from mississippi is recognized. mr. thompson: i yield two minutes to the the gentleman from new jersey, mr. gottheimer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. gottheimer: i rise as a member of the homeland security committee in strong support of h.r. 3233 to form a bipartisan independent commission to investigate the january 6 domestic terrorism attack. on january 6, the world watched an insurrection against our government to overturn the american people. i was here in the house chamber as doors were barricaded and members and staff were forced to evacuate. this resulted in the death of a capitol police officer. these thugs like the oath keepers and proud boys attempted an insurrection. in the end, they failed. we gathered back together here and electoral college was certified. true healing cannot come about until accountability. the problem solvers caucus came together to endorse this legislation. putting aside politics to get to the bottom of what happened that day. this bipartis

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from mississippi is recognized. mr. thompson: i yield two minutes to the the gentleman from new jersey, mr. gottheimer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. gottheimer: i rise as a member of the homeland security committee in strong support of h.r. 3233 to form a bipartisan independent commission to investigate the january 6 domestic terrorism attack. on january 6, the world watched an insurrection against our government to overturn the american people. i was here in the house chamber as doors were barricaded and members and staff were forced to evacuate. this resulted in the death of a capitol police officer. these thugs like the oath keepers and proud boys attempted an insurrection. in the end, they failed. we gathered back together here and electoral college was certified. true healing cannot come about until accountability. the problem solvers caucus came together to endorse this legislation. putting aside politics to get to the bottom of what happened that day. this bipartis

states all over the country will be allowed to pass laws that mimic the 15-week mississippi ban, if mississippi'sy on the books. the mississippi abortion clinic in this case, they're represented by lawyers from the center for reproductive rights. and those lawyers are warning tonight that overturning rroe i the whole point. they say they are prepared for the fight which has brought them to the doorstep of the u.s. supreme court. they're asking is the country ready for what's about to happen here. hold that thought. >> tech: every customer has their own safelite story. this couple was on a camping trip... ...when their windshield got a chip. they drove to safelite for a same-day repair. and with their insurance, it was no cost to them. >> woman: really? >> tech: that's service you can trust. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ just over a year ago, i was drowning in credit card debt. sofi helped me pay off twenty-three thousand dollars of credit card debt. they helped me consolidate all of that into one low monthly payment. they make you feel like it's an honor for them to help you

states all of the country will be allowed to pass laws that mimic a 15-week mississippi bam, mississippi'san is allowed to stay on the books. the mississippi abortion clinic in this case, they are represented by lawyers for the senate of reproductive rights. and those lowers are warning tonight that overturning row is the whole point here. that this is not just about mississippi, this is about how they are going to start to end roe v. wade. this is how they are prepared for the fight, this has brought them to the doorstep of the u.s. supreme court. they're asking for, is the country ready for what is about to happen here? hold that thought. topical pain relief ingredient. it's clinically proven, reduces inflammation and comes in original prescription strength. salonpas. it's good medicine. so what's going on? [dog] i'm a talking dog. the other issue. [dog] oh...i'm scratching like crazy. you've got some allergic itch with skin inflammation. apoquel can work on that itch in as little as 4 hours, whether it's a new or chronic problem. and apoquel's treated over 9 million dogs. [dog] nice. an

mississippi has taken the position _ weeks. mississippi has taken the position that _ weeks.eks. mississippi has taken i the position that states should be allowed to ban abortion. mississippi is an outlier in that respect and other states, conservative states have 20 weeks is the limit but scientists don't think it is viable until later in pregnancy. but from the standpoint of the conservative supreme courtjustices is that viability is not as early as 15 weeks and the kinds that make supreme court concedes. your lan . ua . e supreme court concedes. your language there, _ supreme court concedes. your language there, you _ supreme court concedes. your language there, you said - supreme court concedes. your language there, you said that the conservative supreme court members, it is a conservative majority supreme court at the moment so what is your suspicion, if i could put it strongly is that as to the outcome? t strongly is that as to the outcome?— strongly is that as to the outcome? ., , ., outcome? i would be a little surprised — outcome? i would be a little surprised if— o

