tv Yasmin Vossoughian Reports MSNBC June 25, 2022 11:00am-12:00pm PDT
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good to see you. what a day. when the last couple of days. a moment really in american history. i'm yasmin vossoughian coming alive from outside the supreme court where it is all happening at the epicenter of the political world. we are changing america forever with one ruling that overturned roe v. wade. the response is immediate. it is angry among abortion rights advocates. they are protesting here in front of the court and around the country, really. this is over a decision that immediately made this to separate america's. one where abortion is safe, at one word as a legal, and one where it is now banned or will be very shortly. we talk to one protester a short time ago. >> i am a 51 year old grandmother. i have three daughters. i have seven granddaughters. i have been an advocate for over 20 plus years for sexual assault and domestic violence. i retired from being the
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director of a rape crisis center. i have firsthand experience being the support system for people who have had to go in and have abortions because it was the only choice for different reasons. because people are making assumptions that people are just having this done, why are people making this a law? why are they the ones making laws for someone else's body? someone's own body. when they do not know firsthand the reason. should not be doctors and the person whose body it is making the choice? >> why are you making laws over someone else's body? it is something that i've heard over and over throughout the day dreamlike of rich so far. this supreme court is not done yet. a line from justice clarence thomas might be on the table here. this includes contraception and same sex marriage. right now, women with an unwanted pregnancy in a state
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where abortion is illegal, we'll be facing a stark reality. they will have to continue on with their pregnancy or take a tough journey into his state. we are going to be reporting on this in the next few hours. this is a journey that i took with a group of women from dallas, texas. >> it is early in the morning. 20 young women meet at a church in texas for one reason. they will travel to new mexico and get an abortion. >> i cannot do this. i cannot have another kid. the two that i have right now is not an option. it is not for me or not for him. one of those girls now texting me yesterday just in total shock at something like this has now happened. a friend of hers scheduled to have an abortion yesterday, and now unable to do so. but first, we have this almost constant presence of protesters here outside the court. emotions running high ever since this decision rolled back emotion rights. just over my shoulder here, inside that car that's been
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going throughout the entire day, ali, and you and i have been speaking throughout the day as well. really, this is a multi generational conversation that's happening, a multi generational protest that's happening, and that's not really just about abortion rights. it's about so many rights that these people feel as if have been taken away from them during this supreme court. >> that's right,. yasmin emotions are running extremely high here, and that's because millions of women across the country woke up this morning with less rights than they had just a few days ago, and they are processing this news we heard yesterday of the supreme court's decision to overheard roe v. wade. still, hours later. as you can see behind me, really the crowd continues to grow here. yesterday, we saw thousands gathered here outside the supreme court, our own pete williams, who stuck with the supreme court for decades, taking it was the largest crowd he's seen out here in his career. emotions or raw. some were cheering this
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decision. others were visibly stunned. there are less people out here today, as i mentioned, around 400 500, and what we're noticing is the mood shifting. this went from extreme passion, raw emotion, and reaction, to really a feeling of motivation and purpose. people sagging this cannot actually be the first time in the country's history that's a supreme court gifted right is then stripped away. we heard from a woman named and earlier, who immigrated to this country from the ussr in 1989, and she's telling me she came here for freedom and she says that now, she's really dumbfounded, and she really can't believe this is happening in this country. she specifically immigrated for these reasons. let's take a look at her reaction here. >> this is supposed to be a place where the government is not telling us what to do with our bodies, what's to believe,
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what's to say. this is what's happening. these are the loss that are getting passed. this is not the country i chose to move to. this is not the country for which i gave up my statement to apply for asylum. i am embarrassed right now. we are the laughing stock of the world, and we need to fix it. thankfully, we have some ways to fix it. we come here and we vote. we vote in november, every november. >> yasmin, anna and so many others out here telling me that's one of the reasons they think they can make a change here is through the november midterm elections. all of them telling me that women's reproductive rights are really on the ballot in november. >> i've heard that a lot, ali, as well. the question is, it's the end of june now. we have got five months or so until these midterm elections, until that's passed.
