summit, the dealing with ukraine, the influence of china, debt ceiling showdown back, home this hour. i'm going to speak with congresswoman jasmine crockett about what progressives will accept in a deal to over us shut down. and i'll ask her about a moment that has gone viral. >> i was so excited that my colleagues across the aisle care about sexual abuse. considering that the front runner right now for presidency has just been found liable of sexual abuse. >> the congressman putting republican colleagues on blast in the house hearing, whereas we gonna be talking to an abortion rights leader about a difficult week when it comes to restricting abortion rights access. it has been one year since we lived through this. >> it's okay to be said. it's okay. these are kids, you're not gonna see anymore, those are your friends. it's okay to be said, because what happened to do today was

not normal. >> no, it wasn't. then, it's not now, as we approach the one year anniversary of the uvalde shooting, i mean us speak to states, enron gutierrez, who i spoke to on the ground in uvalde when you are. go and has been fighting for change ever since. you do not want to miss that incredibly important conversation, stick with me for that. we want to begin with the 2024 presidential race, or the lead up to it. ramping up with less than eight months until the iowa caucus, south carolina temps, got violent network on friday to throw his hat into the ring. he is joining a gop primary field that well crowded has yet to see a candidate pose a real challenge in the polls to donald trump. axios reports, -- is joining me now, with more on this. sophia, thanks for joining us on this. we appreciate it. just hours before tim scott made it official, you, in fact, where that is launching a nearly 6 million dollar ad buy in iowa and new hampshire as well.

where does he stand in this race so far? >> well, this ad buy is significant. he's a prolific fund-raiser, he's making a statement, trying to make up the deficit, i, mean trump has already spent 13 million and desantis, although he is not announced yet, he has spent 10 million between the campaign and the pack. so, tim scott has a lot of room to make up, but he is the most prominent black republican, he's counting on his personal story as well as his faith to carry him through. >> you know, a lot of folks liked him and got in the republican party, they would like to see him pull through. i think the question is, whether or not they have the faith he can actually pull through, especially up against someone like the former president of the united states. when you're looking at wrong desantis, i'm wondering what the kind of talk is inside the party, as well, he's kind of running out of this idea that donald trump cannot win. the republican party needs to

prop up winners, as he put, not losers, referring to the 2022-- how is that playing with rank and file republicans. especially, in congress. >> there is a lot of fighting over endorsements in some of these key states. i mean, in congress, trump was already able to announce, like, a slate of endorsements. by florida republicans on the day that desantis was in d.c., a couple weeks ago. trying to court the very same people. i mean, that kind of says a lot, considering desantis has already served in congress. at the same time, though, desantis hasn't announced yet. his team is saying, just wait. we have a lot of support. it hasn't come out yet. and we're talking about the two front runners here. >> again, i will remind folks, we are a year and a half away from this election.

still a heck of a lot of time. anybody else out there that's gonna be announcing soon that could feasibly bake the former president a bit nervous? >> i really think the scout announcement is gonna be something to keep an eye on. chris christie, former governor of new jersey, has told people around him, he plans to run. both of these people have to answer the trump question. they really have to be able to have an argument to say, why me? and not trump? so far, only chris christie has come out criticizing former president trump. tim scott has not. >> sophia, we thank you. appreciate it. heading overseas, the president at the g7 summit in japan getting ready to meet with president zelenskyy of ukraine, and this is where our correspondent mike -- is in hiroshima for us covering it. at 404 in the morning. i believe? mike, thanks for joining us on this.

busy first day for zelenskyy, to say the least, ahead of this meeting with president biden, talk us through it. >> yeah, that's right, it really is a sign of the step of urgency that president zelenskyy feels ahead of that planned counter offensive, his country is planning to wage, that he is making this surprise and during a visit here to japan to meet with individually and as a group members of the g7. we saw, on saturday, the shortly after he touched down in hiroshima, he met with the prime ministers of the uk, of italy, of india. as well as president macron of france, chancellor scholz of germany. the president of the european council, all meetings including some he just had in person in their countries. remember, he was in europe earlier this week, including a meeting with pope francis, followed by that trip to saudi arabia. the power of president zelenskyy's personal diplomacy really continues to be one of the big stories about how ukraine has been able to withstand russia's invasion for