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this mississippi position is 15 weeks.e allowed to ban abortion then foetal pain is possible, which mississippi claims is at 15 weeks. mississippi is an outlier in that respect. other states, conservative states, have argued that foetal pain is possible at 20 weeks. most scientists think that foetal pain is not possible until later in pregnancy. but the standpoint of the conservative supreme court justices is that viability is not as early as 15 weeks and the supreme court seems interested, ata minimum, in jettisoning viability in favour of some standard that makes it easier to restrict abortion. your language there, you said that the conservative supreme court members, it is a conservative majority supreme court at the moment so what is your suspicion, if i could put it strongly is that as to the outcome? i would be a little surprised if the court overturns roe right out of the gate. the court sat on this case since september so there clearly was either someone hesitating to take the case or hesitating to confront the kin

state with the greatest vaccine hesitancy mississippi will find in in the south that. a lot of conservatives weiss are not getting it and then a lot of them are noisy young is not kidding and we try to just give them one way. cation. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states into all of you around the world welcome we begin the day in search of a way to end the fighting and the hate this week of see the deadliest exchange of attacks by hamas and israeli forces in 7 years and on the streets of israeli cities mobs of israeli jews and israeli arabs have sent some areas into lockdown and into this violent escalation does not seem near and this will not make a deescalation any easier u.s. and egyptian mediators are now headed for israel to restart talks aimed at ending cross border fighting they'll arrive to find the israeli military preparing for a possible ground offensive against gaza while hamas is vowing not to let up with its barrage of rocket attacks aimed at israel to bring the israelis and the palestinians to the table both will want to somehow appear in a posi

traveled to the southern state of mississippi currently in last place for vaccinations she wanted to find out more about what's stopping people from getting their shot. but. there are over 30 vaccination sites in jackson mississippi a city of 160000 residents one of the locations is at the state university site empty chairs and in a waiting staff shake the city they have 250 doses of the vaccine available today sometimes we have to waste and that's a shame because we know that there are many more people that need to be vaccinated the mississippi is last in the united states and cope with 1000 vaccinations only 26 percent of the state's population is fully vaccinated some have changed their mind but vaccine hesitancy still poses a major problem that was a very is the to. everything kind of prayed about it and. i feel like this was the most responsible thing to do and be safe with my family and people around me and i were going on a lot of patients every day so. attacks on hands have center dr chapman and her team offer daily vaccines for free with no apartment required but also at thi

state with the greatest vaccine hesitancy mississippi we're fine in in the south that. a lot of conservative white. and then a lot of the. minority yond is not a good thing and we try to just give them one right education. but to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states into all of you around the world welcome we begin the day in search of a way to end the fighting and the hate this week of see the deadliest exchange of attacks by hamas and israeli forces in 7 years and on the streets of israeli cities mobs of israeli jews and israeli arabs have sent some areas into lockdown and into this violent escalation does not seem near and this will not make a deescalation any easier u.s. and egyptian mediators are now headed for israel to restart talks aimed at ending cross border fighting they'll arrive to find the israeli military preparing for a possible ground offensive against gaza while hamas is vowing not to let up with its barrage of rocket attacks aimed at israel to bring the israelis and the palestinians to the table both will want to somehow appear in a position of

this 15 i shun week limited mississippi said is viewed as pre viability. the question is i mean, all unconstitutional. i think the court is likely to say, well, they're not and maybe send it back to mississippi and the other 19 states that are. because in this case and say reconsider your laws in line with what we are saying today. we knew 5 justices at least a majority. but we're not going to say it can never be done. we're also not going to say always is okay. it's going to be a mixed bag of course, putting this on tea leaves is a little early. this will be argued until next october at the earliest. i won't be decided until probably after so 2022. >> professor just quickly, so much has changed, but are there clues from the past but suggest how this will play, how they will rule. >> well, we certainly know that there are not just conservative justices, not conservative catholic justices the catholic church is steadfastly against abortion justices kavanaugh justice barrett. some people view them as illegitimate justices. well, they're still on the court. t

alabama, mississippi, louisiana. they all say, no, we're not going to let absentee ballots come in from soldiers stationed overseas. and a lot of your audience can probably understand why. when you get an absentee ballot, you can't tell if the person who sent it all the time was black or white. and so because they didn't want to allow african-american soldiers to vote because they could not actually see them to judge their race, they decided to reject absentee ballots and not allow american soldiers to vote during this war for democracy. and so this is one of the saga with the soldiers vote bills. it's just maybe the most stunning contradiction of the entire war itself. the guy's actually doing the fighting on the ground and aren't allowed to vote because of jim crow era voting restrictions. the g.i. bill, there's a lot we can say about this, okay? let me just give you the basic good news and bad news. we'll do bad news first. so the g.u. bill itself is not necessarily segregated, but again, so the federal government

