economy, but first what it means politically. we're joined by democratic senator debby stavinoha, chairwoman of the democratic policy and communications committee, a position that will be elevated to the number three position in senate leadership in the upcoming 118th congress. congratulations. welcome back to the show. >> thank you, mika. >> good to see you. >> good to see you. >> let's start with that number that just crossed. you're on the finance committee. i'm just wondering what you think of it, how you think it will impact americans, and what more can congress do to help americans who are hurting. >> well, i think it's really good news, the second month in a row that the cpi is going in the right direction, and when you couple that with 10.5 million jobs created in the last two years, the most ever of any president in their first two years -- i was with a group of

battery manufacturers and supply chain folks yesterday in michigan who are so positive about what we've done with the new senators and so on. they're very hopeful. so i think it's good news. i think there's of course more that we can do. january we'll see a $35 cap in costs for seniors, people on medicare, which is a great step. we'd like to see that be for anyone on insulin, including children that got stopped by republicans last time around. but we'd sure love to see that happen. energy costs coming down. gas prices coming down. so i think things are moving in the right direction. and the more we see what we've done in the last two years actually get implemented, you know, the chips act, bringing jobs home, the infrastructure investments that are going on, all the other things, i think we are on a great trajectory in term offense the economy.

>> senator, good morning. as you know, you've got to the end of the week on friday to pass a bill to fund the government, to get a new budget out there. >> right. >> there's talk of a continuing resolution, a stopgap for a week that would buy you some time. where do you put the odds of a government shutdown right now? >> well, willie, i hope they're very low. i do think we're going to have to extend by one week the funding for the federal government. i've been joking with folks, i play the piano and do christmas carols tomorrow morning at the senate prayer breakfast, we'll be doing christmas carols and i said i don't have to pull up the piano on christmas eve but it's going to be close. it's going to be close on that one. but i do think there is great work going on in the senate, a lot of bipartisan work that's going on, and it would be completely irresponsible, not just a shutdown but to do flat funding for all of next year and

what that would mean to our troops, to our military readiness, to our ability to implement the chips act to bring these jobs home, everything from what we need to do around domestic violence funding that would be stopped to health care, children, seniors, it would be completely irresponsible. >> senator, good morning. jonathan lemire. i wanted to ask you about the national defense authorization act. it oin colludes a win for republicans, strips out the covid-19 vaccine requirement for members of the military at a time, we should note, when covid cases are starting to surge again across the nation. wondered if you would talk about the process and thinking there. >> this was in their minds a political win, but the reality is 99% of our men and women in the armed services are

vaccinated. they get multiple vaccinations. d.o.d. is way ahead of everybody else in terms of their employees, so i think as a practical matter they understand the seriousness and won't play politics with it and that people will be vaccinated. this is just a continual part of what the republicans are doing to try to create wedge issues, and there's no question that we're seeing the numbers go up. i heard your interview with dr. fauci and something we should all be paying attention to, and frankly we should all be getting vaccinated to protect ourselves and our families. >> senator, it was one week ago today that the book was finally closed on the midterm elections with senator warnock holding on to his seat in the state of georgia. and so much attention rightly was paid to your state of michigan where election deniers were beaten back, where abortion was a central issue. with a little bit of distance

from it now, can you talk about what happened in your state, what it means for your state, but even nationally what we saw on election day? >> well, i'm really excited about what happened in michigan on election day and also the fact that it was a culmination of a lot of things that we've been working on. of course we have phenomenal candidates, but we also for the first time had a nonpartisan redistricting commission plan that was put forward. this is something we put on the ballot in 2018 to have a new way of doing it, not a partisan way but nonpartisan way, and son of a gun, when you actually do it in a nonpartisan way, the majority of the democrats are elected to the statehouse and state senate because statewide people are going for democrats, but because the districtings were so gerrymandered it was never reflected in the legislature, and now it is. so we also passed an '18 voting rights protections, same-day

voter registration and so on. it was so exciting to see on college campuses, you know, university of michigan, michigan state and others, long lines of young people waiting in line to vote and to register. they could register. they could vote. they were motivated by a lot of things, including a ballot proposal to protect our reproductive freedoms. and so in michigan, we had the largest election turnout ever for a midterm. and so i think it's an example of what you can do if you plan, are strategic, think ahead, have great grassroots efforts, and of course the folks at the top of the ticket were wonderful. >> and democrats can depend on young people to turn out the vote. that's somewhat new in some areas. thank you, debbie stabenow, the number-three ranking democrat in next year's congress. thanks for being on. >> thanks.

