but judge robert mcburney, sending a clear message saying that certification under georgia law is mandatory. and here's what he's saying in part of his ruling, saying, quote, give me one second here to bring that ruling. if election officials, i'm sorry, if election superintendent since we're as plaintiff, urges free to play investigator or prosecutor, jury, and judge. and so because of a unilateral determination of error or fraud, refuse to certify election results. georgia voters would be silenced, our constitution and our election code do not allow for that to happen. this really sends a major blow to conservatives who were trying to broaden then there powers. and again, i mentioned that there's another ruling related to certification that is in front of judge robert mcburney as it stands right now, related to a reasonable inquiry which democrats fear could give powers to a rogue election official to refuse to certify election results. look, it goes without saying that there is an air of anxiety when it comes to the post-election chin tabulation process. but that's not really on voters m

this is a quote i want to show you put on the screen here from the fulton county judge robert mcburneyrites if election superintendents were as plaintiff urges free to play jury and judge, then georgia voters would be essentially silenced, he says. this case was brought by a republican on the fulton county election board, julie adams. abstained from certifying the results of the spring presidential primary and this ruling really comes on top of what just happened yesterday. secretary of state here in georgia said voters can trust the results and that people can say things, whatever they want to say. at the end of the day the winner will be the winner. one more level, one more thing that has happened in georgia saying to voters no matter what happens in november, those results will be certified. dana. >> dana: all right. aishah, thank you with the breaking news right out of georgia. >> bill: also in georgia today harris faulkner is set to hold a town hall with former president donald trump focusing on women's issues. everybody in the audience will be a woman airing tomorrow at 11:00 a.m

this week, fulton county superior judge, robert mcburney struck down georgia's six-week abortion ban.r a legislator, judge, or a commander from "the handmaid's tale quote to tell these women what to do during this period when a fetus cannot survive outside the womb even more so that society could or should force them to serve as a human that she tissue bank or to give up the body for another human, and quote. for now, that means abortion is illegal now in the state of georgia to the point of fetal availability. they are already appealing this ruling, working to reinstate his deadly abortion ban. it is hard to imagine taking such an indefensible position in the face of dead mothers, but that is what they are doing. we should expect the same deliberate cruelty and antiabortion policy to be carried to the federal level if donald trump is elected again. this is important because trump and his running mate know that abortion bans are deeply unpopular. they know that abortion bans are deadly, and instead of changing their position, they come up with a new and creative way to lie about it. t

fulton county judge robert mcburney struck down george's six-week band after the conservative majorityrgia started enforcing a de facto total ban on all abortions in the state, a ban on all abortions after six weeks. with this ruling again, abortion is now legal again in georgia. that man was in place long enough to lead directly to the deaths of at least two young women living in georgia, women who could not access the healthcare they needed to save their lives because of that abortion ban, so this milestone ruling today getting rid of george's abortion ban, it is a really big deal on the facts and policy for the people of georgia. it is also just the first thing in what is starting out to be a big milestone week for that specific judge, for judge mcburney because tomorrow, at 9:00 a.m., he's going to oversee a bench trial which will be live screened -- live streamed, trial over new election rules that were recently passed by the maga majority of the county election board, one of which requires officials to conduct a reasonable inquiry before the certified and election result. the oth

. >> judge robert mcburney said in his ruling, day that abortions must be regulated as they were priorthe passage of the controversial heartbeat bill back in 2019, it was in 2019 that georgia lawmakers passed what was then thought to be one of those restrictive abortion bans in the country, outlying the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy or prior to when most women realize that they're pregnant. and it was judge mcburney incidentally, back in 2019, that block that rule or that law that was signed by georgia governor brian kemp from going into effect. but then in 2022, the supreme court, throughout the national right to an abortion, which opened the door for states to issue their own abortion bans that brought the ruling of the constitutionality of the heartbeat bill back into the courtroom of judge mcburney. and this is what he said in his ruling today, saying, quote, liberty in georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections and in its bundle of rights, the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it. and in it, and to reject state interference