mississippi there was a similar bill signed into law. an anti riot bill was introduced in nebraska but not passed yet. texas still has a bill under consideration and so does iowa. governor, would you sign that bell? >> absolutely. in the middle of the civil unrest last year, i brought legislators from both parties to my office in the senate and the house. we sat down and three days we hammered out the more perfect union that passed the house and senate. i signed it in one day. it was supported by law enforcement and civil rights organizations. you can come together and you can do the right thing. it just enhances training, it limits choke holds and it's a punishment of bad actors. we're doing black to blue that does a lot of the things that governor desantis just talked about. we do not fund cities that defund the police. if you're going to peacefully protest, absolutely. you have the right to do that. if you riot, block highways and roads, you're going to pay a price for that. we're increasing the penalties for that. we won't stand for

mississippi is the poorest state.he states that want to do something about abortion wouldn't care after the kid is born if it starved to death. i'm always curious as to why people want to impose their opinion on their uterus does your uterus when they don't have one. i realize that some of the supreme court justices are females, but why do they speak for us when we don't get a choice in when you let that happen, your insurance company, if you are wealthy enough in the united states, you can get done what you want to get done. often they call it therapeutic dnc. it's kind of sad when you think that you are a ping-pong ball between everybody's opinion except your own. host: that is judith in kentucky giving her thoughts. a couple of other thoughts from "the washington post," today. two women writing this. laura lippmann and melissa murray, writing in a piece, make no mistake, the supreme court is coming for row and they make the argument saying that even in cases where the court has not overruled past decisions, it has

his service while we were growing up in mississippi. that could be because we were so young. it could have been that he was so busy with his own business and the job of raising a family. but he really didn't talk very much about the war. itself however, there was always war memorabilia in the house. there was a sword that he had gotten when he was in japan for the occupation that hung in our house. he had memorabilia from the philippines. he kept the personal items, the personal effects. and so, we always knew that that was part of his, his background. and we probably did not really address it until we were older. we were young adults. as a matter fact, i recently came across a letter my dad had written in 1970 when my brother was also serving in vietnam at the time. he did make reference to the comparison between my brother's years or experiences in vietnam versus his experience in the south pacific during world war ii. so, he really did not start talking about it until we were all young adults. then he started talking more about it in

mississippi is one of those states.w york times" reports many women in mississippi live 250 or more miles from nearest abortion clinic. this map shows the clinics likely to close in the south if the court reverses roe. would force women throughout the southeast to travel hundreds of miles for abortion access. joining me now, senior correspondent for "new york" magazine. want to start with the decision to hear the mississippi case. reading the tea leaves, what ruling should we prepare for from this court given its new conservative supermajority? >> just a decision to take the case is earth-shattering. for years the supreme court has been asked to care these bans previability. this case 15-week ban out of mississippi. supreme court and lower courts have said it's not complicated question. for 50 years said that person has a right to end their pregnancy until the point of viability, that the fetus if delivered could survive on their own. for the court to revisit this fundamental question it has not reconsidered for a long

in this case, it's a 15-week ban out of mississippi. the lower courts have said this is not a complicated question. for 50 years the supreme court has said a person has a right to end their pregnancy until the point of viability. until the fetus if delivered is a baby and could survive on their own. it has not been considered in full for a long time. it means there are four justices on the supreme court that believe they could get it by. when trump ran in 2016 he said he would appoint justices that would overturn roe versus wade. we are now headed in a direction which the court has never seriously gone before. and you have to be really devastating. you mentioned that access to abortion in this country is a right on paper only. it really depends on your zip code. but as we learned with trump, it could always get worse. >> if the court overturned roe, it could be left up to the states. what kind of hurdles will women living in states with no abortion access face? >> it very likely would effectively overturn roe v. wade, if it can ban abor

what did the kid from new york really know about what it meant to be black in mississippi at that timeeeply impressive and moving and became part of my worldview to understand that and i thought it was an incredible pace. unfortunately bill higgs was later disbarred in the state turned on him but he was i'd like to say like to save incredibly instrumental figure in my life without realizing it. >> avery get to for a mystery i should say we have known each other for decades for your publishing works following c-span's book so this is not a completely antiseptic interview. >> guest: i just want you to note that c-span and susan swain and brian lamb are people who i am deeply devoted to the mission. >> host: thank you very much. he began work as a journalist with someone named i f. stone and here's her first clue. we have you in a 1982 documentary talking about working for i f. stone. let's watch. c hello? >> i'm peter rouse mohsin i'm an employee with the "washington post" in 1995 -- 1965-66 i was told's assistant in my tenure ranks as among the longest times time that anyone has ever wo