this long. it will continue when we see president biden have that face to face meeting with president zelenskyy here on sunday. the president making that big announcement, telling the other g7 leaders, he's now on board with that plan. to train and equip ukraine with these fighter jets, eventually. we shall we should emphasize, eventually. that's a long term play. more short term, the president is set to announce during that meeting today, another 375 million dollar arms package that is going to be sent to ukraine in the near term, to help with that spring offensive. so, it's a big opportunity for president zelenskyy to try and lineup, even more support, not just from allies who have been with ukraine from the beginning, countries like india who have been a bit on the sidelines, prime minister of india, in fact, telling zelenskyy, he's willing to do whatever it takes to see a peaceful end to this conflict. >> so, you've got the president, obviously, toggling what's happening at the g7, along with debt limit negotiations right here at home. i'm looking at some new reporting from jake sherman or

tweeted out just about an hour or so ago, essentially saying, democrats in the white house and on capitol hill are saying negotiator going in the wrong direction. as the republicans demand to keep going further to the right. what more are you hearing about this? how kind of the camp of presidents camp is reacting, as he's overseas? >> yeah, there's a lot of optimism, even 24 hours ago, that turned south in hurry. president biden, when we heard from him, here on saturday, still said he was confident we could get a decent deal, as he put it. interesting choice of words there. we know that this has been a big discussion point behind the scenes as well. we heard national security advisor, jake sullivan, bring us inside the room a little bit about what the president has been hearing, take a listen. >> it is definitely a subject of interest. here at the g7. qatar is what i have a sense of how these negotiations are going to play out. and the president has expressed confidence that he believes that we can drive to an outcome where we do avoid default. part of the reason that he's returning home, tomorrow,

rather than continuing with the rest of the trip, so he can help lead the effort to bring home. this is not generating alarm or a kind of vibration in the room, i would just say, the countries are keenly interested in what is a significant story. in the present has been able to tell them, you know, he believes that we can get to a good result here. >> so, yasmin, the last order of business for president biden here, later today on sunday, is that press conference. we haven't had a solo press conference as well. hopefully, will get a chance to really hear what some of those remaining sticking points are in whether he's able to get together with speaker mccarthy when he returns tried are those out. >> mike memoli we thank you my friend. coming up, everybody, just 60 seconds, a swing and a miss for the dodgers. the l.a. team's decision to disinvite a famed drag group from their annual pride night

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perpetual indulgence, l.a. chapter. >> it's not disappointment about the award, disappointment that an organization as strong and as important as the dodgers actually relented in caved in so quickly after the objections were raised. >> the move coming after florida senator, marco rubio, sent a letter to the mlb, blasting the groups inclusion in the bright night event. calling the sisters, quote, allude imitation of roman catholic nuns. and saying the group, intentionally mocks and degrades christians. that letter not sitting well with some locals. >> it wasn't his business in florida. >> the conservative-leaning catholic league also writing a letter to the mlb commissioner saying, quote, if a group of white boys in blackface were to be honored by an lp mlb team, there is little doubt that the event would be canceled, there is no difference between this and the hateful farce of awarding the sisters. >> we don't mock catholic nuns, we borrow from them, there's a little good-natured joyful ribbing.

but we honor their work, and we assume it as well for our community. >> the daughters announcing wednesday, they were an inviting the group to the june 16th summit, quote, given the strong feelings of people have been offended by the sisters inclusion in the evening. senator rubio responded to the dodgers move in a tweet saying, quote, for, it's common sense prevailed in california. his office declined a request for an interview. this is members of the lgbtq community rallies around the sisters. sharing disappointed with the uninvited a shunt. l.a. pride and the l.a. lgbtq center both announcing they're pulling out of doctors pride night all together this year. >> certainly, there's a financial hit that this has cost for the center, by not participating. it was really important for us to make sure that we were in alliance with the sisters. and participating just what it felt like a betrayal to our community. >> i think it really said. we're going backwards and not forwards. >> congressman jimmy gomez, who represents the district where the dodgers play, firing back, tweeting, after ten years of doctors supporting the lgbtq+

community, it's deeply offensive that they would turn their back on them now. the sister say, they're working to find a way forward, as they grapple with the team's decision. >> i feel it's a learning opportunity, and i would like to see if the dodgers, in fact, have a waking up moment to realize that they balance all the communities in los angeles. >> our thanks to -- for that. still ahead, everybody, just days to get a debt ceiling bill, no face to face talks between white house and congressional negotiators today. that doesn't seem good. i'm gonna speak to democratic congressman, jasmine crockett, about what democrats will except in a deal. plus, her now viral moment during the capitol hill hearing, where she laid down some painful truths for republicans. first, as we near the one year anniversary of the texas school shooting, states and roland gutierrez joins me on how uvalde is healing and the push to curb gun violence in his

