yamiche alcindor is following the case in louisiana. yamiche, what can you tell us about what's happening today? >> starting just this hour, three conservative judges will be hearing oral arguments on whether mifepristone should remain available. each of these judges, we should put our names and faces up of people have a history of supporting restrictions on abortion, and each were nominated by republican presidents. as viewers may remember, a group of anti-abortion activists to get this pill off the market. they are arguing it is unsafe, and the fda should never have approved it when it did two decades ago. the justice department is arguing that taking the medication off the market would cause great harm to women and the fda's approval of the pill and more recent actions allowing it to be mailed should remain in place. what's interesting here is that in the short term, access to the pill remains in place no matter what the court of appeal decides, keeping access to the pill in place until it rules, but the supreme court didn't actually

. >>> joining me to talk about this, nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor and former republicanan in practical terms and how likely is it that the republican legislature will indeed over ride the governor's veto? >> if nothing changes, it's pretty likely that the republicans, who have a supermajority, thin supermajority, but a supermajority nonetheless in north carolina will be able to over ride the democratic governor's veto and pass this. that's why you see roy cooper barnstorming the state and trying to mobilize people to try to push one republican, either in the house or the senate to change their mind in order to stop this bill. this is being complicated by a factor which we haven't talked about which is that a democratic, tracy cotham who was a democrat, vocal supporter of abortion rights, she switched her position and became a republican, stunning her party, her staffers. people are angry at her. she's now saying she supports this 12-week abortion ban. she is in a new camp here. we should also note that public opinion at least for now is not on the republican side. there

let's get right to nbc's yamiche alcindor who's outside the court. che, fill us in. >> good morning, the supreme court has unanimously decided that twitter is not going to be found liable for aiding and abetting terrorists. in this case that was argued in february, the plaintiffs were trying to say that twitter was aiding and abetting isis because they were at some times recommending videos of isis. it really is seen as the bedrock of the internet, it says that social media companies and websites cannot be sued for the material that is on their sites. in other words, you can't be sued for things that are being posted on your site. twitter can't be sued. this is a big decision. it's supposed to be we think a decision that's with google and youtube. that case the parents of a student killed in a terrorist attack sued to say youtube should not be recommending terrorist videos. we're waiting to see whether or not that google case is also going to be decided. a big decision with twitter not being found liable. they were found not to have a claim. >> stay w

>> joining us is nbc news correspondent yamiche alcindor. the coming days. >> as you just saw the democratic governor of north carolina, roy cooper, he's barnstorming there. republicans are set to change the abortion laws in that state. that would mean restricting abortions if this new bill passes at 12 weeks instead of the current 20 weeks which is the law now. this all hinges on this former democrat, tricia cot ham who switched her position from being a democrat to a republican. she used to be an outspoken supporter of abortion rights. in recent days she voted in favor of restricting abortion rights. that has left former staffers angry at her. she has spoken publically that she thinks people should not have political influence when it comes to women's reproductive rights. she's changed her mind now. now republicans in north carolina possibly will have the power to muscle this bill through. we should note there are polls that show the majority of people living in north carolina, they support the current law as it stands. this is really the

nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor joins us now, so, yamiche, can you remind us how weo the pill stand right now. >> reporter: zinhle, at this hour we have three conservative judges, each with a history of supporting restrictions on abortions hearing oral arguments right now on whether this widely used pill, mifepristone, should remain available. the arguments have been tense and seems like these judges will likely side with anti-abortion activists who brought the case and one referred to it as a moral tragedy. as viewers may remember an anti-abortion group, and add volks and doctors sued to get it off the market. they are arguing it is unsafe and the fda should never have approved it two decades ago. the justice department is arguing taking this abortion medication offer the market would cause great harm to women and that the fda's approval of the pill and more recent actions like allowing it to be mailed should remain in place and an attorney for the doj said a lower district court's order to pull the drug off the market was unjustified and unprecedented and an attack

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joining me for insight, yamiche alcindor.mer democratic senator from missouri, claire mccaskill, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles, and lahnee chen, a fellow at the hoover institution. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, the long of-running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> a good sunday morning. it was ten years ago this very month that the senate's so-called gang of eight rolled out an immigration reform plan that they believed could finally pass congress. >> we all wish we didn't have this problem, but we do and we have to fix it because leaving things the way they, that's the real angle. >> i think 2013 is the year of immigration reform. >> it was not and the laws haven't changed. donald trump would launch his political campaign building his entire identity with the issue of being tough on immigration and tough on the border. trump even promised the wall off the nation's 2,000-mile southern border, and while the wall doesn't materi

