some voters are growing frustrated over the response over the overturning of roe v. wade. -- the conversation going on in my republican friends group chats. some of them do not think the overturning of roe v. wade does not mean the end of freedom of the as we know in the law of the land, such as contraception and same-sex marriage. -- do the right thing? no i'm not talking about the movie by spike lee. that's the message that cassidy hutchinson recede bombshell testimony to the january six committee. could this be witness intimidation? i'm symone sanders y'all and i have something to say.

it's been just over one week since five republican nominated supreme court justices room that women's bodily autonomy should look be left at the mercy of state governments. the overturning of roe v. wade has already reached -- and it's only gonna get worse y'all. a recent washington post detailed how multiple anti-abortion advocacy groups -- are voting to block people from traveling out of states to get an abortion. meanwhile, the new york times laid out the efforts of so-called abortion abolitionists, who are working to punish women choosing to undergo child not undergo child birth anomalous consequences. -- democratic voters are begging the congress to act. house speaker nancy pelosi assured folks that democrats are exploring multiple options

-- and the right to travel freely throughout the united states. but is it going to be enough? here to discuss is democratic congresswoman out of washington state -- welcome to you congresswoman. we have witnessed one of the most consequential supreme court sessions in a century. a lot of voters out there are frustrated with some of the party's response. i'm talking about the fundraising emails we've all heard about. the lack of actions from the united states senate. as chair of the progressive congress, do you share this frustration? >> well, simone thanks it's great to see you. i'm so glad you have the show. i think that they're everyone's raw has the right to be frustrated. this is a terrible situation. we are in a catastrophic decision from a republican control, extremist, radical supreme court to overturn president that has been the law of the land for 50 years. it will throw women and

pregnant people across the country into complete chaos, not to mention our economy. in terms of -- i thought we were complacent. for that we thought this was president for the last 50 years. it was established as a constitutional rights. it's been taken i'm not once but twice at the supreme court. we thought we were okay, even though many of us were saying, this is the plan from the republicans that has been in place for 30 years. but i think for now, what we have to focus on is really three things. number one, we need to protect access as much as possible. in my state, and california, oregon, and states where it's legal, we are doing everything we can to make it possible for people to travel into our states. sort of aligned with that is what the administration can do to make sure, particularly around medication abortion, that that is available, and that the doj is helping to stop the prosecutions that are

trying to occur by people who are going across the straight lines. >> can i jump in here really quick? i know for a fact that the united states house of representatives has acted. you will continue to act. you view pass the women's health protection act act last year, before was filibustered in the senate. i know that the states are doing things, your stay, washington state has joined in this trifecta with california in oregon, but i'm wondering about any bills that would go forward in congress coming out of the house going to the senate, it's gonna fail when it receives the senate. what more can the members of congress to? particularly the members of the house? >> that's exactly right. we have to push forward the vision by passing the bill, so we show the american people that if we had two more votes in the senate to overturn the filibuster, that's why it's important that president biden said when he did, but he supports overturning the filibuster, for the codification of row versus way,

just like he did for voting rights. -- we will pass a whole package of bills, we will pass the women's health protection act again, but then the third pieces will be due to really build the movement. this is going to be important. i oated the idea of a natial strike. i think we have to show symone, the power that we have as women. it is not just the nine months that a fetus is growing in our body. it is e ability for us to know that our lives matter, even from the moment of conception. and then we can participate in the economy and planner futures. i hope that we will be seen over the next several months, a series of actions, leading up to november that remind people of the vacuum that the senate has created by refusing to overturn the filibuster and the fact that we need two more democratic senators. >> talk about it congresswoman. i want to make sure to ask you about january six, particularly tuesday's hearing, after cassidy hutchinson's explosive