>> the co-anchor of cnbc's "squawk box," andrew ross sorkin. talk about the number that just crossed and what it means for economy. >> we have some good news this morning, mika, the best in a while when it comes to inflation. inflation was a lot less, the cpi data that came in this morning showing a 0.1% tick up. that was significantly less than people expected, sort of suggests -- not just sort of, but suggests inflation will be coming down in a meaningful way. this of course ahead of what we'll hear from jay powell, the chair of the federal reserve, who will be speaking tomorrow and the expectation around what kind of rate hike may be in the offing from him. we are expecting that to be what they call a 50 basis points raise, but maybe more importantly, the expectation of the fed raising rates in '23 is now coming down. the expectation that he's going to have to continue to put his foot on the neck of the economy,

he may be able to lighten up a little bit. this goes to the idea we've been hearing from janet yellen and others that inflation will come down and maybe in fact when we talk about a recession, it will be a soft landing. you're seeing the stock market this morning up in a big way, the dow up close to 800 points right now. >> wow. so, andrew, just curious with the sort of point you just made about the interest rate hikes perhaps lightening up. talk of a full-blown recession appears to be also lightenings up. i'm wondering if you agree that this soft landing is looking more and more likely. >> it's getting -- look, everybody said it would be hard to land the plane in a soft and gentle way, and you would be threading a needle, you know, whatever metaphor you want to use, but it looks like we may be getting closer to that. i don't want to say we're completely out of the woods, but i think the data is suggesting that inflation is not out of

control the way i think some had worried about. and so maybe we come in to '23 and things are going to be a little easier than we imagined. that's not to say, by the way, that, you know, the coast is clear or that it's not going to be, you know, a middling year. i don't want to suggest anything other than that. and by the way, we're going to continue to see employment or unemployment, rather i should say, likely tick up in '23. those are headlines we have to anticipate. but in terms of where inflation is and the ability for the fed to get control of it, it looks like they've actually done maybe a better job than some of the worst critics were suggesting. >> andrew, you interviewed a couple weeks ago at your deal book conference in new york sam bankman-fried, the head of ftx, the cryptocurrency company that collapsed under his leadership. he was -- i don't want to -- he was sort of groveling when he spoke to you. he said i didn't intend to commit a fraud, i didn't really know what i was doing. yesterday he was arrested in the

bahamas. u.s. prosecutors have filed charges against him. where does this go from here, andrew? >> so, he was arrested yesterday. he is in the bahamas. he needs to be extradited to the united states. we're going to be hearing later today from the department of justice about what those charges are. our understanding from sources we're talking about wire fraud, securities fraud, possibly money laundering and other charges. the s.e.c. this morning about 6:00 a.m. filing its own civil case against sam bankman-fried. in that case, if you look through it, for those playing at home on page 11 specifically, when it comes to criminal intent, now, it's a civil case, but when you look at it, they make reference to sam bankman-fried effectively taking money in his hedge fund, not moving it over to the stock exchange the way he said it was supposed to be, and then actually moving the money again. and the reason why that's important is because when it comes to criminality, it always goes to the question of intent.

did he know what he was doing. and if you read that complaint very, very carefully, at least within that section it really suggests that he actually knew exactly what he was doing and that he understand that the money was not supposed to be where it was. in fact, he was moving it because his own systems were charging him interest on that $8 billion. so, but having said all that, the most unique part about this, talk about this being a crypto case and people think about crypto and bit coin and automatic of that, it's starting to look a lot more like a traditional ponzi scheme. he was collecting money from investors on one side, telling them that he was investing it on the other, and in fact wasn't, and that's the kind of thing that could happen whether it's crypto or anything, frankly. >> wow. okay. cnbc's andrew ross sorkin with a lot to cover this morning. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> some of the other headlines making news this morning, today president biden is expected to

