francisco opera kicks off the season with a modern and edgy take with a aubeloved clasc car mond carmonese are shows that the whole family can enjoy. chloe is back with her top picks. hi, good to see you. >> nice to see you too. >> good to see you, let's start with san francisco opera, those that love the classic, this is not the carmen they remember. >> it's not your grandmother's or any elderly's version of carmen. it's paired down, and hyper sexualized, and created for the stage by a bad boy director. and in fact, we have a clip for our viewers to watch. let's take a look now. [ opera singing ] >> so this version of the opera focuses on sort of male sexual aggression against women. at one point, there's a flag that is hoisted on a flag pole and the flag comes down and suddenly there's a woman up there that has been hoisted up there, it's pretty powerful stuff. >> and in fact, there's male nudity in this, which is rare for an opera. >> a few moments, but you don't often see that on the opera stage, for sure. >> carmen, a gritty version of it. >> a gritty version absolutely. it's a won

msnbc's irin carmon is with me and she's been following this story from the very beginning. and one of the points, and i know this has been interesting for those who have been following it closely, is the amount of data that the courts were asking for, to provide the facts about potential undue burden. and did texas provide the proper data? >> well, as i reported on n nbcnews.com over the weekend, a state employee in the aclu of texas accused texas of holding back official statistics that could have shown the impact of the law at stake. that isn't the only information we had, but texas said you had to wait to see what impact it had son women on the ground before really relying on other evidence. but what this opinion does, justice breyer relies heavily on public health researchers that testified on behalf of the clinics. and basically what they were saying is that texas says this law is going to make women healthier. it's going to protect women from clinics who might be predatory and so on. this is for women's own good. this strongly condemns that argument and says that the