it moves calling election away from the sole purview of the secretary of state to the state legislaturewhether that be on the state level or on the presidential level. they also made it easier to overtake the election ward in fulton county. fulton county, where anybody who doesn't understand it, that is where atlanta is. that is a very black part of the state, very diverse part of the state. it is the capital of the state. they have embraced trumpism full bore, and if you watch the gubernatorial debate, which i watched, multiple candidates on that stage said that that's -- that the 2020 election was stolen and there was no pushback from a single candidate other than kemp, and he was mild about it. he kept saying, you know, i don't like what happened. i don't like the result, but i had to do what i had to do. there is no pushback against trumpism here in georgia. they're just being self-interested in not wanting to lose, and so they are choosing kemp. >> so, annie, that's interesting. does it manifest itself in different -- like, will pence's message for kemp be different on a substantiv

i do think that it should be up to the states on abortion rights, just because you can vote state legislature in and out a lot faster than you can anything else. that's why think it should go to the states. if you don't like it, then you vote the people in or out that feel the same as you. have a wonderful day. guest: you too. you shouldn't have a different right in one state than another state. that holds woman captive to whatever a state legislature might think about a fundamental right. and we just can't have that. we can't, particularly for poor women, women who don't have the means to travel. affluent women have always had an ability to get whatever kind of reproductive health care they want. because they can pay for it. when you have a situation where there are women who are poor, who are in difficult circumstances, they should not be captive to where they live. we need to make sure that every woman, no matter where she lives in this country, has the right to reproductive health care. health care that is safe, that is affordable and that deals with her particular needs. host: you said f

i live in missouri and we have the trigger law and a lot of state legislatures did not know how they would and they thought it would go back to the states which is kind of true. if the five justices wanted to go back to the state legislatures, they should have said that but they didn't. they said it would be returned to the people and their elected representatives so i hope the people get to vote on this. i think viable fetuses have a right to life. i know they don't say that in roe v. wade specific viable fetuses have a right to life in these five justices, when they said roe v. wade should be dismissed, they did away

i'm familiar with the state legislature. i keep up with what they do and they had an opportunity to pass a bill that would legalize medical marijuana. i agree with the caller that it is popular in kentucky, medical stick around -- attica marijuana. recreational marijuana, the poll numbers are not the same. when you look at the governments's model to treat pain in america in the past has been right in an prescription for an opioid and medicare and medicaid will reimburse that year that has not worked out very well, especially in the state of kentucky. you have people that have pain, i think we need to look at alternative forms of pain relief as opposed to what the current business model is in kentucky, that is to write someone a prescription for a pain pill. the marijuana issue is something that will be brought back up in the legislature but that is more in the state legislatures domain than congress. host: tina, republican line. caller: if you could explain or inform the public about what is going to be occurring at the upco

>> the role that state legislatures play and so many facets of our lives is not a thing that often getsten gets overlooked and broader civic discourse in the way that this country works. but it does not get overlooked on the conservative movement and far-right edges of american politics. going back to 2010, one of the most important, most significant legacies of the tea party movement was flipping a huge number of state legislatures, both individual bodies, almost every state legislature models, washington and has two different chambers, but individual bodies and taking control even star tate legislatures as a whole. first the tea party was a total failure when he came to trying to repeal the affordable care attack. but in the act of those legislative leave those changes -- has shaped a host of policies including perhaps most importantly, abortion laws governed in large part by states. we are seeing now is the impact, the legacy of the tea party that has been materializing in a new way. so many of those conservative and far-right state lawmakers who were elected because of concerns abou

the majority of state legislatures are republican. na, and arizona are have republican legislatures. >> if they're able to put forward alternate slates of electors they can actually get officials to sign off on that might give them more credibility, certainly they might have a little more success there, either in arizona or other states. >> in addition, the now conservative supermajority supreme court could support an obscure and not widely accepted legal theory where state legislatures have supreme power over elections without checks and balances. that theory stems from article 1 section 4 of the constitution, which says the times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed by the legislature there of. >> those that are promoting the independent legislature doctrine are suggesting that that means just the legislature. strict reading, just says legislature. it means just the legislature. what they're failing to recognize is that every state has a constitution that defines what its legis