sign the respect for marriage act into law, which requires the federal government recognize same-sex and interracial marriages from across the country. the legislation passed both to the house and senate with bipartisan support. the department of energy is expected to announce today that scientists have been able to for the first time produce a fusion reaction that creates a net energy gain. the major milestone comes amid a decades-long quest to develop a technology that provides unlimited, inexpensive, clean power. the achievement came at the national ignition facility at lawrence livermore national laboratory in california. that is amazing. cbs and walgreens agree to pay a combined $10.7 billion to settle allegations they failed to adequately oversee opioid

painkiller prescriptions. the funds will go toward opioid prices abatement and remediation programs. the pharmacy chains have also agreed to implement robust controlled substance compliance programs that will require additional layers of opioid prescription reviews and institute new mandatory training programs. as part of the settlement, neither company admitted to any wrongdoing. and los angeles mayor karen bass declared a state of emergency related to homelessness in her first act since taking office yesterday. bass said an emergency approach would allow the city to martial resources and fast track building and acquisition of baldly needed interim and permanent housing. roughly 40% of california's homeless population lives in los angeles county. willie? >> today marks one month since four college students were killed in idaho.

there still has been no arrest in the case. nbc news correspondent erin mclaughlin has the latest on the investigation, including tips that a white hyundai was near the scene of the crime when it happened. >> reporter: police now believe whoever was inside the white hyundai elantra they're looking for may have seen something important on the night of the murders, possibly without even knowing it. >> so we know the vehicle was there. we just don't know who was in it, who may have owned that car, who may have information about what happened that night. >> reporter: police say four university of idaho students, were brutally stabbed to death in their shared off campus home. two female roommates sleeping on the bottom floor of the house were not injured. the father of goncalves is claiming new details on how some of the victims were killed, steven goncalves saying he spoke to the coroner who said the

victims had big, open wounds, adding this was a strong weapon, not like a stab. goncalves also said the coroner told him his daughter's injuries did not match the wounds of madison logan, who was killed in the same bed, and that it was the work of a strong individual. it's been a month since that tragic night when students learned the magnitude of the horrific crime within hours. >> when i first read this text message, i could not believe that there were four people reported. >> reporter: three days after the killings, police said -- >> based on details of the scene, we believe this was an isolated, targeted attack on our victims. >> reporter: authorities have never revealed why the attack was targeted, lating telling nbc's morgan chesky it's possible the house, not necessarily the individuals living there, was targeted. >> the investigation we have not come to a conclusion whether it was the individuals involved or one individual, multiple individuals, or the location. >> my name is stacey chapin.

i'm nathan's mom. >> reporter: a month of unspeakables came for families and friend of the victims attempting to seek closure with kimmers still on the loose. >> make sure you spend as much time as possible with those people because time is precious and it's something you can't get back. >> reporter: frustrations with the pace of the investigation growing by the day. >> it will be a cold case if we don't do something within the next week or two. >> reporter: but police say they have information to work with, and new leads every day. >> we want more than just an arrest. we want a conviction. >> nbc's erin mclaughlin reporting there. just a nightmare of a month for those families, and still no real leads in the case. jonathan lemire, as we go to break here, we just got some sad breaking news that mike leach, the head football coach at mississippi state university, one of the great characters in college football, has died at the age of 61. he was admitted to a hospital on sunday with a massive heart

attack as his team is getting ready for bowl game. coached at washington state, texas tech. a great football coach but as i say truly one of the great character who is just made the game more fun. >> truly a character, very outspoke within officials and other coaches and players. tough on his players sometimes, but also a record-setting coach. he was a two-time national coach of the year, three-time conference coach of the year. he invented a spread offense for texas tech, which became sort of the staple for programs across the country and elements of it taken into the nfl. extremely successful at texas tech, washington state, and now he's at mississippi state, 61 years old, gone far too soon. certainly our condolences to his family and team. >> amen to that. he really did change football at a couple different levels. mika, one of the great characters in the game, go on youtube and watch his postgame interview after a win last

september, launching a broadside against candy corn when he was asked about halloween candy, in the midst of having won a football game. a great character and a sad loss for the game of football. mike leach was 61 years old. >> those families, his kids, his teams. very sad news. coming up, one of the largest single mass border crossings of the rio grande in decades occurred this weekend, flooding border patrol facilities and nongovernmental structures that are already stressed beyond capacity. we'll have the latest on the crisis at the border when henry quill lar of texas joins us. also this hour, award-winning actor edward norton and director ryan johnson join us with a look at their new "knives out" mystery which yesterday was nominated for a golden globe. you're watching "morning joe."