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the pressure is on the democratic party to maintain this momentum to use this very issue as a rallying cry to get people to turn out, to get people to turn out in favor of candidates that support abortion rights for women. we're going to be following this through the next -- emotional, dumbfounded shock to -- allie ruffle for us, thank you. so, let's go to this case that start, mississippi. the center of this historic case brought by the supreme court. mississippi does, in fact, have a trigger law that is not yet activated. the attorney general saying that he intends to give the law the thoughtful attention, as it was put. they, joining us now is kathy park joining us outside. good to talk to you once again. talk us through what is happening on the ground there, as people here on the ground, folks reacting very viscerally, emotionally to the decision from the supreme court. >> yasmin, that is absolutely right. as you mentioned, we are standing right in front of that
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abortion clinic which was essentially at the heart of the historic ruling by the supreme court, and it definitely has been heated at times in front of this clinic. protesters have been out as early as 4:00 this morning. we've seen activism on this debate. there's a lot of police activity as well, trying to keep the peace, but for the most, part it's been relatively calm. it seems like the demonstrations come in waves. but i want to share with you just a little about the reaction we got earlier today from both sides that was very divisive. thank you. >> obviously, we're happy about it, but it's still killing babies in there. it's still going on. >> there was a lot of tension yesterday. we have a lot of them out here, normally, but we don't have them every day. and you know, there are a lot more. >> and yasmin, right, now this
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clinic is still open, but, essentially the days are numbered because as you mentioned, this is a trigger law states. there is a ten-day window for the attorney general to certify this decision from the supreme court, and all signs seem to suggest, as you, will head that way. so, this abortion clinic is prepared to shut down in the matter of, days but they've been working behind the scenes to open up another clinic in new mexico. the big concern moving forward is for women of color, which this will disproportionately impact, because roughly 70% of the women who seek abortions here in the state of mississippi are black women. doctors, we've spoken with them, they work at this clinic and fear that there will be more miscarriages and potentially, more harm, potentially, for the women who seek abortions and taking matters into their own hands. they'll be traveling hours away to where abortion services will be legal. places like illinois, new mexico, even as far away as
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massachusetts. yasmin? >> all right, kathy park for us. for now, kathy, thank you as always. let's bring it back to the supreme court. joining me now, amanda -- of the plant action fund. she's a -- we appreciate it. >> let's talk about, the people who are predominantly affected are women of color, black and brown women. i took this trip with 21 from dallas texas to new mexico. i'm going to be showing the story of these women later on in the show. -- 14 were black, four of them are hispanic, two were white. >> we have to acknowledge this country's history of white supremacy, structural racism, and discriminatory treatment. we know that overturning roe is disproportionately impacting, as you said, black folks, indigenous people, latino people, folks that are low income, immigrants, young people, those are the people who are disproportionately impacted, because they are
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really face barriers to impact and health care. >> well this is around eastern standard time, 10 pm, clinics closed. >> they just shuttered services. many were waiting in the room, waiting for an abortion, and were subsequently told they cannot happen. >> as of today, seven states have banned abortion. what we already know is that patients are scared. patients are confused and are experiencing this case off. many patients don't even know whether or not abortion is legal in their state, and now, so many patients across the country have to either travel hundreds of thousands to seek abortion care if they could afford it, if they could take time off of work, if they could get childcare, or they might have to make the decision to self manage their own abortion outside of the health care system or before, to carry a pregnancy against their will. >> are their efforts being made to create funds for women to
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travel? >> absolutely. there are abortion funds all across the country. there is through planned parenthood, through local abortion funds, so many different organizations right now have been taking -- to use funding to then provide that financial assistance to people seeking care in those seven states that already bans abortion, and as for preparing for up to 26 more states to move forward in their own abortion bans. >> how many clinics of yours will you be shutting in the next coming, 20 to 30 days or so? >> what i want to make clear is as we are being forced to make a decision whether or not we could provide abortion, it is completely unconscionable that the skills and compassionate health care providers are being forced to deny patients care. the number doesn't matter. even one person being denied care is enough, but we need to do something about this. >> we're looking at facilities in new mexico, new york, obviously, stay face states, as we're calling it. are these facilities ready to handle an influx of women that may be covering your way?