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we are just a few days away from an incredibly tragic anniversary. it has been almost a year since the deadly mass shooting at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. it claimed the lives of 19 young kids and two teachers, in the days following the shooting, i was live on the ground in uvalde, speaking with members of the community and our leaders. including a state senator, roland gutierrez, whose district includes uvalde. i want to take a listen to a portion of the conversation i had with him then. >> if it isn't enough of a red flag to have a kid go into a store and buy two of these things in 48 hours, at 1800 bullets.

that's a red flag. we needed a red flag law, like joe moody present in 2019. and we are still here, in this place, and we have no change because we are have a feckless leader in austin that has done nothing to help our community. >> so, what is it what you do to get change? what you do? >> they controlled legislator an often for 20 years. if i get to do is yell and scream, i'm gonna yell and scream for as long as i'm there. on this issue. because enough is enough, we've had five school massacres under his watch. and he has done nothing other than school hardening. he's very proud of that. we saw the effects of school hardening here. the officers were able to access the door. because of school hardening. that isn't the answer. he says that it's a mental health problem, go fund and mental health number one. at the end of the day, this is

the only country that this happens in. >> the only one. >> there's mental health in other countries. and the reason is, because they have access to militarized weaponry, where they can create this mass destruction. it needs to stop. >> so, since that conversation, senator guterres has been tireless in his fight for answers about what exactly happened that day. in addition to pushing for meaningful gun reform. he joins me now to talk more about this. as always, sandra guterres, it's great to talk to you. let's talk about the emotions surrounding this anniversary first. and then we'll talk about politics. and what has it has not been done. when you look back on that interview, you listen to what you had to say, what are you thinking now? >> well, obviously, a lot of frustration, yasmin, and all of this. we know a lot more now. yet, we still don't know enough.

these folks in texas are texas rangers, are dps, is operating still. under this notion that we're not allowed to see everything, as you know, i signed a nondisclosure agreement with the state of texas, i first sued them. that i had to sign an nda. i received a hard drive with two terabytes of information, three terabytes of body cam footage, of seen every bit of it. the worst failure ever seen, the worst horror you've ever seen. children mutilated in schools. stacked in piles. just horrible, horrible graphic imagery. to this day, i can't take it out of my head. you know, certainly said, certainly frustrating. here we are, just like i predicted in that year ago, i yelled and screamed all session long, for 21 bills that went nowhere, because republicans don't want to do anything on school safety, they don't wanna

do anything meaningful on curbing access to weaponry, even after allen, texas. even after -- >> it's interesting, i want to get back to the gun talk in a moment, when you look at two of the most recent shootings in texas, the shooting of those five family members, i believe it was five. and then the shooting at the mall as well. there was a real lack of transparency, initially, at the mall shooting. we weren't hearing immediately, as to what was happening and how many people had in fact been killed. which was perplexing to me, having covered uvalde on the ground. and there was a real concern with a lack of response time when it came to the shooting of that family as well. has texas learned any lessons from uvalde, considering what is transpired since then? >> i mean, clearly no. jasmine. you see what happens in -- it took was forced to arrest that guy, it was really mostly

through federal agents that were able to find this person, grab him. secondarily, the allen, texas, mall shooting is really most troubling. it's a different kind of failure on the department for public safety. that incident occurred because of some form of white supremacy. after a mass shooting at the el paso walmart, some years ago, the governor established a domestic terrorism task force, including a task force within the department of public safety, to track internet chatter of white supremacists, threatening chatter. again, this young man, at that walmart, at that mall shooting, he had spread messages over the internet. and the agency those most to find this guy and, this kind of information, failed. a different kind of failure, but a failure nonetheless. it wasn't 77 minutes, but they had months to be able to find someone that was making out and out threats to our community. that did not happen.