22 past the hour. shelters in el paso, texas, are overwhelmed following one of the largest mass migrant crossings ever in the area. according to "the texas tribune," on sunday night, more than 1,500 people walked over from juarez, mexico, into el paso. most of the migrants said they were from nicaragua, peru, and ecuador. the u.s. government can no longer expel the migrants under a pandemic policy known as title 42. so, many of them were processed and released on a short-term parole because the processing center there is already well over capacity. all of the migrants will eventually have to appear in immigration court. u.s. customs says the el paso region, which includes new mexico, has encountered almost 15 authorization migrants in the past week. "the new york times" reports, quote, the region around el paso has seen a sharp increase in the number of people attempting to

cross from mexico in recent months with 53,000 encounters by border agents in october. that is more than any other section of the u.s. border. federal agents have reported a record number of encounters along the entire southern border, nearly 2.4 million in a yearlong period. let's bring in nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley and democratic congress henry cuellar of texas. his district covers a portion of the u.s.-mexico border. before we get to the congressman, julia, give us an update on where we stand. i pretty much described a picture of chaos. >> that's right. i was just in el paso a couple months ago when they were starting to release some venezuelans onto the street because of those same capacity issues that you just described, mika. and then the biden administration started a new

policy that by and large cut most venezuelans from being able to cross and claim asylum using those covid-19 restrictions known as title 42. but other populations started coming. they're seeing more nicaraguans, for example, right now. and soon, next week, all migrants, no matter their nationality, will be able to cross and claim asylum. so we're getting a preview of how chaotic it could look across the border for all nationalities. we've seen predictions even higher than 10,000 per day crossing the border. jeh johnson, former homeland security adviser, a thousand a day used to be a five-alarm fire for them. we're seeing numbers that are overwhelming capacity and in el paso it's release toing migrants on the streets who may not have a court date but a date to report to an i.c.e. office, they

might not have shelter, things usually set in place to welcome in asylum seeker whence they first come into the country. it's called provisional release and they usually only do it for single families, but it means they're sleeping on the street. it's a reason why the democratic mayor in el paso took a page out of the book of republican governors and started busing migrants to interior cities as well. it's a chaotic view and something the biden administration is watching closely. right now we have new reporting coming on this soon on nbc news today, the biden administration is looking that the chaos and trying to come up with new policies to prevent further chaos next week when, absent court intervention, we will see those covid restrictions lift and any nationality can cross and claim asylum. >> congressman, i understand you will be meeting with top u.s. customs and border protection

officials in d.c. tomorrow, again, with the biden administration looking at i think the topic was safety at the border and title 42, but how does this latest news change the dynamic and the tone of these conversations that you will be having? >> well, you know, first of all, i hope that the biden administration, the white house will allow homeland security to do what they need to do, number one, because this catch and release is just not working for border communities. what we're seeing in el paso is what we've seen to a greater amount down in the valley, down in the rio, and this is only what i think is going to be -- what we'll see next week if it too 482 is taken away. now, we still have a title 8, which says if the white house or homeland decides to use an expedited deportation, then we can slow this down, but the

problem is that people are coming in because they feel that the border is open. i don't care what the administration is saying that the border is closed. it's not closed. all you have to do is look at the videos that you're playing right now and you will see that the border is open and it's not fair to the border communitieses. who's speaking for the border communities? who's looking out for the border communities? i think the administration needs to look at that. >> so the administration has appealed the ruling about title 42, but talk to us more about where you just were going. the impact in those border towns, many of these communities that you represent, what is it like there right now in the face of the images we just saw, of potentially thousands of people coming across the border? >> look, we have to understand one thing. you can have a compassionate, dignified way of treating the people that are coming in, but at the same time, you have to enforce the law, and if somebody

