>> thank you, maria teresa, for that question.now, a lot of us have been mobilizing around this since 2016, let's be honest. it became crystal clear after the oral arguments from last november when they heard the rhetoric from the extreme judges on the court. we have been planning. we are focusing on mobilization, our education, communicating with our membership, making sure our folks are ready for this moment and finding a way to catalyze the fear, anger, and frustration of american voters into action this fall. you asked me a question about my emotions. a lot of us do this professionally for a living. you still have to step back and realize that, i a person of color, immigrant, a brown woman, from texas, where my friends and family have already lost access to abortion since the s v eight, i was left unchallenged by the court. it has been really hard. it has been really hard to hear these stories. i had to go with a bunch of friends from houston to hear it in realtime. i was hearing stories about abortion care being shut down mid

with us tonight, two of our favorite msnbc contributors, maria teresa kumar president and ceo of votoo, and michael steele, former chair of the republican national committee and former lieutenant governor of the state of maryland. maria, you heard matthew dowd. is the democratic party more centre than people realize? or more center than democrats -- excuse me -- then republicans would want to realize? >> you had it right the first time. >> [inaudible] what we saw in san francisco last night was incompetence unfolding. and democrats saying we want competence. it wasn't because it was promoting bail bonds. bail bond reform. because that happened in houston, to great well [ -- he wasn't able to fix what people wanted. this idea of feeling insecure when you go outside, and cleaning up the city. it was basic things that wasn't happening in san francisco that the voters got fed up. this was also, remember, a recall election, where the board of education was not meeting the moment that people wanted their kids in school. instead, they were talking about something completely off the books. it

with us tonight, two of our favorites, msnbc contributors maria teresa kumar, and michael steele, the former chairman of the republican national committee and former lieutenant governor of the state of maryland. maria, you heard matthew dowd, is the democratic party more centered than people realize or more centered than democrats, excuse me, republicans would want you to realize. >> i think what we saw is san francisco last night, was confidence unfolding and democrats saying we want confidence and not because he was promoting bail bonds, bail bond reform, because that happened in houston, to great welcome, and it was more that he wasn't able to fix what people wanted, and that is this idea of feeling secure when you go outside, not to be mugged, to clean up the city and the basic things that wasn't happening in san francisco that the voters got fed up. this is also a recall election before the board of education was not meeting the moment that people were wanting kids in schools and talking about something completely off the books. it is an understanding that the majority of america

maria teresa kumar president of voter latino. republican strategist brendan buck and politico national correspondent betsy woodruff swan. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> a good sunday morning on this juneteenth holiday and a happy father's day to all the dads out there. 50 years after the watergate break-in, we learned this week a lot about another president, donald trump, and all of that president's men. we learned at the january 6 hearings that mr. trump was told repeatedly that he lost the election but he continued to insist that he won and he spread the lie that the election was rigged anyway. we learned that mr. trump was told repeatedly that the idea that vice president mike pence could unilaterally overturn the election was illegal and unconstitutional, but that he continued to pressure pence to do so anyway. and we learned that the people advising mr. trump likely believed thei

velshi with maria teresa kumar starts right now. >> good morning. sunday, june 26th. i am maria teresa kumar in four ali velshi. a promising, he will be back next weekend! i have been following your tweets! we begin this morning with chaos and consequences. the explosive impact of the trump stacked supreme court decision to overturn roe versus wade's reverberating throughout the country. abortion bans have already taken effect in at least nine states and providers across the country are canceling appointments, leaving patients stunned and scrambling for the care that they need. in texas, for example, the washington post recorded it national scenes at one houston clinic as workers informed people seeking abortions that they would have to leave, that they could not receive the care. one quote reads, victoria, who spoke to the washington post on the condition that only her first name the used to protect her privacy, was 30 minutes away from the clinic when she got the call, stopped at a red light, as soon as she heard the news, she said, she broke down crying, trying to

velshi with maria teresa kumar starts right now. >> good morning. sunday, june 26th.n four ali velshi. a promising, he will be back next weekend! i have been following your tweets! we begin this morning with chaos and consequences. the explosive impact of the trump stacked supreme court decision to overturn roe versus wade's reverberating throughout the country. abortion bans have already taken effect in at least nine states and providers across the country are canceling appointments, leaving patients stunned and scrambling for the care that they need. in texas, for example, the washington post recorded it national scenes at one houston clinic as workers informed people seeking abortions that they would have to leave, that they could not receive the care. oneuo

i'm maria teresa kumar. i am in four ali velshi who is joining us next weekend.ulation of this country, who woke up with fewer rights today than they had yesterday. you heard that right. after months of speculation, the supreme court overturned roe versus wade. if his rating abortion rights nationwide and putting an end to reproductive freedom in united states. in a 5 to 4 ruling, the conservative majority throughout the landmark president that has granted constitutional protection for nearly 50 years. this

