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with me is our correspondentjess parker.le correspondent jess parker. a while correspondentjess parker. a legal appeal against its while a legal appeal against its use is still being considered. the supreme court decision temporarily blocks a lower courts ruling in texas that restricted the use of the drug. the drug, mifepristone is used in more than half of all abortions in the us. a decision as a victory for the biden administration. as it defends broad access to this pill. with me now is our correspondent jess parker who has been closely monitoring this decision. we now heard from the court. ~ ., ., , , decision. we now heard from the court. ., , ., court. what does this mean? i've not court. what does this mean? i've got a _ court. what does this mean? i've got a ruling _ court. what does this mean? i've got a ruling here. - court. what does this mean? i've got a ruling here. it's - i've got a ruling here. it's pretty short. most of it is made up from dissenting words from two justices, thomas and alito. but the supreme

here's our correspondentjess parker with what could happen next.egal battles. now, as samantha was just saying, nothing changes for seven days. the federaljudge in texas has allowed that period of time for possible appeals. so you are likely to see appeals in terms of trying to halt this taking effect for the time being, as well as appeals to the preliminary judgment itself. so, as samantha was saying, you could, and many legal experts think, this could end up eventually with the supreme court. there is another court, the fifth circuit, that the case would go to first. but it has caused major headlines here in the united states, the latest example of this contentious issue going to the courts and is well, some amazement from some people and criticism that one judge in texas can issue a ruling like this. judge in texas can issue and of course, you have this rival ruling in washington state as well. so, for the fda, of course they got these two rival judgments at the moment, creating a lot of confusion. i think that is pretty much where we are at the

president biden has responded: with me is our correspondentjess parker. jess what does this ruling mean? it means axis ii mifepristone remains but the uncertainty goes on. mifepristone is used by an enormous number of women, more than half who have abortions in the united states and is part of a two drug regiment and for now we will be able to access it. of course, some states who overturned roe v. wade have looked to either bad abortion or severely contain it so this will be particularly significant where abortion has remained legal and access it remained relatively easy. it is all kicked into the coming months. fix, easy. it is all kicked into the coming months.— easy. it is all kicked into the coming months. a lot of people lookin: coming months. a lot of people looking at _ coming months. a lot of people looking at this _ coming months. a lot of people looking at this closely _ coming months. a lot of people looking at this closely to - coming months. a lot of people looking at this closely to see i looking at this closely to see where that supreme cou

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our north america | correspondent jess parker correspondentjess parker reporting. they will be thousands of guests and journalists and politicians gathering together in support of freedom of the press, and we will hear from in support of freedom of the press, and we will hearfrom us presidentjoe biden later but theissue presidentjoe biden later but the issue of press freedom is of particular importance this year, and among the expected attendees as the family of evan gershkovich, the wall street journal reporter remains imprisoned in russia after he was detained in march and charged with spying, despite strong denials from the us government. other expected guests include wnba star and two—time olympic gold medallist brittney griner, it comes four months after she was released from detainment in russia where she had beenjailed on drugs charges. jeremy to discuss the event is jill charges. jeremy to discuss the event isjill a percent, former executive of the new york times, thank you for taking the time to be with us. i understand that new york times journalist do no

with me is our correspondentjess parker. jess what does this ruling say?t means nothing changes for an hour on women's access to mifepristone. kawann uses a two drug regiment in more than half of abortions across america so thatis of abortions across america so that is highly significant. what had happened, as you were just mentioning, a judge in texas had halted potential approval of mifepristone so we could not be available but that decision was stayed for seven days and an appeals court said, no, we will restrict it, lower the amount of time women can take it to when they are pregnant down from ten weeks to seven weeks and you will not be able to order it by mail either. the supreme court has said none of that is happening for now. it kicked it back to the appeals court who will hear the appeals court who will hear the case on its merit and we will hear in the coming months. what happens now? it goes back to the fifth circuit court of appeals animal arguments begin in the middle of next month. speaking to legal experts this evening, they say it will pla

