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. >> reporter: even shelter animals being moved to safety from north to south, so much of the country's midsection still reeling as they look for relief from storms that just keep coming morgan cheske, nbc news, jefferson city, missouri >>> tonight there is a new flash point on abortion. missouri's governor signing a law today banning the procedure after eight weeks of pregnancy, the latest state to pass new restrictions nbc's ann thompson has that story. >> reporter: this week's protest couldn't stop missouri's abortion bill from becoming law >> should a life inside the mother's womb be killed because of the actions of its parents? >> reporter: missouri isn't the only state offering abortions. >> our doors will stay open, and we will stay open in whatever capacity we can. >> reporter: missouri's is the latest in a wave of new state laws restricting abortion it will ban abortions after eight weeks before many women even know they're pregnant there are no exceptions for rape or incest. the only exception, a medical emergency that risks the pregnant woman's life. missouri governor mike parsons signed the bill int

the country was reeling from a church shooting and south carolina and same-sex marriage became law of the land. let's go back to 2007. clinton was 11 points ahead of obama. her fellow new yorker rudy giuliani on the other side, they appeared to be the unbeatable one in that race. that year the president bush authorized the search any rack, very much about iraq that election and nancy pelosi became the first female speaker of the house. looking today at joe biden on top of this very crowded field, the billionaire businessman mark cuban says he sees what donald trump saw when he looked at a stage of seasoned republicans. >> i think there is a real opportunity for somebody who was in the middle but has some charisma, has the ability to relate to both sides but is not a politician. people don't trust politicians. mack, story. >> martha: here we go. the former senior advisor, byron york for the "washington examiner" and robert wolf, the former economic advisor to president obama was bent supporting some of these candidates. we will talk to all three. he wrote a piece about this today and y

the south african athletics federation says it's reeling in shock after she lost the case against theion in their opinion. sebastien kay is speaking about that in doha. let's return to the morning briefing. we've been talking about the case of gavin williamson, a close political ally to theresa may for years but yesterday she made the shock announcement she yesterday she made the shock announcement she had lost confidence in him. the prime minister sacked gavin williamson, who she suspected had leaked sensitive information from a meeting of the national security council — something he strongly denies. well earlier bbc breakfast spoke to the former head of the british army, lord dannatt. well, i think one has to agree that it's a most unfortunate episode. it's a personal tragedy for gavin williamson. it's actually most upsetting for defence as well. the secretary of state for defence position is a difficult appointment. it takes time for anyone to master that particular brief. he had just done so and begun to make some good contributions to defence, particularly arguing the toss over r

already passed in the senate would provide much-needed assistance to hurricane stricken south and midwest. they're reelingoric flooding. i want i want to bring in kat tim and danielle mcglocklin. the argument, unanimous consent, gargantuan spending bill with no guardrails, nothing to account for border crisis. >> absolutely. i have seen people say this he did for political reasons. in some way makes sense i'm strong on border and spending objecting to bill will not get you political points. disaster relief. on the whole people in congress need to have change the way they spend money, automatically talk about, before we spend money no matter what it is before. charles: that was nancy pelosi's calculus. no one will go against disaster relief. they left town. let's have a great whatever. but it did happen. it was rejected again today in part because of unanimous consent. why do not they roll out the bills like they used to in the old days? >> they sort of did. this was held up long ago in the spring because of puerto rico and president's objections to more funding. also because of the immigration piece added

south vietnam. this weekend on "reel america," you don't have to buy war, mrs. smith," a speech by beth meyerson grant recorded at the 1970 world mother's day assembly in san francisco. here's a preview. [applause] >> let me tell you something about nixon's silence majority. a group he refers to often and leans heavily on for support. the term originates in homer and refers to the dead. and those days when someone died, he was said to have gone to the silence majority. [applause] >> we say that the silence majority is dead. there has been in this country for a long time a silenced majority who was told that loyalty of their country meant loyalty to whatever administration concocted however disastrous. but after this week's events, after this week's events, the silenced majority is finding its voice. this war is not only responsible for most of our economic ills, this war is tearing us apart as a people. the president governor of california goes on television say that violence will not be tolerated. what makes him think that we can reek violence on the people of

south with high unemployment and a g.d.p. per capita of less than the us average greece is still reeling from its debt crisis and looking to eastern europe and some of the non euro zone countries like poland unemployment rates are pretty low but income also lacks behind the average now not taking into account of course is the cost of living which also differs vastly but the bottom line is the e.u. still has a long way to go to harmonize its economies and that is something i would like to discuss now with the fabienne and lynn from the a macroeconomic policy institute at the hands butler foundation good to have you with us. first of all i mean we're talking here about economic disparity among 28 still britain is still part of the e.u. member states is equality. economic equality at all possible i think we should at least drive to that this is one of the unique selling points of the european union they told new member countries you can come in and then we have an increase in g.d.p. per capita and for country some countries you see that for poland for a lot of eastern countries you saw a strong increase in g.d.p. per capita father co

movement came later to the south than it did to other parts of the country and there are specific regional regions for that, fairly conservative area and also one that was reelingfrom the after effects of the civil war. and so for especially for white women, then the whole issue of suffrage in the south was tied up with the voting for rights for african americans as well. and yet, there are quite hardy band of southern suffragetts through the 1890s. i don't want to get too deep not weeds of suffrage history, the two roots subscribe to get women to vote, one was by amending state constitutions, and the other was by a federal amend: in a region like the south, there is not going to be much support for federal amendments to bring in what was seen as an outside force. women had an especially hard role and then you really are quite amazed to see what they were able to do within limits. i think there were only 4 southern states that ratified the 19 á9 amendment but we have to give credit to tennessee u because that is what pushed it over 0 the top. i'm alternating. >> i am asking questions that are at opposite ends of the universe one is it true western states were i

