roe: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i'd like to yield three minutes of time to a very active member of the veterans affairs committee, my good friend, ron costello from pennsylvania. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is ecognized for three minutes. mr. costello: thank you, mr. speaker. today starts a new opportunity to chart a path for our country. while many americans across the country remain very frustrated with what they feel is a giant, unresponsive bureaucracy that is not working for them, all americans want to see v.a. care and services implemented properly. last session, mr. speaker, this congress did make some reasonable progress legislatively to bring about reform the -- reforming the v.a. but more needs to be done. some of our legislation, which passed the house, died in the senate. the bill i introduced had -- and rise in support of today, the ensuring v.a. employee accountability act, is important for the following reasons. the bill requires the department of veterans aff

representative degette: roe v. the land but w of it is under assault by antichoice activists. including ohio have passed laws which would woman's right t a to choose and they are blatantly roe v. tutional under wade. these cases are working their , andp to the supreme court we worry what senator sessions in his new position in terms of defending existing law letting the cases try to go to the supreme court. we are also terribly worried a new justice would do. sightankly, we can't lose of the fact the republicans in the senate for the first time blocked a nominee of a sitting president to try to sway the court. is very disturbing to us. host: on to michael in rockville, georgia. caller.an caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. say it is a sad state of affairs when we can have an representative of the united states appear on tv as lady here is and blatantly populace saying that the republicans are going it off all of these people the obama care what they have signed up for when she knows it a blatant lie. the republicans have come out nd said they are going to repeal and re

since the supreme court ruled it was legal in the case roe versus wade. while the most recent polls show 64% of americans believe that abortion should be legal in all or most cases, a supreme court vacancy and republican-led congress could mean drastic changes to abortion rights in the coming years. >> that's why this administration will work with the congress to end taxpayer funding of abortion -- >> reporter: the anti-abortion movement has a staunch ally in vice highest-ranking government official to ever attend the march for life. >> life is winning in america. >> you are an activist in the anti-abortion rights movement. >> correct. >> when you heard the vice president was going to speak, what did that feel like? >> it was amazing. it was amazing, so uplifting. thinking, we might have a chance to actually, you know, do something here. >> reporter: pence is a long-time anti-abortion legislator. >> government-wide prohibition on taxpayer funding for abortion has probably never been more important -- >> reporter: as in congress he introduced a bill to end

on roe v. wade you said "i firmly believe that roe v.wade and its desen dedants -- represe most erroneous -- of our time" you believe that roe v. wade was a bad decision and still believe that. >> well, i guess i've said that before. i'm a pro-life advocate. >> thank you. >> but fundamentally the problem as i see it with row versus wade is that it denies the people the right to make laws that they might feel appropriate. did the supreme court have that power? i concluded they didn't because the constitution didn't answer that question. >> well, senator sessions -- i hate to interrupt you but i have less than two minutes, so i don't want to get into the substance of roe v. wade that you believe it was a bad decision based on constitution privacy decisions. we can very well end up with a supreme court that will be very open to overturning roe v. wade and should you be the attorney general would you direct or advice your solicitor general to weigh in before that supreme court which has a opportunity to overturn roe v. wade would your solici

i don't think anybody believes donald trump thinks roe v.ade should be overturned or opposes abortion. do you? >> no and i was skeptical of his position. i have to lay it out here that i'm a pro-life catholic so i'm pleasantly surprised by some of this however i did not think during the campaign that he was going to take this aggressive pro-life position but he certainly has. having said that, this is going to be a very problematic alliance for pro-life movement. i'm not sure that they really expect or ought to expect roe v. wade is going to be overturned any time soon. so they'll have to take their victories but i don't think that's within reach. >> that's an interesting question because i think jess probably disagrees with that. >> well, their agenda has been to overturn roe v. wade and ban abortion for as long as they have been -- for the last 40 years. >> since roe v. wade. >> since 1973. so now they find themselves in control with with the ability to do that, a president who -- i mean, he's been on the wrong side of both -- he's been on

