roe v. wade case has didivided americans for decades. male: abortion is murder. kathryn: now the conservative south is launching its biggest challenge. philip gunn: on behalf of the state of mississpi, we are pro-life. phil bryant: it is law. sam lee: all pro-lifers that i know of reject there is a constitutional right to an abortion. kathryn: the new majority on the supreme court is poised to decide the fate of legal abortion. female: stop telling me what to do. kathryn: a woman's right to choose is on the line. india kent: it's taking away part of our right. it's very scary, it's very scary. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ kathryn: the vast mississippi river runs for thousands of kilometers. it cuts right through st. louis here and is the natural border between missouri on my right and illinois on my left, but this divide is much more than just this river. it's intensely political, and now it's deeply personal, where women find where they call home dictates their access to abortion. ♪♪♪ kathryn: st. louis, the gat

they are waiting for the opportunity to essentially gut roe v. wade.: could you respond to that and the fact that you said senate judiciary cmittee democrats did not connect the hearing to what is going to be a catastrophic series of progressive losses at the supreme court? talk about what other progressive losses in addition to reproductive rights you are referring to. >> i think the single most important thing that i saw in the questioning around abortion was how little there was. to the extent there was questioning around abortion, it presumed, as you just heard, that abortion is already over, that roe v. wade has been nullified and that was assumed. and then the questions really moved on to other things within that bucket of privacy rights and family autonomy rights to sort of all of the substantive due process -- the questions we were getting were really chilling. john cornyn raising the prospect of maybe doing away with the marriage equality decision. all of the rights, including contraception, in that bucket that are protected by roe i think are

who remember when roe v. wade came down. i'm here today, madam speaker, to reisner brave providers, the fierce advocates, the trail blazing women of color who established the principles and coined the terms and all of those who believe in a society where women are entitled to make personal decisions about their bodies, work, families, and futures. for those who agree to become the face of legal challenges to abortion access. the litigators who helped shape the arguments that became the legal fabric of protections for reproductive rights. and the women who have served as the jurists and the justices who wrote landmark defenses of these rights. we must protect their progress from destructive efforts in the states toover turn precedent that has saved countless lives and determined countless futures. rights are under attack. for nearly six months now, patients in texas have been denied a constitutional right to an abortion due to a statewide law designed to restrict, shame, and penalize those who dare to terminate a pregnancy th

heated moment with senator ted cruz, how jackson responded, and how the judge answered questions on roe v wade, the second amendment and expanding the court. >>> tonight, new explosions in kyiv as ukrainian forces retake key suburb near the capitol, showing russian strikes near mariupol with 10s of thousands remain trapped the refugee crisis growing, heartbreaking goodbyes. >>> reports of tornados striking the south, twisters including a powerful ef-3, al roker is here. >>> horror on the highway, six high school girls killed in a crash with a semi, what we're learning. >>> investigation of a deadly boeing jet crash in china, could it have been equipment failer or even intentional, and children evacuated from ukraine to the u.s. with cancer for life-saving treatment. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, the sense of history in the room was palpable, even if the process itself followed a familiar washington path of posturing and political opportunism, judge ketanji brown jackson, first black woman nominee to the supreme court facing hours of questioning to

jackson women's health organization, that could overturn roe v. wade. in 2019, you predicted a, quote, "horrific backlash" if that happens. what does a post-roe v. wade united states look like? >> don't know. neither do you. nobody does. we can we can speculate about a few things happening. but let's get to the to the crux of the matter, which is, does the state own your body? if they're going to claim women's bodies and put in enforced childbearing, they should pay for that. they're goa make you have a baby, they should pay for your food, your lodging, your clothing, your medical care. and if they're not prepared to do that, i would say that it is a dereliction of duty of the -- of the largest order. the united states already has a rather shocking maternal and newborn death rate. how come? how come? and you're just going to see that go up. >> in your 2003 novel, "oryx and crake," it's set in the not-so-distant future where new york is underwater because of rising sea levels, and new england's climate is semi-tropical. in a 2006 speech entitled "wetlands