testimony. the committee also subpoena former white house counsel pat cipollone. how do you think hutchinson's testimony change the course of the investigation? >> it was groundbreaking. talk about a courageous young woman who came forward and did the right thing when oliver bosses were not doing the right thing and she told. she was clear. it was stunning. because it connected so many of the dots. it connected the dots the trump knew that these people were armed. he incited the mob. he wanted to go with them to the capitol. he knew they were trying to get weapons in. he believed his vice president deserve to be hanged. he attempted a coup. and that's why cassidy hutchinson's testimony so clearly showed, as well as highlighting her courage versus the cowardice of people who are putting their own politics and the big lie over the

constitution and our democracy. >> she was only 25 years old, congresswoman camilla jayapal thank you very much for being here today. >> thank you. >> with me to discuss that all is just like a post, the -- jennifer-ruth green is here, an opinion writing for the russians and post. -- and a political consultant and host of peace talks screen share. welcome to the wall. i want to start by looking at greetings to everyone. i will start by looking at what this really means for future rights. i want you to listen to these comments from george w. bush staffer sarah fake and in a pattern that meet this was yesterday nd in pattern thatthere is not a debat getting rid of the marriage. you have one supreme court justice. >> will that impact. so the thing is that nothing stays local anymore, i think is important. thing >> yes, i think democrats start to overreach because, when you start talking about

protecting prescription jugs in the mail, and fear out some strategy to get abortions on indian reservations, it looks like abortion at all costs under, and that is not where the country is. sure, the country may say on its face, we don't want roe overturned, they don't want abortion on demand 24/7 for any reason anytime. that is not where the majority the country is. >> now jessica, i was on that cap panel, y'all saw my face. are people wrong to worry about other rights in jeopardy? was are being gaslit? >> you were absolutely being gaslit. look, we felt this way. remember the republican party has a long history of lying to the press, and also their supreme court nominees essentially lied when under oath when in the u.s. senate. and, absolutely. thomas obviously mentioned ogre greifeld, the ruling that protects marriage equality. he also mentioned griswold v

connecticut for birth control. the republicans have this way of saying that you are hysterical, that is not going to happen. and the reality is, it has happened every time. they also said, oh we are going to, we wouldn't challenge of free unfair election. and then we have january 6th, so i don't leave them at all and i will also say, look, in the state legislatures across the country, republicans are want to take action to mixing sex marriage illegal, it's a ban iuds, so all of this is happening in the states as well. as an undercurrent from what is happening here federally. >> absolutely. you know shermichael, out to turn to you because it is no secret that the republican party apparatus has organized for decades to rollback grow. and now that they have achieved that, i wonder if that is backfiring in some way, or could backfire particularly as it relates to women. because overturning roe doesn't just turn, as i like to say, women who voted for joe biden or democratic women, effects

women period. >> sure, yeah i mean that is a good point. it's got you bring that up because i talked a friend of mine, maybe a week ago, right after this decision came out from the court. he's a republican person, lives in georgia, raises a lot of money. some very well-known republican senators and congressmen and women. and he called and said that a prominent donor who is based in southern georgia, called him because his wife was so upset with the decision. and his wife does not support abortion, but her problem was she did not like the fact that the court was taking the decision away from the woman. and so my friend, jason i would say his first name of what's his last name. he said you know, sure, i'm concerned that this may backfire on us in the long run as it pertains to suburban women. what are your thoughts on that? and i said man, i think you are right. i think we are playing with fire. we may win in the interim, but it is the long term, simone, that i think some of these republicans are not looking at. >> see, i don't even think so sure michael before the show,

so i think that we have something going on here. i will return to this idea of putting a check on the supreme court. because there are some congressional democrats calling for that to be done, particularly congresswoman alexander cassia cortez. she made the case for some supreme court oversight and appearance on the lakeshore. i want you to take a listen to this. >> the supreme court has engaged in the overreaching of its authority in denying the human and civil rights of any pregnant person, or person that could become pregnant, in the united states of america. they have engaged in overreach, and it is the responsibility of the president and congress to put the supreme court in check because they have -- . >> jennifer, what do you think oversight like that to look like? >> by the way, i just have to say that the woman who is the wife of the daughter, what can she think repealing roe was

