is friday, june 14. another opinion day at the supreme court.

are expecting more decisions at 10:00 eastern. yesterday one of the most anticipated decisions was handed down. ■iit was a unanimous -- it was a unit miss ruling indo which the justices found the plaintiffs did not have legal grounds to bring a challenge. reaction to that ruling and are getting your parties. republicans can call in (202) 748-8001, democrats (202) 748-8000 and send us am there e from. catch up with us on social media. a very good friday morning to you. ■iling in now. a two our washington jthe houses

morning. we will take you there when it does come in. decisions expected to be handed down today from the supreme court. q7this was the headline on that case yesterday. "court preserves access to abortion pill." usa tonight -- the usa today rightsng of the fda's loosening of rules for how the pill is being legitimate bao bring the suit. the challengers sceobjections dm right to sue. instead the doctors can raise objections through the fda regulatory process. it was a 9-0 decision. capitol hill to the white house.

at the white house it was vice president harris speaking to reporters. >> t cause for celebration because the reality of certain things will not change. fact that two thir o america live in a state with a trump abortion ban. this ruling will not change that. thisuling will not change the fact that trump's allies have a plan that if all else fails, to eliminate medication abortion to executivewe must remain clear et theeats to reproductive freedom in america and we must remain vigilant. host: president kamala harris yesterday from the white house. we are talking about the supreme the reaction yesterday from the senting the pro-life doctors who brought the the fd'g

of rules in 2016 and 2021 around the abortion pill. alliance defending freedom is their name. this is their statement from yesterday. "we are disappointed the supreme court did not reach the merits of the fda's lawless of commonsense safety standards for abortion drugs. nothing in ertoday's decision changes the fact that the fda's owned label says one and 25 drugs will end up in the emergency room. a dangerous reality. the doctors and medical we represent know all too well." phone lines, republicans, democrats, independents as usual. we will start with wayne in south carolina on the line for republicans. caller: goodif i understand it,i

am 100% pro-life. as far as roe v. wade i believe in that and i think having abortions to commi. host: that is weighing in south carolina. -- that is wayne in t0so carolina. in the wake of the decision in november and another big case in front of the supreme court ons centered on an idaho law on abortion. wondering your thoughts anhow important reproductive issues are to your vote. this is ron in california.

caller: thanks for taking the call. i don't go on a rant very oft i've been calling in it since i do not go off the rails but i have to mention inassing that ovpohere in the whole world. in 1976 we had 4 billion people on the planet. we now have 8.1 billion. we have doubled the amount of people. coworker and i saidér how much s a pound of butter. it was $.79 for butter in those days. happened is bill clinton started sending our butter overseas and it went to $1.98. host: from butter to birth

contro you are in favor of birth control? caller: i am not in favor of birth control -- i think it is a woman's right. i do not see any man on this planet that has a right to tell a woman what to do with her bo.that is completely her job. when men start getting pregnant than they can have a position on birth control. right now all women in this world have to make that decision. crazy because we are talkabthey all complain about gs prices. double the people we had in 1976, what you expect. host: henry is in massachusetts. democrat. caller: how are you doing? host: what are your thoughts on

yesterday's decision a how 8m issues in your vote for 2024? caller: i think it is 100% important. most of all, most importantly it is a woman's right to decide how she wants given. sh■@[nshe. if she wants to have a baby she must go ahead and be suppo way. if she does not want to have the baby because of circumstances, then she should be supported all the way. just like most men would be supported all the way and whatever they want to do. massachusetts. (202) 748-8000■9i free democrat,

independents (202) 748-8002. talking about oh what abortion -- talking about what abortion means for your vote in 2024. this conversation for the first 45 minutes of washington journal and we will return to it in our last 30 minutes herself. -- in our last 30 minutes or so. another birth-related issue in d states capital yesterday across 1st street from the supreme court. it was a senatle over the issue of in vitro fertilization. senate republicans blocking a democratic bill yesterday fertilization while also working to reassure their■t constituents they support access to the popular fertility, underscoring how reproductive health issuesgop lawmakers.

the wall street journal noting the vote was 48-47 with republican senator susan collins and lisa murkowski siding with democrats in backing the bill. fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance. the story noting that vote comes a day after the southern bap vo, which involves implanting embryos in a woman's uterus. earlier this year alabama's highest court foundchildren un's wrongful death of a minor act, prompting that state legislature to step into clarify that ivf l. ivf a political battle taking plac hill relating to this issue of reproductive rights and getting your thoughts on it. kentucky. democrat. er: how are you?

i want to say all of these pro-life, interesting enough they care more about the fetus that grows into ald as opposedo where is their concernm these children that need education, health care, where they need publicespecially wheno guns. all of these■g pple -- they reversed their posit■ionshen it i want to add that this is vers. about -- someone was mentioning population control.what this isl imperialism. they want more people to control but they do not want to accept people for who they are. if they don't believe me,s

it when these people are gay they dismiss them? world with sexual orientation, we athe fact is they do not give that any consideration. i wanted to bring some of these points up because it always comes up. like i said, there is pro-life and pro-birth. i think people get that confused. host: just steve in pe■ caller: thank you. host: ahead. caller: it is easier it is easier if you turned on the television and talk through your ph■von i follow politics very stringentlylls ever introduced y call pro-life, the antiabortion

side, none was ever introduced by a female llature, they are all introduced by males. thto do with reproductive rights of women. it has to do with control of womehost: rachel in milwaukee. you are next. caller: good morning. can you hear■■( me? host: yes. caller:m glad that a woman's choose her reproductive preserved with this ruling. you were talking about the one in 25 hospitalizations is what they were trying to argue to the court. i wonder what -- women go to the hospital quite a bit when they are pregnant.

find the number and i cannot find it. i urge people to talk to the women around them. d be surprised at how many women have needed to make a between having a baby ntinuingr leaving a home with domestic violence. ■there are all sorts of when a woman might need to make that kind of decision. i think it is important to the men to talk to the women around them and consider their story and listen to those stories and get empathyit takes to carry a baby. it is complicated, idifficult,. host: somewhat. this is how through thelç markes

