property in alabama. they call his florida property that he's had for a couple of decades, a vacation home. this is the statement from his spokesperson steven stafford, coach, coach lives in auburn. he has a vacation home in the panhandle. i'm sure lots of senators have vacation homes, unquote. chris. >> sahil kapur, thank you so much. >>> one thousand people on the island of maui still unaccounted for as wildfires wipe out homes and nearly all methods of communication. i'll talk to a local resident who watched her home burn down and then hiked a mountain just so she could tell her family she was safe. we're back in 60 seconds. (christina) wanna know the secret ingredient to running my business? (tina) her. (christina) being all over, all at once. (tina) all the time. (christina) but my old network wasn't cutting it. and that's not good for baking. or judging. or writing. so, we switched to verizon, the network businesses rely on. with verizon business unlimited, i get 5g, truly unlimited data, and unlimi

but the senator from, alabama is not for the first time in more than 100 years. we don't have a sitting commandant of the marine corps. by the fall, we may not have a chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. we may not have a military leaders from our army and navy either. this partizan is already harming military readiness, leadership and troop morale. freezing pay. freezing people in place military families already sacrificed so much. unsure of where they change stations. unable to get housing or start kids in the new school. because they're not there yet. military spouses forced to take critical career decisions not where or if they can for a new job. a growing cascade of damage and disruption, all because senator from alabama and 48 republicans who refused to stand up to him to lift the blockade over the pentagon policy offering servicemen, women, their families access to reproductive health care rights they deserve if stationed in states to deny. i think it's outrageous. but don't just take it from me. hundreds of military spouses petition to end the extreme b

alabama's new restrictive abortion policy. the white house also saying that this was not a factor in this final decision, chris. >> thank you for that. >>> now to the close call for the u.s. women's soccer team at the world cup. molly hunter is in new zealand and she has the highlights from that nail biter. >> reporter: this late night party shouldn't fool you. the u.s. fans are not happy with this 0-0 result. a tie is good enough to move on. not exactly though the game they wanted. take a look. >> that's going to do it. wow is all we can say. >> in the 61st minute, she tries to come to her team's rescue, injecting energy into a u.s. team in need of a jolt. still 0-0 and a heart stopping 90th minute. co-captain alex morgan with a shot at gold. seconds later, portugal hitting the post. both sides battle to the end sending in subs with two just two minutes to go. through much of the match, rose leading the offensive charge. again. and again. but the u.s. not finding the net. the 28-year-old midfielder starting for the first time

we have another base in alabama and we have the missile defense agency beds in alabama right now which going without an acting director at this time, but we are very proud of space command right now, and remaining in colorado, but again these are the decision that was not influenced by politics or policy and not influenced by senators holds, these are decisions being made on its own and the president chose to make them. >> so let's go to another part of the world, which is in af africa, they said then an attempted coup in niger, this is a country where obviously all is complicated, but one of the things the united states military has been able to work with our partners there to help prevent terrorism from getting out of niger and into our country. with this cool and a plan or their departure today from over a hundred americans or maybe even too much americans, i was still going to be able to protect ourselves if this regime changes and goes to rose morse russia? >> right now we are taking precautionary measures for american citizens during this security challenge and during the time th

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those accusations come from alabama. lawmakers who believe the decision is tied to the fight over abortion. but >> biden administration officials say the decision is simply what's best for military readiness. >> it's a great day for our springs, but it's also a great day for the citizens of the united states. the biden administration announced the u.s. space command headquarters will stay in colorado. >> overturning an effort by former president donald trump ti move the headquarters to alabama. it is clear this final decision is in the best interest of our national security. and it's the most responsible use of a taxpayer dollars. federal officials say the decision is an objective one. that's best for military readiness, but alabama lawmakers say they believe otherwise. but unfortunately, it sounds like it's a political decision. alabama senator tommy tuberville has been blocking military promotions because he opposes a decision by the defense department to pay for the travel of troops and dependents who are seeking abor

wall up, and the alabama sweet tea party.een written about it, arth being made, and there are owed to the folding share inventor nathaniel alexander, who is a black man. why is a story about a fight on a boat dock in a small american town creating all this reaction? it has a lot to do with many black and brown folks feeling like they are under attack in different ways right now. from whitewashing american history in florida to a famous country singer using -- warning them what would happen if they did that in a small town. to the hopelessness of crime affecting black communities and this latest slight, today these are trumps words on the campaign trail about the black female d.a. in georgia. >> they say there is a young woman, a young racist in atlanta. and this is a person that wants to indict me. she's got a lot of problems, but she wants to indict me to try to run for some other office. >> it is hard to fight against all that, but in this case, black people, in particular, showed up for each other. black bystanders, men an

