dr. george tiller was gunned down by scott roeder while attending church in wichita, kansas. tiller was 67. the film opens with the words of dr. torch tiller. >> i personally would prefer to have a stimulating, emotionally and spiritually rewarding career that is short rather than have a long and filled with mediocrity, feeling as if you don't make any difference to people. >> that was part of the nine- one-one call from the sunday morning in 2009 when dr. george tiller was shot to death while he attended church. the film, "after tiller" which has premiered at the sundance film festival, is about the colleagues he left behind. the four doctors depicted in the film have also braved threats, harassment, emotional weight of the stories they hear to provide women with a desperately needed medical procedure. we're joined now by the directors of "after tiller," lana wilson and martha shane. why did to make this film? what inspired you? >> it came from the news coverage surrounding dr. tiller's death. he survived an assassination attempt and literally went back to work the next day.

dr. george tiller. dr. tiller was also from kansas. he was born in wichita. s the son of a family doctor. he went to medical school in kansas. he joined the navy and became a flight surgeon. george tiller really wanted to become a dermatologist. but just as he was starting his residency, his parents were killed. and he ended up, unexpectedly, having to take over his father's family practice back home in his home town. turns out his father had been quietly offering abortions in wichita starting in the 1940s. and when he took over his father's practice, the younger dr. tiller realized that women still needed that service in wichita. by then it was the mid 1970s. because he made that choice to continue his father's practice, dr. george tiller became the target of the violent radical fringe of the anti-abortion movement. his clinic was bombed in 1986. the next day he moved his practice to a secret location and he kept going. five years later, in the summer of 1991, protesters began blockading his clinic. they chained themselves to the fence outside his clinic, blo

dr. george tiller who performed late term abortions.lm, one of the doctors say they have been at war since roe, except there is only one side that has been fighting. bret? >> bret: we usually hear from the president on this anniversary. what is the white house saying today? >> the president said today his administration continues to work toward minimizing the need for abortion. adding that the government should not intrude on private family matters and women should be free to make their own choices about their bodies and healthcare. >> bret: thank you. what are your thoughts on roe v. wade anniversary? let me know on twitter. follow me. @bretbaier. deep freeze hit the midwest. waves of arctic air sweeping the region, causing schools to shut down. frigid temperatures expected to play a role in three deaths so far. some of the oldest areas registered get this, 36-degrees below zero. politics was everywhere during the inauguration. even in the music. we'll explain. even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've been buying ragu for years. [

dr. george tiller practiced is set to reopen. that's coming up this spring.that case itself was so disruptive and disturbing for so many people that work within this industry. how hard has it been for that place to reopen and for the people that work there to actually feel safe to do what they're doing? >> enormous courage on the part of the people that work in clinics across this country, because they are there every day to provide care for women and in the case of kansas having to reopen a clinic so that women have access. women in rural america sometimes have to travel hundreds of miles to access this very basic common medical care, and again, what it boils down to is that we have to have people elected, whether it's a governor or legislators in the state or here in congress, that believe and trust women to make this decision and not politicians. so that is where the battle still rages, making sure women have access to this care across the country while still making sure that the politicians stay out of it. >> all right. today we mark that 40-year annivers