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>> so, planned parenthood's health centers have been preparing for this moment for a long time. we are calling these surge states. we know there are health centers provided by planned parenthood, as well as independent sectors that are in these states that have been getting ready for this influx of patients. >> so, your ready. >> we are ready. >> anything anecdotally could share with me about what happened yesterday? >> honestly, it goes back to the real feeling of being a person in a waiting room, where you don't know whether or not you're going to seek that care, that you deserve that day, because of what politicians are doing. >> i saw this unemotionally, up close and personal. -- imagine what it would be like to then be told that they cannot receive that abortion. >> it's absolutely devastating. our rights have been taken from us and placed in the hands of state politicians. >> thank you so much. we appreciate it. we're going to watch more from outside the supreme court here, including the overturning of roe, as i mentioned earlier, whether it's enough to fully
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we've got more of our special live coverage here of life after row from the supreme court ahead, including an interview with -- not only about abortion rights, but the rights of the couple as well. the rights of their children. that's in a moment. but right now, we've got new information from the january six committee providing evidence that republican members of congress sought pardons from the former presidents election lies. the body also laying out evidence of the presidents pressure campaign. >> the president said just say the election was corrupt and
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leave the rest to me in the republican congressman. so, mr. donahue, that's a direct quote from president trump, correct? >> that's an exact quote from the president,. yes >> through trump appointed doj officials say threatened to resign over trump's coup plot, which involved installing jeffrey clark at the top guy of doj. here's the reaction to the plot as laid out. >> he was proposing that's jeff rosen be replaced by jeff clark. i thought the proposal was asinine. >> i said, that's right, you are an environmental lawyer, how about you go back to your office and we'll call you when there's an oil spill? >> i thought the proposal was nuts. the best i could tell was the only thing we know about environmental elections challenges was they both start with you. basing your answers around that, i'm not even sure if you know that. >> let's talk about with the
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former assistant of the watergate prosecutor and nbc legal analyst. it's always great to talk to you. let's talk through some of the testimony we heard over the last week or so, specifically some of the stuff we just played. the conversation between donahue and the former president, essentially sagging, just say it's corrupt and leave it up to me. of course, jeffrey clark is trying to install himself as attorney general of the united states. talk me through what stood out to you. >> first of all, with all the line thicket referred, just go back to your office and we'll call you when there's an oil spill. that seems like a inappropriate thing. all of these concepts were part of an overall, overarching conspiracy to take down the election results, to deny us the right to elect and choose who we voted for, to undo our democracy. so, it's all terrible and it sounds a lot like donald trump, doesn't it? he said, just say i need 11,780
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votes. just find me them. just say there's an investigation, and you'll get what you need. this is his pattern. he sounds totally -- i think it shows his intent, it shows his criminal intent, and it shows -- at the same time. >> so, there's a question of whether or not it's believable. there's a question of whether or not it's prosecutable. but, before we get to that answer, jill, talk to me first about some of the similarities you've been seeing, especially when it came to prosecution. >> the last hearing on the department of justice shows the similarities that i've seen, and that is trump abused his power as president in terms of the department of justice. you had, in the nixon white house, you had john dean getting information from the
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department of justice that should have never been revealed, because it is all secret. you have the attorney general, who before he became the head of the committee to reelect the president, was in his offices attorney general, who approved the very concept of the break in and was done involved in the cover-up. by then, he was already ahead of -- but he was the former attorney general who was involved in this. so, i think using the department of justice, and they also used the cia to try to stop the fbi from investigating the trail of money that's would have showed the hundred dollar bills in the burglars pockets when they were arrested came from cashing the check that was written to pretend. it was a campaign donation they didn't want revealed, because it would have show that the white house and creep were involved, and also it would've showed that a democrats would have contributed money to the republican party. they were trying to hide all