at least two people were killed, one in alabama and one in south carolina.re she has seen some of the damage up close. >> reporter: tonight a rain racked tornado on the ground near the kansas border, tornado sirens warn residents to seek shelter. storm chasers reporting damage to buildings. powerful storms also continue to pummel the northeast today. with the tornado knocking down trees as it swept through mattapoisett, massachusetts. two days of raging storms cause flooding across the state making some roads impassable. on monday from new york to tennessee, the force of mother nature was evident. >> had to be a tornado. >> reporter: the storms brought down trees and knocked down power for thousands in knoxville, tennessee. eye-opening scenes everywhere. frightened drivers in westminster, maryland, were caught in a dangerous thunderstorm monday as winds up to 80 miles per hour knock down power lines like dominoes. nearly 50 people were rescued from their cars. the wild weather brought airports across the east coast to a standstill. kris van cleave is at wash

reportedstorms across tation yeday, alabama and south carolina. making it the second most active storm day of 2023, claiming lives in alabama and south carolina fierce wind gusts in maryland left 33 people trapped in cars for hours, pinned in their vehicles by toppled power lines. today, airlines playing catchup, after 9,000 flight delays and 1,800 cancellations. meantime tonight, parts of massachusetts, which saw as much as five inches of rain in under six hours, remain under flood watches through this evening. kathy park has late details. >>orter: tonight, a confirmed tornado touching down in massachusett leve trees and ging h other parts of new with f floods r. stranding driverd swallowingked ca e same sto system slammingtesa dohe east t nday night rts pennsylvania took the brunt of ththe brutal weather >> i see the wind coming through in the darkness. >> reporter: andrew king took covever in his basement asas tornado warnings were issued >> and then i hear the tree bomb impact, like, simultaneous, just crashing around the house. >> reporter: i

pete: alabama library. .: banning kirk cameron mom's for the but event reversing course, one of the event organizers is next. pete: diving into orlando, the underwater adventure on land now. we will check in next. ♪ will: a library in alabama will allow kirk cameron and riley gaines to host their see what the library event. the library cancel the gathering saying get there were concerns about logistics eventually reversed course after pushback from kirk and his legal team. people attending can share stories about faith, family and patriotism a jar next guest is the event host, chair of madison family mom's for the buddy, emily jones. great to see you this morning. what went down this week, what is your understanding of why this event was originally resisted by the library. >> i think it was originally canceled due to capacity issues. when we originally scheduled it we expected low turnout. kirk and riley were going to be joining us in the community had overwhelming excitement around that. we saw a huge spike

attorney from the northern district of alabama, now a professor of law at the university of alabama, and she joins me now. first, joyce, explain the context of this proposal by jack smith's team. this is kind of an opening bid, i imagine. what do you think of it as such? >> i think opening bid is a great way to characterize it. the judge has asked for a proposed trial dates and this is the government. it is a quick but not an unreasonably quick schedule, and the government imposes a lot of the pain in this calendar on itself. for instance, giving itself just a brief period of time over the thanksgiving holidays to respond to a certain set of pretrial motions. so the government is showing that it is willing to assume a lot of the burden of this quick pace. but chris, you may well be right. the judge may see this is an opening bid. they there may be back and forth. but hanging over the proceeding in the political calendar. and perhaps there is a trade-off here, that is the former president once a later date, then he may have to wave his ability to plead the political schedule makes it

another check of the weather with somara theodore in alabama. somara, good morning. >> somara: good morning. here in birmingham it's pretty hot and muggy and that's been the case for much of the south. the heat continues and look at this live shot coming out of dallas, texas, beautiful as the sun rises but you can almost see the heat in the visuals. it stretches from california to mississippi and heat advisories. if you take a look at some temperatures, you can see why triple digits, high temperatures, friend, 107 in dallas, 95 in tampa. 92 in miami but you know you factor in the humidity it feels much hotter. this is a look at the feels-like temperatures. over 110 for the next two days in dallas and we're going to be experiencing just as much heat out west, actual air temperatures in phoenix today, 114 degrees. >> somara: and it's not just here at home that we're experiencing this heat. you know, our planet has had its 32nd day in a row, warmest day in a row on record. tomorrow could mark the 33rd. you guys. >> janai: wow. >> will: whoa, it's a

those accusations come from alabama.makers who believe the decision is tied to the fight over abortion. but the biden administration says this is simply the best choice for military readiness. >> it's a great day for our springs, but it's also a great day. >> for the citizens of the united states, the biden administration announced the u.s. space command headquarters will stay in colorado, overturning an effort by former president donald trump to move the headquarters to alabama. it is clear this final decision is in the best interest of our national security. and it's the most responsible use of a taxpayer dollars. federal officials say the decision is an objective one. that's best for military readiness, but alabama lawmakers say they believe otherwise. but unfortunately, it sounds like it's a political decision. alabama senator tommy tuberville has been blocking military promotions because he opposes a decision by the defense department to pay for the travel of troops and dependents who are seeking abortions. the bide