scofield was outraged. he demanded that mckie name his source, and when he refused ordered him arrested. lincoln gently reprimanded the general. not for violating freedom of the press. that would have been too much. for upsetting the political apple cart. he said "i fear this loses you the middle position i desired you to occupy in missouri." keep in mind, missouri is a state teetering between the south and the north with a lot of bloodshed and a lot of ab gags of civil liberties. i care little for any letters i've written. please spare me the trouble this is likely to bring. scofield's answer was, he has to be arrested. he has to be restrained. so lincoln said, okay, there is an apparent impropriety. but it's still a case where no evil could result and i am entirely willing to overlook. finally knox was sent free. as lincoln had written scofield in a letter that started the whole business, the one that was published -- it's a good thing to have published in a way because they reflect his overall policy on

. >> that was alabama state senator clay scofield responding to public outcry over a bill he's sponsoring that would require women seeking abortions to undergo either an abdominal or transvaginal ultrasound. he said he'd clarify the language and leave the method of the ultrasound up to the woman. virginia republicans retreated another step today on a similar bill after governor mcdonald's retreat last week on that same bill. today the virginia senate decided to delay its vote on that vote indefinitely. the bill no longer requires an invasive procedure but does require a woman to undergo ultrasound imaging before any abortion in virginia. joining me now is democratic national committee chair, florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. thank you very much for joining me tonight. i want to show you a clip of darrell issa, who famously held that hearing on contraception last week with no women witnesses. let's hear what he says about

scofield's answer was, he has to be arrested. he has to be restrained. so, lincoln said, okay, there is an apparent impropriety but still a case where no evil could result and i am entirely willing to overlook. finally knox was set free. as lincoln wroetd scofield in the one that started the whole business, the one that was published, because they reflect his overall policy in all the border states. let your military measures be strong enough to repel the invader and keep the peace but not so strong as to necessarily harass and persecute the people. this included editors. you'll only arrest individuals and suppress newspapers when they be working palpable injury to the newspaper. still wiggle room. the army had incredible maneuvering ability in the areas under their control. but lincoln was changing. he was willing to assume the worst in 1861 when threat of succession by border states was highest. he called great calmness, and forbearance. but the rest was yet to come in in 1864, here in new york, the one incident in which he took personal possession of

late today the bill sponsor, clay scofield, says he will amend the legislation. >> the portion that ilarify that i think people say this is infringing on the rights of women is the vaginal transducer because of the language either/or. i want to make sure we leave that up to the women's choice, clarify the language. >> turn to joy-ann reid, msnbc contributing and terry o'neill, president of the national organization for women. thanks to both of you for joining us tonight. joy-ann, your response to this? >> unbelievable that he would -- that this state representative would even introduce the word "choice" in what he is doing, saying the state has the right to literally in you bodily but give you a chance how it's done, from the belly or vaginally, we'll give you the choice. this is coercion. this is states and not just alabama, same thing happening in pennsylvania, texas has passed a law extremely ownerous in making it difficult for women to make this decision on their own without essentially being sort of coerced by saying you have to watch this image. you can look away and close your

you know then that crew from that fox news show prison break broke out of prison i mean michael scofield the big character of that show must be working for al qaeda because they're breaking out of prison like every week and lo and behold they break out of prison as soon as the yemeni government wants more counterterrorism funding so you know this is a very complicated game and i think that you know american officials are quite arrogant when they meet with the leaders of very poor countries and i think they always thought they were smarter than sully and he's a better chess player than john brennan and the other american officials he deals with well what do you think at the end of the day right because a lot of this has to do and i being a vicious circle right they don't like the fact and i don't blame them rightly so that u.s. airstrikes are killing civilians and wreaking havoc right in yemen on local populations at the same time they see sol a allowing this to happen backing it and so they end up going elsewhere for now might think going to the al qaeda in the arabian peninsula but do y

office telling us governor bent lay's office communicated the governor's examination to senator scofield'sffice. governor bentley supports a requirement for a non-invasive ultrasound to be performed before a pregnancy could be terminated. the forced vaginal probe ultrasound is not just a virginia story. it's also an alabama and pennsylvania story where the legislature is considering an ultrasound bill that because of how specific the requirements are around images and sound, would also pretty much mandate vaginal probes by order of the state. the pennsylvania bill also mandates that the doctor or technician performing the state mandated ultrasound position the screen so that it in the woman's sight line during the procedure. it's mandated by law that it be pointed at your face. but hey ladies, according to the law you're not required to view the screen. so, to be clear the state of pennsylvania would in this case by law mandate a vaginal probe ultrasound, and the state of pennsylvania would mandate that the results of the ultrasound be pointed at your face but the state of pennsylvania wil

late today, the bill's sponsor republican state senator clay scofield says he will amend the legislation portion that i want to clarify that i think, that people say this is the vaginal trans-ducer because of the language either/or. i want to leave that up to the woman's choice. >> turn to joy-ann reid and terry o'neill, president of the national organization for women. thanks to both of you for joining us tonight. joy-ann, your response to this? >> unbelievable this state representative would introduce choice and say the state has the right to literally invade you bodily but we'll give you a choice how that is done, from the belly or vaginally, there is no choice here, this is coercion, this is not just alabama, same thing happening in pennsylvania, texas passed a law, extremely onerous and making it difficult for women to make this decision on their own without essentially being sort of coerced by saying well you have to watch this image, you can look away and close your eyes, you have to listen to the heart beat, you have to do all these things to shame and coerce women into giving bi