just to think about the layer's of loss that lucy mcbath has endured.ild who was shot to death by white man in a parking lot because he and his friends were clang loud music, right? and her story just shows these are the women, these are the situations where people are going to die when roe v. wade falls. we have access to safe abortion -inducing medicaon now. we did not before roe v. wad, but women in situations, especially black women of people of col in situions where they are losing pregnanc when they show up in a history and estate like -- in state like oklahoma and the medical staff don't know, is this person sick enough? are they dead and upper us to be able to terminate a pregnancy or they're not trained on how to end that pregnancy becae there is no legal abortion in the state and all the people who are trained on how to provide that care are not allowed to do that anymore. i'm not sure anyone is prepared for what happens when a country thatas theighest matnal mortaly rate in e develope world at a rate that is three times higher for black women

congresswoman lucy mcbath, joins me now.t's good to have you on the program, i feel as though i want to say what i said to fred guttenberg early in the week, i can imagine these weeks which are hard for everyone, obviously are particularly painful for someone who has suffered through tragedy like you have. >> thank you, chris, it's so good to be with you thank you for having me tonight. and as i've said before, every time we have these tragedies, it's a painful reminder, for me it's like a punch in the gut, that again and again, when we can really do something, put forth policies to keep our family safe. and instill, ten years since i lost my own son, we haven't done so, we haven't been able to get federal background checks for past the senate. and these are lifesaving measures, that people are just waiting for us to pass. i'm sad to say that i've talked to many people, that are so afraid to send their children off to school, afraid that they might not come home. so afraid that their kids are going on the leading to parties

then lucy mcbath moves in and challenges here. n presentity genteel -- bordeaux's biggest issue against mcbath seems to be why didn't you stay in the sixth district and fight it out there? >> i want to read part of "the new york times" analysis on this race. ms. mcbath, a black woman from the suburbs of atlanta embraced by some liberal organizations and senator elizabeth warren, but not typically seen as a left wing candidate. ms. bow droe appealed to those in central right territory. both represent in many ways parts of the sprawling biden coalition that democrats are straining to hold together heading into a challenging midterm election season. how much can democrats learn? how much should they read into how this race eventually goes tonight? >> i think what we've seen, we've been successful in building multiracial coalitions in georgia. the republicans saw that. in a 50/50 state they gerrymandered us out of power in the state. we're up against the repeated tactics, not just voter suppression, but gerrymandering that pitted these

amy: that was georgia congressmember lucy mcbath. after her stillrth, she gave birth to her son jordan davis. in 2012, jordan was shot dead by a white man over a dispute about loud music at a gas station in jacksonville, florida. jordan was just 17 years old. before joining congress, lucy mcbath became a leading advocate for gun control. when wcome back, we'll also talk to chase strangio about inclusive language around pregnancy. he is the aclu's deputy director for trans justice. and we will look at the escalating attacks on the lgbtq community. stay with us. ■■ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in a major development in the ongoing attacks on the lives of transgender people in the united states, alabama has become the first state in the nation to pass a law to make it a felony to provide gender-affirming medical care to trans youth. the law went into effect may 8 but it's been partially blocked by a federal judge. the law aims to ban the use of puberty blockers a

how do we make that sort of thank -- change happen. >> lucy mcbath joins us now. thanks for joining us. we appreciate having you here, congresswoman. yesterday, when you addressed your supporters, after winning your primary, you spoke about the shooting, right here at the school that i'm at, robb elementary and you said, i'm going to quote you, we cannot be the only nation where one party sits on its hands as children are forced to cover their faces in fear. how do you convince republicans, and convince people of that, but you don't have to convince people of that, the american people are on the side of tighter gun legislation, how do you convince republicans, particularly in the senate, to understand that and act on that? >> just the last week, we were having these very same discussions about the lives that were lost in buffalo, new york. i actually have family that live in that community. we just cannot afford these shootings to circulate in and out of our national dialogue, only to be forgotten before the next tragedy. these horrific acts of violence, you know,

and that was in georgia, lucy mcbath, in georgia. she ran on this issue because she had a child that was killed by a gun. she ran on this issue solely in a swing district in georgia. and she won. i think that politicians and people running for office need to take this on and quit talking about whatever student loans or all the other things and take on the major issues that face america and run on them. i think voters will get engaged. again, it's incumbent upon voters -- one of the thing i will say that is so disturbing about this, that i would think would be an easy fix, this guy, he turned 18 and walked down to a local store. he walked down to a local gun store, as far as i can tell, in uvalde. he went into a gun store and he could not go to the local bar and buy a shiner bock beer when he turned 18. but he could buy a gun at a gun store. that's insanity. >> and if he bought a beer at a bar and then got a d y, the bar owner could get charged if he hurt somebody. here is my last question. if someone-y wanted to run, this makes -- an