i hope and pray state legislatures across the country will follow the example of the state of utah and pass laws to protect the lives of pre-born babies and their mothers, thank you, mr. president. >> mister president. >> senator from indiana. >> every year in schools around our country students are taught about the declaration of independence. this remarkable document outlines the ideals on which the united states was founded and the principles on which our government and our very identity as americans are based. perhaps best known and most quoted from the declaration is the line about all being endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. from our earliest days when such a concept truly was revolutionary, to the present day as americans we believe in the dignity and value of every human person. this is an ideal we should always aspire to and in the spirit of that conviction i believe that our nation has a moral response ability to protect unborn children, to protect life. families and medical professionals

guest today is danica roem, a democrat and the first transgender person to take a seat in a state legislature. what does her story tell us about america's culture wars? danica roem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. it's good to see you. it's great to have you on the show. now, when you won your election back in 2017 to become a state legislator in virginia... mm—hm. ..you were seen across america as a trailblazer. do you still feel like that trailblazer? well, so, here's the thing. i don't try to put, you know, that title to myself. when other people ascribe it to me, that's fine. that's their interpretation. myjob is to make sure that i'm fixing route 28, that i'm taking care of health insurance for my constituents and really taking care of those day—to—day basics. and, while i'm doing that, if i'm able to inspire other trans people to step up and run for office, great. and when i was sworn in to the virginia house of delegates onjanuary 10th, 2018, for my first of what's now three terms, you know, that day, i was the only out and seated trans state legislator in the country. and now,

in 2018 voters approved a new redistricting setup that involved both the state legislature expect backup commission -- and the backup commission and in certain cases the state's supreme court. but voters wanted to see bipartisanip majorities pass the maps, so they included provisions that had trip wires for additional steps if these maps weren't bipartisan, additional requirements that they had to meet. given the current political climate, there was never really any likelihood that there was going to beod a bipartisan map,o republicans took theep process o the extreme, did not make good faith efforts with democrats to draw maps on either the congressional or the state legislature level. as a result, the state supreme court stepped in and tossed all of the maps, the congressional maps, the state legislature maps. however, on the congressional district side the state came back with another set of maps, andck while the supreme court hs not approved those maps, they have scheduled hearings on them for after tomorrow's primary. so, in effect, they have ceded that that the maps will be in plac

and similar state legislatures because we hear a lot of people saying this means the end of abortionthat the case? you're -- your legislature passed a 15-week ban meaning after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which is deep -- after four months basically, there would be a ban. you couldn't select an abortion after that time. you think that is what the will hold in mississippi or will mississippi voters and the legislature go further and ban it all together? >> they possibly could. the whole nexus of our argument was a rule of law question. this would always be returned to the states. every state should make a decision on how they would like to handle their abortion policy making issue. it's a rule of law question. they can each decide on their legislators if they're not happy with them, they can remove them by the ballot box. we know that will be different in every state. some states will codify abortion. some will have stricter regulations. that will be an issue. that is democracy at work. we anticipate that will happen in each state. again, our argument as well as the rule of law was always

i hope and pray state legislatures across the country will follow the example from the state of utahss laws to protect the lives of people and babies and their mothers. thank you mr. president. >> . >> every year schools around the country students are taught about the declaration of independence. this document outlines the ideals in which the united states was founded and the identity is based. perhaps best known and most quoted is the line about being endowed with certain unalienable rights among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. from the earliest days when such a concept truly was revolutionary to the present day as americans we believe in the dignity and value of every human person this is what we should aspire to and h in the spirit of that conviction i believe we have a moral responsibility to protect unborn children and life. through amazing advances in science families and medical professionals now know that at 15 weeks a baby can feel pain and move fingers and toes with a fully developed heart pumping 26 quarts of blood per day. despite the advances of mod