south through the midwest. they are bracing for more flash floods as rivers rise to gearts of the s. country are reeling from more than 200 reported tornados in the last week. storms responsible for at least five deaths. the very latest from port smith, arkansas >> reporter: tonight, raging rivers carving catastrophic new paths the arkansas river poised to leill over and reach historic threatening communities in arkansas and oklahoma. thousands already evacuated in tulsa. the state's governor surveying the rising flood waters. the national guard standing by >> we are prepared to do whatever it takes to ensure that others are safe. >> reporter: heavy rains this week forcing a controlled release of oklahoma's keystone dam. the swell down river threatening to swallow the community of port smith, arkansas. and it's going to get worse than this >> it is >> reporter: first responders like the fire chief urging residents to get out >> we won't have the resources to reach every single person >> reporter: it's all hands on deck as becky ail ert helps he parents prepare to evacuate. >> if it comes any higher as y

south in georgia. many a-list actors, writers and producers are reeling from georgia's heartbeat bill signed last weekch outlaws abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected. hopefully taking a stand will make a difference. >> just do the job we're going to see you in a couple of places. >> reporter: tour died kevin saunders is also an actor and moved to georgia where he knew there would be more work. >> the up-and-come actors and crews and everybody who built a foundation, we don't have the luxury of saying, oh, okay, hey. let's just go to california. >> it's not easy for hollywood established names she's contractually obligated to fib irshooting a show we'll do as much as possible to get. 100% of our respective episodic fees will be donated to two organizations leading the charge against this draconian law professor >> i with ear all feeling it if not financially at moment. it's just the negativities. the chatter. >> and if the issue is not resolved local cruise may see their homes abandoned like in a zombie apocalypse. >> thank you so much. natasha. all right. it's graduation season, and it's long

south. it's tied to the $9.5 billion viz. actors, writers and producers are reelingheartbeat bill that outlawed abortion after a heart beat is detected. movie fans touring atlanta's film locations heard about the boycott. >> i agree with them. i'm glad they are taking a stand about it. hopefully taking that stand will make a difference. >> just do the job. that's it. just satisfy the political side of it. >> we are going to see a couple places we saw in this "hunger game" clip. >> he moved to georgia where he knew there'd be more work. >> they built a foundation in places like this. we don't have the luxury of saying, hey, let's go to california. >> reporter: it's not easy for established hollywood names to leave productions they have committed to. alyssa milano says she is shooting a show in georgia for a month but will do everything to get as many productions as possible to move out of the state. j.j. abrams and jordan peel have a show to shoot in georgia. they will donate 100% of the fees to two organizations leading the charge against this law. >> we are all feel

south through the midwest. they are bracing for more flash floods as rivers rise to historic levels. this as huge parts of the country are reeling from more than 200 reported tornados the last week. storms responsible for at least five deaths.y th latest from ft. smith, arkansas. >> reporteht raging rivers carving catastrophic new paths. the arkansas river is poised to spill over and reach historic ve lels threatening communities in arkansas and oklahoma. thousands already evacuated in tulsa. the state's governor surveying the rising flood waters, the national guard standing by. pa>> we are prered to do whatever it takes to make sure other arknsans are safe. >> reporter: the storm down river threatening to swallow the community of port smith, arkansas. and it's going to get worsehan this. the first responder johnson urging residents to get out. >> we won't he the resources to reach every single person. >> reporter: it's all hands on deck as beck ae her parents evacuate. >> if it becomes any higher as you can see it will b in my parent's of course we are preparing for the worst and praying for the best. >>> now they're acing for

another hold-up with assistance to hurricane stricken south and midwest states still reeling from floodinghile embracing kim jong-un's insult of joe biden during a news conference in japan calling the former president low i.q. as he ramps up his attacks on the democratic presidential frontrunner. let's bring in fox news media analyst howard kurtz. good morning. >> good morning to you. >> sandra: what exactly is happening here? what's the response been so far? >> you know, president trump could have enjoyed the sumo wrestling in this ceremonial visits to japan. most presidents have used the world stage to escape, but that's not donald trump. he could have stated if he had attacked joe biden on his own even on foreign soil, a lot of people think violates an american norm. but by tying it, embracing as you say when a murderous north korea dictator had to say about joe biden and doubling down in the news conference you played the clip from crossed the red line. >> sandra: as you note, some conservatives in the media even thought that he went too far. >> that's the tell here. of course you woul

georgia, the hollywood of the south, with more than 90,000 employees in the stay tied to its $9.5 billion a year business. but many a-list actors and producers are reelingek which outlaws abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, about six weeks into a pregnancy before many women know they're pregnant. >> i agree with them and i'm glad they're taking a stand about it and hopefully taking that stand will make a difference. >> just do the job, that's it. just set aside the political side of it. >> all right. we're going to see a couple of places we saw in those "hunger games clips". >> reporter: tour guide kevin saunders is also an actor and moved to georgia where he knew there would be more work. >> crews that built a foundation, we don't have the luxury of being able to say, okay, hey, let's just go to california. >> reporter: it's not easy for established hollywood names to leave productions they've committed to. alyssa milano said through her publicist she's contractually obligated to finish a show in georgia the next month but "will do as much as i can in my power to get as many productions to move out of the state." jj abrams and jordan peele a