i talked to amy mcgrath, a retired marine lieutenant colonel. she is pushing the white house on this. here is what she had to say about the obligation she thinks the government owes to these veterans. >> if the v.a. doesn't step up in these states, then the federal government is not taking care of those of us, veterans, who fought for our country and fought for our rights. and now just had a basic right taken away. reporter: i also spoke to congresswoman julia brown. she told me that she is also pushing the white house and the administration on this. since the decision came down, she has been speaking repeatedly to v.a. secretary dennis mick anna and has been asking him to move forward on this. judy: what have you learned what the administration thinks about this? reporter: secretary dennis mcdonough has talked about this with congress as recently as april. before the decision came down. he said our statute would allow us to provide abortion services. we do not provide abortion services pursuant to rule making. today, i asked white house press s

we're back with the reverend al sharpton and amy mcgrath, whose group, the american sos project we wereking to elect secretaries of state who don't back the big lie. in normal times, amy, it would be a weird thing to have to separate out, where for the people who aren't for the big lie that incited a deadly insurrection. but here we are. i want to ask you about this florida as a laboratory for the most maga-like policies being quickly and alarmingly efficiently put into practice and put into law. what does the -- because you're on the ground in the states, what does the state-by-state pushback and campaign against that look like? >> well, i think people are alarmed. i mean, you know, here in kentucky, people don't like these types of things. what i am really concerned about are military families. you know, a lot of the military are based in some of these states, nicole, particularly in florida. i know that the air force already has instituted a program through the exceptional family member program where they're literally trying to protect military family members who are -- happen to be

please welcome amy mcgrath. and the next guest was with the fbi and some of the experiences please welcome kathy stearman. can you here me? amy is going to let me ask the first question and i think you'll love it, first of all, i want to say thank you, amy, for everything you've done for our country and service, and for all the young women who follow you and all the little girls who can look at amy and not ask the question will i be able to do that and those girls can say, no, i can do that and that's because of amy so give her a big hand for that. thank you. [applause] >> so my first question is this, for me and the people in this room, we'll never fly an f-18. the closest is watching the new tom cruise movie and he's not really flying the plane. i want to know and amy touched on in her book what it's like to fly an f-18, but i want to know more, i want to know how it feels vicerally. do you want to scream and vomit and stomach come out of your throat? tell me, i want to know. >> and thank you for that kind intr

please welcome amy mcgrath. [applause] >> our next guest spent more than six years as a special agent with the fbi and today sherecounts some of the exchanges that shape your life . please welcome kathy stearman. >> you can hear me. i can tell you can hear me. so amy is going to let me ask the first question and icethink you all are going to love it but i want to say amy, thank you for everything you've done for our country .and for all that you've done for young women who follow you and all those little girls can look at amy and not ask the question will i be able to do that, will i be able to fly that f/a-18? those little girls can say i can do that. and that'sbecause of amy. give her a big hand for that . so my first question is this. for me and for i would say most people in this room we are never going to fly an f/a-18. probably the closest we're ever going to come iswatching the new time cruise movie where he's not really flying the plane . so i really want to know and amy touched on this in her book about

please welcome amy mcgrath. [applause] the next guest spent more than 26 years as a special agent with the fbi and today recounts some ofth the global experiences that shaped her life. please welcome. [applause] you can hear me. i can tell you can hear me. so, amy is going to let me ask the first question and i think you will love it but first i want to sayay to you thank you r everything you've done for the country, for your service. and for all that you've done for young women who follow you and to all those little girls who can look at amy and not ask the question will d i be able to do that, will i be able to fly that, those little girls can say i can do that. and that's because of amy so give her a big hand for that. [applause] so, my first question is this. for me and i would say for most people in this room, we are never going to fly an f818. probably the closest we will come as watching the tom cruise movie where he is not really flying the plane. so i really want to know, and amy touched on this a littl

love of country baseball and from the age of 12 a fascination with fighter jets, please welcome amy mcgrath oh. our next guest spent more than 26 years as a special agent with the fbi in today's your recounts some of the global experiences that shaped her life, please welcome kathy stearman. so can yes, you can hear me i can tell you can hear me. so amy is going to let me ask the first question and i think you all are going to love it. but first of all, i just want to say to you amy. thank you for everything that you've done for our country for your service and for all that you've done for young women who follow you and all those little girls who can look at amy and and not ask the question. will i be able to do that? will i be able to fly that fa 18 those little girls can say no i can do that and that's because of amy. so give her a big hand for that. thank you. so my first question is this for me and for i would say most people in this room. we are never going to fly an fa 18, right? probably the closest we're ever going to come is watching the new tom cruise movie where he's not really f

now, today, i talked to amy mcgrath. retired marine lieutenant colonel and a 2018 democratic senate candidate, and she's pushing the white house on this. and here's what she had to say about the obligation she thinks the government owes to these veterans. >> if the va doesn't step up and provide these health care services in these states where abortion health care services are now banned, then the federal government and va is not then taking care of those of us who are women veterans who, frankly, fought for our country, fought for our rights in our constitution, and now have just had a basic right taken away. laura: now, like mcgrath, i also spoke to congresswoman julia brownley, and she's on the veterans affairs committee in the house. and she told me that she is also pushing the white house and the administration this, and that since the roe decision came down, that she has been speaking repeatedly to va secretary denis mcdonough and has been asking him to move forward on this. judy: and so, laura, what have you learn