good evening and welcome to politicsnation. tonight's lead, her body is not a battlegrounds. right now, i hope that this is the rallying cry. and the wake up call. that too many of our lawmakers appear to have needed. because i don't see how this leaked draft opinion from our conservative majority supreme

court reportedly signaling the demise of roe versus wade, and with that federal abortion rights, does not consume washington ahead of the midterm elections. reports from some battleground states say that is already happening. the debate over abortion rights affecting campaigns on both sides, with less than six months left to go. of course, no official ruling has been produced from the draft opinion, and nor will be one for weeks. but the lines have already been formed, with some republicans more incensed by the leak itself, while democrats scramble to find ways to protect abortion rights through legislation, reinvigorating the conversation around ending the filibuster finally. because there is no discernible and to how this reported opinion will impact others.

civil rights activists like myself are preparing for battles to come. so can we expect to see that reflected in enhanced turnout on either side? with some republicans encouraged that the court is sympathetic to their escalating culture warts, or will some democrats be able to channel this moment with that support from concern voters ahead of the vamp or? that's where we start tonight. as always with the perfect guest. joining me now, congresswoman brenda lawrence, democrat of michigan. she is the original co-sponsor of the women's health protection act. thank you for joining us tonight. you will forgive me if i'm thinking about what this moment means politically for democrats, but president biden calling on voters to elect more of them to congress and november ultimately giving him abortion

rights legislation he can then sign into law, and then congressional democrats i'm pleased to say reiterating their call for their demise of the filibuster. but, at baseline, i would imagine the party wants to express solidarity with abortion rights supporters. can democrats build on that solidarity going into november midterms? who's basis more activated of roe, and planned parenthood versus casey? and more than two dozen states poised to rollback abortion rights if those rules were overturned? >> you, know we have lived in a society almost a majority of my life, can you hear me? >> yes, we hear you. >> majority of my life i have had the right and protection to choose. my granddaughter just graduated

from college and she's going to have a different life than mine if this passes, what they are proposing, that was leaked. but the women's health protection act it calls out those politicians who talk about women's rights, women's protections, and it causes us to be able to confront those who are running to represent us in congress. when you asked who's gonna be the loudest. let's be very clear. there's been this debate on the rights of women when it comes to their health and the right of choice, but understand something. a lot of people have been crying. they're like, i'm not gonna fight that, fight because we have roe versus wade. if you strip that low away, you're gonna see a whole level of active, engaged voters, not just women, who will say how dare you take away my right? i'm a woman who had two beautiful children, had two

amazing pregnancies, but i have never had an abortion. but if i've never been a victim of incest, rape, never looked at my husband and i do i die or do i give birth? if any of those cases, a woman should have the right to make that decision. the privacy part of that is critical. because once you start chipping away at that, we know so many other issues that have been passed by the supreme court into law can be revisit as we are seeing this debate happening right now. >> that is the most disturbing things to, me we are talking about going back into a states rights battle of government. congresswoman, should robbie overturn? doesn't mean prohibition, republicans like susan collins and lisa murkowski, were in effect lied to by conservative justices light like brett

kavanaugh, who devoted to can phone, despite his voting record on abortion rights cases? >> they were absolutely lie to. remember, majority of the conversation was public, it was part of their confirmation hearings. they were absolutely lie to. we are seeing this precedent of public people, who we elect in place of positions of power, when they have the might, they will say anything. then when they get into office, they do something totally different. that's why i'm so much in support, call them, out make them take a vote. make the senate take a vote. are you really gonna vote to take away the right of choice from women? are you gonna take away a lot that has been in effect in essence, taking away from the public? i know that we have the women's health protection act, and we are pushing for that. as you said, i am an original cosponsor. but this is a time when, i want