. >>> yamiche alcindor has been following this for us. what more do we know about this court hearing in louisiana, and what happens next? >> well, the three judges on the fifth circuit court of appeal who is heard this case yesterday each have a history of supporting restrictions on abortion, and were nominated by republican presidents. they had several heated exchanges with lawyers for the doj over whether this widely used abortion pill, mifepristone, should remain available. an attorney for the doj started off by saying the district court's order to pull the drug off the market was unjustified, and an unprecedented attack on scientific expertise. that order is not in place right now but the judges took real issue with that language, and one judge said to the doj lawyer, quote, do you think it is appropriate to attack the court. but the doj did not back down, and argued that taking this abortion medication off the market and undoing approvals by the fda would cause great harm to women. the judges also questioned whether the fda had done

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yamiche alcindor, thank you. >>> bomb shell reporting from propublica is raising additional questions the ethics of supreme court justice clarence thomas. harlan you allegedly paid the tuition at a private boarding school for thomas's grand nephew who he was raising as a son, citing a bank statement. the exact amount paid is not clear, the article suggests the sum could have exceeded $150,000 if he paid for all four years. nbc news has not confirmed this propublica reporting. combined with propublica's previous reporting on thomas and you, it paints a picture of a billionaire donor, funding multiple aspects of the life of a supreme court justice, including lavish vacations on his private yacht and jet and the purchase of the house where the justice's mother lives rent free. justice thomas declined to comment on the new reporting and has not responded to nbc news but he has previously said you and his wife are among our dearest friends and he understood he didn't have to disclose the trips. you and his wife have supported many young americans at a variety of schools, including his alma

advisory panel recommending that a birth control pill be made available without a prescription yamiche alcindor is following this for us. yamiche, people have been trying to do this for decades. >> reporter: lester, today's vote is a significant step in the push to make birth control available over the counter. the fda still has to decide on final approval, but it is expected to heavily consider today's recommendation that will determine whether or not the medication called opill will become the first birth control pill available without a prescription here in the u.s. some fda scientists who analyzed data about the pill raised concerns about whether women with a history of certain medical conditions like breast cancer who should not be on hormonal birth control would know to avoid it there were also concerns about whether adolescents would understand the label's instructions and if a minor would need parental consent later this summer, the fda is expected to make a final decision. lester >> yamiche, thank you. >>> a certain warrant full of new details in the case of kouri richins, the utah mot

. >> reporter: nbc's yamiche alcindor covers washington. the president said it is up to congress to act is that likely to happen circumstances last year president biden helped pass substantial bipartisan gun legislation. he has repeatedly urged congress to do more, including banning assault weapons but it is unlikely republicans who control the house will agree to that restriction or any further changes to gun laws >> reporter: for communities torn apart by gun violence like allen, texas, a fear nothing will change. >> we discuss this over and over and nothing gets done. >> she speaks for many people tonight >>> now to the other big breaking news out of texas today, in the border town of brownsville seven people were killed when they were run down by an suv as they waited for a bus near a shelter for migrants guad venegas has details. >> reporter: the horrific aftermath on the streets of brownsville, texas just miles from the southern border after police say a man plowed his car into a group of pedestrians waiting at a bus stop, killing sev

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and it is expected to be overridden by the republican legislature according to yamiche alcindor, oure" earlier pleading with republicans. >> have the courage to stand up to the republican leadership. they only have a one-vote super majority in the house and a one-vote super majority in the senate and all we need is one republican to stand up in either chamber to stop this bad ban in north carolina. >> and, donna, when you look at the numbers here, the majority of americans are opposed to blanket abortion bans. so is this going to backfire against the republican nominee if their position is for something that is almost a ban in some -- in many of these states? >> well, it is going to do as it has done, which is to continue to backfire against republicans. i don't understand this at all. republican candidates are not creating a lane for themselves that is designed both in a primary election and general election to appeal even to independents. the issue of abortion along with these culture wars is against where the majority of the country are. you look whether it is in florida or north