-- this is how ruth markets puts it in her piece, saying abortion rights day, saying this is not the end of efforts t end medication abortion. the majority of abortion happens through medication abortion. concerns abo wha i have a littly out. we will have women and their children and their husbands from state to do notght to choose. it is going to happen because -- women and the c from states that do not report a■=tha

lack of access to abortion and birth control today. i will not minimize that. do believe over time it will be clear that the only way forward is to allow a woman to have a choice if she wants to have children. host: that is rachel in wisconsin. i showed you the washington post editorial page. this is the wall streetthey focs o brought this abortion pill case did not have standing. they that perhaps you have read the supreme court is riven by personal and political disions. this decision -- while affirming the core traditional principles of the court -- the justices rejected a challenge by pro-life ■ to the food and drug administration's regulation and

expanded access to the abortion pill. so much for the denunciation of the port as christian nationalists. c-- so much, they say for the left port as christian nationalists -- of the court as christian nationalists. critics were write, again. hio. republican, you ared% next. caller: i am a republican. a lot of us republicans -- a lot of democrats say republicans cannot agree on nothing. n minds. we do not go with whatever the party says to do. that is crazy. we have to have our own minds. women should have the same

ghts as any man has. plain and simple. as far as abortions, i was for s. i am tired citizens paying for abortions. if women want an abortion, let them get an abortion, let them have -- let them pay for it. the planned parenthood crab we s of tax money for■sbortions, no. host: there amendment that federal dollars cwards abo. that is been on the books for a while. caller: then what was that planned parenthood? what was all of thwasn't all th?

host: planned parenthood provides other services. ■ñ'abut that was the point of te hyde amend about. there is a law othe books that you cannot do that. caller: may be now. ■ñ■■jplanned parenthood take moy out of one pocket and put it in the other pocket. omes out. women should have thein there are a lot of women and men that should not veif you make td they do not wantthey going to fd get thrown around from family to family. who is the cruel person out of of this? some of the kids grow up feeling else in turn to violence. who is therinal? that is howard in ohio.

this is frank in new york. good morning. caller: good morning. will that affect my vote? no. political football all of my life. i am 64 years old. the supreme court, when they initially wade it was nine white guys who decided for women that you could have an abortion and evernefinet particularly the dthis state ann missouri that it overwhelmingly was voted -- abortion is going to be the lay of the land as soon as it becomes ratified by two thirds of the state.

all of the states are going to pass itltatelthis is political r the democrats.their world seriee super bowl, easter and christmas. it is the biggest issue that they love to have. host: what did you think he roe v. wade was overturned? there were said for republicans overtug wade was the world cup or however you just describeds ther republicans was restricting abortion ithdo you think that w? caller: i don't quite understand what you mean by that. could you turn that down a little b you say having abortion access is wh democrats want, their main goal. beforeoverturned, those who are

pro-choice would say for republicans overturning roe v. did you think that was true? any question about that. there is no question about it. 'm just talking the reality. s to your state and you will vote on a statewide referendum on■g it d ultimately it will be ratified. my meeting with the democrats is they love this issue. it is there super bowl. host: that is frank in neyothis. democrat. ca i don't think government should beon on abortion at all. statesast caller mentioned that are trying to ban abortion.

ultimately we have to have some kind)t oxy?■■ f nationthe supree and pass the buck down to the states. ■f say we should not be bothered with this issue. we should just allow abortion algeunfortunately you have sidee trying to limit it. the best thing toçg do that right for abortion i think it is a big issue. think a lot of people are going to vote for it. host: that is team in maryland. the supreme court the issue of abortion yet. there is another case■x and we have few decision days left today. it could come down today at

10:00 a.m. that idaho as the wall street journal notes on whether federal laws that requires hospitals to provide stabilizing careíñ for patients at risk of serious injury allows doctors to perform emergency abortions in such circumstances, even when the state procedure only to save a woman's life. case referred to earlier. we never know what decisions they will nd d days, but it becs clear quickly after 10:00 a.m.. we will have cameras up at the court and see what decision thh. this is angela out of virginia. ■ good morning. caller: good morning. i want to make two points. wade being overturned was not an abortionit only gave inds

in their own state to vote whether or not they want to have abortionh■s and depending on the trimester. the people get to vote on that. that is of roe v. wade did. the democrats know that. they lie all theanother point is alwa targeted at the black community. the black community's numbers have been stagnant for 30 years. still at 12%. the last point is nobody wants eawith t reality of forced abortion. a great young women, especiallyinto abortion. it should be the people's choice on whether or not they want to have abortions in their states. host: when you say forced, forced by who?

caller: by their parents, by the boyfriends, by the married man who does not want anybody to find out what he has been doing. a loted into abortions. america does have forced you do not want to deal with, no one talks about it. en whose hands would go up, or you forced in your abortion? there a lot of women forced into the aborti but wso know it was targeted to the black community. this lie the democrats tell that roe v. wade is an abortion ban, it is a lie. angela in virginia. first segment, getting your having this conversation in the wake of that abortion pill decision yesterday, in the wake of the the senate yesterday. &zin vitro fertilization is a ht

button issue on capitol hill right now. ■give us a call on phone lines for republicans, deat this is richard out of delaware, democrat. good morning. caller: good morning. i am a democrat. have supported women's rights years.e this don't feel democrats are lying about the i think it is very important that we should have more women in elective office to help explain the issue to men more clearly. i think thely noted■5■yy4 that d

be a woman's right toci, not men or government tling them what to do. that is very important. all. i was going to vote for bbefor'e for biden. this is just one of many issues on the table. i do not feel it is a predominant one for me as a man. i do feel men are drawn into it because of the%oha states that e reportedly■ to keep track of women when they became pregnant, probably through their doctors reporting, so stuff like

that. imagination to imagine they would try to track down the fathers, too. think there a lot of connected issues. as women. host: richard in delaware. this is eric in laurel, caller:ect my vote because i do not believe le supreme court to legislate molity.clearly they are incapabf candidates, the republican party candidates being bolstered.