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of. that's that was one of the reasons for the cover-up, and here's the cover-up, it's obviously to conceal all of -- part of the big lie, and it's something that needs to be not only new laws passed, which is what congress can do, they can pass laws to prevent a republican -- resurgence of this. it's not enough to pass the law that will prevent future wrongdoing, because future wrongdoers will ignore it in the same way he did. i think we should have indicted richard nixon rather than naming him and unindicted coconspirator. yes, he was forced out of office, and that is a big penalty. but if he had been indicted criminally, maybe it would have helped prevent donald trump from doing what he was doing now. >> we have a lot more to talk about, obviously, when it comes to the january six committee hearings, but for now, let's always, jill wine-banks, thank you. coming up, in several states, already ramping up abortion access ahead of roe's
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over here, as our camera is showing. us not sure what they're doing in gathering. we're going to keep our eye on them, too. missouri was the first state to invoke a trigger law that was put in place. before we go to that, i want to show you an interview that we had with an interracial couple that was here at the protests behind of. >> we came out here today because we've got two little boys who are wonderful choices we got to make, and we deserve better than what we got yesterday. >> i came out here because my whole life, i've always taken this as a basic human right, and to have it snatched away so quickly by some people i didn't elect, that scares me. and i'm just scared of the domino effect. what's next? are you going to come for me? are you guys gonna come from my gay and trans and lesbian colleagues and friends? it's frightening. >> it's like you're talking
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about gay rights, obviously, marriage policy, the possibility of a slippery slope, also reversing the majority opinion from justice thomas as well and being an interracial couple. is that something that worries you as well? the president that was set in the supreme court in the 60s. >> absolutely, yeah. the precedents that sets any protections that we have that are based on bodily autonomy or privacy are at risk, and includes our marriage. that includes gay marriage, that includes contraception, that includes all of these things that so many people are affected by, and it's scary. >> are you hopeful for change, or hopeless right now? how are you feeling? >> i'm both. i'm scared and disillusions, but i also see everybody out here and it's, there's a lot of us out here that we expect better from our government. this isn't right. >> what needs to happen? >> activism. votes. and there are so many voices here that need to be heard. we can't go home and just argue with our spouses about it or talk to our girlfriends about it. we have to be heard. >> we've got to be heard. let's talk about what i
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mentioned earlier, talking about specifically, missouri, who invoke this trigger law following this supreme court rule, which immediately bans all abortions in the state in case of medical emergency. kyle perry is for us outside st. louis. talk to us. i know you are at their yesterday, you had some protests here, and -- how are things playing out there? >> look, today things are quiet. no protesters. yesterday's when we saw that large demonstration. i'm outside the only place where women could get in the portion in the state of missouri, and it only took about ten minutes after that ruling came down in washington, d.c. for abortion to officially become illegal here. it was the attorney general who signed a proclamation made possible by that trigger law that you mentioned, which went into effect in 2019. this is a conservative state, yasmin. i say that because the state legislature is run by republicans, the attorney general's republican, as is the governor. so, there was almost a race, a
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political race to sign the proclamation. it was the attorney general who did it first. , now this planned parenthood had, to, them informed the department of health they would stop providing that procedure to women, which leaves million of women in this state with places to go unless they go to illinois, but of course, the senators there are going to be full. appointments are going to be hard to get. this is a regional difficulty are going to see here. in the state of kansas, for example, there will be a vote in august as to what happens with abortion in that state. i mention that because of the thousands of abortions that are carried out each year. in kansas, more than half of the people who are having these abortions are from here, the state of missouri. this is what planned parenthood monsoon. though that this has been, as they put, it a war against reproductive health as it relates to women, and that is health care in their view. that is why planned parenthood is so concerned about what legislation is to come, especially in states like missouri. >> cal perry for us in missouri, we appreciate it.