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i'm particularly interested in the case of roe v. wade. roe was decided by nearly 50 years ago, and it's been reaffirmed over a dozen times since then. so my question is this. does roe v. wade have the status of being a case that is a super precedent and what other supreme court cases do you believe have that status? >> well, senator, all supreme court cases are precedential and there are rulings that have to be followed. roe and casey, as you say, have been reaffirmed by the court and have been relied upon and reliance is one of the factors that the court considers when it seeks to revisit or when it's asked to revisit a precedent and in all cases, the precedents of the supreme court would have to be reviewed pursuant to those factors because stare decisis is very important. >> thank you. if you are confirmed, you would be one of only two justices who is also served on the federal district court. the other being justice sotomayor. in your eight years as a trial judge on the dc district court, you wrote nearly 600 opinions and presided over

i'm particularly interested in the case of roe v. wade. roe was decided by nearly 50 years ago and reaffirmed over a dozen times since then. so my question is this. does roe v. wade have the status of being a case that is a super precedent? and what other supreme court cases do you believe have that status? >> well, senator, all supreme court cases are precedent, binding and they are principles and their rulings have to be followed. roe and casey, as you say, have been reaffirmed by the court and have been relied upon. reliance is one of the factors that the court considers when it seeks to revisit or when it is asked to revisit a precedent. and in all cases, those precedents of the supreme court would have to be reviewed pursuant to those factors because stare decisis is very important. if you are confirmed you would be one of only two justices who has also served on a federal district court. the other being justice sotomayor. in your eight years as a trial judge on the d.c. district court you wrote nearly 600 opinions and presided over ni

i'm particularly interested in "roe v. wade." rowe was decided nearly 50 years ago and it's been reaffirmed over a dozen times since then so my question is this. does "roe v. wade" have the status of being a case that's a super precedent and what other supreme court cases do you believe that have status? >> well, senator, all supreme court cases are presidential, they are binding, and they are their principles and rules have to be follow. rowe and casey, as you say, have been reaffirmed by the court have been relied upon, and reliance is one of the factors that the court considers when it seeks to revisit or when it's asked to revisit a precedent, and in all cases the precedent of the supreme court would have to be reviewed pursuant to those factors because stare decisis is very important. >> thank you. if you are confirmed you would be one of only two justices who has also severed on a federal district court, the other being justice sotomayor. in your eight years as a trial judge on d.c. district court you wrote nearly 600 opinio

now, a new nbc poll shows most american voters want things like roe v. wadebortion protected. they'll vote for candidates that agree with them, 56% support a candidate that supports roe v. wade, according to the latest nbc polls. 75% want a candidate that supports police. the most popular issue in the poll, candidates who support defund the police don't do very well at all. americans who say they support domestic drilling and gas, that was poor as well. and the claim that president trump claimed to have won the election, about 10% agree with that. the house will hold a committee hearing on federal legization of pot today. the house has voted twice in the past year on other issues connected to the eventual legalization of marijuana. a lot of hope coming out of peace talks in istanbul, russia is talking about with crawing some troops as a show of trust. meantime, ukrainians on the ground say they're not seeing that withdrawal. the white house is suspicious. >> no one should be fooled by russia's announcement, we believe any removal of forces from around kyiv is

i think in my view, the democrats should go at a list of other issues on that list, which is roe v. wadeescription drug relief, overwhelmingly, who won the election, overwhelmingly supported my all voters. and swing voters, and democrats, and one thing i will add that i hope we add in future polls, which is the issue that i would run on as a democrat, is who's going to protect democracy and voting rights? and that's the issue, if i were democrats, that's what i would run on. i would not go at a republican talking point on defunding police, because it has nothing to do with the establishment of the democratic party. i would go at the big issues that they have an advantage on. >> you know, it's interesting, mark, when you look at mitch mcconnell in this poll, right, fascinating part, his endorsement is considered a bigger negative for voters than it is a positive. i mean, i wonder if that's part of what speaks to the whole trump has on the party still or something else. how do you read those numbers? >> yeah, chris. when we're talking about divides inside parties, there is one among republ