i had to become an independent because the party i love so much has become so corrupt and immoral. it is difficult for me to believe i should beators to make decisions for a woman. i believe in all of the 10 christian, i do not pick and choose. ■1ous callers mentioned abortion being targeted for the black community. i agree. it would be great if c-span did a segment on margaret singer, one of the leade of eugenics and how black communities were targeted to have we need to get to the root cause of why planned funded and pregny centers arnot.■1we need to havel conversation, not just hot button topics or the other. clearly we■c have a morality ise in our country. clearly the leaders of my former party is immoral, are criminals,

that is a major challenge for me. what was your former party? caller: host: your thoughts on abortion you just lay out. what about this issue of ivf that is such a hot button topic on cl, access to in vitro fertilization? caller: i think that is wonderful. now we dnot ha afamilies who tre children. ioned pregnancy centers, which is an alternative for not want to keep the child when the child is tthe child is given to a family who loves to have it. i am all for that. i think we should have access to that, p you talk about your forr party. the leader of your former party, donald trump. donald trump is the presumptive

nominee for 2024. uit was back in april he took to his truththis issue of ivf and y out his thoughts. this is about a minute and a half of the former president. >> the republican party should always be on the side of the miracle of life and the side of mothers and fathers and their beautiful babies. that is what we are. ivf is an important part of that and are great republican party will always be with you in e many people have asked me what my posit abortion and abortion rights, especially since i was probably the person responsible for the ending of somethingl legal scholars both sides wanted and demanded beroe v. wade. they wanted it eit must be remee democrats are the lack of one'-l

ones on this because they support abortion up to and beyond the ninth month. the concept of having an abortion in the laterqp months d even execution after birth, that is exactly what it is. the baby is born and executed after birth. is unacceptable and almost everyone agrees with that. my view that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal s vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land. in this case the law of the state. many states will be different. manyhave a different number of weeks. some will have more conservative they will be. at the end of the day t people. you must follow your host: former president donald trump in april that he posted that on truth social.

taking your phone calls. asking you how important reproductive issues are. thisd, kentucky. good morning. ca i was just calling in to tell you a quick story. wife and i were married five years at the time. now.e be■]■en we had a two-year-old boy. she was pregnant and we were in lexington, kentucky. she started bleeding. we had to rush her to the hospital and the doctor told me that we are either going to lose the baby or lose your both. it is your decision. first thing my wife said t'm noi will die first. i had to go to work and before i went to work we would have and dad's house and i would go tod we did that.

at the time14 weeks pregnant. ri end, we were about nine months intoplacenta moved o where it was supposed to be. the doctor said he had never seen that happen before. she gave birth to a beautiful little girl and now i have grandkids. a man's choice has to be there to. i am all whatever inclusion -- i ambut i do not think a woman should be coleg to do with it, men have to be more fathers. it was a miracle we had thed sh. we all just need to get along with each other.

republicans and democrats. republican and we have been married 49 years. v what is the secret? caer you want to know the secrbove to know is two words. yes, dr. that is about it. each other through the hard times and the good times and the bad. these are some bad times we gointhwe need to be more we shod never been a democracy to start out with. we are a constitutional republic. if people would study a little bit. i'm not a big fan of either one of these guys runi think it isho evils.

biden, it is just sad. thank yoan this is tara, republ. caller: good morning. i would like to say a couple of things. not all republicans agree that abortion should be banned. that is a dangerous one. more tha believes in abortion rights in some form. my standpoint on abortion comes from experience. i had a number of people in my life who made a medically necessaryo make with their health care providers mental health. my best friend up at 18 was getting great and resulted in pregnancy.

the psychological harm that becoming pregnant caused her was so■l■f catastrophic she had to n a mental hospital for six months. had she been forced to carry the pregnancy to term i think she would have committed suicide. that was a decision that was right for her. had laws been in place that would've banned her from doingte would've survived it. ■tpe abortion until the moment of birth or even after, getting this from. people who carrycies, those are wanted pregnancies. when those have to be terminated it is because of medical necessity. ■ neighbor as a child growing up as a perfect example. she was pregnant with twins were very much wanted butd at the hed the organs growing on the outside of the bodies. had she continue with the pregnancy ey td her she would most likely die, the

babies cannot survive outside the womb, and the risk of her losing all of them was so she already had three children. she made a very difft life and the life of her existing lives that would've been a very minimal life host: you say the people horse and that about abortion at nine months or after. one of those people was presumptive nominee of your party for president of the united states. caller: and i think that is why so many people are so misguided on this. the person in power, this person who■rfollowing has been spewings propaganda. i work with people who provide abortion services and one of the things they say is it is not an abortion after birth, that is murder.

that is not a thing. born with such disabilities that they cannot survive on theirey need to be on life support from the moment of birth until their bodies gave out, they have a difficult conversatn says would you like to do all life-sustaining measures and evitable or would you like to do what is most comparable to hospice care? passed peacefully and not live a agony and very short-lived? ppening. very rare cas. how important our reproductive issues to your 2024 what you do as a repca pennsylv? what do with your vote? caller: for

anyone who is saying completely. i think that is a huge■t not tha politician to decide. the person who is pregnant and their phys for them and their body, their physical health, their psychological health. to me this is a key issue because this is something that has touched my lifeve seen what. does when access is allowed and can only imagine what would have happened if access was denied. the ar lives, these are people's lives that politicians are messing with. it is not ok. if i have toote differently than the party i am aligned with, i will do that going to means i am making a that goes

along with my core moral values. host: couple more calls. this is andy in tacoma, washington. good morning. caller: good morning. i agree with the caller fmvirgi. i just wanted to say t calls from pennsylvania regarding under the ninththat came from tf virginia. also new york. i believe there abortion is until the ninth month. that is presented to the voters or shiabortion. as a christian.