says -- if the law says, you know, you stay, you stay, but if the law says you have to be returned, then you have to be returned. right now we're just not seeing enough of that enforcement of the law, and the impression is that the border is ohm. look at the countries that are coming in. it used to be mexicans, honduran, el salvador, guatemala, the central america countries. now we're seeing other places -- nicaragua, peru, ecuador, and other countries are coming in because the word is getting out the criminal organizations are promoting that this is a time to come in. they make billions of dollars on getting people across. and therefore they're going to keep promoting this till they see that there is a different policy at the border. and quite honestly, we have to do a better job of working with countries like mexico and other countries to make sure that they

do their part in this shared responsibility. >> so, congressman, julia ainsley has a question for you. julia, go ahead. >> thank you. congressman, speaking to a dhs official yesterday who said what the broader administration needs to realize is that this is not a surge, this is a new reality. when you're looking at migration trends across the western hemisphere, this is what these numbers look like now. we know the biden administration from multiple reports is actually considering further probably punitive ways of trying to keep asylum seekers from getting here, possibly even considering a steven miller-style transit band that would require asylum seekers to apply for asylum in a country like mexico and be denied there first before they could qualify here. this person is making the argument, look, these temporary measures aren't going to work anymore. what we need is more funding for border communities, more funding for cbp and i.c.e. to let these

people through and give them access to the system. do you see it as this is something that needs funding and processing and manpower, or do you see it as something that we need deterrence? obviously, legislation would be a perfect answer, but in this case, do you want money or deterrence here that could really help these communities? >> actually, it's all of the above. let me explain. there are push factors and pull factors. we have added millions of dollars, billions of dollars since 2014, 2015 to help the central american countries, help those countries over there. but now we see that there are people coming in from different countries besides the central american countries. so we have to address the push factors. the pull factors are very simple. you've got to have not only the money, the personnel, the equipment, the technology, but you've got to have also the right policies at the border.

and if you give the impression that the border is open, it doesn't matter if you have all of the technology or all the border patrol agents because all they're going to do is catch them when they come in, process them in some sort of way, put them to either report to an i.c.e. office later or to the immigration courts, and right now the immigration courts are overwhelmed. i've added literally hundreds of new judges over the years, and look what's happened. right now we have the highest number of backlog cases for the immigration courts. so i would say the equipment, the technology, the personnel at the border, the funding part, work with the other countries so we don't play defense on the 1 yard line but on their 20 yard line, and have compassionate, dignified policies but strict policies that follow the law so we don't give impression that the border is open. as long as the border -- they have the impression is border is open, they're going to keep

coming. and right now there are thousands and thousands and thousands of people that are still waiting to cross, waiting for title 42 to go away. >> democratic congressman henry cuellar of texas, thank you very much. and nbc's julia ainsley, thank you as well for your reporting this morning. we appreciate it. up next, "glass onion," the sequel to the 2020 smash hit "knives out" is already a golden globe nominee for best picture, and it's not even out yet. hello. we'll be joined by the film's director, ryan johnson, and one of its stars, edward norton. that is next on "morning joe." ♪3, 4♪ ♪ ♪hey♪ ♪ ♪are you ready for me♪ ♪are you ready♪ ♪are you ready♪ for adults with generalized myasthenia gravis

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nominated for best picture. i won't give too much away because that's the fun of the movie. but ryan, start by people who love "knives out," setting the scene a little bit. what's the universe you created here? >> the first "knives out" very much came from my love offing a that christie. the idea of this one is not a continuation, but a whole new deal, whole new cast, new mystery, whole new setting. this one is like a vacation mystery like "death on the nile," and that's the idea, a whole new mystery book. >> i was listening with the boys a few days ago and listening to your process about writing a mystery like this. you said you don't start out with the twists or where it ends up, it comes to you as it goes. when you sit down on that first kay with a blank page, what's in your head? >> terror. insecurity.