i am interested in the case of roe v. wade. oe was decided nearly 50 years ago and it has been reaffirmed over a dozen times and send it my question is this, does roe v. wade have the status of being a case that is a super precedent what other supreme court cases do you believe have that status? >> senator, all supreme court cases are presidential, they are binding and they are principles -- the principles and rulings have followed. they have been relied upon and reliance is one of the factors that the court considers when it seeks to revisit what is asked to revisit a precedent. in all cases, the precedents would have to be viewed, pursuant to those factors because decisiveness is important. >> senator klobuchar spent some overtime to ask about the so-called shadow docket, the supreme court emergency proceedings that allow it to act quickly and without public deliberation. >> i want to talk to something that is a bit of the opposite, that shadow docket, it includes decisions that the court makes that and issued without oral arg

i'm particularly interested in the case of roe v. wade. roe was decided nearly 50 years ago, and it has been reaffirmed over a dozen times since then. my question is this, does roe v. wade have the status of being a case that is a super precedent, and what other supreme court cases do you believe have that status? judge jackson: senator, all supreme court cases are binding, and the principles and rulings have to be followed. roe and casey, as you say, have been reaffirmed by the court and relied upon, and reliance is one of the factors that the court considers when it seeks to revisit or asked to revisit a precedent. in all cases, those precedents of the supreme court would have to be reviewed pursuant to those factors because stare decisis is very important. >> several senators on the judiciary committee asked judge jackson to explain her judicial philosophy. here are questions from the two top senators on the committee, senator durbin and senator grassley. following those senators, you will hear from senator sasse, republican from nebrask

i am particularly interested in the case of roe v. wade. t was decided nearly 50 years ago and it's be -- been reaffirmed since then. does roe v. wade have the status of being a case that is a super precedent, and what other supreme court cases do you believe have that status? >> well, senator, all supreme court cases are precedential, they are binding, and they are principled and their rulings have to be followed. roe and casey have been reaffirmed by the court and have been relied upon, and reliance is one of the factors that the court considers when it seeks to revisit, or when it is asked to revisit, a precedent. and in all cases, the precedents of the supreme court would have to be reviewed pursuant to those factors because stare decisis is very important. >> senator amy klobuchar, democrat of minnesota, spent some time to ask about the show called -- the so-called shadow docket, the court's emergency proceedings that allow it to act quickly without public deliberation. >> i want you to talk about something to me that is the opposite, s

considering her nomination to the supreme court today that roe v. wade is settled law on abortion rights. >> roe and casey are settled law of the supreme court concerning the right to terminate a woman's pregnancy. mark: judge jackson declined to say whether she supports expanding the court. she said her work represented accused terrorists after terrorist attacks. more than one third of covid-19 cases were caused by the omicron v.a.. to subvariant, a notable increase from a week earlier when productions were just under one quarter,. the cdc says more than half of infections in the northeast are now caused by the subvariant and while covid cases have continued to drop nationally, new york city saw infections rise by 33% over the past week. in new york city, mayor eric adams says he will remove the mask mandate in schools and daycare centers for children ages two through four. mayor adams says "it is time to peel back another later." he says covid cases remain low, the change will take place april 4. new york state dropped its requirements on march 2 and t

