10 PM ET: Meadows loses bid, abortion drug latest, Florida entrance exam & more

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🗓️ 9 September 2023

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A judge has rejected former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ request to move his Georgia election interference case to federal court. The US Supreme Court is once again being asked to make a major ruling on abortion in 2024. A Pennsylvania prison guard has been fired in connection to a convicted killer’s escape last week. A Florida board has approved a new entrance exam for its public colleges and universities. Lastly, the last Grand Slam of the season wraps up this weekend with finals in men's and women’s singles. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello from CNN, I'm a phone
0:03.5	Medicaid with the five things you need to know for Friday September 8th.
0:07.5	We begin with a huge setback for former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
0:13.3	A judge has rejected his bid to move his Georgia criminal case to federal court.
0:17.7	He and his 18 co-defendants are accused of being part of a broad conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the state.
0:25.8	Meadows's lawyers wanted to get the case dismissed in federal court by invoking immunity as a federal
0:31.2	official, but the judge ruled that Meadows's actions
0:34.1	related to the 2020 election were largely political and had nothing to do with his
0:38.8	White House duties. The judge said his ruling doesn't affect the other co-defendants who want their cases moved to federal court, including former President Donald Trump. Meadows is appealing.
0:49.4	His co-defendant, former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, filed a new legal challenge against
0:54.1	the charges today. In a court filing he called the indictment invalid and asked a judge
0:58.9	to put a stop to it. The Supreme Court is once again being asked to make a major ruling on abortion in 2024.
1:06.9	The Justice Department joined a maker of the drug Miffopristone today, asking the Supreme
1:11.3	Court to reverse a lower court ruling that would restrict access to the drug.
1:15.0	As of right now, if a prison is still available until all legal challenges are resolved.
1:20.0	That's because of an order signed by the High Court in the spring. Any final decision will have a major impact on abortion access in the U.S.
1:29.0	Most abortions in the U.S. are medication abortions. We're following new developments in the search for a
1:35.5	convicted killer who escapes prison last week in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania
1:40.1	prison guard who did not see or report Danello Cavalcante's escape has been
1:44.3	fired. That's what a source with knowledge of the decision tells CNN. Cavalcante is
1:49.6	still on the run. He's considered dangerous and violent and authorities are urging residents to stay alert.
1:56.0	Police are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to Cavalcante's arrest.
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