it should be in cases ofbaby's . i am for ivf. a family member that went through that. i support that.■%

the year 2021■kh- in 2010. this is kathy in the hawkeye state. it definitely -- caller: it definitely affects my vote. i come from a red state with the state legislature and governor who are republican. even if wehis on the ballot, it will never go on the ballot because the legislature will not allow it. thinking the same probably 9.women are half of the population. we havr own minds and our own brains and we know what is

best for ourselves and we do not need our state legislatures telling us. q, thoughts. host:our last caller in this fit segment of the wasplenty more ts morning. ext we will be joined by daryl kimball of the arms association to talk about the u.s. arsenal and nuclear weapons around the world. stick around for that discussion after the break. ♪ >> today's 2024 campaign trail. a round up of c-span's campaign coverage.

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we invited onet biden on nuclear arms control and nuclear weapons policy. he was updating us everabout t's efforts to reduce the nuclear risk and engage russia and china in arms control talks to reduce nuclear arsenals, reduce the nuclear threat tensions. to set thiske sullivan, the natl security and with china without on a new nuclear arms control framework after the only remaining nuclear arms control treaty that exists between the u.s. and russia expires in 2026. start, it is called. itús■g limits the u.s. and russn arsenal to know more than

systems. that is a lot of nuclear weapons. is restraining the two sides for now. since then, russia has rejected e talks. china has declined a follow-up meeting on nuclear risk reduction arms control, but he said the united states remains committed to stay below the ]&limits as long as russiarussig similar although one year ago russian suspended implementation of the treaty. that means the inspections are not happening. they said we will stay below the limits as ng as the u.s. does. in a speech he was emphasizing the biden administration's commitment to pursuing arms control is the best strategy to reduce nuclear rest between the three arsenals, the, russia, ando has a

smaller but still deadly arsenal. he also russia breaks out of the new startif china coe its smaller but still deadly arsenal, the united states may in future years need tolear weapons. whatoe mr. biden was not specific, but putting all the pieces together that is not a decision this president or even if trump is selected has to look at because we are talking about decisions around the year 2030. entagon thinks china might be approaching 1000 total nuclear let me give -- hot me give viewers the full contexts of the remarks. >> a better approach, not necessarily a moral approach, which will

require creative solutions. let me be clear. a change in the trajectory of arsenals,y reach a point where increase from current deployed numbers is required and we fully prepared to execute if the president makes that decision. he makes that decision. if that date does, it will result from a that more nuclear weapons are required to deter our adversaries and protect the american people and our allies and partners. host: if that date does come, when was last time we had more e increasing nuclear weapons rather than decreasing? gues it has been a long time. years the united states under republican and democratic administrations have been engaged in nuclear arms control treaties that have significantly reduced the.s. and the russian stockpiles, which are the world's largest.

there are still 12,000 nuclear weapons in the world today. the u.s. and russia have 90% of those weapons. it has been not since the mid-1980's since the united states has increased the overall track to continue to reduce, and under the new start treaty established in 2010, the u.s. and russia have remained steady at about 4000 total nuclear weapons and 1500 deployed. host: for our visual learners, a lot of information on your website. tthem this chart and you walk us through this chart. estimated global nuclear warhead inventories 1945 through 2023. the 80's0,000 nuclear weapons around the world and today it is at what? guest: around 12,000 according to independent estimates. host: what was the most

important reduction■ from 1985 o 2024? was it newtreaty? guest: there have been a series of agreements that reduce the numbers. reagan and gorbachev negotiated limits on strategic nuclear weapon andha led to the first serious reduction in the total numbers. that was the agreement. what we are onto nowe new start agreement of 2010, it was a follow-on that obama and dmitry medvedev, who was president of russia briefly, negotiated. that will expire in about 600 days and there is no chance for an extsion.■" after that point there are questions about what happens. if the united states and russia cannot negotiate new limits, a form treaty, which is unlikely

as long as russia's brutal war goesagreement no one will incree above thbers, we could see one of the other sides in theory increasing the number of their deployed nuclear weapons. i do not think either side wants to do that.■v jake sullivan made it clear the u.s. wants to stay below those limisays they would like to stay below, even though they have not agreed stat how to do so. host: let■ me invite viewers to join the conversation. daryl kimball of the arms control association with us until 8:30. call in. phone line split regionally. eastern or central time zones (202) 748-8000■í, mountain or pacific (202) 748-8001. we will also look for your text messages.

the mission of the arms control association is. guest: we have been around a little over 50 years. the organization provides information and analysis about the world's stnuclear weapons, l weapons, and conventional ■'weapons that produce harm to civilians. we produce a journal which is outside views and we host events and we also promote these policies designed to reduce the role of nuclear weapons, the number and the spread of nuclear weapons to additional host: the conference last wee cn with the speaker after he made the remarks and you got to qution hwhat did you ask him? guest: one thing i was asking is what kinds of questions advisorg to him when and if -- by the

presidentcision about possibly increasing the u.s. nuclear arsenal. he deferred on that. if i were advising him and i were raising these questions, i would benal value from a national security standpoint does an increase in the u.s. arsenal provide. the united states and russia have the ability to devastate the other with nuclear arsenals. addi a provide more deterrent value. host:t the point that more numbers create more deterrence? guest:he was saying we may needo consider this. what are the questions the president would ne to consider? does it increase deterrence? how much does itwe are already o

