the american civil liberties union, which represents families and one of the lawsuits, has identified 5500 children separated at the border over the course of the trump administration, citing figures provided to it by the government. the number of families eligible under the potential settlement is expected to be smaller, people said, and government officials aren't sure how many will come forward. around 940 claims have so far been filed by the families, the people said. the potential payout could be $1 billion or more. that comes from the wall street journal, where the united states is in talks of hundreds of millions of families separated at the border. let's go back to our phone lines and talk to edward, calling from harrington, delaware on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for your format today. there are a couple of things i would like to talk about today. firstly, people need to understand the difference between climate and weather. they are two different things. weather is what you look out your window, go outside and experience, where climate

>> the aclu is the american civil liberties union and we serve to defend everybody's constitutional rightsof the views they hold and regardless of who they are. >> oh, shit! it's the mother (~bleep~) aclu? but why would they take this case? >> we're worried about the implications for everybody else. if you can't say (~bleep~) biden then you won't be able to say (~bleep~) trump. >> the future president. ted cruz. don, jr. ivanka trump. >> that's right. usually in our work, the people that we're representing are disfavored speakers or marginalized groups, "black lives matter" protesters, immigrants rights protesters and we recognize that in order to protect that speech we also need to protect speech we disagree with. >> the f-word plus biden was protected speech but the town's rules were equating the f word to the idea of people f-wording each other. was that also protected? >> the ordinance the city was trying to enforce deals with obscene content, pornography and nude at this and things like that but it can't p be attached to something that has political value. the test is about making sur

. >> alfonsi: lee gelernt is a lawyer with the american civil liberties union.paration. for two years, he's been working with local teams to help find the parents that were separated from their children and then, deported. >> gelernt: when we got the first list of children and there were children under a year old, six months old, hundreds-- we were shocked. i mean-- really shocked. >> alfonsi: i think a lot of people might think, "if someone took my child and s e ori-- i'd be at the u.s. embassy banging on the door to get my kid back." why aren't they banging on the doors of the embassy, saying, "i want my child back?" >> gelernt: one mother said to me, "i got up the courage to ask, 'where are you taking my child?' and they said, 'chicago.'" and she said, "i had no idea if that was a person, a place, a government agency. but i was too scared to ask a follow-up question." >> alfonsi: one of the parents his search team found in el salvador was this woman. her name is sulma, and she is the mother of those two boys we met in indiana. the stories of separated familie

. >> reporter: heather gatnarek, an attorney with the american civil liberties union of kentucky, sayson the books. >> if the supreme court were toerse roe, kentucky would immediately ban abortion in the states. >> reporter: does it have an exception for the health of the mother or rape or incest or something else? >> no. this is a blanket, across the board ban on abortion. >> reporter: no abortion. >> no abortion in kentucky. >> rep >> if you don't want your child, we will find pathwa ao making a choice for another life, and that's the life of the child. >> reporter: abortion rights advocates predict that while wealthy women will travel to states that allow legal abortion, poor women may resort to pre-1973 back-alley solutions. and dr. ernest marshall, who says he will have to close his clinic if "roe vs. wade" is overturned fears the worst for some of the one in four american women who choose abortion. >> one of my best friend's sister was pregnant and drank turpentine. it destroyed her liver and she died from that. these things will be revisited. >> reporter: could there ever be a c

has held leadership roles with the naacp and american civil liberties union. he is the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the hubert humphrey award for civil and human rightet something near and dear to my heart, herbert humphrey. in the u.s. state department eleanor roosevelt award. hmr. henderson earned his bachelors degree from howard university and his law degree rutgers. >> glad to have secretary of state adams join us from kentucky. he has been the secretary of state since 2020. he is here virtually with us today, glad he can be part of this hearing. previously served on the state board of elections in 2016 and served in that position until he was elected secretary of state. in 2007, secretary adams became his private practice in election law first and general counsel to the republican governors association, previously held positions with senator mcconnell, kentucky governor ernie fletcher and the department of justice and the bushst administration. he and his bachelors degree from the university of louisville, his law degree from harvard l

coalition of stake holders including the nation national education association and the american civil liberties union i enthusiastically support this the same when it comes before the house this week. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi seek>> i ask unanimous conse addr to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker i rise today to enco colleagues to join me in opposition to the on the bank americans and impose new regulations on our already banking system. first, it is not apparent that theional authority to monitor americans in this way. second, the american public does not support the expansion of inch r.s. bank data collection. recent polling with 67% of those polled opposed to the i.r.s. and withdrawal information. finally this would add another institutions after a historic year when banks and credit unions provided lifelines to and communities during the covid-19 this is bad for families, small businesses, and i hope my colleagueross the aisle will rekor their supp

the american civil liberties union, which represents families and one of the lawsuits, has identified0 children separated at the border over the course of the trump administration, citing figures provided to it by the government. the number of families eligible under the potential settlement is expected to be smaller, people said, and government officials aren't sure how many will come forward. around 940 claims have so far been filed by the families, the people said. the potential payout could be $1 billion or more. that comes from the wall street journal, where the united states is in talks of hundreds of millions of families separated at the border. let's go back to our phone lines and talk to edward, calling from harrington, delaware on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for your format today. there are a couple of things i would like to talk about today. firstly, people need to understand the difference between climate and weather. they are two different things. weather is what you look out your window, go outside and experience, where climate is

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