>> when things like this happen, there are solutions that we start from both sides of the aisle. none of it seems to stick. i remember, directly, after uvalde, the governor essentially said, we're gonna be setting up outpost for mental health. for uvalde citizens. people can check in, considering the fact that he was identifying that is a mental health issue. not sure where that stands. but when you're taking a look at raising the age of buying an ar to 21, right, that was one of the top line issues for democrats in the state of texas. you know spoke about, it you just mentioned it there in the interview, that i just replayed. bill 274, that the house, bill doing just that. made it to the house committee, it was not scheduled for a full vote. and the legislative session is set to end may 29th. and wondering, if the possibility of this happening in your state is essentially done for? >> well, it's pretty much done for, because we only have about eight days left in the legislative session. to go back to your first point, every time there's a mass

shooting, he comes up with some excuse, some rationale and some storyline about how it's gonna fix it. if you go back to the walmart, when they established the domestic terrorism task force, he said that he and lieutenant governor we're going to meet in this task force, that was five years ago. they've met twice. they've met twice. so, you know, it's all just smoke and mirrors with these people. it is all -- it's never about going at the common denominator, which is limiting access to guns to weapons. to people that should not have them. mentally ill people. 18, 19 and 20 roles should not access ar-15s. the voting public, including the republicans, are in agreement with us. but dan patrick, greg abbott, simply don't want to have this discussion. they refuse. >> senator, you become a leading voice in texas, over the last year. we have heard, there's been a rumor of, the possibility you could be challenging senator

ted cruz, i know that you have mentioned you're waiting until the end of the legislative session. i just mention that was may 29th, a couple days for. now wondering if you've made the decision, and if so, you're willing to announce on our program today that you'd be challenging him? >> well, yasmin, the first and foremost, i've got to finish this legislative session. a promise that these families. just two nights ago, i put another and moment for to raising the age limit that got shot down by the lieutenant governor on procedural rationale. we're gonna keep moving forward, we have a week left, i'm gonna try everything that i can, procedurally, to try to put this issue front lines. in the legislative process. you know, the rest of those decisions will make this summer, my wife and i, it will have a discussion and will -- a promise, you will come on your show, if that's what we're gonna do. i think we just have to do the right thing to wait a few weeks before we make those type of decision.

>> and we hold that promise, state and, what unites matters are given at a time together down in uvalde, so, arbitration your progress, and hope you come back on. thank you, sir. >> thank you so much, yasmin. >> after the break, everybody, calling out gop hypocrisy, democratic congressman, jasmine crockett, joins me to talk about her viral republican takedown. during a crime a hearing on the hill, what, latest on debt ceiling negotiations and much, much more. ch more. >> i am so excited my colleagues across the aisle care about sexual abuse, considering that the front runner right now for the presidency has just been found liable of sexual abuse, so, i'm excited. because this may mean that finally, some folks will back off from supporting him. ♪ ♪ ♪

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the white house and eliminate gauthier tears are not expected to meet in person today, the news is coming after republican congressman, garrett graves of louisiana, who was checked by how -- to leave the negotiations, told reporters on friday, there would be a pause in talks, because their morning meeting was, quote, not productive. joining me is julie tsirkin talk more about this. jake sherman is tweeting out, about an hour or so ago, essentially, that negotiations are going further and further from republicans, of course, to the right amidst all of this. democrats are not necessarily feeling it, right about now. what are you hearing? >> yeah, that's exactly right.

we heard as much from graves, even last night, who said that the white house offer was unreasonable to a small group of reporters. as we were staking out that nighttime meeting last night, you heard from president biden, this morning, in japan as well. and look, the bottom line here, i just came from speaker mccarthy's office, which is literally just down a hallway over my shoulder, he is huddling right now, the speaker's, with congressman graves, with congressman patrick mchenry, the three of them all republicans, are huddling in his office, it's around noon, to try and see a path forward here. we heard from the house freedom caucus, one of the more conservative members of their party, that's about a fourth of mccarthy's membership, they don't even want them at the negotiating table to begin with. they're concerned about the spending levels, they're concerned about that mccarthy is gonna give too much away, to biden and democrats in all of this. here's vice president harris from yesterday. watch. >> there is a pause. there are differences. there are differences between