roe v. wade, let's talk little bit about that.a touch today in my opinion, that was an awful act of judicial activism and it has cost the lives of over 63 million unborn children nearly 50 years later, the shameful ruling remains bindin precedent, but the battle is being fought in the courts as you know, and as we discussed when we visited th supreme court, it' reconsidering whether th constitution protects the righ to an abortion in dobbs. and, if you are confirms, yo will be in a position to apply the court's decision in dobbs. whatever that decision is goin to be, and you've talked about following precedent, and wha the court decides. do you commit to respecting th courts decision if it rule that roe was wrongly decided and that the issue of abortion should be sent back to the states >> senator, whatever the supreme court decides in dobbs will be the precedent of the supreme court, it will b worthy of respect in the sense that it is the precedent, and commit to treating it as i would any other president. >> there's one other th

kathryn: the controversial ruling in the roe v. wadeamericans for decades. male: abortion is murder. kathryn: now the conservative south is launching its biggest challenge. philip gunn: on behalf of the state of mississpi, we are pro-life. phil bryant: it is law.

you know, roe v. wade, let's talk a little bit about that. it's come up a touch today.hat was an awful act of judicial activism and has cost the lives of over 63 million unborn children. and nearly 50 years later this shameful ruling remains binding precedent, but the battle is being fought in the courts. and as you know and as we've discussed when we visited the supreme court is reconsidering whether the constitution protects the right to an abortion in daubs. and if you're confirmed you will be in a position to apply the court's decision in daubs. whatever that decision is going to be. and you've talked about following precedent and what the court decides. so do you commit to respecting the court's decision if it rules that roe was wrongly decided and that the issue of abortion should be sent back to the states? >> senator, whatever the supreme court decides in daubs will be the pres dependent of the supreme court. it will be worthy of respect in the sense that it is the precedent, and i commit to treating it as i would any other precedent of -- >> there's one other t

now, no matter what happens on the court, a new nbc poll shows most americans want roe v. wadeto abortion be protected. they will vote for candidates who agree with that, 56% of americans, would support a candidate who supports roe v. wade. 75% of the people polled want a candidate who supports police and police funding. again, this is political candidates, not necessarily justice candidates. americans say they support a candidate who supports domestic drilling as well as a way to reduce prices. now, the poll question kind of implies that drilling affects prices, future drilling affects prices. i have some reservations about that question. take a look at this one. a candidate who repeats the idea trump won the election, just one in five americans support that idea. the house will hold a committee hearing on federal legalization of pot today. the whole house could pass the bill as soon as this week, making it legal, at least by the house. the house has twice voted in the past year on issues connected with the legalization of marijuana. >>> we're watching what's happening to see

they say they're only concerned with roe v. wadek slips and it shows that if you take away substantive due process, if you take away privacy rights, there is an entire legal cannon that is built on privacy rights that includes the right to marry and contraception and that crumbles away in their deelt. and leaving something like interracial marriage to the states, alabama, even though interracial marriage was long allowed, alabama still have a statute banning the -- of the races as they call it in alabama. that did not come off the books until it was put to a popular vote in the year 2000. that is how recent it was. and that is how close we could be again to those kinds of laws if people like mike braun and john cornyn and lindsey graham get their way. >> it is really striking. and as you say, the history is instructive and if you hear people saying, well i'm not for x, in this case, banning people from being able to marry regardless of race, but i'm for allowing a state to do x. you don't have to go to law school to question, well,

she also told senator dianne feinstein that roe v. wade is settled law.dfire is running on a remote file north of antioch, affecting air quality. that fire in the sacrament river delta is still burning tonight. people have been reporting smoky conditions. firefighters say they are going to let it burn itself out because it is difficult to get to. flames may burn for several days, there is a lot of dry brush and fuels to ignite. we did see some record warmth today across the bay area. a shot of the sun as it set this evening. abc7news reporter sandhya patel says we could see mark record high temps tomorrow. sandhya: today we had half a dozen records. tomorrow there c be a cpl citie somenges underway toght. the fog is rolling in over san francisco. this is what we expect are run some, it felt like it even though it is spring. santa rosa, the records of 89 today. 82 at sfo. same with eloquence, 85 degrees. san jose 84, gilroy 85. all new records for today. i don't expect is money, it is going to be cooler in san francisco, 66, oakland, 72. anywhere from the