this 44th anniversary of roe v. wade should be a reminder about the importance of fighting for the right to privacy, the right to live life free of governmental interference, as one of our supreme court justice said, the right to be let alone, in effect, let alone from government interference. it is a right that i have fought for, so many others have fought for throughout my career and throughout my time as a senator and attorney general of the state of connecticut. and it is a right that we all should continue to keep at the forefront of our work here in the united states senate, all of us in this country. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from west swra v.a. mrs. capito: mr. president, i ask that we vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. capito: i rise today to talk about an issue important to all of us. we're obviously a na

just recently we celebrated the anniversary of roe v. wade affirming that a woman has the constitutional right to make a decision of what's best for her and her family. however, republicans have been relentless in their pursuit to deny women this constitutional right and h.r. 7 is another reckless example. h.r. 7 will have devastating consequences on every single woman in america. it would deny women, families, and small businesses tax credits if they elect an insurance plan that covers abortion. the i.r.s. would be inserted into one of the most important and private decisions a woman can make. one that should be solely between her and her doctor. that is the most egregious and offense i have example of government overreach that i can think. mr. speaker, women are responsible, women are smart, women know what is best for them, and women can make their own choices. allow them to do that and vote against h.r. 7. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from wyoming is

can you guarantee that his nominee will favor overturning roe vs. wade?>> i can guarantee that the promise that candidate trump made will continue as president trump. he has promised that he are appoint pro-life judges including to the supreme court. here's the thing about the supreme court battle we're about to face. if past is prologue, the way that democrats in the senate have treated our cabinet nominees does not bode well for filling that vacancy left by antonin scalia. it's just been terrible the way they tried to humiliate and embarrass our cabinet nominees. we still don't have a secretary of commerce, of treasury. what are we doing over this? chris: i am going to bring that up with dick durbin, i promise you. you spoke at the march for life rally on friday, and you said this: this is a time of incredible promise for the pro-life movement. but i don't have to tell you, they don't want promise, they want roe v. wade overturned. will the president nominate someone committed to doing that? >> that will come up in the person's hearings. and, of course,

many of our social ills are based upon the moment that roe versus wade was instituted.lutely i would like to see sit overturned and i hope it will be. >> millennials who you would think they love obama. there is no chance they would be super pro-life. they are the most pro-life generation. even more so than baby boomers. half of them believe abortions should be illegal in all cases. but it's important to note that since roe versus wade, abortions have been going down in this country incredibly. it's not just that contraception is more available. people are having more unplanned pregnancies. the pro-life movement has been a huge part of that saying we do value life. this is a culture we want to encourage and taking care of vulnerable people in community where they would be more likely to seek out an abortion. prevention is key. whether we are able to overturn roe versus wade, prevention is key. charles: thank you guys a lot. tweet me. in the meantime, here is through dobbs. have a great weekend. [♪] lou: president trump and mexican president pen yea -- talked forr over t

wade, would your solicitor general weigh in to repeal or overturn, i should say, roe v. wade. >> it is firmly e skonsed as the law of the land and i don't know if we would see a change in that. you're asking a hypothetical question. those cases seldom come up on such a clear issue. they come up at the margins. i just would not be able to predict what well life researched, thoughtful response to be to matters that could happen in the future. >> i think most of us know that the next opportunity for the supreme court to weigh in on whether or not to change roe v. wade would be a close decision. likely possibly 5-4 decision. it's not just a hype net cal but a real concern to a lot of people. let me turn to the voting rights act. the supreme court did eliminate parts of the voting rights act, it still retained section. which poibtses states from enacting laws that would have a discriminatory impact. the attorney general's office was a party to challenging two state laws, i believe it was texas and there was another state, that the supreme court ultimately agreed with the atto