it is mississippi, one of the worst school districts in the entire country.rtant things to work on, curriculum, teacher pay and all the stuff to be pounding on the poor poor little 9-year-old girl? >> shannon: aclu back in said the first amendment prohibits school from taking which students are allowed to express. your final word. >> i think a culture across the board with the messaging -- and particularly does not single out a single child. a policy can be valid. if there is evidence to the contrary, we have seen this in other cases where you have -- to prevent anything from happening out of the abundance of caution that we have right now. >> shannon: robert, thank you for your wise counsel. we will see you again soon. >> thank you, shannon. >> shannon: treatise at shannon bream at fox news @ night. i am proud to host fox nation a hero dos. we highlight courageous canines, and heroic work protecting culture in afghanistan and a hunting down drug lords and here is a clip from one of the stories. >> i started getting ready with the little camera system and i c

, which is the last abortion provider in mississippi, we are seeing now a full challenge to roe.have been able to make decisions about our own bodies. the court is stepping in to rule whether that is constitutional. i think what our reproductive justice partners have said roe is the floor. it's a right that only depends if you have access. what we are seeing is now additional restriction taz are -- restrictions layered upon this right. if something happens with this particular case in mississippi next year, it will mean that many will have access and yet to right. that's the fight that we are fighting and gearing up for. >> one of the things we don't talk about enough is the role of state attorneys general in challenging unconstitutional abortion laws or any laws passed by legislatures. in oklahoma, we have the attorney general mike hunter acting in the interests of personal politics, urging the supreme court to take up the mississippi abortion ban. there are alternative ways attorneys general can approach this issue. should we talk more about that and getting advocates and suppo

and of course mississippi any one - - mississippi governor one of the first to left the state wide mask mandate. ladies and gentlemen, these are the red state trailblazers. let's give them a round of applause. [cheers and applause]fi tonight, this will be wild we have a lot of different topics that we will talk to them how they lead their state, the strategies they decided to use for communication, policy wise to preserve economic freedom and advance the freedoms we were accustomed to having while others would take away. is not just limited to covid. we will talk about how they will combat the injection off t race into every argument. to indoctrinate children and how democrats are looking to strip powers from the states completely. nothing is off limits tonight. governor desantis thank you for hosting us tonight. you watched joe biden last night deliver the first address to the joint session of congress. he repeatedd twice the proposition we are systemically racist country. your reaction? >> it is a bunch of horsemen who are. give me a break. this country is more opportunity for more pe

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traveled to the southern state of mississippi currently in last place for vaccinations she wanted to find out more about what's stopping people from getting their shot. but. there are over 30 vaccination sites in jackson mississippi a city of 160000 residents one of the locations is at the state university site empty chairs and in a waiting staff state the see they have 250 dozes off the vaccine available today sometimes we have to waste and that's a shame because we know that there are many more people that need to be vaccinated the mississippi is last in the united states and cope with 1000 vaccinations only 26 percent of the state's population is fully vaccinated some have changed their mind but vaccine hesitancy still poses a major problem i was a very is the to. everything kind of prayed about it and. i feel like this was the most responsible thing to do we say for my family and people around me and i were going on a lot of patients every day so. a tax on hands health center dr chapman and her team offer daily vaccines for free with no apartment required but also at this site th

a stretch of interstate 40 that connects tennessee to arkansas across the mighty mississippi river. this was an alarming dispatch from the westbound side of that bridge. >> memphis 911 emergency. do you need police, fire, or ambulance. >> i am doing a bridge inspection here on the i-40 mississippi river bridge. and we just found a supercritical finding that needs traffic shut down in both direction on the i-40 mississippi river bridge. we need you to get people off the bridge as soon as possible in both directions. >> a supercritical finding. that was a 911 call made by an engineer doing a routine checkup on that bridge on interstate 40 over the mississippi river in memphis this week. he keeps calling it a critical finding, a supercritical finding. what he means by that is that he and the other bridge inspectors found a crack in one of the structural beams that holds the bridge up. the director of the department of transportation said that fault, that crack could lead to a, quote, catastrophic event, meaning it could lead to bridge to fall down. so yeah, when you are a bridge inspec