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i just want to mention the folks as we are out here, there's protests here on the ground, there's a lot happening around, that's there's a lot of noise happening around, this protest is happening, there's a lot of standoff. so, as you are watching this coverage, please keep that in mind. so, we go from missouri to tennessee, abortion remains illegal for the moment. they set out a lot in a much time -- the state attorney general wanting to restrict abortion even sooner, following the ruling, pushing the abortion into effect as soon as possible. -- we're on the ground for memphis, that caters to underserved communities. what do you see here? >> yasmin, good afternoon. it's just across the street from choices exam building, keeping our distance to respect patient privacy right now. that clinic opened in 1974 here in memphis, just after roe v. wade ruling. it has been provided an array of services to this community,
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including stds testing, even midwife services for life birth here, cancer screening, even birth control access. that is all set to change. abortion currently is still legal, but tennessee does have its own barriers, including a 48-hour waiting period, mandatory counseling, including information that discourages women from getting an abortion, and an influx of patients in recent months from other states, including texas, oklahoma, arkansas, with four strict of laws of their own. so, these clinicians and workers here are really struggling to get everyone in and especially with all of the confusion after that ruling. they do plan to build a clinic in carbondale, illinois, about three hours from this clinic in memphis. they started those plans back when the supreme court took on this case, anticipating this decision. but when the ceo here says even though they have plans, the
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logistical reality of moving everyone to that clinic, that's reality is grim. let's listen. >> we are not going to be able to see lots of those patients. the truth of the matter is, the clinic in illinois, the carbondale clinic will be helpful. we will see a couple thousand patients we will be able to see, but we will be able to see everyone. we saw almost 4000 patients just in our facility last year for abortion, and that doesn't include the folks are seeing down the street at planned parenthood, or the folks at nashville. there is going to be greater need than there will be access available in the state of illinois. so, they're certainly grappling with that. that trigger law will go into effect in just a few weeks that will ban abortion, any abortion, after fertilization. that makes abortion providers subject to a class see felony if they provide one, and the way the law is written, yasmin, fertility doctors here are concerned that it could impact
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them. that something as simple as dropping a petri dish with an embryo inside could make them subject to the same criminal consequences. yasmin? >> louis maclachlan for us, thank you. we've covered missouri, tennessee, protests here in washington, d.c. as well. we want to go to new york, where we're seeing some protests happening there in the union square area. obviously, america has been the epicenter of a lot of activism when it comes to abortion rights in general. yet another way in which we're seeing that play out there on the ground. in new york. this is just a picture of what's happening across the country. we go to headlines across the country, of course, declaring roe, in fact, had been overturned. the 50-year precedent in place. so, women in states like tennessee are certainly going to be forced to travel across state lines to seek these abortions. on wednesday, they're expecting an influence with maryland who passed a law this year shoring up abortion access in the state. amid fears that roe would
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ultimately be overturned by the court. now that those very fears have been overturned, one of -- put this. maryland is going to be under a lot of pressure. we are the southernmost safe state. she joins me now, state delegate aarian kelly. thanks for joining us. >> thanks so much for having me. >> talk to me about the resources you have now in the state of maryland to help with more conservative states. >> great question. there's a bit of -- overturned of roe v. wade. but we did is increasing number of providers for each increased restriction, with this out idea that only the doctors can provide an abortion. 14 other states already did this, maryland being the 15th. so, we're going to live nurse when, vice practitioners, to provide abortion. also, we're investing in clinical training programs for these providers, not just for nurse midwives and nurse practitioners, but also for
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doctors who never had access to abortion training to begin with. so, we are the first state in the country to invest state dollars for clinical training to ensure health care providers know how to safely provide abortion care. >> maryland, this, influx already begun? >> we started to see this when the texas law passed. we've already seen patients coming in from texas. now, we're going to be seeing them from a lot of states, particularly across the south. we expect 26% of clinics in the u.s. close. many of them in the south and midwest. so, maryland is located as convenient, i, mean there's not a lot of convenience for women across the south. but maryland is one of the closest. >> but maryland is a state that wants to do -- in the pipeline. california, another state that wanted to be prepared. kathy hochul of new york talking about that as well, preparedness of knowing that this needs to be a harbor state. how do you think this is a result of taking roe for granted, not only by democratic lawmakers but the democratic voters? >> we have had this right for