she also told senator dianne feinstein that roe v. wade is settled law. wildfire is running on a remote file north of antioch, affecting air quality. that fire in the sacramento river delta is still burning tonight. people have been reporting smoky conditions. firefighters say they are going to let it burn itself out because it is difficult to get to. flames may burn for several days, there is a lot of dry brush and fuels to ignite. we did see some record warmth today across the bay area. a shot of the sun as it set this evening. abc7news reporter sandhya patel says we could see mark record high temps tomorrow. sandhya: today we had half a dozen records. tomorrow there could be a couple of cities. some changes underway tonight. the fog is rolling in over san francisco. this is what we expect are run some, it felt like it even though it is spring. santa rosa, the records of 89 today. 82 at sfo. same with eloquence, 85 degrees. san jose 84, gilroy 85. all new records for today. i don't expect is money, it is going to be cooler in san francisco, 66, oakland,

the cost is right, affirmed by roe v wade, standing precedent for half a century is under attack as never before. if you want to go forward not backwards, you must protect access to of care, preserve a woman's right to choose. they continue to vash, maternal health care fall murphy for g b t q plus americans. let's finally get the bipartisan equality act to my desk. the onslaught of state was targeting. 1 fan, ginger americans in their family is simply wrong to said last year, especially do our younger transgender americans. i'll always have your back as your president, so you can be yourself and reach your god, give a potential false tooth i just demonstrated often appears. we do not agree and that we are, we do agree in a lot more things and we acknowledge i signed 80 by parson bills in all last year. from preventing government shuts and protecting asian americans from still to common hate crimes to reform military justice and will still be strengthened, advised against women act i 1st wrote 3 decades ago in florida. it's important for us to show so the nation come together new big thin

heated moment with senator ted cruz, how jackson responded, and how the judge answered questions on roe v wadethe second amendment and expanding the court. >>> tonight, new explosions in kyiv as ukrainian forces retake key suburb near the capitol, showing russian strikes near mariupol with 10s of thousands remain trapped the refugee crisis growing, heartbreaking goodbyes. >>> reports of tornados striking the south, twisters including a powerful ef-3, al roker is here. >>> horror on the highway, six high school girls killed in a crash with a semi, what we're learning. >>> investigation of a deadly boeing jet crash in china, could it have been equipment failer or even intentional, and children evacuated from ukraine to the u.s. with cancer for life-saving treatment. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, the sense of history in the room was palpable, even if the process itself followed a familiar washington path of posturing and political opportunism, judge ketanji brown jackson, first black woman nominee to the supreme court facing hours of questioning to th

supreme court decision this summer that could overturn roe v. wade >>> it is the final day of confirmation hearings for judge ketanji brown jackson. today will focus on outside witnesses after two days of questioning with judge jackson here's chris pollone >>> day two of questioning before the senate judiciary committee had judge ketanji brown jackson once again reflecting on the historic nature of her appointment. >> what my being here i think is about at some level is about the progress that we've made in this country. >> reporter: the judge also underscoring the importance of having a diverse group of justices on the bench. >> it lends and bolsters public confidence in our system >> reporter: in their second round of questions republicans sharpened their attacks trying to pin the judge down on abortion and honing in once again on jackson's sentencing record in child porn cases >> you think it is a bigger deterrent to take somebody who's on a computer looking at sexual images of children in the most disgusting way is to supervise their computer hab

heated moment with senator ted cruz, how jackson responded, and how the judge answered questions on roe v wadecond amendment and expanding the court. >>> tonight, new explosions in kyiv as ukrainian forces retake key suburb near the capitol, showing russian strikes near mariupol with 10s of thousands remain trapped the refugee crisis growing, heartbreaking goodbyes. >>> reports of tornados striking the south, twisters including a powerful ef-3, al roker is here. >>> horror on the highway, six high school girls killed in a crash with a semi, what we're learning. >>> investigation of a deadly boeing jet crash in china, could it have been equipment failer or even intentional, and children evacua