other than taking the decision away from that woman? so, there is a lot. people being shocked that there's gambling going on right there in the republican party. i think she is, i think i say is right, there republicans have abused and distorted the supreme court such that it is no longer operating like a court. it is operating like a radical judiciary that is completely out of touch with the american people. and so what do you do in that happens? well, it all begins with getting rid of the filibuster. once you get rid of the filibuster, if you have the house, and you have the white house, then you can look at many kinds of reforms. i don't think, i don't favor necessarily expanding the court because i think you're just gonna get into a ones up and ship. but i completely agree that they should have term limits. 30 natchitoches, and why should they get lifetime appointments? politicians in our country do not serve for life. i also think that we can adjust, as it explicitly says so in the

constitution, congressman continuing some of the jurisdiction. not have the ruling on state constitution and laws. so, i think there are a lot of things you can be done, but this begins with that shutter you pre-show toluca for strayed of precedent. this would not be happening if they hadn't been throwing out, it is not just 50 years, it goes back to 150 years of legal precedent. they want to take us back to 1868. that is what they have said, that we can't allow to happen. so these elections coming up are absolutely critical, referendum in the states for pro-choice voices, very critical. >> you know wet, jennifer, don't go anywhere, okay. hold that thought, because you are staying with us. so our jessica and shermichael. we have more to discuss, coming up. we are going to get into the impact of the general six testimony. and how it is affecting -- . and we're gonna talk about the

jaw-dropping, okay jaw-dropping, exchanges on the right over factors is fiction. we have got that video on a next discussion, but first, my colleague cory coffin is with us with today's other top news stories. hey cory. >> hey simone. stories we're watching at this hour for you, more travel headaches today for people trying to catch a holiday weekend flight. according to flight aware, there have already been more than 600 canceled flights today. and more than 3200 delays. that is for fights within two or from the u.s.. and those numbers are expected to keep climbing due to staffing shortages and severe weather. meanwhile, top of the storm colin is unleashing heavy rain and strong winds along and off the carolina coastline. those conditions expected to continue along north carolina's coast overnight. the national hurricane center says parts of the coastal north carolina could see localized flash flooding through sunday morning. and yellowstone national park reopened its loop just in time for the july 4th weekend after historical fighting forces closure three weeks ago. that means most of the park is reopened to visitors, but access for those traveling by

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here's hutchinson describing when actually went down. >> the attorney described him as being irate. the president said something to the effect, i am the effing president. take me up to the capitol. now the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel wrapped his arm. he said sir you need to take your hand off to the steering wheel. we're going back to the west wing. >> we are back with their power packed panel. -- how are democratic voters described responding at the local level to the slip a testimony? is it breaking through? >> i think in the conversations that we've heard, democrats across the country are understanding that this january 6th thing may have been way worse than they thought. and the actions of president trump, it just proves more and more that the trump

administration operated more like an organized crime family. between the witness tampering and also the actions towards the driver, i do think this is really going to affect voters perceptions of corruption and mobilize democratic voters in november. >> okay. jennifer, the committee closed the last hearing with some really explosive allegations that trump allies actually contacted witnesses about the testimony. apparently cassidy hutchinson got a message from someone. this is what that message said. a person let me know that you have your deposition tomorrow. he wants me to let you know he's thinking about you. he knows you're loyal and you're going to do the right thing when you go in for a deposition. do you think this could amount to witness temporary or witness intimidation in the court of law? >> absolutely. you're exactly right when you said this is like an organizing crime ring here. nice career you have. sorry to anything to should