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50 years. my entire adult life, we've had the threat of roe being overturned. i think a lot of people didn't think that was really going to happen. i'm really glad the maryland's general assembly saw this coming, so we could act and be prepared. i'm really excited, because our state legislative leaders, the speaker of the house, andrea jones, has a piece of legislation that is going to not just have roe codified in our statute, which we already, have but elevate those principles to the state constitution and the senate president just confirm that he's going to make that a priority next session. whereas maybe we didn't know in the past, maybe we didn't need constitutional level protections because we have that the federal level, when seeing state by state, we have to take action. >> do you see a slippery slope? >> i'm terrified. as a state legislature, i'm terrified with a gut decision coming out the day before this decision, i'm terrified all of this work we're doing to shore up reproductive rights and health care and eliminates health care disparities in
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maryland will be for nothing, because eventually, this extremist hord is going to determine that we don't even have a right to do that in the state of maryland. >> what do you think needs to be done? >> i think at the state legislature, all i can do is strengthen state policies and work with my colleagues to do that, and work to make sure we elect pro-choice governors who can do that. that's our job to state legislators. but as a human and the citizens of this country, we have to take the federal government's back. >> are you worried about a national? band >> i'm terrified of a national band. i see that as a potential that could be coming down the road. either through congress or through an activist -- i'm doing everything in the state of maryland i can to make sure patients from any state in the country can come to maryland to receive care, as long as that's allowed. but i don't have control over what the federal government does. the voters do. >> how do democrats uses as a rallying cry when it comes to this? >> it's an electoral issue, because it has to be. look at the timing. there is no question that people are going to be voting on this issue.
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i think the important thing is to think about -- >> the timing is good and, that it seems. it's june. you're voting in november, and you know the news cycle is, and you know how issues cycle. today, the issue is abortion, in august, the issue may be totally different. >> we're still going through primaries right now. in the state of maryland, we have democrats who are running who are now pro-choice. that's easy action that could be taken, july 19th is our primary. we can make that happen, make sure we're electing pro-choice candidates in the primaries. and we can make sure we use issue all the way to the general. this is an issue people are going to forget about two or three months. >> all right, aarian kelly, thank you so. much all, right as pro and anti abortion rights protesters really into the court. it's a few hundred yards away, demands are being made for action from lawmakers to help stop violence against asian americans. we're going to take you there, coming up next. with thirty grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! (sighs wearily) here i'll take that! (excited yell) woo-hoo! ensure max protein. with thirty grams of protein, one gram of sugar, and nutrients to support immune health.
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you're looking at images on the screen here. one images behind me, the continuing protest outside the supreme court. -- overturning a 50-year precedent of roe versus wade. the other side of your screen is union square in manhattan, just around 14th street or, so where much of the activism happens a new york city. -- an area in which protests for
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pro-choice has been happening over the last 24 hours or so. the numbers growing there as well. these images are not just happening in washington d.c., they are happening in new york city, and across the country, from coast to coast, in the middle of the country, and at the end of the day that would be banning abortion and 13 of those states currently having trigger laws in place, automatically banning abortion after that decision was released by the supreme court. we are watching across the board the action that is happening on the ground as well as across the country. reporters are everywhere covering the story for. us thousands are gathering on the national mall as well and washington, d.c., for the first ever national unity march. it was organized by asian american groups -- it is coming as asian americans are facing a major spike and racism, xenophobia violence across the country. they are demanding politicians
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do more to stop violence against asians and other historically marginalized communities. >> this gathering is unprecedented. i want to lift up that so many of our allies are here, just as asian americans march last year with black lives matter, so, to we see something we've never seen before, and we welcome it. asian american standing up and speaking out and then people who are black and brown, who are jewish who are gay and lesbian, who are liberal leaders, people who are white, people who care about the same principles we care about, standing alongside us. that is what gives me hope. >> a lot happening here on the ground in washington, d.c., today as we continue our live coverage outside the supreme court. the head of the largest youth organization in the country's joining me next. we will -- plus what the supreme court's