>> this keeps happening! >> right. i'm a very structural writer so i'll spend the first 90% of the process working in little notebooks. i have to draw a roadmap, basically, map the entire plot out before i sit down and write a single word. otherwise i get lost in the soup. >> he makes it sound clinical, but, a, he's really funny. reading scripts is not always -- it's sometimes a little bit analytic at first. and the times that i laugh out loud on first readthrough are very rare, and i was, like, my wife came in and thought i was crying because i had my arm -- on the sofa sobbing with laughter. that's unusual. i also think like a great chef, you know, souffles are hard, right, it's hard to levitate the souffle and not have it collapse. ryan has an amazing ability to make an entertainment that's cut through with just the right amount of social satire without collapsing. >> yes. >> the delightfulness of the

souffle. that is not easy to do. the tonal balance of sticking a fork in people we all recognize without having it stop being fun is a neat trick. >> that's so well put. talk about sticking the fork in people we all recognize. our character. did you model him on anybody, edward? >> no. a lot of people have asked and there's a lot going on. even last night someone was booted from the stage, no idea, but, you know, joking aside, number one, remember, we made this over a year ago, a year and a half ago, so today's tech illuminati geniuses idiots are not the ones there at all. but much more importantly, i think, like, satirical characters are much more fun if they're derived from a species

of people. and miles is kind of the uber man tech illuminati a-holes and he's got many of the best worst qualities from at least half a dozen people, men and women, we talked about. we thought it was much more fun to put a lot in the blender and come up with our own version of tech guy. >> there you go. >> a smoothie. >> let's get a better idea of who edward's character is. in this scene, miles explains the rules of a murder mystery game he's designed for his guests. take a look. >> alongside and underneath the parte you've been charged with a serious task. because tonight in this very room a murder will be committed. my murder. you will have to closely on receiver the crime, consider what you know about each other,

know that across the island i've hidden clues, some may be helpful, some may misdirect. that's for you to determine. but if anyone can name the killer, tell me how they achieved the murder, and most importantly what was the motive, that person wins our game. any questions? >> what do we win? >> i -- what do you mean, what do you -- what do you want? >> no, no, nothing. i just thought maybe there was a prize or something. >> okay. fine. yeah. the winner gets an ipad. >> ryan, i'm looking around that table, too, at the cast, edward at the held of the table, daniel craig to leslie odom, kathryn hahn and kate hudson.

the list goes on and on. janelle monae is amazing in this movie. how did you decide who should be in this? >> it's kind of like writing an invite list to a dinner party because in addition to trying to get amazing actors in all these parts you're also going to be spending a lot of time together, and a big part of what makes these movies tick is everyone kind of gelling apds an ensemble and having a good time. these are all movie stars. >> we were both friends with ricky jay, the illusionist, and he would have called it a deck of aces. >> yeah. >> jack's deck. >> but everybody coming together and taking true joy in working together as an ensemble. i think that's what you feel off of the screen, everybody supporting everybody else and kind of gelling. >> i think the kid in all of us that wanted to go to summer theater camp, this was like that. it was parents picking you up at the end. it was a really good group.

as i watch, i have to say, like, daniel is to iconic for playing bond, but benoit blanc is his creation. it's not like a long chain. his physical comedy, doing physical comedy with him in this, we have a few things together, and you know he's james bond. there's a certain thing, like, can i really grab him by the belly? how will he react? he is so, so funny. and his physical comedy, his gestures and vocal inflections, i think long may be his -- i'm serious. i think -- i deeply admire this character he's created. >> a lot of fun doing it. >> i love watching you watch those clips and you're stem cell enjoying it. it must be so gratifying to have written something on a page and watch it executed so well by this cast. >> it's this cast. watching kathryn hahn do

anything, kate hudson's reactions. >> so good. >> i could watch these guys all day long. >> i think there's -- i like whodunits but i think i've really come to appreciate them again because of his "knives out" films, because instead of being the refried beans of a vintage thing, you get to have all the pleasures of it but in a world we recognize, you know. >> i think we've successfully avoided in this segment ruining the movie. when i say this isn't even the tip of the iceberg. there's so much in there. it's such a great movie. there's a reason it's already nominated for the golden globe. "glass onion: a knives out mystery," premieres december 23rd. thank you both. coming up on "morning joe," one of the most polarizing and emotional issues that impacted the midterm elections in this country and a divisive issue abroad. we'll tell you who that issue is and where it's having major impact next on "morning joe."