happen to. at this is movie script kind of stuff. as a plea witness tampering. >> it sounds like it to me. i was gobsmacked that this happened at the end of the hearing. now the vice chair of the january six committee list cheney, is running for reelection in wyoming, and she recently faced off with some of her competitors. it was just crazy. i want you guys to hear what's congresswoman cheney said at towards the end of the debate with her opponents. >> people need to know something about me. i will never put party above my duty to the country. i would never put party above my duty to the constitution. i swore an oath under god and i will abide by that oath. that will not say something that i know is wrong to simply to earn the votes of people turned political support. i'm asking you to vote. and i'm asking you to understand that will never violate my oath to office. if you're looking for somebody to do, that you need to vote

for somebody else on that on the stage because i won't do that. >> a number of liz cheney's competitors have broadcasted broadbased conspiracy theories and attacked liz cheney for her role in the committee. do you think the wyoming republican parties too far gone urges list jenny have a chance? >> i think it's ridiculous some of the things that they have said about congresswoman cheney. this is an authentic conservative, is at stake as textbook as they come. i hope voters realize that in both for her over some of the other crazies. >> but i actually want, i think we have some time left. i want to go to this tweet from you sure michael actually. you tweeted this, several former associates who still have high level positions within republican politics who all agree that the gop should seriously think about 2024 and he will be the standard bearer for the republican party going forward after today's

testimony. i want you to elaborate on this shermichael. this is connected to liz cheney. she has been the most visible republican here. attempting to hold the president accountable. >> they think this stuff is crazy. every single person, so there's not a single person in politics, in the bubble, on capitol hill who will not tell you the people are saying on background, they want this stuff to be over. they want to move on. they're just not saying it publicly. so while i think there are trump supporters who lows believe in the president, a lot of people in d.c., capital, hill will hope that hurts trump, so that in 2024 there is somebody else that republicans can put their money and support behind. >> jennifer reuben very quickly. divulge or sources but do you hear the same thing for michael is hearing? >> absolutely. using a lot more interested in ronald incentives who is no

picnic, but it's representative of the fact the republicans are looking for another place to land. they won't renounce trump, but they might find somebody who's a lot less crazy, who they are gonna have to re-litigate 2020 about in the next president election. >> jessica, i know your hearing. it you're trying people at the local level for democrats. thank you all for being here. jessica post, jennifer reuben, shermichael singleton. next, representation matters y'all, even unbalanced court. we're gonna talk about the newest supreme court justice, justice ketanji brown jackson. we'll be right back. jackson. we'l when you come to that realization, i think it's very important that you spend your time wisely. and what better way of spel ing time than traveling,

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and domestic. >> but i will support and defend the constitution of the united states, against all enemies, foreign and domestic. >> nothing is gonna steal my joy today, that was ketanji brown jackson being sworn in as the newest justice of the united states supreme court. this is history, y'all. justice jackson is the first black woman to earn a seat at the table of the highest court in the land. now, it only took 232 years. but, now the voices of black women will be heard. now, justice jackson happens to be walking into one of the most contentious times for the supreme court and our nation's history. this time is being described as the most conservative in more than 90 years. so we need somebody to come breakdown for us. i'm joined now by my cousin secure sanders. she is a professor at the university of idaho college of law. a contributor to the scotus law.com. thank you for being here. this court is no violently starting to look like america

now the day brought women's serving, how does her arrival changed the conversation in the court? >> well, for one, i think we have to take note that we will now have four women on the u.s. supreme court, which is unprecedented. so that alone, i think, it's pretty noteworthy invitation to the fact that we will have two women of color. now, i know for someone like me who teaches constitutional law every day, it will make a huge difference to be able to talk about cases written by a black woman. >> absolutely. it took 232 years, but i am happy that we were here. let's talk about some of these cases, though, because the supreme court decisions to overturn roe v. wade really did make all of the headlines this week. but there were some other major cases that were decided. it horrified me ended or find a lot of folks out there. we cannot get into every single one of them but i want to tylee to today.