. >> roe v. wade he said also is the law of the land, and he would enforce that law. >> we don't know what the next supreme court will do, but absolutely although he did say when asked about the dreamers and the executive action taken by president obama, these are the children brought here when they were -- individuals who were brought here illegally who were children when they were brought here and they were given some sort of path to citizenship. legal status. he did say that he would not have an objection to abandoning that order by president obama. he thought it was questionable constitutionality. >> that was not a priority. the priority was to go after undocumented immigrants here who had committed serious crimes. that was going to be the focus of their immediate attention. he clearly was well prepared. he had gone through a lot of rehearsals coming into this testimony. >> there was -- he almost had an instinctive reaction whenever there was a protester from code pink or any other organizati

roe: it is a privilege to be here. i want to mention a couple of things in reintroducing the american health care reform act. this is a compilation of everyone's bill that you see standing here. thein scott is here, cochair of the last revision of this bill. scalise, nowteve the whip. flores was the previous chairman and challenged me to write a bill that reduced cost and increase access. i looked at the affordable care act and i wanted it to succeed. i practiced medicine in rural appalachia. i saw people who didn't have insurance coverage. tennessee is not a wealthy state, we have a lot of uninsured people. we made an attempt in the 90's to cover almost everyone in the state and it was a debacle. marsha blackburn wrote in op-ed piece that i would suggest you read from july of 2010 on what happened to our state and our attempt at health care reform. how did we come up with this bill. patient-centered, where patients and doctors were in charge, not bureaucrats or insurance companies. we sat around the table and looked a

. >>> march for life. [ chanting "hey, hey, ho, ho, roe v. wade has got to go" ] >> anti-abortion rights activists gathering in washington galvanized by white house support and a history-making appearance by a vice president. >> life is winning again in america. >> how a promised supreme court nomination could have a big impact on the movement. >>> campus massacre plot. two middle schoolers under arrest. how they allegedly planned to shoot up the school. >> it was not a joke. there's far too much planning that went into this. >> the loaded gun found and the signal police say they had planned to open fire. ♪ >>> and sibling rivalry. sister versus sister serving up suspense at the australian open. each trying to make history in their own way. >> she's my toughest opponent. >> the epic match to take home the trophy. >>> i just learned something new. that was sia singing "the greatest." thank you, diane macedo, for giving me that pop culture. good morning, america. dan is off. i'm happy to have tom llamas joining me. tom, by the way, i didn't get

on roe v wade, you did say i firmly believe that roe v wade and its descendents represent one of the worst supreme court decisions of all time and it was an activist decision. my question is, do you still hold that view, i believe you answered yes to someone who asked you that question previously that you believe roe v wade was a bad decision. >> well i guess i've said that before, i'm a pro-life advocate, but fundamentally, the problem, as i see it with roe v wade is that it denies people the right to make laws that they might feel appropriate. did the supreme court have that power, i concluded they didn't because the constitution didn't answer that question. >> senator sessions. >> i'm sorry to interrupt you but i have less than two minutes. either want to get into the substance of roe v wade. i believe you still believe that was a bad decision even though was based on constitutional privacy protection. we can expect the supreme court to change and we can very well end up with the supreme court that will be very open to overturning roe v wade and should you be the attorney general,

well, here is an announcement that you can tweet out, roe v wade is fake law.eers] [applause] >> in the words of reagan, to paraphrase the great pro-life president, let me say to the chief justice of the supreme court, justice roberts, tear down this law. [cheers] [applause] >> dietrich -- said abortion is murder. he also said we have to have compassion on those who have been driven to make this tragic choice. we are all sinners. we all need the forgiveness of the god of the bible, and we pray that this message of love and forgiveness will get out to the women of america that the god of the bible and everyone who follows him loves those women who wants to extend the love of jesus to those women. abc news, are you covering this? [cheers] [applause] >> the media in america has not told the other side of the story, that women have in thick -- been the victims of abortion and that abortion hurts women. [applause] will abc news cover the fact that many women are bullied into making this choice of by men in their lives, and it is not their choice. if they had a real