where we think we should be. let's also understand, these negotiations are difficult. however, i would say, our team who is in the room negotiating on this is absolutely committed to figuring out how we can reach an agreement. the bottom line is that we all should agree, no matter who you voted for, america cannot default. >> so, everyone involved in these talks is saying, the u.s. cannot default, but we're taking closer and closer to that june 1st deadline. they don't have a lot of time to get work done. we expected to see both parties, the white house negotiators, and the republican negotiators, sitting down in meeting in person. we were told, early on, that is not on the schedule today. i just checked in, it is still not on the schedule today. so, we will see if they're gonna come back here and get to the table again. so far, it is just republicans huddling. >> julie tsirkin for, us we thank, you want to bring in now texas congresswoman, jasmine crockett to talk more about

this. congresswoman, as always, it's great to talk to you on this. i think the overarching question, when it comes to democrats, what, in fact, the progressive arm of the democratic party will except? you know the vice president there, essentially saying, america cannot default. we have to pay our bills. we have to figure this thing out. if you take a look at snap benefits, food stamps as, well it seems like that's the major sticking point when it comes to democrats. what will the progressive arm except? >> well, we're definitely not going to accept that we're gonna go back on the promises that have been made. you know, i think in a perfect world, we would all like to run up our credit card debt and then renegotiate and say, never mind. we just want to pay for that pair of shoes. or those dresses. that we've already promised we're gonna pay on. so, democrats are very realistic about this. the question is, should we be talking about the budget when we're dealing with the debt ceiling?

the reality is, not. we have appropriations process for this, we are not there. the republicans have still failed to put forward a budget, how can you enter in a negotiation with someone who won't even tell you who the priorities are in their budget? and i sit on the -- committee, you know what? we have the farm bill this term. and guess what? we don't even have a draft of the farm bill. we really know how we're going to feed america as a whole. not just talking about those receiving snap benefits, but farmers don't know what to expect in anticipate, and they're trying to plan what it is that they're going to plan. so, this is really a lot bigger than the average person really understands. but at the end of the day, the democrats, we were good about this. we understood that we would not push this country to the brink, regardless of who is at the helm. so, democrats, raise that debt ceiling three times under trump. since the president has been in office, just for his first two years, he has cut the deficit

by 1.7 trillion dollars. and has a budget that will cut the deficit by another three trillion dollars. it is not acceptable to us that we would leave our -- veterans out in the cold, after they have risked their lives. it is not acceptable to us. that we are going to say that our seniors now have to go and find jobs when they have health issues that are preventing them from being able to work in order for them to eat. we will not set american working families back, so, what we need the republicans to do, stop pretending like they're auditioning for the next season of trump's reality show. this isn't a reality show, this should be filled with scandalous nonsense. this is real life, with real life consequences. and it's time that they get serious, and decide to actually govern, instead of playing games. >> congresswoman, what have you, i've been teasing this moment all our, i want to play it for folks. it was a moment from the house oversight and accountability committee hearing. on d.c. crime. this week.

in which you schooled republicans on their hypocrisy, it is a little bit in what you just talked about. let's listen to what you had to say. and then i hear you on the other side. >> my republican colleagues want to talk about keeping d.c. streets crime free. they can't even keep the halls of congress crime free. my freshman colleague has just been indicted on 13 counts, 13 felony counts. >> i'm so excited that my colleagues across the aisle care about sexual abuse. considering that the front runner right now for, like, presidency, has just been found liable of sexual abuse. so, i'm excited. this may mean that, finally, some folks will back off from supporting him. >> well. i have to say, namesake with it, with a jury. minus minus both away. that was fire, congresswoman. what was the reaction you got in the halls of congress after that moment and he spoke truth?

>> so, most people don't realize, even in a time like this, when you go viral, you have no idea. you're just going to your next meeting. so, you get your five minutes, to be your questioning, and you don't know who's paying attention. and it's really social media that really gets the word out. so, i had no idea, i went into other meetings, and the majority of my republican colleagues were not actually in their hearing room as this moment was taking place. i do know that they weren't too excited. the next day, somehow, i was conveniently skipped when it was my turn to go on oversight. they said it was an oversight. so, i was able to ask my questions, but it felt pretty intentional as i did call them out for their hypocrisy. >> representative jasmine crockett, we thank you. joining me now, want to bring in host simone, in the former chief spokeswoman for vice president harris, symone