yamiche alcindor has been following this for us. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, the situation in north carolina is tense. you have a democratic governor, roy cooper, barn storming the state trying to get just one gop lawmaker to vote against this new restriction. of course right now, north carolina laws restrict abortion after 20 weeks. this new bill would take that down to 12 weeks, the governor is urging voters, lawmakers to try their best to stop this republican effort. it's likely that republicans who have a super majority, a thin super majority, but a super majority nonetheless will be able to override the governor and will likely put into law and put into place that new restriction. also complicating this is that trisha, who was a democratic lawmaker, at the time, vocally supportive of abortion rights, she has changed her party position and become a republican. this is a move that stunned democrats, stunned staffers who have been speaking out against her, including other people working to get her elected, but she's sticking to this, and v

. >> reporter: nbc's yamiche alcindor covers washington.t. is that likely to happen? >> last year, president biden helped pass substantial bipartisan gun legislation. it's unlikely that republicans who control the house will agree to that restriction or any further changes to gun laws. >> reporter: for communities torn apart by gun violence, like allen, texas, a fear nothing will change. >> we just go through this over and over and nothing gets done. >> and thank you to nbc's kate snow for that. so as the number of shootings goes up, so too does the number of people that are traumatized by them. that includes the people who were shopping at that outlet mall in north texas. i spoke to fontaine payton last hour. here's what he said he saw after finally being able to leave after being trapped inside for an hour. >> they told the rest of us to keep following all of these other people out left, and that's when you seen the glass of the window busted, you see blood everywhere, and i was on the phone with my girlfriend, and i remember because we h

joining me now is yamiche alcindor and ruth markus, an attorney as well. point out the republican pushback is partly or primary because most of the criticism is on clarence thomas. instead of attending today's hearing, justice roberts sent a letter. in essence, the justices police themselves. no other court, including the appeals courts, no other court rules itself. >> that's right. looking into this, you have district and appeals court judges who are bound by a code of ethics. the supreme court has not adopted its own code of ethics. this is what democrats mostly are pushing for, to say why don't you put something on paper and say, here is what we're going to abide by? especially in a moment like this where so many americans, mainly in this moment democrats because of the roe decision, but some others see them doing the work of politicians. it was interesting. it did feel like a run of the mill hearing that you hear on capitol hill because democrats were on one side saying, let's just ask the question, let's see if there's a code of ethics. you had republ

. >> let's bring in nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor to talk more about this. this essentially creates a desert for abortion care in the southeast now with this law. talk us through what this means. >> well, we can talk about the regional impact which is that south carolina joins a long list of southern states that have now passed restrictive abortion bills since roe v. wade was overturned last year. in this bill, it bans abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, which is usually around six weeks. the south carolina governor is expected to sign this bill, the senate passed it 27-19. we should say when it comes to south carolina politics, this was seen as a compromise bill which can be hard to understand on the national stage here. the south carolina house wanted to pass a near total ban of all abortions, the south carolina state senate pushed back on that and the compromise was the six-week ban. this is a time period where a number of women might not even know they are pregnant. the regional impact here is that if you go to the south now, if you look at th

assembly is meeting to try to override the governor's veto of a proposed 12-week abortion ban and yamiche alcindorbreak down what exactly is at stake here. >> reporter: well, today the future of abortion access is at stake in north carolina. this new bill would ban virtually all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. that is a change, of course, from the state's current 20-week ban. this new bill was passed through the north carolina legislature in less than 48 hours and now the gop which has a thin supermajority in the legislature is expected to override it of the democratic governor roy cooper and note republicans can do this because one democrat in the statehouse switched parties in april. she was at one point an outspoken supporter of abortion rights and even talked about having a medically necessary abortion herself. but she since changed her party and her tune and has voted to restrict abortion access so the timing of this vote is fluid but the state said it opens at 4:00 p.m. and expecting state senators to vote. >> with all that what are we hearing from governor cooper ahead of the vote? >

