of the affordable care act that would be in obamacare but a big reason it's not is because of cecil richardscans tried to kill the affordable care about, cecil helped make sure that wouldn't happen keeping democrats and some republican women, too, in line to ensure the aca would survive. cecil richards is famous because of planned parenthood but she's a living road map how to do activism way more than people think you can. joining us now is planned parenthood president cecil richards, the author of "make trouble." hi. good to see you. >> nice to see you, too. >> am i right to see this as a model for how to live an activist life? >> well, i think it's a little bit of a call to action and it's a book i wrote because so many people after the last election said what do i do? the answer is do more than you ever thought you could. but i hope it's also, yes, a story about being an activist. you can make change. you can make people's lives different. you can also find a lot of joy and meet amazing people along the way. i don't know. i hope it inspires people to do something they never thought they w

click, call, or visit an xfinity store today. >>> back with us is planned parenthood president cecile richardsof "make trouble: standing up, speaking out and finding the courage to lead," which is just out. cecile, thank you again for being here. congratulations on this. you were just talking about the fact that planned parenthood a year ago you might not have been able to say with confidence that planned parenthood would still be here, given the attacks on it from the political right in this country. given the peril that planned parenthood is in an ongoing way, are you taking a big risk by leaving now? is that part of the reason you're leaving? >> oh, god, no. and i feel like look, planned parenthood has been around 100 years. we'll be around 100 more. and this administration will go away at some point. i think the important thing is actually and ironically for some of the reasons that you were mentioning earlier, i think planned parenthood is stronger today than it has ever been. in fact, we've added of course more than a million and a half new supporters since the trump administration came

cecil richards wrote a book what she's most famous for but more substantively and at a level of granular and instruct tiive det she's wrote a book how to live your life as a political activist, how to live your life as an activists that clocks up wins all the time in surprising circumstances when the rodds ar stacked against you. this is something she knows a lot about. young organizer helped lead a campaign to unionize janitor staff in l.a. and help her mom become the first woman elected governor of texas in the bush years when progressives were searching for a platform to coal bat the george w. bush administration, she got 42 of the largest progressive organizations to work together on a big voter registration effort. as the president of planned parenthood, she's fended off a threat of republicans and democrats that got close to

cecil richards is no stranger to controversy.vist of planned parentho parenthood, and she's got a new book just published about her life appropriately titled "make trouble." please welcome cecil richards in the house on "the van jones show." welcome, welcome. >> thank you. >> well, first of all i actually read the book. >> i'm so honored. >> and more importantly i audio booked it, so i actually heard you read the whole book. >> with my texas accent and everything. >> and listen, there were times i was tearing up on the airplane and everything. people have been talking about you behind your back, and i'm going to tell it to your face, you picked the wrong time to leave us cecil. you know who's in the white house? why did you decide to leave now? well, as you said earlier i'm not leaving in a sense. i'm stepping aside from the job i've had for 12 years in planned parenthood because i think the organization is as strong as it's ever been and i want to be 100% focused to your last segment, getting every single person we can registere

see seal cecile richards. cecile richards. this time, it's his turn.e 4.3 minutes to yourself. this calls for a taste of cheesecake. philadelphia cheesecake cups. rich, creamy cheesecake with real strawberries. find them with the refrigerated desserts. >>> after planned parenthood became a major issue in the 2016 xa campaign, ended up on the losing side, how has the organization survived under president trump? now the lock-time head of the organization, cecile richards who's stepped down has written a new memoir about her experiences. she joins me now. "make trouble, standing up, speaking out and finding the courage to lead." congratulations on the book. it is great to see you here. >> good to see you, too. >> what is your mission now? as you've written in the book anned a you see yourself somewhat freed from the obligations of -- >> the day to day -- >> day to day obligations of running an organization. you're your own person in every way now. >> i've been so proud to be at planned parenthood for 12 years. we have more supporters now than ever. we've

in january she announced she will step down, this morning cecile richards joins us to talk about that decision and her new book. thank you for being here. so you are not stepping down to stepping aside, first what is next? >> the organization, we just celebrated the 100th anniversary and we are stronger than ever. many in the fight to defend access to planned parenthood we have gained 2 million new supporters in the last year so i feel good about where we are. there is a lot to do to defend the rights of women to get affordable healthcare. i will always be in that but this time i am letting someone else take the reins.>> in times of struggle like when the government threatens to defund planned parenthood does that make it harder or easier?>> well, it actually drew attention to a lot of planned parenthood patients. we serve one in five women in this country. so of course hundreds of thousands of women have been calling congress doing all these kinds of things to defend access and we are really proud, two weeks ago fox news national polls showed planned parenthood was the most popular o

