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health policy research organization kff studies abortions impact on the race. and in the last 2 years things have changed. researcher ashley kurt singer tells me right after the supreme court decision they saw a peak in voters naming abortion is a top issue and definitely decreased since but there is a significant share. it's about one in 10 voters. >> who still say abortion is their most important issue. and she says the demographics of those voters have shifted. now the single issue, abortion voters are more likely to be democrats. the more likely to be younger and more likely to be women. so she says the question is if they do become one of those issues driving them to the polls on election day in washington, i'm hannah brandt. >> the last remaining dennis in san francisco has close on august. first, the dennis on mission street shut down after 25 years. a spokesperson didn't comment on why exactly they made the decision, but they did say it wasn't an easy one to make customers craving. a grand slam can still get one at the airport boulevard. dennis in south

she continues her policy work with kff, coldly tell strategy group for the aspen institute answers a numerous corporate boards. and to her left, alex azar, served as the 20 -- >> to my left. [laughing] >> you are both to my left today. alex azar serves served h hhs secretary from 2018-2021. secretary azar that many accomplishments as secretary that above all he deserves enormous credit for the success of operation warp speed which delivered covid-19's vaccines and therapeutics in record time. he is going natural professor at university of miami, is obama numerous policy organizations including the bipartisan policy center future of healthcare advisory group and he serves on numerous boards. please join me in welcoming secretary sebelius and secretary azar. [applause] >> so we'll start with secretary sebelius is then go to secretary azar. can you just start and talk about the importance of this issue? and you have joint op-ed, why you chose of this issue to do a joint op-ed? >> while, thank you first of all for organizing this and i think the phrase that you use, a strong bipartisan s

health policy research organization kff studies abortions impact on the race. and in the last 2 years things have changed. researcher ashley kurtz singer tells me right after the supreme court decision they saw a peak in voters naming abortion is a top issue and was definitely decreased since but there is a significant share. it's about one in 10 voters. >> who still say abortion is their most important issue. and she says the demographics of those voters have shifted. now the single issue, abortion voters are more likely to be democrats. they're more likely to be younger and more likely to be women. so she says the question is if they do become one of those issues were driving them to the polls on election day in washington, i'm hannah brandt. >> the federal election interference case against former president trump has been delayed until september today. a judge granted an extension requests from special counsel jack smith in court filings, prosecutors say that they're still working through the consequences of the supreme court decision. the granted trump brou

health policy research organization kff studies abortions impact on the race.the last 2 years things have changed. researcher ashley kurtz singer tells me right after the supreme court decision they saw a peak in voters naming abortion is a top issue and was definitely decreased since but there is a significant share. it's about one in 10 voters. >> who still say abortion is their most important issue. and she says the demographics of those voters have shifted. now the single issue, abortion voters are more likely to be democrats. they're more likely to be younger and more likely to be women. so she says the question is if they do become one of those issues were driving them to the polls on election day in washington, i'm hannah brandt. >> on sunday, vice president kamala harris is expected to be in the bay area. she is holding a fundraising event in san francisco for the first time since becoming the democratic nominee for president. according to her campaign website, that fundraiser is sold out the time and location have not yet been announced. still ahead, a

and there's some really great polling that's been done by kff that shows that largely don't know what the abortion laws are in their home states. and then you on this this fear, this sense that, well, my state did say it's illegal and here i am trying to get one. what if i am breaking the law? we don't know what our health care like. we don't know all sorts of things. it is a lot to ask someone to be able to keep track of these drastically changing laws and what the punishments are and who is covered by and who is not. and they change frequently. they change constantly. i was in florida a couple of weeks ago and i remember hearing people calling the clinic on the phone to figure out what the abortion law was there because they just switched to a six week ban. they did not know florida had switched when they tried to understand the different laws in north carolina versus virginia. they were really confused. they didn't understand why i had to wait and go to visit separately in north carolina, but not in virginia. but the appointment is closer in north carolina. but in virginia, i could

survey of almost 4,000 women of reproductive age across the united states, done by health policy group kff. >> now, overall, they find about 14% of women in this sample report we're having had an abortion and that's fairly similar across party lines from republicans to democrats and women who don't report being part of either party. now, they also note that attitudes and fears about access to abortion have changed a lot after roe v. wade was overturned they say in this poll that about two thirds of imane are concerned that they are someone close to them would not be able to get an abortion if they needed them to preserve their life or health. 64% are concerned that abortion bans may affect the safety of a future pregnancy and gate already 8% of people in this poll said that they had difficulty accessing needed abortion, and that was 13% and in states with abortion bans, now, they also surveyed women's attitudes toward policy on abortion, 70% of women in this survey support a nation wide right to abortion across political lines. you also see a majority of women of reproductive age saying th

health policy research organization kff studies abortions impact on the race and in the last 2 yearshave changed. researcher ashley kurtz singer tells me right after the supreme court decision they saw a peak in voters naming abortion is a top issue and has definitely decreased since but there is a significant share. it's about one in 10 voters who still say abortion is their most important issue. and she says the demographics of those voters have shifted. now the single issue, abortion voters are more likely to be democrats. they're more likely to be younger and more likely to be women. so she says the question is if they do become one of those issues were driving them to the polls on election day in washington, i'm hannah brandt. >>for the first time ever, the national debt broke. 35 trillion dollars this week. and economic experts say that amount of financial baggage will soon be unsustainable. washington correspondent trevor shirley is in dc with more. >>for years, lawmakers have kicked the can down the road when it comes to the national debt. and now some in congress say we're a