speakers ryan and boehner, former obama white house deputy chief of staff, msnbc news correspondent yamiche alcindormp was asked about the classified documents found at mar-a-lago and his reaction raising a lot of eyebrows. >> what donald trump said last night is something he said before which is that the documents were automatically declassified when he took them out of the white house and to mar-a-lago. i think these are really important admissions. number one, he's admitting that he has one. that is one of the elements of the crime. this idea that he automatically declassified them is nonsense. there has to be a document that says that so that you can communicate that to the rest of the intelligence community. so it's a nonstarter, but it locks him in to that defense. he also said nothing about why he needed to lie to the justice department that he had returned all the documents in june in response to a subpoena when he, in fact, retained 26 boxes. so i think that was a good development for jack smith because it locks him into a story, and he can certainly use a recording of that statement at tri

yamiche alcindor and former governor pat mccrory. we should mention that katy tur will speak with north carolina governor roy cooper today at 3:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. >>> that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." andrea will be back tomorrow. remember to follow the show online and on facebook and on twitter @mitchellreports. "chris jansing reports" starts right now. >>> good day. i'm chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. call it a perfect political storm. fresh off his headline-grabbing trip through iowa, governor ron desantis is back on his home turf, again throwing shade at donald trump. his pitch to voters just an hour ago, pick me if you want someone who won't spend all their time on cable news and social media. >> for me it's like okay, what's that true north? you obviously have to win or you don't get a ticket to the dance. once you do that, how are you going to be able to bring about big change to make people's lives better. >>> president biden's surprising new southern stat

nbc news correspondent yamiche alcindor is here to talk about this.today? >> reporter: well, for generations, black residents in the county that is rural and impoveverished sayays they y han foforced to live amid raw sewag and waste bececause thehey don' have workingng sewer systems. thee departmenent of healtlth w and launchedd a f first of its d environmental justice investigation and today officials announced that the preliminary findings of that investigation saying that they found that state and county officials, those health departments that they were failing to adequately remedy the conditions through inaction or neglect. kristen clark, the head of the civil rights decision at the department of justice laid out part of their findings. take a listen. >> the sad reality is that too many communities of color are struggling for clean water, clean air, and bear the consequences of pollution and underinvestment in wastewater infrastructure, transportation, and health care. >> reporter: so now there will be the first of its kind interim resolution agr

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. >> joining us now from more on this is nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor. this is not a foregone conclusion. all it takes is one republican, one, to vote with democrats. and recent polling shows the majority of residents in north carolina agree with the governor on this issue. they support the state's current 20-week ban. it would even expand it. so, do republicans have the votes? >> well, ana, that's a key question and it seems that republicans do have the votes. this change in north carolina law, it is through the north carolina legislature because republicans voted on a party line and were able to get that through. so it would be -- it looks pretty certain that republicans are going to be able to override that democratic governor roy cooper's veto and be able to pass this. now, of course, as you just mentioned, key to this is the fact that trisha cotham who used to be a democrat, and who talked about her own personal experience needing a medically necessary abortion that she would be someone that would be key to republicans now being able to have this vo

yamiche alcindor has been reporting extensively.looking to see if there was discrimination here. now they say they found it. what happens next? >> well, lindsey, we broke this story this morning after an 18-month investigation into failing sewage systems, the justice department and the health and human services department is saying that the local and state counties that they failed to remedy conditions that disproportionately impacted black residents and engaged in a pattern of inaction and ne glebt. so now they're saying there's going to be an interim resolution agreement that's going to remedy this. they're forcing essentially the state and county health departments to do more to make sure that people have working sewage systems, and kristin clark, who's the head of the civil rights department for the department of justice just spoke about this agreement. take a listen to what she said. >> the department of health has agreed to take a number of significant steps to address the sanitation crisis thatpredomina low income communities

. >> yamiche alcindor covers washington. the president said it's up to congress to act.ident biden helped pass substantial bipartisan gun legislation. he's repeatedly urged congress to do more, including banning assault weapons, but it's unlikely that republican who is control the house will agree to that restrictions or gun laws. >> reporter: for communities like allen, texas, a fear nothing will change. >> nothing gets done. >> nbc's kate snow with that report. joining us now, editor of "the new republic," michael tomaski. in your latest column entitled "the gun industry wants america's malls and schools to be war zones," this is frightening. you write in part, "newer and deadlier guns are coming on the market at a steady pace. that's right -- if you thought gun manufacturers might hit pause on all of this, think again. after all, there's a market out there and it is booming." "last year, for example, saw the introduction to the u.s. market of the sig sauer mcx spear, the civilian version of the u.s. army's new xm7 rifle. it is according to some report rs i read twice