those on child pornography cases, nothing could be further from the truth she says and an action on roe v wade settled into law, the hearing going into the evening, our peter alexander with late details and highlights. >> reporter: tonight, judge ketanji brown jackson facing at times contentious questioning, nominated first black woman on the nation's highest court >> my record demonstrated my impartiality. >> reporter: accusations she was soft on crime noting her brothers and uncles served on law enforcement. >> i know what it's like having loved ones go off to protect and serve and the fear of not knowing whether or not they're going to come home again because of crime in the community. >> reporter: addressing criticism that her sentences in child pornography possession cases have been too lenient. >> as a mother and a judge who has had to deal with these cases, i was thinking that nothing could be further from the truth. >> reporter: republican ted cruz highlighted several cases where jackson's sentences were shorter than what prosecutors recommended. >> do you believe the voice of the chil

i am particularly interested in roe v. wade. t was decided nearly 50 years ago and it has been reaffirmed over a dozen times since then. my question is this. does roe v. wade have the status of being a case that is super precedent and what other supreme court cases do you believe have that status? hon. judge jackson: all supreme court cases are precedential. they are binding and their rulings have to be followed. roe and casey have been reaffirmed by the court and have been relied upon. reliance is one of the factors the court considers when it seeks to revisit or when it is asked to revisit a precedent. in all cases, the precedent of the supreme court would have to be reviewed pursuant to those factors because stare decisis is very important. hon. judge jackson: thank you -- sen. feinstein: thank you. if you are confirmed, you would be one of only two justices who has served on a federal district court, the other one being justice sotomayor or. you wrote nearly 600 opinions and resided over nine jury trials and three bench trial

does roe v wade have the status of being a case? that is a super precedent? well, senator all supreme court cases are precedential. they're binding and they their principles and their rulings have to be followed. judge jackson also asked about her time as a federal public defender for guantanamo bay prisoners being a public defender. did you consider that rewa thata senator? yes, i did because public service. is very important to me after that answer senator graham walked out of the hearing room saying he wouldn't care if the detainees-old died in prison judge jackson faces two more days of questions democrats. hope to finish the confirmation process by april 11th. a history class at john o'connell high school in san francisco learned today that the supreme court is there to ensure equal justice for all. there was great interest in following the confirmation hearing of the first african-american woman to be nominated abc 7 news senior education reporter lam melendez asks them what they got out of it. a hundred and eight of the 115 supreme court justices we've

supreme court confirmation hearings on abortion, she described roe v. wade is the settled law of the land, and she said that the constitutional right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental right. jackson pushed back against attacks from some republicans who say she was too lenient when it came to sentencing child pornography offenders as a mother. and a judge who has had to deal with these cases. i was thinking that nothing could be further from the truth. jackson spoke about her work as a federal public defender representing guantanamo bay detainees after 9 11, arguing that terrorism suspects are entitled to legal representation under the constitution. if jackson is confirmed, she would be the first supreme court justice with experience as a public defender , ktvu jana katsuyama spoke with the legal expert about how jackson's experience differs from other supreme court nominees. judge catania brown, jackson told the senate judiciary committee tuesday why her experience as an attorney on the front lines of the justice system has helped make her a better judg

as part of your answer you said -- you mentioned roe v. wade and planned parenthood versus casey and you said this. i will quote. they articulate a limited right to terminate a pregnancy. what is the limitation that you understand that was pronounced in roe versus wade and casey when it comes to a right to terminate an abortion? what are the limitations under current law? judge jackson: under current law, as i understand it, there are limitations in so far as there can be regulation of the pre-viability unless the regulation imposes an undue burden on the exercise of the right, and there can be regulation after viability as long as there is exception for the health and i think life of the mother. the limitations are about whether and to what extent the government can regulate. the right. sen. cornyn: is it your understanding under the current precedent of the supreme court that there is a right to abortion up to and including the time of delivery of the child? judge jackson: senator, i don't -- i don't know, actually. the supreme court in every