$70 billion a year on maintaining and upgrading the nuclear arsenal. webe spending about $256 billion over the next 10 years.n more weapons? ■1the third question is if the u.s. increasests nuclear arsenal, what are the directions of the russians and chinese■bgo. they will try to match us somehow. security and will we get into an uncontrolled arms race? future president will have to consider when and if this day she they want to consider increasing the arsenal. we do have time between now and then to engage with russia and arms control and with has never been involved deeply in nuclear

arms talks bilaterally with the u.s.. host: john from dearborn, michigan. you aron wcaller: my biggest ist israelator of nuclear weapons. we do not ignore that at a federal level.we are not supposg them any kind of hate whatsoever adhering to the nonproliferation treaty. that is a big issue rino it is l has a nuclear arsenal of around 100 nuclear weapons. it does not acknowledge it, the united states government does it is one of the world's nine nuclear armedtes. israel's nuclear weans there to

protect the existence of the state of israel is not to help e conflict in gaza, the long-running war and conflict over the future of israel and it is a reality. reality for the world that israel has nucleart weons. what is the point of having an open secret that is not officially acknowledged by israel or the u.s.? guest: guest: that's a good question. this is the worst kept secret. other countries are aware. iran is saudi's are aware, egypt is aware. if they acknowledged having nuclear weapons it would create legal issues for

israel and the united states. it's importthat israel acknowledge their nuclear weapons and that we know. it's important in a democracy like israel to have an open discussion about a military policy and that cannot happen in israel because the government does not acknowledge the existence of these weapons. a lot of great information there for -- on rol.org, including this chart showing countries around the■e with a nuclear arsenal. france, pakistan, the united states, north korea. robert is next for you. chicago, good morning. what is each country putting in the nuclear materials and the bonds they are making?

as to say, how powerful are they? i wanted your take on that, sir. well, i think -- basics abo■áut nuclear weapons. most things is acquiring the , plutonium or highly enriched uranium. nu weapons in the arsenals of the united states, russia, and china today are extremely beyond most human comprehension. most remember the united states dropped two bombs at the end of world war ii russia -- hiroshima and nagasaki, killing 200,000 end of 1945. those were relelsml nuclear weapons.

each of them created a degofdeve seen in any war since then. nuclear just the blast that destroys buildings, bu■,t intense heat ad radiation. it has a lasting effect long after the initial explosion. the united states and russia today have weapons that are 100,000 times more powerful than those bombs. we have, as we delivered relatiy quickly by the united ■+stes o■" by russia on land-based or sea bombers. the majority of these could be launched within 20 minutes with from either president. each president has the sole decide whether or not to use these weapons.

so, this is why this is an issue that affects all of us. it's a transfer -- it's beneath the surface and the nuclear weapons threat is rising as we speak. there was aho week from the u.n. secretary general who put it this way, he n on a knife's edge because of the rising risk nuclear weapon use■ there was a book that came t about nuclear war, author jacobson, offering a scenario about what could happen in a hypothetical nuclear launch. did you read the book? what did you think? guest:■ing, frightening, realistic. it's a remind owhat those of us in the deal have known for a

long compelling read, something that i trybody needs to take a look at. once nuclear weapons arer arms t another, there's no guarantee that a nuclear war can be coained. compelling readso read it one nt in several hours. it's very good. host: we covered it on our afterwdáards program. if you want to listen to annie jacobson talk about it, you can do that on our website. a question from a viewer by text, should we be about the nuclear powered submarines in cuba?

guest: this is an interestgremia are engaged in military exercises almost all theat sea,e nuclear weaponsapthis is not ne, but it is one aspect of the nuclear problem. sometimes this nuclear signaling , not in case, but sometimes it can be misconstrued by the othern the form of a nuclear threat. vladimir■o ordered exercises in russia to demonstrate the russian ability to use short rar weapons, which they have

threatened to use against and nato if those countries get involved in the this is a exercises that the great powers are involved host:s brian. you are on ball. caller: --daryl kimball. caller: thank you foretion. what about the components for nuclear weapons? was mainly uranium for nuclear weapons. is there a way that we can control the that construct of these awful, terrible weapons? thank you. guest: as i technologies that ao makeuclear weapons are fairly

well-known. what's in terms of nuclear weon proliferation is prevention of the technology specifically produce highly enriched uranium. for instance, with respect to iran, the world haen iran from a large numbermachines, which arey sophisticated machines that are capable of sifting out uranium y enriched uranium. n prevent the spread of uranium enriched technology

nuclear fuel, we can theoretically prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons. that is an ongoing struggle into it requires a lot of vigilance and diplomacy. it req sanctions. we have been successfuov ongoing problem we need to be on top of. host: this is the reuters story about those satellites, but they refer to nuclear technology or plans in space. satellite deployment as russia is alleging a space-based nuclear weapon capable of satellites. they believe that russia has launched at least one satellite related to their nuclear space weapons program according to --

the familiar with it. your thoughts? guest: extremely bad idea. there is an agreemetr■ obliges o preventrom putting nuclear weaps because the detonation today with thousands of orbiting art --x objects. years to come.■ for all of band and outerspace through report said,d states says russia is exploring the possibility of a space-based nuclear weapon. the u.s., russia, china, all■ ih

orbit. they have strong relationships to our military operations. it's tound the world. the russians and the chinese know this.looking for ways to fd vulnerabilities in the systems■. this is an ongoing problem. the un security council's trying to encourage other countries to put pressure onhost: russia cant path, u.s. can pretend israel doesn't have nuclear weapons,

what is the point of these treaties? are there■% if you break the treaties? guest: the question. like the domestic laws, the international laws, they are there to establish standards, requirements, and norms that everyone is supposed to follow. there arems around whether a country is complying with the obligation. if not, actions can beaken. the problem is when you are talking about nuclear weapons in space, there are limits to what do, what the committee can do. o global cop look, and knock on the door vladimir n. this is why we need to work with othecoun&ytrs there who are norms and taboos

can be brought back. vladimir putin is a part of the effort to intida and turn nato from becoming more involved in de nato. has beenñz overt and implit threats of nuclear use. that is illegal. that has been condemned. yet it continues to try to do this. host:g nuclear sable or -- sabe rattler -- saber rattling is illegal? guest: it has been declared. in some treaties. the g20, a group of states in the industrialized counave all said that nuclear wns inadmissible.