wade, which legalized abortion across the u.s., democratic congas member lucy mcbath made an emotional appeal wednesday highlighting how attacks on abortion rights can impact treatments available to patients who, like her come have experiences with miscarriage and stillbirth. she spoke at a meeting of the house judiciary committee. >> after which failed pregnancy should i have been imprisoned? would it have it after the first miscarriage? after doctors used what would be an illegal drug to abort the lost fetus? would you have put me in jail after the second miscarriage? perhaps that would have been the time most of forced to reflect confinement at the guilt i built, the guilt that so many women feel after losing their pregnancies, or would you have put me behind bars after my stillbirth? after i was forced to carry a dead fetus for weeks after asking god if i woes ever going to be able to raise a child and i asked because the same medicine used to treat my failed pregnancies is the same medicine states like texas would make illegal. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is dem

another winner tuesday was democratic congressmember lucy mcbath, who beat fellow congressmember carolyn bourdeaux. the two had to face each other due to redistricting. mcbath is a longtime gun control activist 217-year-old son jordan davis was shot dead by white man in 2012 after a dispute over loud music at a gas station in florida. in texas, the race between democratic congressmember henry cuellar and progressive challenger jessica cisneros is too close to call. the democratic establishment as well as aipac lined up behind cuellar who is an anti-choice, pro-gun democrat whose home was raided by the fbi in january. cisneros was endorsed by bernie sanders and elizabeth warren and new york congressmember alexandria ocasio-cortez. she's a supporter of medicare for all, the green new deal and reproductive rights. president biden has wrapped up his first trip to asia as president as tension remains high in the region. earlier today, south korea accused north korea of test launching three ballistic missiles, including a possible intercontinental ballistic missile. it was the 17th missile tes

issue polling showed to actually help us flip the house and help us all like moms demand action, lucy mcbath, a gun survivor to congress. it helped us flip both chambers of the assembly in 2019. so, we know that this is a pulling issue that resonates, particularly, with moms and women who are black. but everyone has a role to play in this. we have to use our voices and our votes when we go into the polling places in november and show our lawmakers that we will not accept inaction. we will not allow gun lobbyists to write our gun laws. >> when you go through your list of priorities, is banning high capacity assault weapons at the absolute top? because that sure seems to be the weapon of choice at the one that is the most disruptive in all of these mass shootings? >> absolutely. there are many things that this congress can do. and in, fact they have done their job. the past several pieces of legislation. the data shows us how to make laws on this issue. you, know if you see lawmakers-ing loss don't work, i kind of wonder why they are lawmakers in the first place. when we look at states in this

this is an interesting race between two incumbents, lucy mcbath and carolyn mudot, they were merged together, they both represented swing districts. that is what redistricting you do when you control it like republicans do in the state of georgia. another congressional race i'm watching is the texas 28 democratic congressional primary runoff. the initial primary in march. cuellar led in that primary. you need 50% plus one in the state of texas, like you do in georgia in order to avoid a runoff. cuellar is one of the most conservative democrats in congress, cisneros has been challenging him from the left. also in the state of texas, i'm interested in the attorney general primary runoff. here we have the incumbent ken paxton being challenged by george p. bush, the son of jeb bush. paxton led in the march primary. here donald trump is backing paxton, a bush kind of trump proxy war. in the state of arkansas, this is just a little fun race, sarah huckabee sanders the former press secretary to donald trump, she is being backed by him, and sanders is the daughter of former governor mike huckabee, s

. >> that was georgia congressman, lucy mcbath discussing the inaction on gun safety measures on theoting -- failed to strengthen background checks on gun purchases. five years later, after the school shooting in parkland, florida, a plan to pass the red flag law did not even make it to the floor for vote. over and over again, congress has failed to find solutions to address america made mass shootings. as the hill reports, quote, enacting any bill will be tough. the evenly split, 50/50 senate require support from at least ten republicans to overcome a filibuster, and republicans have not shown support to -- after ten years of failure over gun safety has taught us, back with me to discuss, msnbc analysts tyler pager and for the washington post. tyler, what is on the table right now for gun safety legislation? >> senate democrats are trying to begin conversation with their republican counterparts to find a path forward. alicia, as you outlined, there has been a past forward. there is a lot of pessimism that there will be a path for this time. despite the tragedy, they are trying to fi

you have lucy mcbath, considered the progressive candidate with a big national name recognition and aict thus far. voters have a clear choice, a clear contrast between two of the main candidates. so we'll see what happens tonight. >> let me sneak one more in because of the governor's race and secretary of state's race. herschel walker running for the republican senate nomination in georgia, gets a little less attention. we assume he's going to win tonight and not have a run off, but walk us through those dynamics. >> yeah. it looks like herschel walker is going to win without the need of a runoff. if he wins outright and governor kemp runs outright, how do they form a gop ticket? especially because herbalschel walker supports the big lie. neither of those are true for kemp. >> i'm going to bring up this attorney general, republican runoff. it's not a primary. you have the incumbent -- george p. bush came in a distant second. now two candidates to get somebody above 50%. this is the bush name. his uncle was the governor. his father was trump nemesis and defeated in the 2016 primaries,