roe v. wade did not rely on that, it had different arguments. but the way biden uses that, i think most of that for him was a shorthand for thinking abortion is one of those rights. clearly abortion having been illegal throughout the time would not of been one of the rights that the framers would've understood as retained by the people. this would have to be a right that was well understood in british law going into the founding in the first place. it couldn't be a new right because then you're not retaining it, you are inventing it post hoc. host: let me try to get in one or two more calls. baltimore, a democrat go ahead. caller: good morning. i just wanted to call in and say i think you guessed today -- your guest today is a perfect example of what we will see from the senate. it will be let's talk about a memo you had as a law student 20 years ago. i think there's a bunch of ways caller: maybe your guests can speak to that. the last three justices, none of them was under any scrutiny. have a good one. thank you. guest: i take issue that the l

roe v. wade, let's talk a little bit about that. it has come up a touch today. in my opinion, that was an awful act of judicial activism and it has cost the lives of over 63 million unborn children and nearly 50 years later, the shameful ruling remains binding precedent but the battle is being fought in the courts and as you know and as we discussed when we visited, the supreme court is reconsidering whether the constitution protects the right to an abortion. if you are confirmed, you will be in a position to apply the court's decision. whatever that decision is going to be. you talked about following precedent. so do you commit to respecting the court's decision if it rules that roe was wrongly decided and that the issue of abortion should be sent back to the states? judge jackson: senator, whatever the supreme court decides will be the president of the supreme court. it will be worthy of respect in the sense that it is the president and i commit to treating it as i would any other precedent. sen. blackburn: one of the central issues is whether the constitution

it is not sufficient to say roe v. wade should be overturned because the president has no power to do that. we want to know what the candidate will do as president to advance protections for unborn babies. we want him to promise to veto the freedom of choice act, for which the feminists led by barbara boxer have just started an all-out campaign. the freedom of choice act would prohibit government at any level from interfering with our efforts to protect human rights. the freedom of choice act would wipe out every single pro-life bill we have passed in the past 34 years, including parental notice, parental consent, the woman's right -- abortion funding restrictions and partial-birth abortion bands. susan: i'm going to move to the second clip and then talk about this issue and how you deal with it. this is a much more recent, it's a young speaker. i will let you explain after we listen. >> under the light of recent events, it feels wrong to talk about anything but what is currently affecting me and millions of other women in

they are deciding whether or not to overrule roe v. wade, gun rights, and in the fall with potentially just as jackson on the court, they will weigh in on affirmative action and the extent to which lgbtq rights and religious rights are balanced. there are so many important issues that are before the supreme court and the public is paying close attention. host: last call, barbara, oklahoma city, democrat. good morning. caller: hi. i do not even know where to start. i do not understand why we never ever did you have questions like this when trump was in there. we never got to speak on what he did. every morning now, it is what you think about biden doing this? what do you think about biden doing that? our supreme court justices, this one is so awesome. it is insane. she made lindsey graham and them look like the fools that they are because she is so well read. she is amazing. host: that is barbara's view from oklahoma city. before we go, the final minute. what did we miss this week across the street at the actual supreme court while we were a

confirmation hearings for the first black woman nominated to the supreme court, judge keta question does roe v. wade have the status as being a super precedent question mark >> all supreme court cases are precedential, binding and their principles and rulings have to be followed. dan: republican senator raised concerns about her representation of guantanamo bay detainees. >> why would you call secretary of defense rumsfeld and george w. bush war criminals in a legal filing? it seems out of character? >> are you talking about briefs or habeas petitions i filed? >> when you are representing a member of the taliban. >> i don't member that particular reference. ama: she faces at least one more day questions. democrats hope to finish the process by april 11. a live look at the hearings, still underway in washington, d.c.. it's about 9:30 at night there and they got started around 9:00 this morning on the east coast. dan: a long day and a learning opportunity for young people. history class at john o'connell high school in san francisco learned the supreme court is there to ensure equal justice for all. a