it is because they show up in the state legislatures. they show up with a group of several dozen people that are very effective at pressuring the state legislatures into acting. we can do that. if we had several hundred or just 1000 people show up every year at each state legislature and say, we want to figure out how we can pass pro gun violence prevention legislation -- and not just laws. not just lawyers will address that. we need to address the need of why someone wants to pick up a gun in the first place. two thirds of gun deaths are suicides. i have had many conversations with republicans and very conservative gun owners, and many of them have threatened me or vehemently disagreed with me. but ultimately when i say to them is that i am not going to try to change your mind here. but i think what i want to highlight is that we do agree. we need to end gun violence. so, let's stop debating this issue and let's start talking about what we can agree on. because the reality is that the next parkland is going to happen. the next newtown,

it's a crisis spreading in state legislatures across this country. you're reporting for the new york times reads at least 357 sitting republican legislatures in closely contested battleground states have used the power of their office to discredit or try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. the tally accounts for 44% of the republican legislators in the nine states where the presidential race was most narrowly decided. in an interview with the times, trump acknowledged he is looking for candidates who want state legislatures to have a say in naming presidential electors. a position that could look politicians short-circuit the democratic process and override a popular vote. this comes as candidates like pennsylvania's gop nominee for governor, doug mastriano has fait this election cycle bending over backwards to gain trump's indoor summit. mastriano let his states stop the steal movement pushing to reverse biden's win and state, even though biden won pennsylvania by about 80,000 votes. mastriano's democratic appointment, josh sh

. >> reporter: overturning roe would not outlaw abortion, but leave it up to state legislatures to decide whether there should be restrictions currently 13 states have so-called trigger laws that would ban abortion if roe is overturned with exceptions for the health of the mother republicans tonight insist there is a reason democrats are focussing on the leaked opinion. >> they want to change the topic from immigration, from the soaring inflation. they want to get off the things that are so unpopular about this president. >> and, peter, even without the votes, senate democrats are moving forward next week what's the thinking there? >> reporter: that's right, lester democrats have taken steps to guarantee abortion rights that's all but certain to fail, but they say they still want to get every senator on the record lester >> peter alexander at the white house, thank you. >>> some of the states that have those abortion trigger laws we just talked about are preparing for what might be inevitable blaine alexander tonight on how the leaked supreme court draft decision is playing out in those s

i mean, is there an appetite to that in the state legislature? >> not right now, a lot of them -- republicans have already dug their heels in and said that, you know, they're not looking at raising the age on who can purchase an assault rifle. you know, right now, 18-year-olds can do that in texas, and we need to raise that age. but there's no political will. and the concern that i have is that the governor does call a special session. we can only take up those matters that he puts on it, and right now, what they are promoting is not what we need. we do not need more armed teachers in our classrooms. >> one of the things that your governor said on wednesday was that there are more people shot, he said, every weekend in chicago than there are schools in texas. we need to realize that people who think maybe we can just implement tougher gun laws, it hasn't solved it in chicago and l.a. and new york, it disproves that thesis, he said. actually, he's wrong, texas is the state with the highest amount of gun deaths. here's the graphic. texas is number

hand wringing and the tears are translated into action at the grass roots level, action by state legislatures. almost 20 states now have red flag statutes in the wake of parkland. and as communities and states show that they will no longer tolerate the hypocrisy of thoughts and prayers without action, all of us who have advocated for years, indeed for decades that this body must act, we cannot lose courage or heart. we cannot lose the hope, and we must match our thoughts and prayers with real action. thank you, madam covid. -- long covid.am covid. >> this hearing is entitled