we are at a time now, maria teresa, where everyone is trying to respond. watching children being slaughtered and people defending gun rights. we are watching voting rights being eroded, women's rights being a road. what do we do about that? what do you do when you find people in texas and people of color who sit it out? we have seen the consequences of this. how can we inspire people to participate? i do not want to leave campaigns out of the hook, what are your thoughts about that? >> in the last campaign, in the last election, a 42% of registered latinos never received a phone call from either party. that is a different conversation. i think that it is also that, here in texas, in particular, i will give you an example, is that one of our biggest challenges is that there are so many laws that they have put on the books in 2021, tiffany, because they realize there was a surge in young voters. there was a surgeon looking overdose -- voters. let's create a more obstacles. we are recognizing that we have to talk to people in the community. we are realizing t

i'm maria teresa kumar in for ayman.on has less writes today than we did yesterday. you heard that right. as stated by three dissenting liberal justices, breyer, kagan, and so tomorrow who wrote, whatever the exact scope of the coming laws, one result of today's decision is certain -- the curl tele-mental men's rights and of their status, as freeing equal citizens. yesterday, the constitution

>> good morning maria teresa, right now it is pretty quiet here. but just yesterday there was a group here in union park slamming the decision to overturn roe v. wade. we have seen rallies for and against this decision, across the country, throughout the weekend. calls for action continue to keep coming up. but what exactly should come next days yet another debates. >> overnight, demands for abortion rights are still occurring across the u.s.. for the second straight day, thousands protested throughout the country after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, revoking constitutionally guaranteed rights to an abortion. >> i cannot imagine the effects mentally on being forced to carry your abusers child to full term. >> others applauding the decision, like this washington d.c. crowd. >> [inaudible] not all demonstrations remain peaceful. on rhode island, friday jennifer warwick was allegedly attacked in abortion rights rally by state senate raised a gop opponent, who has since dropped out of the race. there is video of the incidents going viral. st

also, maria teresa kumar and back with me, brendan back, who worked for former republican house speakersul ryan and john boehner. so, i think the blunt question is what is brown jackson getting herself into because look, just one of three in the minority on the court. >> her being there is going to represent a large swath of americans, african american women in particular and african american community and her life experience demonstrates the need to have her voice there alongside that of sonia sotomayor. you could counter that in with the life experience of the current justice that is allowing them to make such extreme decisions themselves on the other side, but fundamentally, it's a matter of having a diverse court that looks like america and that also means reminding voters that voting matters. the reason that we are seeing such dissents on what the majority of americans want where we're talking about abortion bans, climate change legislation, whether we're talking even about this idea of who should have a gun and concealed weapons is because trump delivered to his voters that they we

richie jackson, melissa murray, cecile richards, maria teresa kumar, thank you all very much for coming show. as you can hear, we are on the march route for the pride march here in new york city. you might hear those helicopters in the background. as we celebrate this pride march, we are mindful of the growing hate and and i lgbtq rhetoric, discrimination and threats which played the country. how we address it, we will discuss that after the break. will will discuss that i'm not a person that's going to sit too long. in the morning, i wake up and the first thing i do is go to my art studio. a couple came up and handed me a brochure on prevagen. i feel a little bit brighter and my mind just feels sharper. i would recommend it to anyone. it absolutely works. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. (music) who said you have to starve yourself to lose weight? who said you can't do dinner? who said only this is good? and this is bad? i'm doing it my way. meet plenity. an fda -cleared clinically proven weight management aid for adults with a bmi of 25-40 when combined with diet and exercise.

i think maria teresa, the thing that we saw from this hearing, is that those were the voices of republicanse are the voices of republicans who have said enough. the president was wrong. he lied. giuliani himself said that we have our theories with no facts. we are not going to stand for it. so many of my colleagues in congress on the republican side are unwilling to do that because they love power and their positions more than they love our democracy. unfortunately, kevin mccarthy has shown himself to be one of those individuals. >> i think one of the things i am trying to wrap my arms around is that the majority of americans who are watching and what the consequences are for the individuals who are a part of the attempted coup. >> as we have seen from the investigation of the justice department, it is obvious that they are doing some investigation by the raid on jeffrey clark's home this past week. they are seeking subpoenas from judges to be able to do that. those do not come easily. to have a judge issue a rate on a high elected official of the justice department. there must be probable

i'm maria teresa kumar in for ayman., the conservative supreme court ruled that over 50% of the population has less writes today than we did yesterday. you heard that right. as stated by three dissenting liberal justices, breyer, kagan, and so tomorrow who wrote, whatever the exact scope of the coming laws, one result of today's decision is certain -- the curl tele-mental men's rights and of their status, as freeing equal citizens. yesterday, the constitution guaranteed that a woman confronted with unplanned pregnancy could, within reasonable limits, make their own decision about whether to bear or child, with all the life transforming consequences that that act involves. and in the safeguarding each woman's reproductive freedom, the constitutional protective the ability of a woman to participate equally in this nation's economic and social life. but no longer, and quote. in a decision that is no less devastating, because we knew it was coming. the supreme court today decided that bodily autonomy is now a privilege, give