president biden has responded: with me is our correspondentjess parker.he has been looking into the story for us. what does this ruling mean?— story for us. what does this ruling mean? access continues as it did before _ ruling mean? access continues as it did before two _ as it did before two mifepristone which, as you are saying, is widely used in america as part of a two drug regimen for abortion. just colbeck a little bit, there was a judge in texas who said that actually approval should be halted for the time being and then an appeals court basically ruled that went too far but looked to restrict access to mifepristone so you can only take it up to seven weeks of pregnancy, you couldn't ordered by mail, you had to go for an in—person appointment. the supreme court has ruled for now none of those things will happen, axis remains as it was, and they kicked it back to the lower court and we could be talking about the supreme court looking again at this issue in a few months but i'm try more towards the end of the year. now it is the quo, access to mifep

live now to our correspondentjess parker. i understand you havejust arrived there. can you give us arrived there. can you give us a sense of how the community is reacting? we a sense of how the community is reactinu ? ~ . , a sense of how the community is reactin: ? ~ . , ., , ., reacting? we arrived 'ust as a viuil reacting? we arrived 'ust as a viail had reacting? we arrived 'ust as a vigil had been h reacting? we arrived 'ust as a vigil had been taking _ reacting? we arrived just as a vigil had been taking place . vigil had been taking place just up the road from here in a kind of parking area and dozens and dozens of people from the local community were there. and you could really tell what a tightknit community this is. it is a small town here in rural alabama and lots of people were talking to each other, hugging each other. we did see young people very visibly upset. obviously a lot of people will have known the victims of last night's shooting. and that is the dance studio we understand the dance studio we understand the shooting took place last night. they

clearly an emotional governor speaking at live now to our correspondentjess parker. details of the hours and one of the important things we have learned from the authorities, but they are saying the suspect had to cut some kind of connection to the bank, possibly a former employee. no doubt we might learn more about that in the coming hours. we are expecting another update later on this afternoon local time. they also laid out how officers were at the scene in minute and actually exchanged fire with the suspect. it's not clear that the suspect then died because of that or took their own life. one police officer are currently in surgery. what they been saying this morning is the action of the officers did save lives. you had a tearful governor of kentucky speaking, suggesting or saying that he knows one of the people who lost their lives this morning. this of course is something that we discuss before mass shootings have been on the rise in the united states in recent years. there is clear frustration for example, the biden administration who want to see tougher gun c

live now to washington and our correspondentjess parker. how this is directly impacted him. yes. kentucky talking about how this is directly impacted him.— kentucky talking about how this is directly impacted him. yes, he was sa in: directly impacted him. yes, he was saying that — directly impacted him. yes, he was saying that he _ directly impacted him. yes, he was saying that he knew— directly impacted him. yes, he was saying that he knew one _ directly impacted him. yes, he was saying that he knew one of - directly impacted him. yes, he was saying that he knew one of the - saying that he knew one of the people that hadn't made it as he gave quite a tearful response following this news this morning. what we are told is police first got reports of a shooting at this bank around 830 this morning, local time. and they were at the scene within minutes for the at this press conference they held earlier they said that there was an exchange of fire between officers and the suspect. as we would just hearing, the suspect has died for the police sa

live now to washington and our correspondentjess parker.e i'm not sure he meant to announce it that way, but it is significant, either way. it that way, but it is significant, either way-— either way. it is a strong indication _ either way. it is a strong indication that _ either way. it is a strong indication that joe - either way. it is a strong indication that joe bidenj either way. it is a strong - indication that joe biden intends either way. it is a strong _ indication that joe biden intends on indication thatjoe biden intends on running, but we have already had indications of that from him. that exchange there, talking about the easter egg roll, and the news presented there, the host, trying as others have before him in recent months to get the current president to really firmly state whether he is going to run for a second term. we have to put this in a bit of context, the moment, really, that we are looking for in terms of a real confirmation, joe biden would have to file papers, you would expect an official announcement as well. l

live now to our correspondentjess parker, who's in washinghton. this report, how independent is it?or how it was heavily criticised for how it was handled. but what mr kirby and this report has sought to do is rather tacitly conceding that there were intelligence failings which were intelligence failings which were plain for all to see in the aftermath of what had happened, there is an effort to actually, to some extent pinned the blame on donald trump. what this report says and what mr kirby said is that the trump administration had put in place a plan for withdrawal but without actually doing any proper planning, in their view mandous well that they had raided the forces on the ground in afghanistan and had also allowed... so there are some of are to blame the prior administration. our body also, what they do in this report is say that it was the right decision overall, and that the mission of afghanistan had drifted into nation—building which it was not intended to be. taste which it was not intended to be. we should give some right of reply to someone who some —— sat on the nati