the majority of members and state legislatures are men. that does not make any sense.o come because we have had it as a right for so long, i think a lot of women don't appreciate this is about to be taken away from us. kristen: speaking of men, you mentioned needing to be in impregnator responsibility. what does that mean? rep. speier: when we look upon this, it is like a immaculate conception, something caused by the women. it takes two to create an embryo, yet we do not talk about any responsibilities other impregnator. my colleagues on the other decided that i'll are pro-birth, but not pro-life. they want this fetus to turn into a young infant, but the resources to provide for that infant, to make sure it has the health care and nutrition it needs to make it, is not something they want to deal with, yet so many abortions that are not allowed to happen in the with a poor woman without the resources having to care for this new infant. kristen: i want to be clear that if roe v. wade is struck down, it does not mean abortion would be banned across the country. it will b

but the state legislature, even in election cases has a pretty strong interest. >> well, the state legislature, petitioners here have had said in this representation that they don't represent the legislature, they only represent the speaker change, which makes it really difficult to say they have a different perspective. and they don't care about election administration when they have said they want on behalf of the state as a whole. i take that point. i guess i think that there is the kind of formal-ness about it. they are have a different interest. because they have this interest pure in defending the law, and there than by any other consideration. i think your point. there is some -- with consistent representations that not represent the legislature but represent the whole state. which you might think that is the kind of interest that is even taking their own view, levant by these executive interest as well. they want to have it both ways. but why shouldn't we think that the more important of the two statements that they're making to us is that they have this pure interest in defending the

any time we want to do something in the state legislature, the republican-controlled legislature saide are not going to do anything. people elect me to solve problems, in this space, i feel powerless. after we try and we try, we can't get a gun sense. if we don't learn from this, what are we? what i am doing in austin? if i can't get republican colleagues to learn from this. >> i know you haven't slept. i know you haven't been home at all. you are going to go home. what are you going to say when you get home? >> i have been driving back and forth. this morning, i hugged my daughters. when they went off to school. i started thinking about the 19 parents that weren't going to get their kids off to school anymore. one of my kids said stop. i said no, give me a hard squeeze hug. they are pre-teens now. this is where we are at. this is where we are at in this country. it is not right. it is not right. i'm sorry. >> senator thank you. thank you for being here. thank you for your time. for your heart. your voice. we need it. thank you. appreciate it. we will be right back from uvalde, texas.

it is because they show up in the state legislatures.zen people that are very effective at pressuring the state legislatures into acting. we can do that. if we had several hundred or just 1000 people show up every year at each state legislature and say, we want to figure out how we can pass pro gun violence prevention legislation -- and not just laws. not just lawyers will address that. we need to address the need of why someone wants to pick up a gun in the first place. two thirds of gun deaths are suicides. i have had many conversations with republicans and very conservative gun owners, and many of them have threatened me or vehemently disagreed with me. but ultimately when i say to them is that i am not going to try to change your mind here. but i think what i want to highlight is that we do agree. we need to end gun violence. so, let's stop debating this issue and let's start talking about what we can agree on. because the reality is that the next parkland is going to happen. the next newtown, the next buffalo is going to happen, unt

in the draft opinion released it stated that the opinion of 1973 exceeded the constitutional boundaries. for 200 years legislatures determine when life began, but in 1973 the court determined that states cannot protect its youngest citizens of their state and created a new standard called viability, a standard that had no statement in the constitution and no statement in federal law. they literally created the viability standard on the spot. the draft opinion from february of this year states that that should not have been done in 1973, and that the people in each state and the legislatures should determine when life begins. and they should have that decision based in law. apparently, this body, including the democratic majority, agrees at least with the basic finding of the court's draft decision because the court says, these issues should be settled in legislative branches, not in the court. so today, a week after that draft opinion is out, senator schumer has called up a bill to actually vote on roe vs wade. and not just vote on roe vs wade. vote on a simple decision, when does life begin. the real question tha

what do you do with wallace versus bone, a north carolina supreme court case that says the state legislature cannot represent the state. i thought that was the basis of the governor's claim that this representative law was unconstitutional. and two, i don't understand what the conflict here is. the attorney general has said, and it is not the governor, it is the attorney general representing the state board, both state board and governor and attorney general taken the position that this law is constitutional, this a position you are taking. where is the conflict? other than litigation strategy issues, where is the conflict? identify it for me. >> with respect to wallace versus bone, that plays upon my friend's separation of powers arguments. only two of the judges on the fourth circuit court of appeals addressed that. on one o2, they give it short shrift for good reason, because wallace versus bone was a case where there was clear executive power trying to be kept by the legislature, issuing permits, denying permits. and the other cases, they decide the legislature is trying to spend money.