they are trying to hold the line to make it clear that these kinds of nuclear threats will not be countries that will do this. host: dan, you are wrong with daryl kimbalcaller: yme jacobso. view a few weeks ago. it was one of the most super things i have seen on television. it was frightening. most citizens and politicians are not aware of what could happen. thought god for bid if one country launches a nuke, maybe . might senses. according to their and every wargame scenario that's been done, one nuke launched will create a chain reactevery y

unloads nukes and we are all dead. that's crazy. i want everyone watching or listening to watch that episode or read her book. another thing that she brought up that was interesting is we assume we havegical iron dome ll and can shoot down the nukes coming at us. don't really have anything like that. we only have a few defensive missiles like that and they only have a 50-50 chance of working. a these illusions and assumptionsmy queo shake thehe politicians to wake up and reale we're on the precipice of armageddon at any moment. thank you. host: thank you for watching

book tv. guest: that's a great comment and a good questn. looks beneath the surf think about it every day. we get up, school. politicians are looking at other issues. we all have a stake in this. there are things that can and must done. i would point out that we have been through thi, this danger for many decades. the skd in reducing the risk. that has occurred mainly publicr action by our policymakers to engage with our nuclear adversaries and find waysreducer weapons on the way to

elimination of nuclear weapons. encourage everyone not just to be fearful, but to take action and ask your member of congress what they are doing to reduce the threat of the rising risk of nuclear confctitssia or. what are they about the arms race of the future? reducing the enormous costs of i hope that this question comes up at the june 27 debate between president biden and former presidentr■lump. host: who subscribes today? guest:■5ma it's a specialized journal, but we have a wide variety of people looking at this. from journalists and editors, diplomats, students and educators.

half of ourto be in the united states. we have a printed edition that is online and many more reading us online. host: anthony miller, new york, good morning. caller: noour guests, but we always have an abundance of questions and all we ever getap word salad and dancing around the reality that we the m for misdeed. we spent lie, illega now we are dealing with everything else in israel that we can't evet handle on. ukraine, same thing. russians had a rocket blow up on the launchpad that nuclear powered motor on it. we have so much nuclear wasten n industries that we don't know what to do with it the ocean is

reese. fvzit's inevitable -- host: what is yr question? caller: i don't think there's any stopping it now. what dthey say? pandora's box has been breached. on the river in long island here because we have a giant teabag of the meltdown at brookhaven. scientists knew this. niels bohr, oppenheimer, that once you create something on this planet, there's no containg it and there's no shutdown. we are, we are killing ourselves in slow motn.genome is being de. the unviablesupport. it's the most amazing book i've ever read about the creation of nuclear power.

it's a farce, distraction of the nuclear component. -- destruction of the nuclear component. guest:in addition to the threatf nuclear weapons use, consequen. i come from a town in ohio that was the site of a small factory a% activities that a larger pace in the 60' and 70's. there has been a large in the united states and russia. we are living with some ofconsen andthe congress right now is considering whether to extend this important program to compensate the down winters, the fallouomtesting during the coldr years ofs, 60's,

70's, it has expired. ■d■that is important for the pee who'sf6en affected, their health. it's■m about the bipartisan time is running out on congressn passing this legislation. host: to the comment from the caller, pandora's box is. seems like he doesn't feel her is a lot of hope there. you have been in this work for a lot of time. are you hopeful? guest: we have to be, we have to avert the catastrophe spellhe a. aven't necessarily done it, because nuclear weapons, they

■;don't make us safer, it's because we have had good diplomacy and some luck. weyes, there are s■ev problems from the nuclear power industry, the nuclear testing weapons process that we need to deal with. we also needed to the ultimate nuclear catastrophe. host: georgia, dd, you are on with darrell campbell. caller: yes? host:r: are you guys aware that united states, the whole country, is sitting on top of a vast deposit of hydrogen. ydrogen is new -- and used for in nuclear weon host'm not sure where -- we

will go to mike in detroit. questions. what exactly is a neutron bomb? the other is china se a missile into was it an act of intimidation? it's created debris in space and i undersnd that could be a real problem. your second question aboutsiles they used, it created a■■ te. there bee(n ot objects,■j one of the things that fan on that kind of activity, the direct ascent launchesa

destroy satellites. that's another way in which the united states have done this,--. it's one way in which those three could engage in warfare in space at some■w future white. that is a problem. prevent irresponsible behaviorn e. utron bomb is a weapon that producesvely less for its explosive power. this was a very controversial idea that was debated ie 80's. the purpose of that increase thd the number of people killed. that's not something that the u.s. and china are tnking

about today, but that is what a neutron bomb is. host: richard, good morning, you are next. caller: hi, good morning. u.s. army fourth engine■qq>4000 soldiers particin eh less than three of usnything about the cleanup? guest: i'm aware and thank you for your service. at was what the caller is referring to, the 1940's and earl50's, the u.s. conducted nuclear test explosions and it created an enormous amount

contamination. one of the things do is contain that radioactive )[3 on the atoll. they did this by putting dome ot soldiers like this gentleman were st ou it was extremely dangerous, hazardous and they are some of theects of the nuclear u.s. wea program, as other people in the marshall islands displac bdetonations. there you have it. that is the dome that the caller is referring to. host:■e richard, you helped buid that? caller: if you take a look at the crater, there was a huge gap. i closed thatall i did 12 hoursx

days a week can -- plutonium contaminated soil. ■rmost of us are all dead except for 300 of us who partiteit's a. pull up the dome. show the people that cactus crater. host: showing them it right now. how much -- what■v you were doi? caller: i knew before i left from hawaii and participated. was 22 whei rtipated in the cleanup. i knew that it was radioacve i volunteered to go. guys that participated, they gathered all the combat engineers from the different military installations arou they we could not use hazmat suits in 120 degree weather.