does roe v wade have the status of being a case? that is a super precedent? well, senator all

the right from by roe v wade standing pressing for half a century is under attack as never before. if you want to go forward, not backwards. you must protect access to health care, preserve a woman's right to choose. >> continue to invest maternal health care for all. >> o g b t q plus americans. let's finally get the bipartisan equality act to my desk. >> on slot of state laws targeting transgender americans and their families. >> said last year, especially to our younger transgender americans. always have your back as your president. so you can be yourself and reach your god given potential. just demonstrated often appears we do not agree. we are. we do agree on a lot more things than we acknowledge. i signed 80 bipartisan bills into law last year. from preventing government shutdowns, protecting asian americans. some still too common. a crime, reforming military justice. and will soon be strengthened. the violence against women act that i first wrote 3 decades ago. court. so not at war for unity agenda for the nation. for big things we can do together. in my view. first beat the

for these issues, so to have someone in the room that are not theoretical, yes, it could overturn roe v. wadethe last time the court considers abortion. lots of times these abortion restrictions are made to protect black women and black babies. so to have somebody being rhetorically addressed who can then in the room say, here's the facts, here's some lived experience in addition to their deep legal experiences i think makes a big difference. >> irin carmon, it was great to have you. we'll have you back again. >> thank you. >>> countries that have taken in millions of refugees. the dire situation as more people flee their homes. ...so he scheduled witith safelite in just a few clicks. we came to his house... ...then we got to work. we replaced his windshield and installed new wipers t to protect his new glass, while he finished his s meetin. let safelite come to you. >> man: looks great. thank you. >> tech: my pleasure. that's service on your time. schedule now. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ scotts turf builder triple action kills weeds, prevents crab grass and feeds your

the cahills had lived in and opened up such dramatic litigation to come, the most dramatic of it roe v. wade. then there's this young woman, allison krause. allison had been a graduate of wheaton, maryland, john f. kennedy high school just a year when "the washington post" reporter came to the school to ask about her. he went to the front office as he was required to do. when he asked for any information they could give him about allison, they really didn't have much to say. they pulled out her file. gave him a copy of her grades, of her s.a.t. scores, let him see the letter her guidance counselor had written on her college application. something like allison is a very mature young woman. but really nobody remembered anything much except how pretty she'd been. and even that wasn't necessarily a memory of her because already the photo you're seeing had made the papers by then. not that anyone at john f. kennedy high in wheaton, maryland, should have remembered allison krause. she came to the school the way a lot of kids did to a place like kennedy high, trailing along behind her father as he

kathryn: the controversial ruling in the roe v. wadedivided americans for decades. male: abortion is murder. kathryn: now the conservative south is launching its biggest challenge. philip gunn: on behalf of the state of mississpi, we are pro-life. phil bryant: it is law.

the constitutional right by roe v wadeed for half a century is under attack as never before. if you want to go forward, not backwards you must protect access to healthcare, preserve a woman's right to choose and continue to advance the healthcare for all americans. [applause] and folks, for the lgbtq plus americans, let's finally get to the bipartisan equality act to my desk. [applause] the onslaught of state laws targeting transgender americans andrgic their families is simply wrong. i said last year especially to the younger transgender americans, i will always have your back as your president so u you can be yourself and reach your god-given potential. [applause] as i just demonstrated, it often appears we do not agree, and we do agree on a lot more things than we acknowledge. i signed 80 bipartisan bills into law last year. from preventing government shutdowns, to protecting aging americans and still -- to reforming military justice. and will soon be strengthening the act that i first wrote three decades ago. [applause] and it's important. it's important for us to show th