i live in missouri and we've got the trigger law and a lot of state legislatures didn't know how they would rule and they thought they would go back to the states which is kind of true, but if the five justices wanted to go back to the state legislatures, they should have said that. they said returned to the people and their elected representatives and i hope the people get to vote on this. and i will point out, i think viable fetuses have a right to life. i know they don't say that in roe v. wade specifically. but viable fetuses have a right to life. and these five justices when they said roe v. wade should be dismissed, they did away with that right. host: he mentions the term trigger law. >> 13 states have laws that say if the supreme court overturns a row, automatically abortion will be banned in our states. there is some overlap, that there are other states that have pre-existing bands on abortion, some dating back more than a hundred years. that would potentially kick in as well. so we are probably talking about at least two dozen states ultimately that would be banning or almos

electoral college would have looked a lot different after 1825 you would have eliminated the state legislature from selecting delegates and it would have been a much more democratized electoral college. i also argue that most state constitutions at the time front loaded their declaration of rights. we could spend the entire hour talking about hamilton and madison's argument that bill of rights was not necessary, but it was added as a it was added to the 1787 count institution in 1825. they would have put likely article one declaration of rights first after the preamble before the design of congress, so it would have gone preamble article one list of rights including some that were not in the bill of rights and then article 2 would have been cong i argue in 1825 that there would have been a change to federal court appointments enough people were -- at john marshall at the time that they would have probably tried to do some a lot of delegates to the 1825 constitutional convention would have wanted to change the federal court appointment structure from from lifetime tenure to something like i mak

a lot of state legislatures did not know how they would rule and they thought they would go back to the states, which is kind of true, but if they wanted -- of the five justices wanted to go back to the state legislatures, they should have said that. they said to return it to the people and their elective -- elected representatives. i think viable fetuses have a right to life and i don't -- i know they don't say that in roe v. wade specifically, but a viable theory -- fetuses have a right to life and this is one they said roe v. wade was -- should be dismissed. they did away with that right. >> he mentioned the term trigger law, tell us about that. mr. stohr: there are 13 states that have laws that if the supreme court overturns roe, automatically abortion would be banned in our state. there are other states that have pre-existing bands on abortion, some dating back 100 years that would potentially kick in as well so we are talking about how do people look at this commend where talking at least two dozen states that would ultimately be completely banning abortion if the court overturns

serving in the state of oklahoma and the only african-american native americans and serving the state legislature. i represent so many people in the state that are not represented on the house floor or in the senate. these bills that we are passing were called a state of emergency by the author of this bill. it's not obvious state of emergency to make sure our children are not hungry is not a state of emergency of education is not a state of emergency to keep our students safe in school but is the state of an emergency to ban abortion, those of the conversations were having in the state of oklahoma. my solution is i know i 2022 election cycle our legislature is not going to change for the better. my solution we have to have national help. we have to have national support i would love to see a resource guide of human services passed on to the regional directors so women know what states to go to them what nonprofits will help them and where they can get transportation and who will support them. oklahoma is not changing anytime soon and it's going to take work, i want to save lives today i want to

last i thought, state legislatures are representative governments of people who live in the state?t be true? is this really the media pushing the narrative they believe in or do they really believe most americans want abortions? >> jessica: they believe that a majority of americans, 63% want some access to abortion and that might be -- there are a lot of people who believe it should only be in the first trimester or up to 20 weeks is a very popular number of weeks. >> greg: where is that number from by the way? >> jessica: viability. >> judge jeanine: modern day quickening where the baby can live. >> jessica: has a chance at living. it's obviously not a slam dunk at 20 weeks. they have had a lot of success with it. >> greg: 63% number. >> dana: 63% they don't want roe v. wade to be overturned. >> judge jeanine: the follow up is how you ask the question. >> greg: if you would like to cited at this would like to know the source. >> jessica: gallup. >> joey: doesn't ban abortion. >> jessica: it limits it extensively. that's not something that is as flexible. it is still legal. >> joey