west virginia versus the epa, and vega versus chico. so i want to start with besser junior, because the court basically said that the epa can't regulate power plant missions. now, u.s. power plants, they spit out about 1.7 billion tons of carbon monoxide a year. but that is not all this case is about, right? so let us know about the impact of this ruling as it relates to the epa. >> so the major decision that the u.s. supreme court made in west virginia versus epa's, essentially, that there was a real major question with regards to the way in which the epa sought to change the way in which it regulated greenhouse gas emissions. but the court said was that you need clear congressional authority if the epa is going to and knocked these new ways of regulating. so one can see this as the door opening for congress to create

a story and authority for the. another chance to get given the contentious congress that we have. a full shutdown of the epa's abilities to at least change the way it regulates greenhouse gas emissions. >> i mean, you said, the congress, very an active. by congress, i mean the senate. let's talk about vega. vega, the court said, that law enforcement agents can't be sued for not reading a suspect there miranda writes. the aclu has weighed in, they said this stops for a critical avenue for justice. you know, shakira, i think we frankly have enough problems already with oversight for law enforcement officers. what's really going on here in this ruling? >> what is interesting in this case is that we weren't really dealing with an issue about whether or not statements come in or out because there was a failure to give miranda warnings. the question is whether a federal civil rights action can be brought under 42 u.s. c

1983. the court said in this case, in a judgment written by alito, that violations of miranda do not provide a claim for federal civil rights actions. why? because a vibration of miranda is not the same as a violation of the fifth amendment privilege against self incrimination. now, this may be confusing to some people -- >> it's confusing to me! it's confusing to me! >> well, miranda was designed to protect the rights of self incrimination. but the court makes clear that this prophylactic ruling called branded does not equate to a constitutional violation under the fifth amendment if there is a failure to give warnings. pretty interesting decisions. >> interesting, to say the least. i am still reeling from these cases, but i am holding on to the table for what is on store for the next session. there is one case in the next session of state legislators,

their power over federal elections. there are two challenges to affirmative action. there is one challenge that could chip away at lgbtq rights. it's too much. do we already know how these cases are gonna be decided? >> well, i think many people can read the tea leaves with regards to the rulings that we just saw this past two weeks from the u.s. supreme court. now, we have more versus harper, which really questions whether or not a trial court can come up with a remedy when a state legislators redistricting plan -- of course, we have got the challenges to affirmative action which i will note we didn't hear very much about in supreme court nomination hearings. but also, we have a case about whether or not a website design or can successfully bring the freedom of speech claim against colorado's antidiscrimination law. which prevents individuals from

denying services to same-sex couples. that case, however, will not question the free exercise clause. >> well, we will have to watch and see. shakira sanders, thank you making it all makes sense. appreciate your time. >> thanks for having me, cousin. >> thank you, thank you, my cousin y'all, my cousin. when we head back, we are heading back to the bill way and we are gonna find out what state officials are trying to do to protect your rights, y'all, i will be joined by two state senators after this break, stay with us. e senators after thi you lived through the blizzard of ninety-six... twelve unappreciative bosses... seventeen fad diets... five kids, three grandkids... stay with us one heart attack... and eighteen passwords that seem to change daily. and with leqvio, you can lower your cholesterol, too.

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now i'm going to say it again. louder. so the people in the back and hear. all politics is local people. do you know who your state representative is? you know where they stand on issues that matter to you? if you don't, you may be signing away your rights. there may be some's state governments who are kicking in high gear to save women's rights to make decisions about their own bodies, but there are others who are actively working against it. president biden met with some democratic governors yesterday and they try to talk about working together. >> i share the public outrage

that this supremacist, extremist court has limb committed to moving america backwards. -- they expand on this decision men as well. >> america's policies are made in the state legislators y'all. please welcome state janitor of florida, and chris larsson of wisconsin. all right you all, let's jump right into. it senator larson angela start with you. when rose were overturned, and wisconsin law from 1840, eight when slavery was legal, kicked, in that made for forming an abortion a felony. -- the reality is other state officials could. what is being done to actually stop that law? >> unfortunately, in wisconsin, republicans are partying like it's 1849, the year after