to say this, what they are voting for is not to ban abortion, but to ban safe abortions. we are never gonna go back to those day, some will say. we are already hearing testimonies where states right now could for so many barriers, that women are driving 1000 miles and crossing straight lines, just to get a safe abortion. >> now, congresswoman, you joined me last month in michigan, in grand rapids to be specific, where i was giving the eulogy for patrick -- whose police shooting death was documented in part by the police body camera, which brings me to this new police accountability bill that you have introduced and congress in response to his killing. i know body cam, body cam restful footage is the heart of the act. do i have that? right >> yes you do. reverend sharpton, i have

always had so much respect for you, but to see you in that room at a time our community was broken, and you stand there and call out that which was not right, and just a simple thing just say the man's name whom are man was murder. we know body cans are being used across the country, but the only time you hear about them being reviewed is when something that happens. the oath, act which i ventured juiced, would require police to review the footage from everybody cam as a training exercise. yes use an example george floyd. few people recognize that was a training moment. that officer was training new police officers how to apprehend and deal with certain situations in the field. >> correct. >> unfortunately, george floyd

died from the. but if they're using that body can, and saw an officer sitting on the neck of a human being, they can say look, this is inappropriate. you should never do this again. it's against the rules. if you do, this you are gonna be on your own, because you're gonna be charged with murder. think about the transformation versus these unfortunate acts by police, bad police officers, because thank got the majority of them are good, but think about the opportunity to be proactive as instead of reactive. so you can catch behavior that is happening in your police force, because there is no supervisor riding around with police officers. the only record we have of their day-to-day is the footage from the body counts. so, let's be proactive and put this into law, where we will mandate that police officers use the footage for training purposes and to remediate and make sure that the police are

doing the job we expect them to do. >> all right. thank you congresswoman brenda lawrence. let's bring in former senior adviser and chief spokesperson to vice president kamala harris, symone sanders. i am proud to have her as a colleague right here on msnbc. she's the host of a brand-new show right before politics nation. symone, how does it feel to have your first show in the books? i remember i've been doing the show for ten years. >> it feels good rev. i finally got the first one over with. i'm okay, we're gonna do this again tomorrow. nothing is like the first show. i want to appreciate everyone tuning. and i'm so glad i get to lead into you. i love you so much ref. this is just a true honor. >> i love you too. they didn't give me a lot of rehearsals. let's go to this topic of

abortion. i want to get your perspective of course on turn out, and how midterm campaigns will be affected by this reported ruling. you worked on the biden campaign and you worked for vice president harris. when president biden made his pitch to voters -- calling on them to grow his majority in congress, producing a path to federal abortion rights legislation, is it unrealistic to breed that this reported ruling will enable democrats to galvanize voters, particularly women, in a way that makes it impossible for them to be galvanized? you've been in the field. you were campaigns. you know on the ground all over the country. will this galvanize voters in your opinion? >> well, reverend, i think it depends. there is definitely an opportunity in the suburbs, also in rural parts of the country, and in many big cities

across america. the question becomes, what exactly is the pitch? i know a lot of people, democrats and republicans, people who say i do not identify as a party at all, who do not think that women are doctors should be thrown in jail for seeking the health care they need, and women are doctors in aiding people, in getting that health care and within the form of an abortion. i think that is an argument that can get a lot of people on board. pointing out the cruelty is the point. i think it is something we may see from democratic campaigns across the country. i had hakeem jeffries, house conference democratic chair earlier today, and he said that calling out, calling his republican colleagues radical, it wasn't necessarily the strategy for democrats. they were just telling the truth.

need to do more than put labels on. it folks certainly going to need to paint a picture. and not put it in the lens of democrats versus republican. this is about women period. this is about doctors period. regardless who you voted, for who you pray to or where you lift. >> it's about women's rights. but it's about all rights. once you get into a states rights model, you can then go after civil, rights voting rights, affirmative action, immigration rights, basically these rights are about the civil war was about. this has a far-reaching effect. i think that democrats would be wise to bring that up. everybody has skin in this game. let me go to this. you interviewed first lady joe jill biden right before she left for her toward eastern europe. she will spend mother's day insulin some of ikea. after meeting earlier today with ukrainian refugees that a public school in romania, as the president pushes congress

for 33 billion dollars in aid, votes on which could come as early as next week, speaker pelosi, will those votes in favor be there for them? >> i really don't know reverend. i don't know if the votes in favor will be there. i think that americans watching across the country, people watching across the world, they know the images that they have seen coming out of ukraine. they have seen these images of mothers, children, young children who are just clinging to their last possessions, fleeing their homes because they unnecessary wars vigorous did their home country. congress has not necessarily pony up and been ready to give president biden the money he has asked for. i think folks really need to watch the meeting that the president is going to have tomorrow with the g7, the first lady will be at the slovakia ukraine border as well. watching that, paying attention

to that. monday's victory day in russia. one is that mean? what is vladimir putin going to do? we cannot know for sure. i think it is absolutely something people have to have their eye on because it will be consequential. >> all right symone sandra, you have a glass of champagne there. you know i only drink tea. good luck and see you tomorrow. >> now for the quick update for the war on ukraine. joining me is nbc's kyle perry, he is in kyiv, ukraine. cal, a humanitarian win in the city of mariupol today. today the prime minister of ukraine confirming all women, children, and elderly civilians have been evacuated from the steel plant. what else can you? >> yes, fairly remarkable when you look at the video of the fighting, when you hear witness accounts of the fighting. this window opened up. a very short window. according to the deputy prime

minister in the president, they have gotten the majority of the civilians out of that site. they are still possible there are men of fighting age there who are medics. i'm the president was talking about getting the medics, the doctors, the wounded soldiers out of there. we don't have an accurate assessment of how many wounded soldiers are out there. us we think in the hundreds. when it comes to victory day, on the other side of mariupol, we have a cleanup effort on behalf of russian officials. according to ukrainian officials, russian officials and soldiers cleaning up the streets there for what could be some kind of commemoration of victory day, some kind of propaganda taking place in that city. alerts across the country. we are anticipating that there could be an uptick in cruise missile fire. it was a busy week in the city of lviv. they took a number of cruise missile hits on infrastructure there. -- power infrastructure targets. there is now a fuel shortage

across the country is some of the strikes. a lot i would say nervous about monday and we can see across the country here. >> kyle perry in ukraine. thank you so much. coming up, the supreme court's draft opinion leak on abortion has people on both sides of the aisle talking. but i will explain why we must pay attention to what the gop is planning next week in this week's gotcha. first, my colleague cory with today's top news stories. >> thank you. stories we're watching this hour. the death toll of an explosion in cuba's most luxurious hotel, has now risen to 26 people. dozens were injured when the hotel saratoga was the scene of an explosion. -- which destroyed multiple floors of the building. the cuban president said the dead included a pregnant woman and a child. three americans were found dead

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safe, reliable transit. it's been five days since the leak of the supreme court's draft opinion potentially overturning roe v. wade. many supporters of abortion rights are still understandably in shock. for perhaps the first time in american history, a right the

government gave the americans half a century ago, mason levy snatched away. we are hearing a lot of analysis of what the end of roe versus wade might lead. but if you really want to understand where things are headed, listen to republicans when they tell you. take texas senator ted cruz, who is very open about his intention to change this country from one that protects abortion rights at the federal level to one that imposes bans on abortions in every single state. senator cruz said this week, he has supported numerous federal bills restricting abortions and will continue to work for them, vote for them in the future. and that contested policy issues should be resolved through democratically elected bodies. make no mistake, overturning roe versus wade, could be just the beginning of the war on

abortion for many republican lawmakers. when they start passing nationwide bands, they might do it claiming it is what voters have demanded. but let's take a look at those democratic's bodies senator cruz mentioned. we know that five of the nine justices sitting on the court were appointed by republican presidents who lost the popular vote in their initial run for the white house. they were confirmed by senate who at president, the democratic half represents 41 and a half million more people than the republican half. and where california and wyoming have the same number of senators, even though california's population is 68 times larger. at the heart of the abortion debate, is an effort by a small but impassioned minority to impose this morality on the majority. to disguise that effort as just the functioning of our

democracy. but nothing about the numbers i just cited our normal. our system of representative democracy is badly out of whack. even before we get into the filibuster or voter's suppression, of senator minority leader mcconnell's policy of blocking the appointees by any means necessary -- some republicans don't want you to focus on these things. that's why they spent much of this week shutting about the leaker. but if we listening to what they say more quietly, especially when you watch what they do, it is not hard to see what's their real game. that is what we need to fight. i got you. no u. no 've been everywhere.♪ ♪♪

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roe versus wade. i want to focus on two aspects. the impact that this possible ruling will have on the black community. and as we approach the midterm elections, what are democrats, what can they do to defend this vital constitutional right? joining me now is democratic political strategist -- who has a lot of really experience with reproductive rights organizations, and professor -- of vanderbilt university. his most recent book, and it's selling, is called unequal. >> you have a deep background of working on democratic campaigns, and working extensively on abortion rights, with abortion rights groups, and the day after the supreme court draft decision to overturn roe versus wray was leaked, we saw a group of democratic senators marching down the stairs of the capital

to declare their support for reapportioned rights and solidarity. how much leverage are the democrats have in this fight? oh with -- >> yes, it's a major priority because it's a medical emergency but most repercussions. abortion rights access is important to all americans, but especially to black, latina, women who are having trouble ask accessing health care in this country. when you look at something like reproductive health care, it's got criminalize more and more and more through over the last 50 years through anti abortion restriction. so that complicates access with

an even further. complicates access wit an even further. let's look at the state as well, because that's where the fight is going to go. california is talking about putting up a constitutional a constitutional amendment on the amendment on the ballot ballot. new york already codified in row into 2019 with the state law in reproductive health act.

2019 with the reproductive state act. -- democratic legislators should be with democratic legislatures looking more if they into what they can do can to clarify. codify row. row >> that is why, i hate to bring up, if you're in a red state. but some of us told >> i hate to people to get rid interrupt but some of of the us told people filibuster around voting to tell rights. people to if we have eliminate done, that we wouldn't the be faced with this filibuster dilemma. now, professor, professor dyson your book an, your equal, the story book, an equal, talks about racial of america inequality,, permeates every facet of american beaugrand society. how does the abortion debate fit into all of this? i've heard people say this is the first time in american history the right has been taken away -- free black people can vote in the 16 hundreds. slavery got into full effect and then it was taken away. then they were given right to vote in the 1700s. then that wright was taken

away. then reconstruction came, after slavery. and then black people can vote. then after 12 years they took that right away. we have often been subjected to the mercurial, arbitrary expression of power, by political forces. so this is yet another installment. if we look at the long view of history, as we do in our book, unequal, you can see the black people and other allies have been fighting for time, and time again. yes, this is a setback. yes this is undeniably painful. but this is the long game, this is the long ball we're after. we have to insist, as our other guests have said, that our representatives be fair, and represent where we're talking about in terms of quality of justice in america. >> staying with you doctor dyson on that historic point. this week university of north carolina professor said he's never seen the supreme court recall a civil right once it's been granted. overturning roe v. wade could

open the door to years of legal battles on other civil rights. people don't understand once we go to the state rights model, it can sweep the tables, so to speak. could we really see a reversal of say, decisions and supporting same-sex marriage, or even interracial marriage? can you see more lawsuits challenging other civil rights? racial civil rights? coming up in the future? >> yeah that's a great point. we know that now, at least two of the sitting justices want to be empowered, soon. jackson, and clarence thomas had to vote against their own interest. i doubt that would come about. you're absolutely right, that these other rights are not sacrosanct. they're not safe. they're not spared. we have to do is remember that the fight for justice is an ongoing. one when you've done your

entire career, reverend jesse jackson, maxine waters, all these figures have reminded us that we've had to -- freedom is not at once and for all seen, it's a constant reaffirmation of the fundamental principles of democracy. if you're not careful this radical, reactionary supreme court will put it risk, and make vulnerable, so many of the rights we fought for. again, if we go back to the model of african american people fighting for voting rights, this isn't the first time that wright granted is being rejected. we've got a steady our history. >> as a political strategist, what's in your opinion, can be done by the lawmakers to protect democracy and civil liberties when considering what's at stake here? >> well democrats have always done what they want to mobilize around abortion's activism around the midterms. they have to mobilize themselves. blue states and democratic led

legislatures can pass proactive legislatures. in red states they can still represent the majority of people in this country. over two thirds who support abortion access, by blocking legislation, or introducing it. even if republicans shut them down, those folks need to be represented. they need to be represented across the country. if your candidate, we're in high season for candidates right now. they need to be putting on their websites where they stand on reproductive rights. campaign literature, working with activists. -- direct people to give money to abortion funds, vital access, activists lead those organizations who cannot funded abortions, are able to do that. let's go to some of the things that should be done, just to make sure that we're protecting access in this country. if democrats really want to see people coming to the polls for them, then they need to be vigorous in the defense,

regardless of where they are in this country. >> doctor dyson on her point, this morning at the weekly saturday rallies, we had the president of planned parenthood speak to us. she talked about how there needs to be an intersectional movement. women groups and civil rights groups and immigration groups. because everyone is being threatened by this. i think that this goes to whet her point is, this may be a wake up call for elements that may not always work together, to start saying, wait a minute, we're all at risk here. this is not just women or white women, it's about women, all women. disproportionately black women. but it's also about all the civil rights that all of us has fought for. i think that that's the point

that miss johnson, the president of the -- the first black woman, by the way, president of planned parenthood raised eloquently in harlem this morning. >> that's absolutely right, that old story, they came from somebody else, i didn't speak of, they came for me nobody was left. the point is, we have to be our brothers and sisters keeper. it is an intersectional reality. race, class, gender, sexual orientation -- i was recently in atlanta, a black woman called in and said i can't believe you're an ordained minister, you're speaking about pro choice. man, i'm an ordained minister because i'm talking about the sanctity of life. these republicans are concerned about birth. they're not concerned about life, even if you're a christian, you have much more in common with women who deserve the choice over their bodies with reactionary christians, who say they follow

the same god. martin luther king junior said i look at these white people sometimes, and i wonder who their god's. we're on the same boat together, and if it goes down, we're going down together. >> both voices, you're given a choice, even if you make the wrong choice -- you get a choice. thank you both for being with us. next up abortion rights advocates, take to the streets of houston texas to voice their opposition to the possible end of roe v. wade. i ask our political panel whether their energy can make a difference in the midterms. difference in the midterms difference in the midterms . look how nice they are. the moment you become an expedia member, you can instantly start saving on your travels. so you can go and see all those,

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let's have my political panel to weigh in on today's big topics. i am joined by juanita -- a democratic strategist. and susan -- a republican strategist. they are both msnbc political analysts. juanita, the senate will hold a vote next week to codify roe v. wade. the chances of passing are very slim. if the supreme court votes to strike down the landmark abortion rights decision, as

suggested by an initial draft opinion by justice alito that leaked this week, how should democrats handle this going into the midterms? will it motivate democrats to go to the poll? >> absolutely, it will motivate democrats to go to the polls. especially when you have 77% of the country believing that roe should stand as the law of the land. you will see massive turnout, you will see pro-choice voters be vocal, as we saw this week. the rallies started immediately, the response was immediate and strong. to keep that going, democrats need to keep a steady drumbeat about what will happen if roe is overturned. yes, go out and vote and elect more democrats. you better believe that democrats need to demonstrate how they are fighting for them in realtime. this vote will get people on the record. what other efforts are democrats taking to create a carve out filibuster, which we know democrats and republicans

supported a few months ago. what other efforts are democrats taking to increase access for medical bills for abortion. one other efforts are they doing to fight for this in realtime, while it will turn out voters, you have to believe that the democratic voters will be asking what will you be doing in realtime to protect my rights? will you be doing to make sure that poor people, pregnant women and pregnant people did not die as a result of roe v. wade being overturned. we know that abortion continue, it'll just be unsafe. >> the issue is unsafe abortions. abortions will continue. your turn susan, the new york times writes that republican lawmakers are determined to recast their position on the issue as one of moderation and avert the gays of voters away from their anti-rights agenda. does this week's news hurt republicans who have been in a strong position going into the midterm? >> i think it does, because

let's not forget that there are a lot of republican lawmakers out there that basically hid behind roe v. wade. yes, i am pro-life, but i respect the law of the land. they usually allow abortion for rape and incest. it will put a lot of legislators on record not just in the senate but around the country. i would like to add what's juanita said, not only will you see a lot of democrats, you will see a lot of women. women's rights are being taken away. we had a right, it is being taken away. we are no longer able to take control of our bodies. i absolutely think that this will be a mobilizing factor. it will not just be democratic women. it will be suburban women who are independent, right-of-center, or even some who are right and believe that there should be some exemption and moderation with india bush run laws. >> susan, let's stay with you.

donald trump was in pennsylvania last night to campaign for u.s. senate gop candidate, doctor oz. however, some trump supporters expressed their disapproval of the talk show host. let's take a listen. >> right here in pennsylvania, that starts with nominating the man who has by far the best chance to win, pennsylvania's u.s. senate race this fall, my friend, doctor mehmet oz. >> you can hear booing from the crowd at the mention of doctor oz's name. this comes as trump's former secretary of state, mike pompeo said on friday on call that as one of us is competitors, he poses national security concerns. due to his ties to the turkish government and military. a spokesperson for doctor oz responded in part that these

are pathetic and xenophobic attacks. what do you make of doctor oz's candidacy and trump's endorsement, susan? >> trump's endorsement is important in a republican primary. there is no doubt, we have seen in polling that it has helped doctor oz. the thing about doctor oz is like j.d. vance, he is a bit of a fraud. he has been able to say i am pro-choice, now i am pro-life. he has flip flopped. if voters in pennsylvania are really paying attention to this race. i think that doctor oz will have a uphill battle. i do not think that donald trump will be able to necessarily get him over the line. david mccormack is a very strong candidate. his wife worked for donald trump. i think you will see a big movement in the advertisement campaign of david mccormack. >> juanita, ukraine is bracing

for a bloody weekend ahead of russia's victory day commemoration on monday, how concerned are you that matters getting worse in ukraine, the u.s. will have more of an active war role? >> i am very concerned because we know that putin will not stop's atrocities. he will not back down. there are reports that apparently on the may 9th victory day parade, he will highlight some of the atrocities that they have committed in ukraine. in mariupol, for example, where russian troops are on the ground changing street signs to russian, forcing any ukrainians left behind to help with the cleanup effort. i think that will only further temper the u.s. position in providing additional aid and resources. but we all know that the clear line at the white house has drawn, and nato as well, is that they will provide aid to ukraine but no other action will take place, unless putin goes into a nato allied

country. that is going to hold, but additional resources will be sent to ukraine. that will put it right back and center in the u.s. to. >> juanita tolliver, and susan del percio, thank you for your time. my final thoughts after the break. my final thoughts after th break. i don't just play someone brainy on tv - i'm an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger. it's still the eat fresh refresh, and subway's refreshing their italians. so, we're taking this to italy. refresh. because subway now has italian-style capicola on the new mozza meat and supreme meats.

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