because they have been as good as their word when it comes to the state legislatures. igger laws, just waiting for road to be overturned. and then they would amount a decades long campaign to stack the supreme court. i mean, you have everything from president obama to seat a supreme court justice in his last year, all the way to the seating of amy coney barrett, dwindling to the final months of a presidential election campaign. they want this because they have told us that that is what they are going to do. we had better believe them. women travel 1000 vials so that they can access reproductive rights. we cannot let this happen across the country. >> and i think that alito claiming that, in his ruling, the draft ruling, that this only applies to abortion -- and don't worry, it doesn't apply to anything else -- he also said about bush v. gore, when they used it, that that's what he said about roe v. wade versus being settled law. should they believe anything he says? there was some talk about women being over educated, and women just needing to find a man. that is what t

the latest progress on a bill >> that protects th >> the state legislature is one step closer to banning police departments from using dna from assaults in other criminal investigation. now, the assault victims act has passed in the senate unanimously and it will now head to the assembly for policy committee meetings in this bill aims to protect assault survivors by prohibiting the use of dna profiles collected from victims by police for any other purpose than to identify the attacker. this bill was put together by senator scott wiener, an assembly member, phil ting, san francisco district attorney jason sponsored the bill after it was discovered that dna from assault survivors was being used against these victims in other unrelated crimes by san francisco police. >> failing to close out the mavericks in game 3. the dubs. we are back in the bay trying once again to punch their ticket to the nba finals. kate rooney joins us live in studio with a preview of tomorrow's with a preview of tomorrow's big matchup. why hide your skin if dupixent has your moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic derm

concerted i efforts to limit abortion in hawaii during the 14 years that i served in the united states legislature. i knew then, as i do now, that women should be able to control our own bodies. sadly, the threat to women's freedom is as real today as it was when i was first advocating for this right decades ago. i am proud that hawaii was the first state in the country to decriminalize abortion before roweg. so, regardless of the supreme court decision, women's reproductive freedom in hawaii will be protected. for how long? many do not live in states like hawaii that protect the rights to an abortion. various abortion access has always existed. barriers like finding childcare, taking time off of work and travel and transportation and more. the number of women dealing with the obstacles t to get the essential health care that they need will skyrocket if row is overturned. and we know who will be harmed the most. people who cannot travel, including people with low income , people with disabilities and to systemic barriers and this countries legacy of racism and discrimination, black, latino, indige

one issue in particular has already become a tough sell in the state legislature. surging tax revenues fueling a never before budget surplus in california. $97.5 million. here's how it could impact all of us. >> we are proposing $18.1 billion back in the pockets of millions, tens of millions of californians. reporter: one of the most controversial proposals in the package is to allot $11.5 billion worth of tax refunds in an effort to curb costs of record high inflation. this means for hundred dollar checks would be sent to every eligible vehicle owner with a maximum of two checks per person. >> a rebate to address the issue of groceries, to address the other cost burdens. reporter: but the pricey proposal comes with strong opposition in the state legislature. a state senator says it is shortsighted. >> i don't agree with that. if her going to send money, let's make it very focused who are suffering the most. reporter: the senator says the money would be better spent on infrastructure investments that would benefit californians for decades. >> we have schools that d