sanders-townsend. simone, as always, it is great pop you. you just heard from congresswoman crockett there. that moment was incredible to see, speaking her truth there, and it went viral. confronting republicans, calling out their hypocrisy. on the floor. they're during that hearing. what did you make of the way that she went about it? >> look, i think we actually need more millennials in congress, yasmin. more of a young folks that are used to going toe to toe in that way. i think it is notable that the congresswoman, from the texas state legislature, where over the last two legislative sessions, they have had some very tense, i would argue, debate down in the legislature. assertions coming from some of her former republican colleagues, that do require people to be quick-witted and on their toes. so, i thought that her answer was an answer that a lot of folks across the country could identify with the way in which was delivered. >> it's interesting, a kind of speaks to this larger question of, how do democrats go on

confronting republicans? in washington, when they feel as if they're being hypocritical and or lying. i want to play another moment for you in which jamal nobleman, i believe, confronted george santos, marjorie taylor greene as well this week. and then we'll talk. >> anse's resign. get him out. he's gotta go. >> you've got to resign. there you go, come on, man. you gotta go. you gotta go. >> now the party. your party. >> maybe get rid of that it. save the country. >> save the country. >> impeach biden. >> no more maga. >> i am wondering, simone, is there something to this real kind of confrontation, truth telling nature, that we see both in the way jamal bowman

goes about, it and the way in which the congresswoman went about it. >> absolutely, i mean, congressman bowman's response reminded me of mitt romney when he went into the state of the union and he saw george santos, who's right, mitt romney, either deserve to be here. oh i think that mitt romney, senator mitt romney, that would be his response. i think he spoke for a lot of people in that moment. i also think it is notable, the marjorie taylor greene, jamal bowman interaction, i do believe came after. i want to double check the video. came after margaret taylor greene suggested that jamal bowman was angry. and that she felt threatened and was scared of him. very targeted choice of words that she is using to talk about a black man who's a member of congress that, serves in the body just as she does. so, i think that, look, this new crop of elected officials are using tactics that have worked for them in the past, in other spaces in places, to raise issues, frankly, and

bring passion that lots of people, across the country, have. lots of people feel the way that jamal bowman feels about george santos. get him out. all right, we'll see. what congress or the fbi is gonna do. >> symone sanders-townsend, thank you so much, by the way, you can watch simone's interview with senator sheldon whitehouse about the detailed negotiations coming up at 40 am eastern, make sure to watch simone every weekend, opium, following our show. and on peacock, new episodes streaming everybody. have a great show, simone, thank you. coming up, everybody, ukrainian president zelenskyy making the farthest journey from his country since russia's invasion to meet with figures in japan this week. we're gonna look at the newest sanctions against the kremlin. as they claim they have won control of a key ukrainian city. we'll be right back. bel right back. ck is bubbling in the pot ♪ ♪ just till they taste what we've got ♪ [ tires squeal, crash ] when owning a small business gets real, progressive gets you right back to living the dream. now, where were we? [ cheering ]

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for audience, it's that eastern city that has really been the center of been ground zero of the frontline of the fiercest fighting,. on one side ukrainian troops, yasmin, on the other side the wagner mercenary group. headed up by yevgeny prigozhin. so, prigozhin, earlier today, claimed that his forces were in control of all of bakhmut, it's really important to note, no one lives in bakhmut anymore. it is a carcass of a city. they are fighting for streets were no one could possibly inhabit right now. it's just been completely destroyed. and i think prigozhin says, yasmin, we take with a grain of salt, the ukrainian military very quickly denied that. they said heavyituation is critical. at the same time, our troops are still holding the defense line, one of the questions i think that military analysts are wondering, just in the last couple of hours, is this prigozhin's way of pulling his troops out of this front line area to maybe go elsewhere ahead of the counteroffensive. >> we'll talk about the commitments that are coming out of the g7. f-16 fighter jets by g7 countries also promises to train pilots in flying them.

how is this being received by the russians? >> yeah, this is the top of president zelenskyy's wish list, and has been four months, yasmin. it's so interesting, the capital here, the country is being hit by serious aerial assault. we'll talk about this counteroffensive, and yet, president zelenskyy still bet on him being on the road, because he's so persuasive, and always comes back with something. now, the reaction from russia, i do have a graphic that it is what a statement i should say, i want to put up on the screen. it says, we see that western countries are still adhering to the escalation scenario. this scenario involves colossal risks for themselves, again, this is a russian statement in response to the f-16, in any, case this will be taken into account in all our plans, and we have all the necessary means to achieve the set goals. yasmin, we have been getting hit very, very hard in kyiv with three waves of aerial salt, just this week. it will be very interesting to see what happens tonight. and if this is one of the ways that russia really ramps up,