wisconsin became a state when a group of all male, all white legislators past the original abortion law. now there have been subsequent lost since then, were it is assumed that abortion is legal in the state of wisconsin. so luckily we have the governor tony ignorance and -- who are democrats who pointed this out saying the discrepancies and the law. interesting ladies were all passed by republicans to restrict assets to abortions. -- so they petitioned the courts to say, is illegal or is that not legal? the meantime the long on hold. the purpose right now is that every clinic in the state that provided abortions had to stop immediately. there were dozens of people returned away the day of, who were scrambling to do what to do with the reproductive health clear. >> i was reading there was an influx into illinois. >> we can talk about wisconsin,

but you have a whole lot going on in florida, particularly there earnestly law that went in place yesterday. it is called florida's parental rights and education law. this is a terrible bill. now it's a law. it's got teachers and students from talking about sexual orientation or gender identity. i want to put this up on the screen for you. all white house press ask you terry karine jean-pierre issued a statement saying, this is discrimination plain and simple. it's part of a disturbing and dangerous nationwide trend of right-wing politicians and cynically targeting the lgbtq i play student educators that individuals to score political points. i know senator you feel strongly about. this you are out on the front lines against this very terrible bill. what are you and your colleagues doing now for lgbtq+ individuals in your state? how you're gonna protect them? >> thank you so much for having me simone. don't say gay as it came to be known as was never about

parental rights. it was always about control. governor desantis is clearly running for higher office. -- he's an even bigger antagonists than trump's. that's where we're seeing in florida. you have groups like equality -- that led to other lgbtq groups across the states that are meeting with elected officials to see what we can do in our districts to support lgbtq youth. one thing my office is, doing when the school year, starts is we are gonna make my office a safe space, considering that schools are no longer allowing them to have safe spaces. we will open our office to be a safe space. we are encouraging other elected officers to do the same. -- >> so grateful for elected officials like both of you. what you said gave me hope,

senator. so i think in this moment people are feeling full of despair. so if each of you had one sentence to share with people try to give them to hope and look ahead to, what would they be? >> i would say get active. i would say the look they have broadcast what they plan on doing in terms of restricting access to reproductive care, in terms of just getting access to birth control, being able to marry the person that you choose. they say the sex cells. so that should be the selling point for those who want to have control over the reproductive freedom to get out, get active. if you don't like the politicians you have in front of you, think about running for yourself. this is important. this is the future. otherwise we will continue to be taking backwards by this extreme court. >> i would say that oh, what

would you like history to say about you later on? we have to start laying the groundwork for what we want the future to look like. we must be committed to it. yes, it's bad right now, but imagine what this could look like if we commit to the long game? we did not get here overnight. we will not get out of this overnight. we have to commit to the lounge game. -- >> florida state senator shevrin jones, wisconsin state senator larson, thank you both for all of your work in everything you do. coming up, we want to turn to the horror in ukraine. we will tell you about the latest in a series of russian assaults that ukraine says have been hitting civilian targets. that's right after this. stay with us. ets. that's right after this.

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now, more than four months into the war in ukraine. russia is launching more

attacks killing civilians. an airstrike on an apartment building near the court city of odessa killed more than 20 people on friday. earlier this week, 20 other people died after an attack on a mall in central ukraine. russia is doing much more than just threatening lives. it is a war of choice and it jeopardizes the world order that we have known since the end of world war ii. russia just simply cannot be allowed to trample on the sovereignty of another democratic nation without consequences. that is why the united states is doing what they can. today, they are sending another injured $20 million of aid to strengthen ukraine's air defense since the start of the biden administration, the u.s. is committed more than seven and a half billion dollars to help. to break it all down, nbc news correspondent ali degrees he joins me now from kyiv. ali, what is behind these recent attacks, they seem to be targeting civilians. what does russia have to say about this? >> hey, simone.