this will be the second time and casey roe reproductiveend of rights. to decide the state what their people want vis-a-vis reproductive rights and the issue. constitution, california will never be other than a pro-choice state, ditto new york. states like pennsylvania, missouri, alabama, raditionally much more catholic, more evangelical, want rights.rict abortion much more, especially with regard to minors receiving etc.ent of parents, federalism is supposed to work that way, i look forward to overturning of roe, of casey. okay. arland is calling from courtland, ohio, on the democratic line. caller: good morning. my daughter graduated from j.f.k. the military check, did you come cross the "washington journal" expo say on the f-35 that showed input ject was getting from 49 states? how can we have a good defense, barrel like ork that? how does potus make decision? consult? who does he listen to? guest: two great questions. about president trump, big mitt romney fan. romney would have made a great state.ry of i believe the courtship was real and that presi

[cheers] >> here is something else for twitter, roe v wade is anti-science.cheers] >> the science today, more and more and more and more, and that's why there are so many young people here today, says that is a person in the womb. we need to get real and stop pretending it is anything but that. [cheers] [applause] >> now i have a final statement, i want to say this, yes, i am outraged. yes, i have not thought a lot about blowing up madonna's house. and the reason i have not thought a lot about blowing up madonna's house is because the lord i follow commands me to love my enemies. [cheers] [applause] >> i and many of us here are jesus freaks. we obey the lord of life. and when jesus told us to pray for our enemies, we are crazy. we do it. [cheers] >> and i would like you to join me right now in praying for madonna. madonna, jesus loves you, and we are going to pray that his love be revealed to you and everybody that was at the women's march. let us pray for madonna right now. father god in the mighty name of jesus, we lift up your daughter madonna and ask you

he said he will, quote, respect, end quote, roe v. wade but believes the decision, quote, violated the constitution, end quote. as attorney general who says he believes a woman's well-established fundamental rights are unconstitutional is essentially inviting states to pass more restrictions to women's access to health care knowing full well the justice department may, in fact, support those in court. in fact, i asked whether the justice department under his leadership would seek to overturn roe or change precedent on reproductive rights. he left the door open by saying, and i quote, such decisions would depend upon the unique circumstances of the case or cases as they arise. i will not prejudge the issues, end quote. and when asked by senator blumenthal whether he believes a woman should be punished for having an abortion, as the president said during the campaign, senator sessions could have given a simple no answer, but he did not. he refused to rule out punishment for women. instead, he merely noted that while the supreme court ha

he said he will, quote, respect, end quote, roe v. wade but believes the decision, quote, violated the constitution, end quote. as attorney general who says he believes a woman's well-established fundamental rights are unconstitutional is essentially inviting states to pass more restrictions to women's access to health care knowing full well the justice department may, in fact, support those in court. in fact, i asked whether the justice department under his leadership would seek to overturn roe or change precedent on reproductive rights. he left the door open by saying, and i quote, such decisions would depend upon the unique circumstances of the case or

can you guarantee that his nominee will favor overturning roe vs. wade?>> kellyanne: i can guarantee that the promise that president trump made will continue as president, that he is a pro-life president, and he will promise that he will appoint pro-life judges including the supreme court. here's the thing about the supreme court battle we are about to face. the way the democrats in the senate have pretreated our cabinet nominees does not bode well. it's just been terrible at the way they try to humiliate and embarrass our cabinet nominees. the secretary of commerce, the secretary of treasury. >> chris: i'm going to bring that up with durbin in the next section, i promise you. what i want to present on this, you spoke at the march for pro rata life rally on friday and you said this is a time of incredible promise for the pro-life movement. i don't have to tell you, they don't want promise, they want roe vs. wade overturned. will the president nominates someone committed to doing that? >> kellyanne: it will come up in the hearings. it's not so much about t