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yet another tough week for reproductive rights around this country. a new restrictions were passed by the republican legislators in three states, nebraska, north carolina enacting bans after 12 weeks. south carolina set to impose a new ban after just six weeks of pregnancy. and for north carolina, the new ban is coming just days after the state's democratic governor, roy cooper, had vetoed the measure, only to have estates republican supermajority override him. governor cooper spoke with my colleague, jonathan -- earlier, and made clear, his

feelings on the new ban, take a listen. >> this legislation slaps women in the face. it's an insult, the people of north carolina are mad. they push this thing through so fast. it took them 42 hours to turn back the clock 50 years. and they did it in the dark of night, because they didn't want anybody to know what was in this legislation, because they know the people don't support. >> joining me now, -- president of pro-choice america, it's always great to talk to. you about this, give me your reaction of what's taking place over the last week or so, as i talked about in my last hour, it seems as if now the southeast really is a desert when it comes to abortion rights, or is getting very close to being just that. >> the southeast and much of the south, to be quite frank, is dangerous. deeply concerning. i think the theme, throughout all of these states, that you

mentioned, however, is how wildly unpopular these bands are in those states. we did some new research this week, that we've just released, 73% of americans do not want politicians interfering in their bodily autonomy. that includes a majority of republicans, independents, and white men. and donald trump supporters. so, we crossed the tab as much as we go to understand what was happening. there is a reason that governor cooper, said they're shoving these things quickly in the dark of night. and it's because they know how unpopular they are, and all of these states, took really unusual measures to pass these bills. south carolina's bill is very similar to one that was already blocked by their state supreme court. so, we shall see what happens, i have to commend governor cooper, he's not only been an incredible champion in his state, he's been incredible champion leading democratic governors across the country, as the head of the dgas. >> let's talk more about this, if we can, quickly, these things getting past. secretively and or, quote unquote, the dark of the night as the governor put it. you had, for instance, in the

state of north carolina, republicans they're getting their supermajority after one lawmaker there suddenly switched parties. and then subsequently, suddenly, switch their stance right on abortions overall. nebraska as, well republicans merging their abortion ban bill with gender affirming care, being able to subvert or go around the normal bill proposal process. what do you make of this? >> they can't get these things done with overwhelming majorities. they know how tenuous their support is, they see the same numbers we're hearing. they cannot untangle themselves from their extremist base. so, they are making deals, taking unusual measures, you know, combining in nebraska of abortion legislation with gender affirming care bands is really telling and underscores a really important point. which is opponents of these fundamental freedoms, freedoms for bodily autonomy, let's be clear, are unified in funded by

the same right-wing extremist organizations. the same dark money, the same funding, when i say that they cannot untangle them selves, these legislators, cannot detach themselves from their extremist base, this is what we're talking about. so, even though they have the polling in the data and the research, they're hearing from their constituents, they can't stop this. >> and then you have the domino effect, right, and how this can kind of affect health care overall, looking at this latest survey, out of -- university, over 50% saying, doctors, very unlikely or that they're unlikely, or very likely, to apply to our residency program. in a state with abortion restrictions, and more than three quarters, saying access to abortion care would influence where they would pursue their residency. >> you know, in states with abortion bans, we're already seeing hospitals close. we're seeing ob/gyn practices shut down. we're seeing distance in time, for folks to get to care increasing. and there's a reason for that. it's what you just laid out. >> as always, we appreciate you

joining us. on this. we thank you that wraps up for me, everybody, to be am eastern, right here on msnbc. symone starts right now. starts right now. greetings everyone, you are watching symone. them -- on again off again negotiations on the debt ceiling, off again for now. with only a few days left for congress to avoid economic catastrophe, the deadline clock is ticking. i will be joined by senator sheldon whitehouse. what he says -- and it's been a busy week in the effort to restrict women's rights to make decisions about their own bodies. from courts to state legislators, some disturbing developments. we will break down what it all means. and the republican field of candidates is expanding, governor