in his decision, judge robert mcburney wrote that a woman in georgia has the right to reject state interferencethcare choices. georgia was one of four states where bans on abortions kick in after six weeks, before many women realize they're pregnant. the state's attorney general says he will immediately appeal. the biden administration is toughening asylum restrictions athe southern border. the new rules bar migrants from being granted asylum unless the daily number of border crossings fall below 1500 per day, for 28 straight days, up from a prior threshold of seven days. for the first time, unaccompanied children will be counted toward those totals. the new restrictions go into effect tomorrow. the nation's major dockworkers' union has signalled that its 45,000 members will walk off the job at midnight tonight. the strike by the international longshoremen's association would cause some 36 ports across the east and gulf coasts to shut down. they handle about half of all goods shipped in and out of the u.s., meaning a direct impact on the nation's supply chains, and the risk of higher prices for

this ruling coming from superior court judge robert mcburney, stemming from a lawsuit brought forward by julie adams, and that's somebody who made news earlier this spring. she's a member of the fulton county board of elections and she refuse to certify the presidential primary results. but judge mcburney, sending a very clear message that certification is mandatory and this is what he's saying. and part of his ruling, quote, election superintendents were as plaintiff urges, free to play investigator or prosecutor, jury and judge. and so because of a unilateral determination of error or fraud, refund used to certify election results. georgia voters would be silenced. our constitution and our election code do not allow for that to happen. now, we are still standing by for another ruling on certification that a lawsuit coming from democrats who are contesting the reasonable inquiry rule, which they say could give power to rogue georgia elections officials to refuse to certify i results. all of that playing out in the court as early voting is underway, none of that though, seems to be on

. >> but judge robert mcburney, will the fulton county superior court sending a very clear message that certification is mandatory? this lawsuits stemming from one for me, julie adam, she is a fulton county board of elections worker or she's on the board of elections and she made news this past spring by refusing to certify the presidential primary results. but judge mcburney sending that message in his ruling saying, quote, if election superintendents were as plaintiff urges free to play investigator prosecutor jury, and judge. and so because of a unilateral determination of error or fraud, refuse to certify election results. georgia voters would be silenced. our constitution and our election code do not allow for that to happen. i mentioned that other certification ruling were anticipating a democrats had sued the state over what they call the certification rule, which they said empowers potentially rogue county elections officials to refuse from certifying results. and they say that could cascade into a bigger problem. that we would potentially not know who won the 2024 election if i

in his order tossing out the rule, judge robert mcburney writing this quote, this election season isught. memories of january 6 have not faded away, regardless of one's view of that days fame or infamy, anything that adds uncertainty and disorder to the electoral process deserves the public. another rule which would have allowed local election officials to not certify the election was also set aside. georgia's secretary of state opposed the election board's new rules and welcomed the judge's ruling not enough monitors through what's it in a process has put around this. it's just it's a bad idea to ever change rules this close to an election, especially on something that can open up the chain of custody like that, which we think is really against the law all right panel is back again. >> this we are 20 days out and sometimes with you know, polling and horse races, it can be difficult to see the forest for the trees but the emerging forest is one where there are potential challenges across the map to the way that these votes are being counted. to the way that they are being certified.

going to have a direct impact on the 2024 election earlier this morning, superior court judge robert mcburney issuing one of two rulings related to certification that we've been relayed, that we've been waiting on this one, a stemming from a lawsuit from julie the atom. she's a conservative on the fulton county board of elections, who made news this past spring by refusing to certify the presidential primary results. but judge mcburney, sending a very clear message in his ruling that certification is mandatory under georgia law, and this is what he said in part of that ruling. if election superintendents were as plaintiff urges free to play investigator or prosecutor, jury and judge and so because of a unilateral determination of error or fraud refuse to certify election results. georgia voters would be silenced. our constitution in our election code do not allow for that to happen. i mentioned that other ruling that we're standing by for that one stemming from a lawsuit from the democrats over what they call the certification rule that one democrats fear will get potentially a row county ele