this fall but the other ways i wanna talk about real quick is bordeaux, and lucy mcbath. we're gonna end up losing a great deal of congress, no matter what. >> that is such a shame. their two solid candidates and one of them is gonna be no longer in congress. thank you very much. and that's it. that's tonight's read out. thank you for joining us from beautiful atlanta and all in with chris hayes starts now. tiful atlanta and all in with chr is hayes starts now. >> tonight on all in. >> brian kemp is a turncoat. he's a coward, and is a complete and total disaster. >> as republicans prepared to go to the polls in georgia, it's trump versus pence. the former president, backing one candidate for governor, the former vice president backing another. tonight, the future of democracy in georgia is on the ballot. and why for trump, it's personal. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes. >> the impact of the threat to abortion, as texans head to the polls. and news tonight the january six committee will only hold six public hearings next month. committee member, jamie raskin, i'll ask

know if he's gonna win this fall but the other ways i wanna talk about real quick is bordeaux, and lucy mcbathess, no matter what. >> that is such a shame. their two solid candidates and one of them is gonna be no longer in congress. thank you very much. and that's it. that's tonight's read out. thank you for joining us from beautiful atlanta and all in with chris hayes starts now. tiful atlanta and all in with chr is hayes starts now. >> tonight on all in. >> brian kemp is a turncoat. he's a coward, and is a complete and total disaster. >> as republicans prepared to go to the polls in georgia, it's trump versus pence. the former president, backing one candidate for governor, the former vice president backing another. tonight, the future of democracy in georgia is on the ballot. and why for trump, it's personal. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes. >>

you see, joe biden signed legislation that our friends lucy mcbath and carolyn porto and jon ossoff andney that came to the state and brian kemp is traveling around here handing it out with his name on the card. >> voting rights is an incredibly big issue in this state. you have record numbers when it comes to early voting turnout. over 150,000 georgians voted early. that's up to hundred 12% compared to the 2020. republicans are pointing to that and saying hey remember when democrats for saying that voting rights were going to be restricted here and our law that we pass was highly contentious, controversial. you had businesses leading the state. clearly there and restrictions here. democrats and dc abrams talked about this specifically last night. they said no, just because we worked harder to mobilize more voters and we worked harder to get around the hurdles. it doesn't mean the hurdles are not still there. stacey abrams has focused heavily on this over the years. continues to sow focus on the think there is a lot of work to be done in georgia because they believe that there is a larg

you see, joe biden signed legislation that our friends lucy mcbath and carolyn bordeaux, and john ossoffand raphael warnock put into law money that came to this state and brian kemp is traveling around him handing out with his name on the card. >> and that stood up to me a lot last night because stacey abrams mentioned an attack camp specifically at least three times, listening to it you could've easily forgotten that he is not yet the official nominee but that gives you a sense of where things are when you look at the polls. how little of an effect trump's endorsement has had four former senator david porto. >> it gives you a sense of -- democratic side that they're coming at the fact that they're up against kamala camped. alison barber as always, great to talk to my friend, thank you. i want to bring greg bluestein, -- constitution, greg is always thank you for joining us out of the georgia primary there. is a few things that we're talking through here of course ellison was walking us through those things, i want to time john governor camp, governor toil race as well, your most recent

this is interesting.st lucy mcbath, if youing. remember she ran in newt gingrich'sat old seat about two years ago. i mean, this is a ruby red republican northwest of atlanta, georgia, you know. well, sean and they hadng the, the demographics change in that part of the peache stat . well, then they went through a redistricting and elusive mcbath shifted over to congressional district seven and she looks like she's going to win now in the northeastern sector of atlanta. atlanta's just another se one we're watching on the map tonight . so that's where weto stand right now. by the way, if you want to know, sean, i can share this with you in pennsylvania because i think the last timehe that you and i were together one week ago okay, got it here. here is mehmet at four hundred eighteen thousand eight hundred and five votes as of now right there still looking at these votes in pennsylvania. it could be fore some . this is david mccormick at four hundred and seventeen thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.e quick easy math says about ni

so you do have this contested race which we've written about this morn between lucy mcbath and lisa boardt trump could split the difference. you said herschel walker was challenging warknock in the fall. but with stacey abrams, right, she's in the cross-hairs of president trump because he was not willing to go along with the big lie. but because of his front-runner status, the best his opponents could hope for is probably that he doesn't win out right and they could force a runoff. which would really only delay the inevitable. former vice president mike pence said that he would be stumping for kemp ahead of tuesday's election and so with trump supporting his rival david perdue, this is probably looking to be quite the showdown. but again, kemp and abrams are already acing like -- >> thank you all very much for your insight this morning. and over the next few days we're going to have much more from elise's fascinating focus group. i love these. these are out of georgia and we're going to continue to show them to you as we count down to tuesday's primary election. we're going to hear the vo