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and i -- listen, i have great respect for barbara comstock on who she is and how she held office.a are not calm right now. the supreme court had an opportunity to stay this bill. and they didn't stay it. that is telling. that's why women are not calm right now. they are very upset over the idea that this is going to be allowed in any state in the united states. so is there middle ground? yeah. and the more extreme the republican party keeps becoming, and the next thing they're going to do -- missouri says they're going to copy it. they're going to probably do this on immigration. they'll have vigilantes, with a tip line, you can get $50,000 if you turn in an employer who hired someone who is illegal. that's going to happen unless we do something to stop the extremism in the name of vigilantism. this is the republican party that used to hate trial lawyers, used to hate the courts, and now they're using the courts. >> it's bad policy and it's bad law. if republicans are going to try to be todd akin republicans, claire is right, they will not succeed. we have a lot more larry hogans,

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barbara comstock is opposed to abortion but doesn't like what texas is doing. >> this is a flawed billi expect because these similar bills have been blocked before and i think fairly quickly this will be. so i think neither side is going to be pleased with where the court may come down. >> reporter: other states are passing similar laws. attorney general merrick garland pushing back today in a statement. he says the justice department is looking into all options to challenge texas sb-8 to protect women and their constitutional rights. this group tonight believes everyone needs to pay attention. >> not just the abortion that's under attack. also whether or not a woman has a right to birth control. >> reporter: in berkley, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> more than a week after hurricane ida hit, there are still half a million people without power in louisiana and mississippi. and for some, it won't be back on for weeks. this is video. you see the homes and businesses surrounded by mud and water. it is a mace. the hurricane made landfall last sunday. now there's a flash flood warning

has dipped from 44% down from 50% back in june and joining me former republican from virginia barbara comstockshould the president and his team be worried about these approval numbers? i hate to do the poll question first, but it's there. >> yes, but really because he needs to be worried about the covid numbers. covid is probably the biggest reason that president biden got elected. he's doing all that he can. he's got to step it up more. i like seeing dr. fauci even though it's a holiday weekend, making himself available to you and our audience to make sure people know how threatening this is. i do think that's at the root of this. i think the president analysis is right. we got to find way to protect ourselves and love our neighbors and get those vaccines in people's arms. a lot of it is combatting the misinformation. my hat is off to dr. fauci and you for confronting it so c candidly in that prior interview. >> congresswoman, i have to ask you, why is it that we're seeing these rates in trump country jumping off the map for covid and the low vaccination rate dounss down there, how do we get

pandemic and as mentioned former democratic senator claire mccaskill and former congresswoman barbara comstock will weigh in on the abortion lau. we hope you stick here and in 45 minutes tune into "meet the press" after thinewscast. >>> president joe biden has plans to visit new jersey and new york to survey the damage done by hurricane ida. on tuesday he will travel to queens, new york, and manville, new jersey, where the storm brought major flooding and killed nearly 50 people. the toll was the highest in new jersey where at least 25 people lost their lives. this week the president issued emergency declarations for new jersey and new york and that allows for federal aid to help there. >>> help with airline tickets has become a crucial need during the pandemic and many frustrated families have turned to our consumer team for help. all of them hit some sort of ticket turbulence before they even got to the airport. consumer investigator chris chmura is here with a silver lining in that dark cloud. >> reporter: here's a scenario. you booked a nonstop flight from sfo to honolulu that leaves aroun

. >> cnn political commentator scott jennings and former congresswoman barbara comstock of virginia. congresswoman comstock, i wonder what you make of this new reporting? >> well, i think the american people should thank vice president dan quayle, first of all. that was solid and good advice. none of this information is too surprising. what is happening now with these books and what will happen with the january 6th committee and the subpoenas and the texts and the emails that come from all of these people close to the president, we are going to see it in a lot more detail and, unfortunately, as we get more detail, it is going to look even more awful for donald trump because every time you think you're in the basement of awfulness with donald trump, there's another basement below it. but the great news, and i think that is coming out in these books and will come out in the hearings also, is that you had republican officials even within his own white house, certainly within his administration, who said no to him and you also had officials in arizona and georgia and other states who als