in her new memoir, planned parenthood cecile richards said she met with the couple while he was president-elect did not go along with that. >>> the philadelphia "enquirer" reports a judge ruled the amount of bill cosby's payout to a woman claiming he sexually assaulted her can be revealed during his retrial. cosby is accused of assaulting constand at her home in 2004. the judge also ruled previously banned witnesses or least one witness can testify that constand hat allegedly talked about framing a celebrity. >>> and the "times of london" says 96-year-old prince philip is in the hospital for hip surgery. buckingham palace says queen elizabeth's husband was admitted to the london hospital yesterday. the surgery is sch for today, and the prince has missed several public events including an easter sunday church service. >>> still to come, trade-in. another retailer is helping out with gift cards after the shutdown from the toy store. l you something? licking, scratching, scooting, and rubbing may be signs of allergic itch, a medical condition that may require treatment. that's why there's prescrip

does that mean cecil richards running for office?s to make sure that women are not only running for office, but they are registered to vote and that they're turning out in november. i think women have the opportunity to change the landscape and change the direction of america. >> make trouble. >> yeah. >> you said make trouble never ends. . >>> "make trouble" is on sale tomorrow. highways in los angeles are splitting up bobcat communities. and lizard limbs have changed to better grip concrete and metal in puerto rico. an urban ecologist will be here to show >>> a great looking start to the work week. we have a few thin clouds out there this morning with a bit of a breeze on the coast. your afternoon highs today will be slightly above average, low 70s for a lot of the bay area and at the beaches and bay, temperatures in the low to mid-60s. overall pretty comfortable. we will have this type of weather for the next few days and then the next chance of rain arrives on thursday night with pretty good rainfall. the yt of charles darwin tha

the outgoing president of planned parenthood cecile richards is also here tonight.g to hear from her. and later, now it's been awhile, agate back in my van, yes, van in the van. get it? because my name is van -- never mind. this time i go to wisconsin, the state that shocked everybody in 2016. it voted for trump,

. >> women runs for office, does that mean cecile richards is running for office?ver say never, but i'm really excited in the next few months to make sure women are not only running for office but they're registered to vote and they're turned out in november. i think women have the opportunity to change the landscape and change the direction of america. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning: saturday." i'm anthony mason. >> and i'm dana jacobson. coming up this hour, a teenager trapped undergroujd in the maze of the los angeles sewer system. how he survived. >>> coming up, a brand-new springtime league is launching next year. this morning we'll reveal which city is getting the first franchise. >>> and they are the doors that once gave privacy to members of the doors, not to mention jimi hendrix, bob dylan, and other pop culture legends. we'll show you how a man once living on the street got ahold of them and how they could be yours. that's ahead. >>> first, our top story this half hour, a loomifallout of a looming trade war between china and the u.s. the chinese governm

now, president of planned parenthood federation of america and planned parenthood action fund cecile richardanding up ex, speaking out." the timing of your book could not be more perfect. >> thanks, great to be here. >> what lessons can women get from reading your book about doing exactly that? because i feel like there is such a hunger for this message. >> absolutely. i just got off two weeks of book tour where women are coming out everywhere. i think women are the most powerful political force in the country right now. not only taking action but also running for office in record numbers. so this is a handbook on not only my own memoir, you know, having this firsthand look at what it means to run for office. >> incredible story, your mom. what do they ask you? >> i think mainly what women want to know is how can i make a difference. so i think that's really the theme of this. it can be something big or small. i think this is the time for women to do more than they ever thought possible. we're seeing women turn out in record numbers as voters. i was back in texas. 58% of the primary voters w

richard conway, bbc news. one of america's most influentialjazz pianists, cecil taylor, has died at the age of 89. known for the physicality of his playing — at times using his fists or palms. with his distinctive percussive style he challenged jazz tradition and launched the free jazz movement. this his him playing in 1973. exuberant jazz plays. earlier i spoke with philip freeman, a freelance journalist for the wire magazine. he interviewed cecil taylor in 2016. he says cecil taylor wasn't so much a rebel but created his own style within the jazz tradition. he started playing the piano aged six. i mean, he was classically trained, a complete master of the keyboard. i think that is one of the most common misconceptions about taylor, that he was some sort of iconoclast or rebel against jazz tradition, when, in fact, he loved more traditional players like duke ellington. he was very much on his own path. he was creating his own music. but fitting it within a much broader artistic tradition. for those who'd never witnessed him play, i just want to give this example of a video that i saw — you can se

richard conway, bbc news. one of america's most influentialjazz pianists, cecil taylor, has died at the age of 89.or the physicality of his playing, at times using his fists or palms. with his distinctive percussive style he challenged jazz tradition and launched the free jazz movement. let's hear a bit of that. exuberant jazz plays. philip freeman is a freelance journalist for the wire magazine, and founder of burning ambulance, an arts and culture website and podcast. in 2016 he interviewed cecil taylor, and hejoins us now. we described him as using fists and using his hands or whatever, but he was controlled. he knew what he was doing? yes. he started playing the piano aged six. he was classically trained, a complete the keyboard —— master of the keyboard. that is one of the most common misconceptions about taylor, that he was some sort of iconoclast or rebel againstjazz tradition, when in fact he loved more traditional players like duke ellington. he was very much on his own path. he was creating his own music. but fitting it within a much broader artistic tradition. for those who never witnes