state with the greatest vaccine hesitancy mississippi will find in in the south that. a lot of conservative white and i get it and then a lot of that minority young is not kidding and we try to just give it one more education. which of our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states into all of you around the world welcome we begin the day in search of a way to end the fighting and the hate this week of see the deadliest exchange of attacks by hamas in israeli forces in 7 years and on the streets of israeli cities mobs of israeli jews and israeli arabs have sent some eerie. to walk till and into this violent escalation does not seem near and this will not make a deescalation any easier u.s. and egyptian mediators are now headed for israel to restart talks aimed at ending cross border fighting they'll arrive to find the israeli military preparing for a possible ground offensive against gaza while hamas is vowing not to let up with its barrage of rocket attacks aimed at israel to bring the israelis and the palestinians to the table both will want to somehow appear in a positi

that was uphill just this week the mississippi court of appeals denied russell's appeal arguing he is a habitual offender that classification eliminated any judicial discretion and basically guarantees harsh sentencing even when the offense is nonviolent and i know what you might be thinking 3 strikes laws and yes this is similar but you up under statutes have faced scrutiny across civil rights and criminal justice advocacy circles and poor really good reason they systemically attack blacks who are 3 times more likely to get arrested for marijuana infractions than whites even though use imposition rates are similar across both demographics in alan's case the 38 year old was found guilty of possession in 2019 but because he had 2 prior charges he is facing life. but his case isn't unique the mississippi clarion ledger reported just last year that there were 86 have been to offenders serving life without parole because of convictions for nonviolent crimes just like allen the bite administration for its part is working to make a campaign promise a reality police reform. but to get a poli

supreme court is set to take up a mississippi abortion case that would ban all abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy. but with some very few exceptions washington correspondent alexandra limon joins us live in. >> aleksandra, bottom line were so many conservatives are trying to overturn roe versus wade. correct. that's correct. the supreme court will hear this case in the next term which begins in october but conservative states have been passing more restrictive abortion laws. >> knowing they would be challenged in court and hoping it would lead to overturning the nation's current board abortion laws. >> mississippi's abortion law is one of the most restrictive in the country. banning all abortions after 15 weeks except in cases of severe fetal abnormality or when the mother's life is in danger and the law does not provide exceptions for rape or incest over the last 4 years. a critical rights like the right to health care. the right to choose have been under. >> weathering an extreme attack, including project county and state laws. so far lower court decisions blocked mississippi'

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in terms of how things are right now, the state of things right now, in mississippi there's only oneike access to abortion is easy. is it getting worse or is it -- is it the way that it has been since 2010 to restrict access to abortions? >> i think the restrictions are getting more intense as you've mentioned there upwards of 530 restrictions that we've seen just since the beginning of this year, and with the supreme court taking this particular case in mississippi, that the center of reproductive rights has brought on behalf of jackson's reproductive rights, which is the last provider in mississippi, we are seeing a challenge to roe it, goes to the heart of liability and appeared to which we have been able to make decisions of our own body while the court debates if al. what are reproductive partners have said all along is that roe is the floor, it is a right that only depends if you have access and what we are seeing is now additional restrictions are being laid upon this right and if something happens with this particular case in mississippi, next year, it will mean that many peo

that was uphill just this week the mississippi court of appeals denied russell's appeal arguing he is a habitual offender that classification eliminated any judicial discretion and basically guarantees harsh sentencing even when the offense is nonviolent. and i know what you might be thinking 3 strikes laws and yes this is similar but you offender statutes have a scrutiny across civil rights and criminal justice advocacy circles and poor really good reason they systemically attack blacks who are 3 times more likely to get arrested for marijuana infractions than whites even though use and possession rates are similar across both demographics in alan's case the 38 year old was found guilty of possession in 2019 but because he had 2 prior charges he is facing life. but his case isn't unique the mississippi clarion ledger reported just last year that there were 86 have been to a pender's serving life without parole because of convictions for nonviolent crimes just like alan. the bite administration for its part is working to make a campaign promise a reality police reform. but to get a po