if you want to even see pictures of soldiers building the dome, all they h on waa mask . just breathing in all the utonium, all the plutonium. most of the guys that wentwith . host: do you have any questions for richard? guest: i hope you are. thank you for your service. this is a reminder that american soldiers and citizens have been affected by the past, nuclear weapons production and testing. this is a legacy of nuclear weapons, the costs of nuclear we need to help people likerich. thank host: you. appreciate your story, thank you for calling in.

caldwell, idaho is calling in. caller:■÷ one of the things thai am■6 is studying the scripture. matthew 24 says that there will be a war of such a magnet that there is not a higher power or a designer, all flesh will be destroyed. that includes fish, dogs, horses, friends, everybody. #guess what we got to do is wait to see how stupid the world is going now we got a war goingn inukrainians think they've got n attitude going. united states, we have our attitude. boris johnson and, and you and me, we have no way to tell the russian people -- i

don't hate you, we a government that spreads this attitude around and all we can do is help someone findsv[ wisdom around what's going to happen. i'm 81 and thankful i made it this far. ere's a lot of kids in gaza that ain't going to make it to 10 yearsd is in a desperate mess . hopefully some wise people are still a bear -- still available. ho that's the call fromguest: we planet. we all hope to keep mother earth safe and avoid catastrophe. it's one of the things that can create havoc on the earone of td to remember as we look at the nuclear weapons threat is the

key, a key, governments need to be talking to each other about using nuclear risks and arsenals . the united states, you know, has said, president biden said this st september, no matter what else is happening, the u.s. is ready pursue critical arms control measures and i hope every member of ■qrei hope thatd aggressively and intelligently pursues that. that is a key part of the solution. eed to be encouraging our leaders to pursue that. host:#: armscontrol.org is where you can go, daryl kimball is the executivealways appreciate your. coming up in day. we will take you there when thee

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the supreme c eastern is when we expecting more decision the court. they usually come pretty quickly. yesterday we found out■? one of the big cases of this term, the supreme court decided that the abortion pill case, decided by a 9-0■ decision by the justices. we have been talking about it this morning. for your phone calls on the issue of reproductive rightsnes to call , (202) 748-8001 for (202) 748-8000 democrats, and independent are (202) 748-8002. now we want to turn to the president of the judicial crisis network, carrie severino well. carrie severino, wanted to get your take on the abortion pill decision from the supreme court.

guest: decision. easy to forget how many of those decisions are unanimously days. certainly, there are a lot of se divided percent term are unanimous. it's notable that this is one of the big-ticket cases that is merits as well as standing and who ca to the court. the court ultimatelyecided that the doctors challenging this said that the fta, bylowers for mifepristone, the abortion drug, was hurting women, the patients, and they many more er visits, they said they can't bring this case. ■oit was auy■" consistent decisn from the conservatives issued -- interested in the lower claims, they have been more strict about

who can bring ces. the liberal justices, and parallel cases i would hope that with this it would and the back-f of the standing and the pro-life doctors with one standard for the whole country. host: standing, is it a matter of if notback? guest: n the er, the health risks are real. you could imagine a woman who hadred adverse consequences where she ectopic it in the first place. you can imagine someone like bringing the case. that said, we don't know if that

is going to work its w up in the future. the statute of0#■' limitations d what would apply. ant to fear mongering about, especially in at■s healtd reproductive issues. this wasn't about taking it off the market altogether, it was about acquiring -- requiring women to hava ctor. a free visit with the doctor to make sure they were egithings l. it's not about do we have abortion drugs at all, it's about the future administration. ere are safeguards for the women using the dru n going to the er as

much. host: another decision day today, you are active onx, thaa lot about the spread of the administrative station is ■country, the power of administrative agencies that impact women's lives. guest: a lot of uscivics from tr laws are passed by the administrative. a lot of other cases coming up er that this decision■d, is made by agencies run by bureaucrats that no one electedthsk authority ov.

maybe someone is able to chalnge it. it's possible able to challenge it. that's why the constitution was if a member ofn vote them out. you can't do that with a bureaucrat in the administrative state. host: any tea leaves to be read about the cases coming down today? guest: there are so many, we there is the case about chevron deference. if you have a domesticu carry o?

there several important first amendment decisions having to do with social media and government coercing social media to promote certain content. it's one of those next tier cases withlockades coming at the end of the term. host: judicialnetwo is whererk.com judicialnetwork.comm is where you can follow carrie severino, think you for joining us. asking you how important reproductive issues are. (202) 748-8000, democrats. (202) 748-8001, republicans. (202) 748-8002 forq■independent. we are ending in 9:00 a.m., the

house is coming in at 9 a.m., coverage.l take you there for riva, gaithersburg, your next. caller: thank you for having me on. reproductive rights is high on my voting criteria list. that is because i grew up where a girl had to travel two states over to get contraception. there was no for her to get an abortion if she needed it was very oppressive. i see this as a liberty issue. let's women decide. they are human beings. let them decide. they can consult their religious leaders and their doctors.

the politicians, the political groups, the pac money, all the nonsense, get it out of the decisions women should be making. women are dying and getting in serious trouble because they don't have access to abortion. of those concerns about the abortion drug would have been didn't close down clinics all over. this is absurd. it's a liberty issue. any man who wants to make this decision for a woman to doublethink. i will be voting on this. i know the women in the states are passing referendumswe have a congress, with doctors criminalized at a federal level.

that's right matt. thank you. host:, good morning. caller:'; it's appropriate that this is coming up on the heels t issue that was discussed prior. i had a pregnancy and was working at a dental school at the time. several of the members were actually pregnant. there was radiation going down -- on everywhere. they were even taking asbestos outof course, i bound up having having a child.