other eligible women's health care providers. >> congress' greatest role and potentially overturning roe. wade will come and confirmation hearings for a new supreme court nominee. the president has promised to name his pick as early as thursday, democrats found divided all the way. >> i am hopeful that maybe president trump would nominate someone who is mainstream and could get bipartisan support. we shall see. but if they don't, yes, we will fight it to hand nail. >> republicans are confident they can overcome any democratic attempts to block a nominee. the president has waited, they counterpunch are in chief, calling them obstructionist and even threatening to pull the full nuclear option meaning a simple 51 vote majority for the confirmation of a supreme court justice. bret? >> bret: doug mckelway, thank you. president trump says he relies on god for guidance and strength. mr. trump was interviewed by christian broadcast reporter this morning pete >> i would say that the office is so powerful that you need god even more. you realize that these decisions are all so important, there's a

roe v. wade decision, because that anniversary happened this past sunday. that ruling affirmed the constitutional right of women to control our own reproductive choices. it made abortion services safer and more accessible for women across this country. on saturday, as senator leahy said so eloquently, we saw millions of women and men come together in washington, in concord, new hampshire, and other cities across new hampshire and across the united states and all across the globe there were events in all 50 states and in 32 countries. we came together to defend this constitutional right as well as other critical gains for women in recent years. and our message expressed peacefully and powerfully was that we will not allow these gains to be taken away. we will not be dragged backward. despite the progress since the 1973 roe v. wade decision, women's reproductive health care remains under constant assault. states have passed restrictions intended to shut down clinics and limit access. and sadly

cheryl: we heard from the people that roe v.wade cut off the conversation with the states and they are have itit's cold out there. ofg: typical winter sky out blue. this is the rockville campus. the winds have been something. driving the temperatures to produce the wind chills in the upper 20's. the cloudiness will continue tonight. 38 in potomac and ashburn hill. it's 40 in largo. 41 in the petworth neighborhood of northwest washington. we have a while longer. some of the patches are still up in the clouds but we have had report of surface in the afternoon. 39ould clear. skies clear out. tomorrow, sunshine in the morning. clouds that will become breezy again, not as breezy as today but chilly with the highs in the lower 40's. this is the polar bear plunge for everybody that signed up for it. tomorrow is chilly but that's why they call it the polar plunge. the temperatures are dropping on monday. quiet weather for the next few days. the next chance is a wintery mix. the temperatures are staying where they should be for the enof

d c marking the decision known as roe versus wade. the rally begins at noon eastern. at 1:00 they will march to the supreme court. one of coverage here on c-span. coverage here on c c-span.]sp -- discussing the executive orders assigned by president trump to expand the pipelines. stephen moore will discuss president trump's proposals to lower taxes and increase jobs and boost the economy. editor and publisher at the republicanority in government and cover president trump in a changing media environment. washington's order -- washington journal live, join the discussion. >> the house debated a bill to block funding for abortion. abortion services and a formal care act subsidies for insurance courses that cover abortions. the bill makes permanent the hyde amendment. that bars several medical facilities from providing abortions. strongse today and unflinching leadership on this issue. it was just -- write off ready to this presidency as it just began. there were millions of pro-life women who were explicitly told they were unwelcome at this event. today, the people's hou

i firmly believe that roe v. wade and its descendants has one of the most closal mistake of all time. do you still hold that view sni believe you answered yes to someone who asked you that question previously that you believe that roe v. wade was a bad decision. >> well i do -- >> do you still believe that? >> i guess i have said that before. i'm a pro life advocate. but fundamentally, the problem, as i see it, with row versus wade, is that it denies the people the right to make laws that they might feel appropriate. did the supreme court have that power? i conclude that didn't because the constitution didn't answer that question, but i respectfully -- >> i hate to interrupt you. but i have less than two minutes. i don't want to get into the roe v. wade, i realize you still believe it was bad decision although based on constitutional privacy protections. so we can expect the make-up of the supreme court to change and we can very well end up with a supreme court that would be very open to overturning roe v. wade.

