This is the Tom Hartman program.

Hey, top of the morning to you, or afternoon,

this case may be wherever you are. A lot to talk about today.

Mitch McConnell stepping down, Donald Trump and President Biden, both visiting

the southern border. Can Illinois kick Trump off the ballot?

Looks like they're going to try.

McConnell is stepping down and the massive Texas wildfires in our news summary.

Phil Littner's going to drop by with an update on what's going on in Ukraine. A bunch of things in the news today,

just a quick news summary with my take on each one of these stories.

Down in Alabama, the Alabama Supreme Court said IVF kills embryos and therefore that's

killing children and therefore that's murder and so we can't have IVF anymore.

And Congress, the Republicans, immediately said oh well we well, we'll fix that. We love IVF. That's more babies, especially, you know, affluent white babies because they're, you know, mostly the people who get IVF.

So, you know, being a good person, Senator Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat from Illinois, who has two

children from IVF herself.

She has introduced legislation, which she has introduced in the previous two years as well, by the way, the same piece of legislation

that would protect IVF nationwide.

It would provide an exception to abortion laws in any state

so that IVF can survive.

And Senator Cindy Hyde Smith, a Republican from Mississippi, vetoed it, essentially.

She got up, because Tammy Duckworth was asking for passage for unanimous consent.

If nobody objects, this thing passes, the Senate goes to the House of Representatives

to be considered.

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