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with energy on both sides of the abortion debate on high gear in fron of the supreme court, texas attorney general declares june 24th an annual holiday to mark the day that roe v. wade was overturned. -- christina, thanks for joining us. texas is at the epicenter of this whole thing. i was in dallas a couple of days ago with a group of 20 women. who had to travel to new mexico to get abortions. i made the journey with them. the trigger law in your state is taking in effect of 30 days or so. what's your reaction to this decision? >> i was at a rally last night
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where there were young girls crying, imagining the possibility of being in a state and a country where the if they were sexually assaulted or raped, they would be forced to give birth to a child that resulted from sexual assault. we all know someone that life has been changed or safe because of abortion. that's my mom, who had she been forced to have the pregnancy after me, would have died. my friend -- every single woman -- [inaudible] that is happening now across the country. people are experiencing what we have already experienced in texas for the last several months. the 30-day ban has already begun now here in texas because our attorney general has threatened to sue people and say the banners already started. >> especially when it comes to young people, is this gonna be a motivating factor, a rallying
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cry when it comes to the midterm elections? we are seeing people turn out in the thousands, not only here in washington, but in texas, austin, specifically across the country as well. look at the polling numbers. 74% of young adults when asked about abortion rights believe they should be legal, compared to 25%. can a democratic party continue to rally voters when it comes to midterm elections to use this issue as a rallying cry? >> i think what elected officials need to do is not underestimate the power of a pissed off generation. young people are very clear that on the ballot in 2022 is fascism. we had record turnouts across the country in 2020 young voters. in my organization, we help mobilize one and nine of those voters across the country. and helped elect joe biden and many other progressives in many states. young people are gonna turn out in record numbers because they see that this radical, extremist supreme court is
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gonna take over possibly of the congress and senate on the right, will lead to a total federal ban on abortion. the vast majority of young people are completely opposed to what they're seeing coming out of the supreme court. we also know they're coming for contraception, the lgbtq community as well, and this is a generation that will not stand for it. >> when it comes to marginalized voters, black and brown communities specifically will be adversely affected by the decision like this. what efforts are being made to rally folks in marginalized communities throughout the state? >> here in texas, i think some people are surprised to learn in the latino community, in the african american community, there is overwhelming support for abortion access and protecting the health of women on this issue. we are connecting with millions
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of young voters and black and brown communities and our states and other states across the country. what i think people don't know about texas is that we are the third youngest state in the country. while you mark at -- and see a state mostly run by white man, our state is run by young black and brown people -- >> we are showing you images of protests here in washington d.c. and across the country. as we show you these images, you might see some expletives written on signs. you might hear people saying things that are not necessarily things that are oftentimes heard on television. but it is live television after all. we are at a protest in which people feel emotional, impassioned, they feel as if changes leaving this country, and the only way they can express themselves in that. way apologies in advance.
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but keep in mind that we are dealing with live tv. sometimes people talk over us as well on bullhorns. that's what happens and protest across this country. i traveled with 20 women, below the poverty, line from texas to new mexico, just to get abortions. we're gonna hear their stories. hear their stories you have women out there that don't have anybody or they -- or they're just not ready. you can't make people, women be ready for taking care of an human being. human being. what goes on it. usually. and in it. mostly. here to meet those high standards is the walgreens health and wellness brand. over 2000 high quality products. rigorously tested by us. real world tested by you.
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everybody i'm yasmin vossoughian here at the supreme court, where protests continue over the overturning of roe v. wade. people are making their pain and anger heard. i've been talking to protester today about why it is just so important that they be here. >> it's between the doctor and the woman. obviously, it really should be. but again, if you look at the history, at everything that has culminated to this point, we have decided for our women. >> and why does it have to come down to us, to the black and brown women? why does it have to boil down to black and brown women, the women of domestic violence and sexual assault? why does it have to boil
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