phil roe from tennessee. roe, five minutes. mr. roe: thank you, mr. chairman. of the here in the well house tonight remembering eight years ago when i stood here and only one other than pete olson who was here that spoke tonight. my medical ft practice of 31 years. i've been a physician, hard to believe, 46 years. ran for congress because i wanted to be involved in the health care debate. i realize thalt american people needed health care reform. one of the most disappointing things i've had since i've been in the u.s. congress was when i showed up here i naivey thought cared -- naively thought that people cared what i thought. turned out i was wrong about that. physicians in the doctors caucus on the republican side, in 2009. not one of us was asked one thing about that health care bill. republican amendment to that bill would have made it ruled in order. so it was passed on one party party d now the democrat owns it. unfortunately patients own it i came here to do, was to try to help people. of my life 31 years in the small town of johnson city, tennessee, pr

i pressed senator sessions for a commitment to defend roe v. wade in federal court and to enforce laws that guarantee the constitutionally protected right for a woman to choose. but senator sessions did not disavow his past comments that roe v. wade was one of the worst supreme court decisions ever made. and he does not acknowledge that that decision has a constitutional basis. should the supreme court be presented with a case that gives them the opportunity to overturn roe v. wade, i asked senator sessions whether what he would direct his solicitor general to do. whether he would direct the solicitor general to go in and argue for overturning roe v. wade. he said that was a hypothetical and that he would not be responding. that was not reassuring to me at all. over the past two months, i've heard from hundreds of my constituents and a number of prominent civil rights organizations, including a number of them who testified yesterday before the judiciary committee. after all of this, i will vote against the nomination of jeff sessions to serve a

former eeg erik roe. roe was eagles second round pick out of utah and traded him to new england for a draft pick. today howie rowsman talked about the decision. >> we're not going in there thinking we're getting over on bill belichick. what we were thinking about was, where he was on our depth chart. we probably make 50 decisions a year that are really real decisions that we sit down and make. to say that we don't go back and think about them and think about whether we're right. that's part of it. >> of course the upcoming nfl draft will be right here in philadelphia. back to you guys. >> let's get back to tracking this nor'easter hitting our region all day and night tonight. >> absolutely. let's go to nbc10 tim furlong. tim, the rain is tapering off there in delaware? >> it's misty here guys as we ahead through milford into kent county now. i'm not going that fast and you can see people flying around me. i will tell you there's a lot of pull on the vehicle. the wind is still blowing. you're still feeling

senator sessions' view on roe v. wade is clear. would any of us be surprised if as attorney general he would support overturning roe v. wade, should the opportunity to do so present itself. as one of his first actions, the president reinstated a ban on foreign aid to health providers around -- abroad, who discuss abortion. i seriously question whether the president, his cabinet, and advisers will protect a woman's right to choose. over the past two months, i've heard from thousands of my constituents and a number of prominent civil rights organizations including a number who testified at the confirmation hearing of senator sessions, questioning his nomination. so i will vote against the nomination of jeff sessions as attorney general because i am deeply concerned about how he would use his prosecutorial discretion. i would be concerned about his independence from the president. turning to the topic of president trump's executive orders, establishing basically a muslim ban, we have heard from my democratic colleagues that senator se

many here see that as a move toward overturning roe v.e-- the court's 1973 decision that legalized abortion. >> we would be happy with anything. anything, we're moving in the right direction. but i mean a complete repeal would be our ultimate goal. i've been hoping for that for... that was nothing against president trump, but that's one of the main reasons i voted for him. >> brown: the "march for life" followed on the heels of last saturday's "women's march on washington," protesting the new president. city officials said it drew more than half a million people here, many more around the globe. some women today, like abbey bongiorno of green bay, wisconsin, said they'd felt excluded. >> the pro-lifers weren't really invited to that. as a woman, it was really interesting that i wasn't really allowed to march with fellow women because i believe it's wrong to have abortions in the united states. >> brown: but they did march today. officials offered no immediate estimate of the crowd. abortion rights supporters were also out, in far smaller

