Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett and I'm on the Navas on the news hour tonight.

The Supreme Court issues major decisions on abortion, the environment, and Purdue Pharma's opioid settlement.

Our panel of experts previews tonight's CNN presidential debate.

And salt water from rising sea levels in the Chesapeake Bay disrupt the livelihood of

farmers in Coastal Maryland.

When we have this concept of climate change, we kind of think of it is something that's going to happen, and what we were saying is it is happening. Welcome to the news hour. The US Supreme Court handed down rulings in a number of high-profile

cases this morning. The justices ripped up a controversial bankruptcy deal,

one that would have provided billions of dollars to states devastated by the opioid epidemic and shielded the

family accused of pushing painkillers in search of profits. The justices

also reinstated access to abortions for those facing medical emergencies in Idaho for now,

and the court temporarily blocked a Biden environmental policy regulating air pollution

from taking effect.

To help unpack the details and significance of the rulings,

were joined first by John Yang,

anchor of PBS News Weekend, who also covers the Supreme Court for us.

It's good to see you again, John.

So let's start with this abortion case,

because the Supreme Court, as you well know,

formally dismissed an appeal over Idaho's strict abortion ban.

How did that ruling track with the case document that was mistakenly uploaded to the Supreme

Court website yesterday?

It was essentially what we got a sneak preview of yesterday, Jeff.

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