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poland and now in the united states haved global trends. strongly catholic countries like ireland, argentina and chile have moved to liberalize their abortion laws. only the u.s. and poland have tightened them. that's exposed to political kinship. two nations where a powerful religious right wing have resorted to courts rather than legislatures to restrict abortion. as i found out when i went to poland a few weeks ago, the court decisions haven't ended the debate. they have only made this issue more fraught and in somes cases had a chilling effect on the doctors providing even legal abortions. >> she really died so young. >> she had many plans for the future and we cannot accept that this life is taken. >> reporter: she lived as a hair etc. dresser and mother, but her death at only 30 years old made her a political marter.

she died last year of accept sis, but her family considers her a casualty of poland's culture war. her sister-in-law says an abortion could have saved her life. her baby had had severe jet net you can defects and was unlikely to survive, but doctors worried they could face criminal charges under some of the most restrictive abortion laws in europe. >> do you believe the court decision directly led to her death? >> translator: yes, of course, the law changed and the doctors were too scared to do anything. but they have a duty to save lives. >> reporter: her text messages from the hospital reveal her desperate final hours. my life is in danger, she wrote. they can't help as long as the fetus is alive thanks to the antiabortion law. i have to give birth to a dead baby. this says, not one more. so you kind of turned her grave into a political monument. >> translator: yes, because we

don't want this to happen again to another family. >> reporter: her family isn't aalone. her death sparked protests throughout president obama land. according to a poll in 2020, two-thirds of polish people believe it should be legal during the first try midwester. abortion has been illegal here since 1993, except for cases of rape, incest or mortal threat to the mother's life. terminations had been allowed in cases of fetus abnormalities. the law changed in 2020 when the country's highest court stacked with conservative justices outlawed worgsss for fetal abnormalities reducing already rare legal abortions by 90%, according to abortion rights groups. >> is this law killing wum? >> yes, this law has been killing women and we say no one

more. >> reporter: polish women in the early stamgs of pregnancy have increasingly turned to abortion pills. others to expensive trips to clinics elsewhere in europe. >> it causes the reproductive industries, because women with money, educated, working in big towns, they have access information. they can easily have access to all the productive health services, including safe and legal abortions. but for majority of women, it is thot accessible. >> reporter: antiabortion activists blame isabella's doctors, not the law, for her death. the hospital says it suspended two doctors pending an investigation and three doctors are facing criminal charges for their involvement. tragedies like isabel's are still rare. >> did you believe the law should apply?

>> at 14 weeks there's already a heartbeating. there's a nervous system. yes, i wouldn't consider it in religious law, it's just human law. there's a human being and this is the main issue. >> reporter: parent who is might otherwise seek an abortion are counselled. when their unborn son was diagnosed with a terminal illness. >> we never considered to kill our baby. if we plan to have a baby. >> actually, that was because of our faith. we are christians. >> reporter: she could have leave looelly aborted samuel and instead chose to carry him to term. >> that must have been devastating. he was only alive for 30 minutes after you gave birth. >> i was holding him in my hands and actually he died at that time. >> your arms? >> yes, in my arms. i was suting and crying. >> i'm sorry.

>> reporter: they insist they don't regret their decision, but in matters of law, they are less certain. >> you made your very difficult choice. a lot of polish women would say they don't have that choice wauz of the law. what would you say to them? >> i don't know what to say. >> it's not a solution. >> reporter: a law meant to preserve life that's left a legacy of death and political division. >> so as you can see, when it comes to abortion, there are several parallels between poland and the united states. just like many american women, women in states where abortions are about to become ul legal, polish women can still get abortions but they need to travel outside of of the country to evaluate els where in the european union, something that puttings the procedure out of reach for had manywomen. something i didn't mention in that piece, women in poland can legally get an abortion in cases

of ra rape incest up to 12 weeks. but to do so, those women need to secure a certified letter from a public prosecutor attesting the fact been the victim of a crime. that's really quite an onerous requirement. borgt rights groups claim that makes the procedure nearly impossible for rape victims. >> it does for most of them. matt bradley, thank you for that report. great piece. really appreciate it. that does it for us this morning. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage in one minute. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage in one minute when you're through with powering through,

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good morning. i'm jose diaz-balart. we're keeping a close eye on the white house, where at any moment president biden is expected to speak on an inflation report that came out this morning that was better than expected. we're going to bring you his remarks as soon as they begin. the government of did report today that the consumer price index, which measures the changes in prices for goods and services, rose .1% last month. economists predicted it would rise .3%. prices, however, are still 7.1% higher than they were last november. taking a look at wall