in fact, talking to organizers, they feel that for the first time since roe versus wade went through the supreme court, and they feel that they actually have a better shot and having at least a partial roll-back of that, and they say that any sort of roll-back on a federal level of roe versus wade would be, as you can imagine, a huge success for them. it would be a big win for them, and to that point you heard the vice president here, and he was talking about how next week he brought it up. donald trump is going to be announcing his pick for the vacancy on the supreme court, and he said it's going to be someone who shares the values of what he called the late great a antonin scalia. really a pledge here to the people that donald trump is ing to pick someone who is anti-abortion, and that got huge applause from the crowd here. last year they had a blizzard. it's kind of hard to compare it to last year. the weather definitely got in the way, john, but just from my vantage point on the mall, just to tell you, i'm about right next to the washington monument. there are people really on al

r roe v. wade has got to go jfrmts >> reporter: tens of thousands pouring into the streets for the annual march for life. crowds as far as the eye could see. >> life is winning again in america. >> reporter: for the first time ever, the vice president speaking. >> we will >> reporter: the president tweeting, "to all of you marching, you have my full support!" the trump administration is already making the fight against abortion a priority. the president signing an order to ban foreign aid to abortion providers abroad. >> i feel like we might be getting somewhere. >> reporter: the new administration giving new hope to demonstrators. is donald trump a game changer here? >> possibly. hopefully. >> we have a president speaking for the unborn. it's a huge difference. >> reporter: anti-abortion activists are calling for a ban on federal funding for planned parenthood and abortion providers. and want to see an anti-abortion justice named to the supreme court. >> and that's why next week president don

remember about roe v. wade, roe v. wade, many consider it -- it was the federalization over states.state of texas, the supreme court said, no more, states cannot dictate that. the big fight, can they get out of that and get back to the deep federalization of abortion. >> you made some eloquent marks on this. >> i was thinking about the identity fraud, these gender feminists that are arguing over 50 pronouns, different pronouns, and talking about the oppressed but they ignore the unborn. you would assume of the unborn could speak they would declare their identity, they would have -- they are voiceless, they are truly oppressed. it is unusual that the social justice warriors who claim to be for the voiceless refused to actually represent the most voiceless among us, which are the unborn. >> tried to silence them. >> what that fraud tells you, the rights of the oppressed don't matter to the gender feminists if they cost something. it is really easy to march about your rights or march about anything -- a march over bathrooms, you know. a third bathroom, a different kind of bathroom. but

the march for life walks this route every year to mark the anniversary of the 1973 roe v. wade ruling which legalized abortion. vice president pence was there becoming the highest ranking official speaking at the event. >> life is winning again in america. [ applause and cheers ] >> we will not rest until we restore a culture of life in america for ourselves and our posterity. >> many at the march hope a new supreme court nominee will stand on their side. president trump is expected to announce his choice for the vacant seat next week. >> we decided to see who he puts on the supreme court so we can overturn roe v. wade and abolish abortion in our lifetime. >> in the east bay it appears someone is throwing objects or shooting at cars from an overpass near lafayette. the highway patrol says there's been an increase in drivers reporting broken windows along highway 24 near the el portola overpass. no clues to go on. the chp now asking drivers on highway 24 to pay attention to anything suspicious. >>> we now know what killed a berkeley couple and their cats inside their home e

well, one could argue that roe was settled in 1973. the wonderful decision on marriage equality was settled only in 2015, if i'm remembering the year correctly. so, whether this difference between abortion and gay rights has to do with what trump himself really feels or whether it is his stance? i'm more inclined to think maybe this reason, the american public is more on board with american -- marriage equality than abortion at this moment. who knows. anyway. we have seen some differences there. takeactivists should not much comfort just because he hates abortion or is more willing to attack abortion more. i believe that both issues will have serious troubles in a trump presidency. we can see this immediately. this is from health care page of the trump transition website. the very first item is a commitment to protect individual conscience and health care. those are very nice words, but what do they mean? they mean something very specific. it means no health care provider tol be forced either participate in any aspect of abortion. not