well, russia says that they don't hit civilians in this war. they say that they use high precision weapons to hit military and army installations. given how many civilians they have killed over the last four months, it makes an operative mockery of that statement. those attacks that you just mentioned. the one in the shopping mall, the one here that happened in odessa. they are amongst the worst attacks that the russians have launched since the beginning of this war. there was no military infrastructure around them. the one in odessa and the mall was a little sleepy side result where people to go to get away from the city to relax a little bit. there was no military infrastructure there. this was an entirely civilian building with a kindergarten and it. one child was also killed amongst the 21 people there. so they have no claim to say that this is a military installation that are being held then. ask most ukrainians, why are all the civilians being hit.

well, because the russians are trying to break their spirit in this war. to grind them down so that they will put pressure on their government to bring this war to end. given the results of the ukrainian people, that is simply not gonna happen. you ask any ukrainian here, are you willing to give up some territory for this war to end tomorrow? they will say no. the civilians have been paying a very high price for this, simone. just in the last week, to give you an idea, the russians have killed 50 civilians in one week alone. that doesn't even count people on the east and front where battles are raging. we don't have statistics for those. these are 50 people in central ukraine. they are all being killed by russian missiles. it's a very devastating toll that it is taking on the people. it is trying to grind them down but i can tell you that the spirit in the resolve is just incredible in this country. >> god bless the people of ukraine. nbc's aly a, rishi thank you so much for your time. we have a programming note for

you, tomorrow, nbc presents ukraine answering the call. it is a special produced by msnbc's nicole wallace. she is the ep on this project. it features kristen bell, alicia keys, brad paisley, billie eilish, paul mccartney, and more. the money raised from this will help those affected by the ongoing war in ukraine. the hour-long show will also include a addressed by ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. you can watch ukraine answering the call, tomorrow, 7 pm eastern. and pacific on nbc at 10 pm eastern, on msnbc. coming up, i have got something to say about republicans and their attempts to gaslight the country in a post-roe world. here's what you need to know, i refused to be gaslit. simone says is next , refused to be gaslit when you have technology that's easier to control...

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it'sy republican friends are doing to downplay the real threat to our democracy. i will not be gaslit. and you should not let them gaslight you either. some republicans claim that democrats are creating mass hysteria in the wake of the supreme court's decision to overturn roe v. wade. i want to share some facts with you. clarence thomas outlines his attention, including same-sex

marriage and access to contraception -- open the floodgates for republicans to share the dangerous views. just this week, texas attorney general general made it very clear that he would defend an outdated law in texas that intimate criminalizes intimate, same relationships. >> obviously the lawrence case came from texas. that is one of the slaughter me. would you as attorney general be comfortable defending a law that once again out lights farther me, that question lawrence again or griswold or game marriage that came from the state legislator to put to the test what's thomas said? >> yes, there's all kind of issues here, but certainly the supreme court has stepped in issues that i don't think they were constitutional provisionals -- the religious later vicious.

>> this man is running for reelection. then there is the issue of contraception. i'm not gonna allow people to keep telling us that access to contraception is not on the chopping block, when people like missouri state senator paul whelan has been fighting to do away with emergency contraception for years. -- suit seeking special exemption from the states -- that was in 2013 ali hasn't stopped there. he is led a team of republicans to drop medicaid funding from going to planned parenthood. -- these plans that opinions are dangerous. we are not making it up. we cannot turn a blind eye to these issues because if we do, our democracy and our freedom will slip right through our hands. be vigilant. don't allow them to gaslight you. thanks so much for watching symone on this saturday. i am symone sanders and you can

catch me here on msnbc every saturday and sunday at 4 pm eastern, and anytime on peacock, and new episodes on the nbc hub every monday and tuesday. you can also hit me up on social media when you can find highlights of the news on instagram and twitter and on taken top. right now i would like to hand over things to my friends rev. al sharpton. -- well, we certainly haved questions. we are at the essence festival in new orleans. a lot of questions. a lot of people. good to see you at least through the tv my friend symone. good evening and welcome to politicsnation on this july 4th weekend. tonight's lead, the court and the country.