those pregnancies typically don't work out. ígthis is my daughter i'm speakg out, the lanai carrie for nine montsh conical uterus. don't want confusion, it's not my issue, it's her issuend it doctors will t are losing a placenta attachment and if the child is suffering somehow. suffering with circulatory problems. there's just so much we are paying for nowecause of our nuclear culture. the nuclear waste culture. there are so many health problems coming in reproductive issues that are springing uped to it. i just wanted to say that you have got to be careful when you

are pregnant and it wouldn't be a good idea. that's what i wanted to say. thank you for sharing youn, god morning. caller: hello. i was trafficked as a child and i became pregnant. i'm glad i had an abortion. that's i wanted to say. thank you. host: thank@ you for sharing yor story. this is jake in illinois. independent, good morning. caller: hifc. the question is, how important are reproductive rights to me in the 2024 vote? very, very, very. you got that? host: anything else you want to

add about five it isortant? is the woman's right to choose. what did you think about the decision yesterday about the ■2p5 i think it was the right decision. host: more of your calls and just a bit. i want to take viewers up to the cannon house office buildin. we are being joined there by a s caucus, kathy manning. good morning. we've been talking to viewers about the reaction to the abortion pill decision. supreme part not allow the banning of mifepristone, which has been proven to be safe for the years.

i am concerned that they lt brought. i am relieved that that important abortion medication will remain available for now. host: safe for now? caller:have a variety of bills in the house that would make sure reproductive rights are protected. that mifepristone to contracept is something to make sure■) women can maintain their right to use the full range of fta of contra control. also making su prescribe the full range of fta approved earth control. legislation? caller: it passed

in the last -- guest: passed in the last congress on a bipartisan basis, though 100 95 republicans in the house voted against the right weave into use the full range of contraceptives. we he petition and in the mattea week we have assigned discharge petition in the senate. sadly, only two republicans voted to make sure that all women have the right to use contraception's and nine who didn't vote at all. host:■g how many do you need? caller: a few members were out sick. i'm vote up to 213.

we will need some republicans to step up and prove that they actuly care about a woman's right to use birth control. host: what's the access to family building act? caller: the idf■m bill was introduced by my good friend, rees pennsylvania. it would ensure thatv+ women hae the right to use ivf to become pregnant. that decision is critically important. something that would allow people to have to have children. the fact thatt is in dispute right now is very alarming for people across the country. people who have had wonderful children as a result, people who are having trouble getting pregnant and want to use it to have families.host: republicansh

mo short yesterday. you watching that bill in the senate? what do you think it means? it's astonishing that the so-called pro-life party is willing to stand up for families who need to use ivf to have children. i can't imagine what they are thinking about. host: expectations on the big idaho case that we are waing for. thoughts on this case overall and the issue of it's frightenir womethink that if they are in an emergency situation, they may not be able to get the care they need to. frankly, it's extremely frightening for doctors

ob/gyn's or emergency room doctors to think they could be criminally prosecuted if they give the patient the need. on the other hand, if they don't , they could have patients who end up dying. st: kathy manning, serving on the education and workforce committee with the democratic women's caucus. appreciate your time on this busy morning before the house comes in. ■ guest: thanks for having me. host:■ack to your phone calls. maureen, asheville, same state congresswoman. the line for republicans. you're up next. caller: i'm an older guy from the old school. i will be 74 a days my day it wasn't an issue.

i am not the kind of person who has an absolute position. i believe that others are circumstances, women thought to have the right to get an abortion. -- ought to have the

society? caller: we were just so conservative. i was born in the 1950's in arkansas. i don't remember anybody ever inving an abortion or if somebody had, if somebody were thinking about that, they move away and probably never come back. it was frowned upon in that way. ■%i grew up in the church. more of an issue now than ever. t we need to look at how our morals have changed and digressed, truly. the church behaves so much like the world. it's a serious distinction. i'm not the person, but we need headed. handing it to abortions four or five times a year? will they practice safe sex? we should have ways torotect

women from getting pregnant. thi think they need to step up and have s responsibility. one thing we never think ofopley gave birth to them. them. that's all i got to say. thank: linda, democrat, good morning. caller: good morning. am also 75. it was an issue back then. it was1jn' about. this man insults every wom olann her judgment of her environment of her, of her family situation, of her discussions with a doctor all has to be second-guessed by a man like that in government?

government needs to step out. i think we can get rid of most of the republicans ithelection. it ought to be on the ballot not a supreme court anymore, it's for, should be on the ballot■■ for erase and start over again. ■they sismissed. host: aanti heights, new jersey, independent line, good morning. caller: good morning. to celebrate your 45th anniversary of c-span. whatever uruguay was. host: thank you. yes. ok. about the ti issue, yes for me it is a verym a taxpayer.

is committed. -- permitted. ok, that's a good thing. but the funding in new jersey for medicaid of abortion services? i don't agree with that. i do not want to see any vernment funding, state or federal. fservices. i don't mind that people want t. it's a free country. funding? easy and affordable funding for people who want abortions? no. it doesn't make sense anyway. you know, the argument is inarticulate woman's right to choose what they do with their own body. they did

they chose in their mind, when they copulating. pregnant. everybody knows that, who is of an age where they can. that they didn't want the, even at 16 weeks16 weeks just sr wh.you know, it's incomprehene r without something happening to the>> this in d.c., line for democrats. good morning. caller: hi, good morning. i have been a republican and a decri joined the republican pary based on the abortionuei think't

that we have abo samerica. when i joinethe republan party, i immediately felt the racism within thpa i became2dobama ran for preside. abortion is a terrible wrong. i disagreed with obama when he said he didn't like it for his fai just think that we have to stop■o killing babies out of political expedience or a man's a woman's right to have got to e old ways, the older man from north carolina ate a lot of sense.

we have to stop sacrificing human bs. we are in need of 30 to 50 million citizens to pay our bills just from abortedit's juso commit this way. host: that was our last caller, d.c., today in "washington we will of course be back tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. eastern, 4 a.m. pacific. we take you now l for gavel-to-l coverage. the speaker: the house will be in order. by our guest chaplain, bhai mohan sabha of yakima ofa keepa you may begin. the chaplain: