hey everyone welcome back i'm yasmin vossoughian, happy mother's day to all the moms out there, if you're just joining us welcome if you're still with us thank you for sticking around, good to see you. as abortion right process are raging across the wake of the leak supreme court panicked overturn roe, mitch mcconnell

jumping and with common should raise the temperature even hire. suggesting a national ban on abortion is likely in the cards, this as senate majority leader chuck schumer prepares for a vote to protect abortion rights in this country. >> if we are unable to get republicans on this, we marched straight to the ballot box, and i tell people this that old slogan, don't get mad, vote, i said get mad and vote. >> at the end of the day there is no right to an abortion in the united states constitution that the issue with abortions it makes a very different is that there is a life. >> it's very important to get every senator on the record about where they're stand on this issue, you see republicans trying to dodge and not talk about this issue because they know how incredibly popular it is. >> all right, in a moment i'll talk to the nevada attorney general abram florida, the national bank could have in

states like where abortion rights are in fact protected, and growing flair that abortion will be the last right to the supreme court takes away and gave marriage could be the next big target for conservatives. later on this hour, i'll talk to jim obergefell, on the lead plaintiff in a case that legalizes gay marriage in this country about his fears. also this hour, a wartime first lady, jill biden crosses into ukraine to meet the first lady of that country in an extraordinary short of unity on this mother's day. >> to show the ukrainian people that this war has to stop, this war has been brutal and that people of the united states stand with the people of ukraine. >> -- >> you feel. it >> so, while that was happening of president biden, g7 leaders meeting with

president zelenskyy announcing new sanctions on russia preparing for its annual victory day celebration there. former defense secretary william cohen will join us to talk about that, all of that plus an msnbc exclusive. forget defund the police, a group of democrats are pushing nancy pelosi for a vote on funding the police ahead of the midterms, that reporting is ahead this hour as well. we want to begin though with the fight over abortion rights, just days after the supreme court draft pinion lake senate minority leader mitch mcconnell telling usa today, that national abortion ban is possible. when asked if it was worthy of debate, mcconnell responded in part this, if the leaked opinion became the final opinion, legislative bodies not only at the state level but at the federal level, certainly could legislate in that area. so as it stands, 13 stones already passed trigger laws, that would automatically ban abortion if in fact roe is overturned. you have nbc news and alice has found that overall the country

would be split between bands, restrictions, and protections in a post row world. 23 states, would institute bans and in another 21 states abortion rights would be protected by state law and passed rulings. that includes the state of nevada i'm joined now by nevada tierney general aaron d. ford, thank you so much for joining us, we appreciate it. let me get first get your comments, your reaction to what mitch mcconnell had to say to usa today about the possibility essentially of outright banning abortion across the country? >> thanks so much for having me this sunday. your questions a great one. what mitch mcconnell is saying it underscores what i've already been saying to nevada ends, that don't -- complacency. we do in fact have here the right to an abortion between two and four weeks of pregnancy, a statute -- 1990. that does not mean whoever that

in a state that are publican legislator for example couldn't come in and work around that particular statute to stay within it, at the same time put restrictions on abortions. so, understanding that there are people who have been working on this for decades it's important for us not to be naive and think that they certainly wouldn't start work on because they have -- >> so, let's talk a bit more about that because you brought it up there is this major push, democratic governor if in fact that were to happen there could be restrictions placed upon access to abortion services in the state of nevada despite the fact that you have essentially codified the real protections. how could you further protect them if in fact this happens? >> well, first things first, when needs to happen as we take sure people understand the importance of this vote. democratic -- and not just nevada but across the nation are dedicated to protecting this constitutional right, here is i'm indicating nevada it is embedded in the

statute, what we look to do is to ensure that any effort to restrict the right to an abortion in some form of federal legislation, to undermine, it can certainly come forth with the statue. we have to do is continue holding our elected officials accountable, and sure were elected people that are gonna protect this constitutional right. >> let me ask you this because it seems as though we're headed towards this kind of whiplash state. you heard me kind a layup for we came to you about what a post roe world look like, the country would be slight they'd be restrictions, bans in place, and then states in which would allow for abortion services in terms of viability, 23 weeks, where roe stands right about now. how do you feel the constituency states are gonna kind of deal with this whiplash when you have a state, essential that as a democratic legislator in place, a democratic governor that would allow the republican legislators, are republican governor with that then have restrictions on abortion which were at one point accessible?

>> well, -- have to engage in any form of back and forth. it is incumbent upon us that we don't let that to happen. i'm here on your shoulder blades to acknowledge that there is a very real concern that we have, to encourage people not to allow a sense of complacency or a sense of security. come out and vote in this next election. we have people as you're gonna get in 13 states who are gonna be restricted by the laws. i have colleagues in michigan -- already said that the law that will come into effect if roe v. wade is overturned she won't be enforcing and so we need to understand where people stand on these issues, on this issue in particular to ensure we protect them, and come out to vote. >> governor said that he's gonna do anything that he can in his power to protect the woman's right to choose along as he is governor of that state. he should've after the leak of course of this opinion by the

supreme court, that said when you look at the geography of nevada, three states would ban abortion in a post roe world, to the maps or logs. it seems nevada could be easily become this safe haven zone, do you have the resources in place to support women who will be seeking abortion services inside your state and protecting those women who travel to the state of nevada to seek out abortion services? >> that's certainly something we've already started thinking about -- we've seen an increase to in reports of women's and service department -- people coming since texas passed its bounty law. we anticipate that other states, citizens, and likewise will come to nevada for that. but we will not do is punish women coming here seeking to exercise what we consider and our state a protected right. for 50 years, it's been a constitutional right, a constitutional right to an abortion left or will we have to prepare ourselves in nevada is b as you indicated a place

where abortion care is gonna be appropriate, and it's gonna be protected. >> nevada attorney general, aaron ford, thank you so much for spending time with us on this sunday afternoon. we appreciate. it i want to bring in now mary ziegler, visiting professor of constitutional law from harvard law suit author of dollars for light, antiabortion movement -- mary thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. let's start first with mcconnell statements or mcconnell's comments to usa today, the possibilities all up federal ban on abortion, wondering on a political level for looking at d.c. in the make up there, the votes are necessary there for something like that, a federal mandate feasibly could be of course as the senate ticks back, if the republicans take back the senate, but getting that many seats as a long shot. that aside, when you take a look at nevada for instance, as i was speaking with the state attorney general there, what protections of the state like nevada half if in fact our federal ban is put in place? >> well, there wouldn't, it would be very hard right?

a federal ban would cramp state laws, if there is in fact a federal ban, that can come towards congress or towards this conservative supreme court, which will hold abortion to be unconstitutional. i don't think that'll happen this year, but it could happen in a future decision. that would preclude states like nevada from following their laws, we'd be setting policies for the entire country when it comes to abortion. and it's ironic of course because the supreme at least justice alito in this scrapped opinion says that will lead to the de-escalation of the conflict is if the state gets to do its own thing. but of course, that's not what anyone really seems to want here including folks on the side of the anti abortion movement. ppe -- >> i want to read a little bit from you're really brilliant piece from the atlantic on the conservative justices that drafted this majority opinion that was leaked and you write this, the conservatives aren't ending row, they're delighting in. the conservative majority can make such an argument that it could be such an idea as a

product of americas grievous polarization, this majority knows that will be celebrated by the conservative legal movement and the leaders of the republican party. what makes it so clear from a legal perspective, that this in fact is a politicized decision, we'll mix it clear to you? >> most people have studied the subject, weren't surprised at the core composed of six conservatives, right? roe is the ultimate example -- of looking to overturn roe, they're a lot of arguments made, the tote of the opinion was snarky. and this was all at a time when the draft says that part of the problem with roe, one of the reasons that roe has to go is because it was polarizing. this is a draft that would've porous be polarizing, it wouldn't be lost anywhere that this draft will be polarizing. the fact that samuel alito, one of the justices most conservative members was writing the opinion isn't something you would do if you

are trying to soften the blow or diminish anger are expressed by those who support abortion rights. i think it's not just a matter what the court is doing, it's a matter about how quickly they're doing it, it's a matter of the way the coat court is approaching this, little empathy or respective people with whom the justice system just agrees. >> you know what i find fascinating, i got in this a bit yesterday, we have these three trump appointed justices on the record talk about the fact that roe is president, this is half a separate jury of precedent in the supreme court and that's exactly with the law of the land has said. although it seems it's no longer gonna be the law the land the way that it's gonna come down -- they said that they see this as not something they're looking to overturn that obviously isn't the case, and i know that alito and thomas said this in various instances that we have these guys on the record as saying this as late as 23 years ago, with that being said is there any accountability when

it comes to them saying on the record during the confirmation process and then obviously voting in a very opposite way? >> well, there is no accountability out in the kind of backlash that voters can produce. it's very hard, you can impeach trump supreme court justices, the kind of thing that was done by these justices is not the basis for impeachment usually. impeachment is actually never succeeded in american history, for a justice. it would have to be more political response, that response of course can take the shape of people voting in state elections, and federal elections because we do know that the court responds to backlash, the court is really out of step with popular opinion, it usually faces consequences when it does. another way to read this is the center of the court is saying we don't care what people think, we don't have to caramel people think in fact we don't believe -- >> justice thomas has said that publicly which i found fascinating. and quite ironic as well. quickly here because alito's draft as well essentially said

you don't need to worry about other opinions, right? and we've been talking a lot about gay marriage. if you're jim over foul, he will be on the show later on today, would you be worried? >> i would, the court puts itself in his droplet tween the pendulum the answer is to why same sex marriage is different is essentially because abortion takes a life, that may set us up for a national abortion ban. but the reasoning of the draft is much like the reasoning of alito's dissent in the obergefell case because there wasn't one of the 19 sex -- at that time. that clearly is where they could go if they want to, the constraints are political if this is approach they. take >> therein lies the difference between these conservative justices and more liberal-leaning justices the way they kind of contextualize, and see the constitution. but of course that's for exports like you not like people like me.

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biden celebrating mother's day in ukraine today meeting with the country's first lady elena zelenskyy, lesson appeared in public since the russian invasion began in february. this is unprecedented visit by a first lady to a combat zone and she is the latest pramod figure from the biden administration to visit the area. joining me now from slow lack, where the first ladies trump initially began, is and -- mike memoli once again. talk to me about this visit, the significance of course of it all and how secret it was kept into the very moment we knew it was happening? >>,, and as a reporter i'm always fascinated how these things get planned and what goes into keeping it a secret and executing on it. that's one of the -- travel of the first lady today into ukraine. we only learned about it just hours really before it took place, we learned as we were traveling back to sinovac in capital this afternoon, this

was something that the first lady really began in march when she had spring break. of course she still a full-time teacher, and then the plans really got its motion focusing on mother's day as the possibility of a visit to ukraine. this school, you're looking at the picture the first two ladies there at a school that's been transformed into transitional housing relief for displaced ukrainians, fleeing the violence. it's something within the only last few days that ukrainian government said that the first lady of ukraine was willing to meet her as well, and that led to what's been a powerful moment today, to first lady sitting face to face and dr. biden was able to deliver in-person this message to the ukrainian people, take a listen. >> i wanted to come on mother's day, i thought it was important to show the ukrainian people that this war has to stop, and

this war -- and that people of united states stand with people of ukraine. you feel. it >> you can see really the expression from elena zelenskyy that this was a powerful moment for her, she called it an act of courage by the first lady to come. that moment is gonna get all the headlines today but of course there was another one early in the day, the first lady traveled to -- another town near the border of ukraine in silver, cattleman named victoria who is there with her daughter and talked about just how plain foal, can explain to her children what is happening, why they've had to leave and that's another powerful moment for the first lady. >> a lot of powerful moments throughout that visit, mike memoli, thanks. russia's victory celebration could not arrive at a more

harrowing time across ukraine. russian troops are intensifying their attacks against civilians in luhansk, at least 60 airfare dad after russia dropped a bomb on a smoke shelter. and then in mariupol, ukrainian troops are still fighting to evacuate remaining fighters, the wounded in medics as well all of this as western islands convene at the g7 to impose sweeping new sanctions on russia including, 2600 russian belarusian officials, i want to bring in from as you -- william cohen, secretary cohen thanks for joining us, we appreciate it. when we first get your reaction of course to the visit by the first lady, under these circumstances on this mother's day of course, especially knowing how vulnerable of course she is in a wartime country? >> it actually was a great act of courage on the part of the first lady. going into any part of ukraine's dangerous, for anyone today. but for the first lady to make this trip on this special day,

honoring mothers all over the world, and especially those who are in ukraine who have their sons who are fighting, perhaps daughters as well, to the mothers who have to deal with this on a minute by minute basis especially -- i commend jill biden for her courage in making this trip and expressing the skillet of we have with the ukrainian people, especially on this important. day >> want to talk about this victory, we've talked over the -- may 9th. it's often a somber day in russia, celebrated mass somber way, and there is been some prediction from both sides essentially saying this could be a day which putin mobilizes more of a war effort, he could declare victory, he could declare independence to the eastern region of ukraine, nobody really knows, right? what are you expecting from tomorrow, how on edge do you feel as if ukraine military is

right about now in the lead up to victory day? >> i'm not sure the military will feel more on edge and they do right now, as you mentioned slovakia president putin has a number of options he could declare more, he can mobilize more troops, he could try to annex all of those areas that are now in control of. he could've he's really playing three dimensional dress, as he's been accused of being capable of, he could declare victory and say i've achieved some of the mission i set out to denazifying even though that's ironic, the nats if i ukraine. and now he's calling for -- that would then put the burden on president zelenskyy, to continue the fight. that might intern cause the western world to weaken some of the sanctions that are imposing, or warren posing because it cost us as well as russia when you impose the sanctions. so, he could do any of these things never know, we'll have to wait until tomorrow to find

out. but he has a number of options, and we have a number of options as well, as the g7 indicated today. >> talk to me about the increasing factions, are they were? >> i think they are helping to weaken russia. i know this has been a cause of some controversy to say that we are helping ukraine to weaken the russian army, well we are trying to weaken the russian economy. all of these sanctions are designed to make russia feel the pain of what they're doing by invading a sovereign nation. so, we're trying to weaken their economy and hopefully the sanctions will lead to that and put more pressure on russia as we're continuing to help on the military battlefield as well. so, will it work? in the long term i would think so. the question is will the united states stay the course, will the nato country stay the course, will all of those who are supporting freedom for ukraine stay the course over the long term. so, the sanctions --

that russia will have a difficulty in staying in ukraine. >> how worried should we all be really about the use of tactical nukes by moscow? >> i think if putin decides to cross that threshold, we should all be concerned. i know there's some debate, well it only might be a one kilometer bomb, as opposed to a ten, i don't think it really makes a difference in terms of what this means, the moment you start crossing the threshold, yes we could respond with very have a non nuclear -- many start saying it's okay to go nuclear, that's when you run the risk of this escalating down the line. i know there is some controversy, many of our military officials say well we can respond in a conventional manner -- upon russia but i don't think any of us should ever want to cross that threshold because it could lead to what i call --

a vent. that means nuclear map and may be used by either country back and forth, it would endanger the planet itself. >> i'm curious about this, when this war first began, there was this idea that russian public opinion would not support the actual of adam approach, and right? it seems as though since then the tides have turned and that's only because latimer putin controls the type of messaging and media the -- how important is it to get russian public opinion behind ukraine's effort to defend themselves, and if in fact it is something that is important how do you do that with this type of media blackout? >> well, it's difficult, we need to devise a way to penetrate the iron wall that's been erected to prevent digital information from getting to the russian people. i don't think we can do it over and i, we need to make a massive effort to try to use whatever electronic, technical means we can to get the word to the russian people. right now --

it's pure propaganda. it's like it may it's disinformation, lies, and deceit directly in to the minds and hearts of the russian people. it's gonna be difficult. >> secretary cohen, as always we thank you for joining us on this sunday afternoon, it was a pleasure speaking with you at this hour. up next everybody, msnbc exclusive forget out defunding the police, a group of house democrats are pushing hard to for speaker pelosi to hold a vote to boost funding ahead of the midterms, the reporter who wrote that story is joining me next. is joining me next my a1c stayed here, it needed to be here. ruby's a1c is down with rybelsus®. my a1c wasn't at goal, now i'm down with rybelsus®. mom's a1c is down with rybelsus®. (♪ ♪) in a clinical study, once-daily rybelsus® significantly lowered a1c better than a leading branded pill. rybelsus® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't take rybelsus® if you or your family

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contributing philosophers in states in 2020. 19 mostly moderate house democrats are urging the speaker to vote on bipartisan legislation that would increase funding for police across the country as rising crime remains an issue going into the midterms. scott wong is joining us now, scott as always great to see you, thanks for joining us on a sunday afternoon. talk to me about what this funding would look like? >> well, essentially the bill would lay out grants for local the piece parliaments for things like mental health resources, body cameras for officers things like that. so, giving police officers more resources, things they've been acting for, things that lawmakers including the sponsors of this measure who've been having these discussions with officer groups. the two folks who are in charge of this effort our josh scott

armor of new jersey, he's the leader of the problem solvers as well as sydney -- of iowa. both targets top targets for republicans in the november midterms, as are a number of the folks who have signed on to this letter, letting us believe that perhaps the election in the midterm messaging is at play here, that this is an issue that has put democrats on their heels a little bit, certainly in the 2020 election that you mentioned where there were 13 democrats that went down in defeat. so, democrats are trying to figure out ways -- republican attacks that are painting them as soft on crime ahead of these november midterms. >> what's number are we talking here, do we know the number that they're asking for, the amount of funding? >> no, a novice specific number i think you know, the pushback

from the democratic leadership is that police funding is at an all-time high right now in fact. and that's a message that you're hearing echoed by progressives, who have been sort of leading the charge on the defund the police movement, and the leadership is pointing out -- look, in our latest appropriation on this bill, funding the government we put out 3.9 billion dollars for local and state police grants. that was about half a billion dollars higher than the previous years levels, so their argument is look, we're backing police, we are doing so in these funding bills -- and others are saying look, it's not enough in terms of new funding for some of these specific measures that the officers have been asking for. that's sort of where the

conflict lies and of course the speaker of the house knows that these are members in tough election races so she is not been directly critical of them but given them a sort of space to make their case for this legislation and make the case to voters back home in their district. >> we talked a bit about this, we want you to expand a little bit more on where progressive stand in all this, you have 19,000 democrats in form of this, moderate democrats are reaching across the aisle as you just mentioned any possibility, any chance that progressives could get on board, go their way especially knowing that there and of unroll which could then flip the house? >> well, we have not seen a whole lot of cooperation between progressives and moderates on this issue of police funding in the past. if you think back to shortly after the 2020 election, there

was internal phone calls among all of the house democrats and in that phone call, abigail spanberger, if you remember used explicit words and pointed the blame a progressive democrats in her own caucus saying, you guys are to blame for that. because of the defund the police movement and that has created quite a bit of friction between the two wings of the party interesting enough to years later we're sort of than the exact same spot, still arguing about sort of who was to blame for these 13 majority makers going down to defeat in the 2020 election. a year when president biden won the white house, and the democrats took the senate, and democrats maintain control of the house. so, we're having still the same argument two years after the fact. >> that scott long by the way, you know it's not surprising matter what we're talking about,

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time both for all of us really to see our constitutional rights -- and hasn't been for years the president wanted to come here for my daughter, and standing up for this moment and saying, we're not gonna go backwards. >> that's a cute little girl. the anger continues at the supreme court over this week's leak draft decision on abortion. it's also sparking speculation that other landmark rulings could now be on shaky ground, including those that legalized the use of birth control as well as same sex marriage. in his draft opinion, justice alito repeatedly suggest that any right not to explicitly outlined in the constitution must be quote, deeply rooted in american history and tradition and orderly to be recognized by the supreme court. and although the draft could still be changed, should it stands, some experts are saying that this language might not be enough to keep such a ruling from being used to challenge other presidents down the road. joining now to talk more about

this is jim obergefell, the lead plant in the 2015 u.s. supreme court's of obergefell versus hodges. jen, thank you for joining us, we appreciate this. i want to read for folks -- after the strap and it was like and you said this, when we talk about the right to marriage. that was only meant about a sprinkler for the first time in loving's versus virginia, 1967, that wright is not running that anywhere in the constitution. so for that, i'm really concerned about marriage equality. making people -- we all face these fundamental rights that we've all enjoyed the right to privacy, the right to marry. those are not rights outlined specifically in the constitution, those rights are at risk. expand on this for us, jim? >> well, first off yasmin, thanks for having me on. but clearly in that draft decision alito setting the stage for many rights we have enjoyed and honestly taken for granted to be taken away.

marriage equality, as i mentioned in my tweet, the first time it was mentioned as a fundamental right was in loving's versus virginia, that was only 1967, six years before roe v. wade. so, if this car can overturn an almost 50-year-old president, what is to prevent them from turning over a president that's six years older? not to mention marriage equality which is not even seven years old. those risks are at risk with this broad language saying that tradition in history are important. that's a terrifying thought for me. >> i want to read for folks to disconnect were getting from alito. and i want you to react to. it i'm gonna read for you the dissenting opinion of illegal back in 2015, and it said, this and this was during your case, it is beyond dispute that the right to same sex marriage is not among those rights that are sufficiently rooted in american history and tradition, so you

juxtapose that back in 2016 during your case to this draft opinion leaked that he wrote in which he refers to quote unquote other cases he says this, we emphasize that our decision concerns the constitutional right to abortion and know of a riot. nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on presidents that do not concern abortion. even with this portion of the draft opinion, why are you still worried, you don't buy it? >> i do not. why should we believe that? during his -- alito as well as other justices on his court either simply said, roe v. wade is a precedent, others went a little further and said they believed it was a president that should stand. they're now saying those precedents should not stand because again, is not deeply right in our nation's history

and traditions. what is the player -- and traditions? racism? the woman's right to vote is what i call deeply rooted in our nation's history and traditions, treating women as human beings as people not property of their husbands, not deeply rooted in our nation's history. treating blacks as human beings, not as the property of white people, not deeply rooted in our nation's history or traditions. this is a terrifying turn for our nation's highest court to take. so, no i don't believe that statement in that draft decision. why should i believe that, when he's turning roe v. wade. >> jim, near the face of marriage equality in this country, it was such a moment to see it, and incredible motives in this country in that decision came down, the celebrations that were happening on the straps of the supreme court, when the decision was read. what do you say to folks that are scared right now, that are

worried about the possibility that marriage equality could be next? >> i will say, i'm scared as well. and at this point we have got to come together, not just the lgbtq+ community, but all the marginalized communities, all americans, all human beings whose rights are at risk. we must come together and fight together and part of that is you last vote. if you are not voting for candidates that share your values as closely as possible, then you're part of helping make this happen. you need to vote in every election, every single election to make sure that our elected officials more accurately reflect our nation. and i will also add this, i thing marriage equality is the only thing the lgbtq+ humidity could lose, lawrence versus texas with struck down anti saudi laws, that was decided in 2003. again, not exactly a real long

history of tradition in our nation. so, we reached the potential for our ability to engage in intimate relations with someone of the same-sex, to be once again criminalized. not to mention what women faced, having ivf, and birth control ruled or made illegal. we're at a tipping point in this nation, and if not actively involved by voting, and by helping anyone we can, we're part of the decline of this one sprite nation that believed in equal justice under the law, this one great nation that ali said we were all about we the people. we need to fight, we need to vote, we need to stand up and say we believe and lead the people, or part of this nation, and we have rights as human beings and as citizens of this country. >> jim obergefell, good to talk

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the waco republican leader once again showing that cruelty is a feel of the gop strategy -- as we do it wouldn't be in jeopardy of that leaked draft opinion that would overturn roe, cracks as governor greg abbott had answered, haven't we stop paying for undocumented kids to go to school in an interview with a conservative talk show hope to see abbott raised the possibility that texas would now challenge the 19 to supreme court case of tyler veto, in that case a group of students from mexico challenged the texas law that allowed districts to turn away undocumented students as well as a policy seeking to charge tuition to students who are not quote, legally admitted to the

u.s., the court ruled in favor of the students finding the rules violated the equal protection clause of the constitution. the mexican american legal defense and education fund which represented the students called the governor's comments and says -- we'll establish law. we'll establish law, that phrase seem to be a whole lot more when we could go than it does right now, i gave no timetable for potential challenge and the thursday rue news conference refused to clarify his comments. my high five of the week on this mother's day goes to who else but mama, i want to say happy mother's day to my own mom, who has supported me no matter what, teaching me persistence, dedication, and love forever and ever no matter what. you're the best mom i can ask for. and i wish you, the best mama june to all your grandchildren, i wish you a happy mother's day mom and thank you for being you, and showing us just how it is that. i also want to say thank you to

the moms of my entire team today, i've asked the senator picked up their mothers so we can properly pay tribute to them. i want to say you raise your kids right, we have an incredible team, with great people working here and we know that you had a big part of making that happen if not the part by the way. whether the kids were talking about are in their 20s, just starting up a career, or a little older let's deliver other team members, -- you should be proud. and don't worry, if we don't get to all the pictures here i'll be posting this video on twitter, you can see everyone's moms there. happy mother's day to all of you out there. enjoy your day ladies, that wraps it up for me, i'm yasmin vossoughian, i'll be back next saturday's that are new times like 2 pm eastern, simone sanders picks up things right now. ers picks up things righ now. greetings, you're watching symone, fear and dread about potential role reversal, but will it energize folks to head

to the polls in november? blasts the u.s. announce new sanctions on russia today just after first lady dr. jill biden cross the border into ukraine. nbc's mike memoli when into the war zone with her, and we'll have him live in just a few minutes. and today, we are stepping into the culture corner y'all, and digging into topics making their way into your group chats like the attack on dave chappelle. on symone sanders, and i have something to say. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it is mother's day and we're starting with the development that frankly i think we should've ever mother disturbed about not only their own reproductive freedoms, but also their children's and everyone else says. senate minority