the mississippi case gives them just that. be heard in the court's term beginning in october. can you expand on that, melissa? what did you mean by vehicle? >> well, to be really clear, president donald trump when he was campaigning made clear he was going to place individuals on the court who would roll back and even overturn roe v. wade. he made that a centerpiece of his campaign, and during his presidency, he made good on that. nominating and having confirmed neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh, and amy coney barrett. with those three historic appointments, the court's delicate 5-4 majority really shifted to a 6-3 conservative supermajority. and that meant for all intents and purposes the chief justice who had often been a swing vote and who just last term had voted with the liberals on the court to strike down a louisiana admitting privileges law, lost his authority to steer the court to a more moderate perspective. they only need five vets to actually do anything, and that means the path is wide open for roe, and any case will

that was uphill just this week the mississippi court of appeals denied russell's appeal arguing he is a habitual offender that classification eliminated any judicial discretion and basically guarantees harsh sentencing even when the offense is nonviolent and i know what you might be thinking 3 strikes laws and yes this is similar have actually bender statutes have a scrutiny across civil rights and criminal justice advocacy circles and poor really good reason they systemically attack blacks who are 3 times more likely to get arrested for marijuana infractions than whites even though use and possession rates are similar across both demographics in alan's case the 38 year old was found guilty of possession in 2019 but because he had 2 prior charges he is facing life but his case isn't unique the mississippi clarion ledger reported just last year that there were 86 have bitch will open doors serving life without parole because of convictions for nonviolent crimes just like alan the bite administration for its part is working to make a campaign promise a reality. police reform. but to get

at 15-weeks, mississippi's ban would be one of the most restrictive abtion laws in the nation. according to the guttmacher institute, which advocates f abortion rights, 18 states ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. mary ziegler is a florida state university law professor and author of "abortion and the law in america: roe v. wade to the present." now this mississippi law has not taken affect because lower kowforts say it conflicts with "roe versus wade," does the courts say in taking this that they will use this case to overturn roe. >> no, you but i think the court taking this case says they are interested at least rethinking viability at point in which stats can ban abortions, that will be almost as significant as rover turning roe itself. i think any outcome in this case short of seeing what the lower courts have done would be explosive. >> so explain what that would look likek what would it look like if the court upheld roe v. wade but also upheld the 15 week ban. >> the courts have a history in abortion context of tinkering what counts as the essential holding of ro

mississippi's abortion law is one of the most restrictive in the country. banning all abortions after 15 weeks except in cases of severe fetal abnormality or when the mother's life is in danger. >> and the law does not provide exceptions for rape or incest over the last 4 years. a critical rights like the right to health care. the right to choose have been under. >> weathering an extreme attack, including project county and state laws. so far lower court decisions blocked mississippi's law because roe v wade established women have a constitutional right to an abortion until about 6 months into a pregnancy. >> but that could change with the supreme court's. now 6 to 3 conservative majority were hopeful as many conservative scholars are that this is the precise a vehicle to overturn route sarah partial perry with the conservative heritage foundation says states have the right to regulate abortions. this is an opportunity to secure their state opportunity to protect and the pro life parameters. but some say restricting access to safe and legal abortions hurts

mississippi first came to the supreme court last september. supreme court has discussed this case in its closed door conferences nearly 20 times. i think the count is 17. maybe it's 18 with this case being granted now. that's one thing. clearly, the people who would favor the mississippi law on the supreme court weren't sure that they would have five votes for a ruling. maybe they are still not sure. they figure they will take a shot at it. i wouldn't put a lot of confidence in the fact that it's taken the supreme court so long to decide this case. clearly, what abortion opponents are hoping, especially with amy coney barrett on the court that their chances are now a lot better. would they get the votes of justice kavanaugh? would they get the votes of chief justice roberts? would they get the votes of gorsuch? we don't know much about them on abortion. >> pete williams, thanks. thank you, thank you. >>> the head of the largest nurses union in the country says the cdc made a mistake. why she's urging them to reverse the new mask guidance as pe

traffic is open on the mississippi river again. the u.s.uard saying it is going to be reopening that river. you are looking at pictures of what has been a really big problem for the united states over the last few days. we are going to have more details on what this means for the commodity market. this is big for grains, but steel as well. that story is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: the u.s. coast guard now says it is reopening the mississippi river to barge traffic. yesterday, over 700 urges were stranded and couldn't get through the biggest route for u.s. ag exports the goes through to the gulf of mexico. for more, sterling smith joins us, the director of ag research at consolidated grain and barge. how many of these issues do we have in the united states, and what does it mean for things like corn exports and the ag community? sterling: clearly, we need to export corn to support our farmers, that is true for soybeans. hopefully this appears to be just a one-off item come of it goes back to the subject of infrastructure. there's proble

he explored the headwaters of the mississippi arriving at lake itasca. and he also went on a southwestern expedition to find the headwaters of the red river. and eventually was arrested by the spanish and transported through spain and back around to natchitoches. the freeman custer's expedition embarked up the red river and there was another expedition by hunter and dunbar that went up the ouachita. and there was another expedition proposed to go up the plat river, but it never happened. so there were lots of designs to try to explore these major river systems. one of the reasons why the lewis and clark expedition is more famous than all of these others is because some of the others were actually turned back by the spanish. and the case of pike he was arrested along with his men and taken under house arrest down to santa fe and then down to chihuahua. and the freeman and custer's expedition was turned back by the spanish. and the hunter and dunbar expedition went to the hot springs in arkansas. they had some r&r there with the minerals and then returned

carolina to travel to the southern state of mississippi currently in last place for vaccinations to find out more about what is stopping people from getting their shots. and here are some of the major developments in the penn demick the u.s. will start vaccinating children aged between $12.15 with the buy on tech pfizer vaccine today after the center for disease control found the job to be safe and effective in adolescence the u.s. state of ohio has announced a weekly lottery system to entice people to get kobe $1000.00 jobs and a weekly $1000000.00 cash prize and full university scholarships are up for grabs for anyone who gets the vaccine plus thailand reported its highest daily number of new coronavirus cases on thursday more than half of the nearly 5000 new cases were found in 2 bangkok persons. there are over 30 vaccination sites in jackson mississippi a city of 160000 residents one of the locations is at the state university site empty chairs and a waiting staff to shape the scene they have 250 doses of the vaccine available today sometimes we have to waste and that's the shame bec

finally, in william's forces mississippi in 1898, the court rules that it is not discriminatory for mississippi to never have blacks on criminal jury trials. as jurors. the court says that blacks aren't allowed to vote, not because they are black, not because they are former slave owners, but because they are all illiterate and ignorance and it is proper to keep them off the jury and keep them off the voting roles. once they're off the voting role they're out of the jury pool. the court is simply complicitous with this rise of racism in the south. and remember that the same time, in the northern states blacks are voters, they are officeholders and serving on juries. the majority of the nation, this ruling is not going to have any effect. but where the majority of african americans live, 90% of african americans live, this ruling has a profound effect. the court undermines the privileges of the 14th amendment and the slaughterhouse cases of course, privilege and immunities clause were designed to enforce the southern states to accept the bill of rights and to apply it to their own citizens. and

another touchdown in mississippi sunday. we will take a closer look at today's weather in just a few minutes. >>> the other big story this morning, a tragedy at sea. at least four people have died and dozens are hospitalized after their boat capsized off california. the debris now washing onto the beach as authorities reveal who was behind this. >> reporter: the call came in sunday morning. a boat off the san diego coast appeared to be in trouble. >> a report of a 40-foot bound with multiple persons in the water. >> multiple people tossed into the water as their boat flipped over, then broke apart on the rocks. >> this was a mass rescue operation that turned into a mass casualty incident. we had about 30 rescues when the vessel broke up on the reef. >> reporter: nearly 100 first responders raced to the scene. >> plus, a couple of jet skisal people found, but officials say there was no manifest for the boat, so they don't know how many people were o oxygen. helicopters rescued some victims from the water, wrapping them in bla

mississippi and the other 49 states. >> well let me go there, neil, how real is that possibility? how likely is that, especially politics being what they are and electoral politics especially. this could be a narrow window of having the party advantage. >> exactly, so congress can pass this by just near majority vote and there may be questions about filibuster in the senate and the like but i think this legislation, which would use that preemption power of congress, which is the time honored part of congress is sweet of authorities under a constitution. simply to say, look, we're leaving the lot where it's been since 1973. what i'm trying to change in any way. we're just trying to make sure that the rights of the supreme court guaranteed women across the land will stay guaranteed. >> okay john carl as shocked as i am, especially in bush v. accord when there are politics at work in the nation's highest court, take us back from late to politics. i know you will not protest. i'll play a bit of your interview that aired this weekend would list cheney, will discuss on the other side. >