i live in missouri and we've got the trigger law and a lot of state legislatures didn't know how they would rule and they thought they would go back to the states which is kind of true, but if the five justices wanted to go back to the state legislatures, they should have said that. they said returned to the people and their elected representatives and i hope the people get to vote on this. and i will point out, i think viable fetuses have a right to life. i know they don't say that in roe v. wade specifically. but viable fetuses have a right to life. and these five justices when they said roe v. wade should be dismissed, they did away with that right. host: he mentions the term trigger law. >> 13 states have laws that say if the supreme court overturns a row, automatically abortion will be banned in our states. there is some overlap, that there are other states that have pre-existing bands on abortion, some dating back more than a hundred years. that would potentially kick in as well. so we are probably talking about at least two dozen states ultimately that would be banning or almos

i'm talking to our mayors, our governors, state legislatures, and yes members of the united states congresso-life when the babies they're protecting can't even live to see middle school. they can't even claiming the pro-life when they can't go to a grocery store on a saturday afternoon without being slaughtered. vice president kamala harris was in buffalo new york today when she attended the funeral of one of ten victims who was killed by a white supremacist just two weeks ago. we didn't even get to lay the victims to harass before the next massacre. columbine survivors are now parents -- these weapons of war or killing people in our communities. out of all the developed companies we are outliers it's only in america. where people can attend a concert in las vegas and become a statistic in the largest mass shooting today. there is ways to put it into this, y'all. the federal 1984 assault weapons ban is an example. this is a graph that shows the number of mass shootings that shows when an assault weapons was used before, and after the ban. when it was in effect just 53 shootings happen. afte

so that step for, former disgraced president could induce state legislatures, like the one in michigan step in and substitute their own state of electors for the one selected by the people of that state. and then, of course, finally, step by, get congress on january 6th to accept that ultimate slate of electors. and what we are seeing is because of that plot was thwarted at every turn by a powerful coalition of americans who stood up for democracy in 2020, the disgraced former president and his allies are now trying to change different aspects of where it fell last time, to make it succeed next time, like training officials in michigan. the thing that is standing in the way of that right now, changing laws in michigan, etc, is democratic governor gretchen whitmer, who's up to reelection in november. and is standing in the way, hyperpartisan changes to election rules that would potentially corrupt the election. so keeping whitmer in office is really important. second, there were key republicans in office in michigan, who stood up against pressure in 2020. and that's why donald trump is

leslie: there are also 13 bills now before the state legislature to bolster abortion rights in california, from protecting doctors, to expanding clinic locations and access. there is the expectation that women from other states where abortions are banned could come to california for abortions. >> we anticipate an increase in patients coming to california for care, which will mean that californians' access to care will be affected by the fact that we will have this surge. >> california is and will continue to be a beacon of hope for any individuals seeking reproductive health and abortion. leslie: whether you are a supporter or opening of a beto o'rourke question rights, the new developments mean abortion rates are about to take centerstage here in california -- ama: so what should our expectations be on abortion rights for the summer? leslie: going forward, as you heard, california is putting itself up to be a safe way, a haven, a refuge for women from other states who are seeking abortions if the supreme court indeed follows through and there is a final decision to rollback roe v. wade.

back here at 3 o'clock in a california bill for a four-day workweek has been shelved in the state legislature. the bill failed to advance the session so state lawmakers did not >> set a policy hearing before the april 29 deadline. the bill would change the definition of workweek from 40 hours to 32 lawmakers said it would have improved quality of life and even productivity. the california chamber of commerce added this bill to its so-called job killer. less that business advocacy group told the wall street journal that employers, but it had to find additional workers curtail operations or pay their staff overtime to compensate for the shorter workweek. so they propose letting workers negotiate with their employers about the ability to work longer shifts over fewer days. i like the idea of 4.10, hour days. come on out there. >> still ahead, the oakland a's are fine. tuning their plans for new stadium and housing at howard terminal. why this new home looks like why this new home looks like closer to reality today. and now most admired alum! get up there. this is so embarrassing. there's no way

we are joined by other states, state legislatures doing the same thing and the data out of the states that have passed that law some years back is not looking good. there's a rise of homicide. so we have reason to be concerned about in the face of escalating gun violence with more than $4000.00 checks. and having died from guns in c, d, 's most recent 2020 data. and then we have this horrific incident today, which is we're adding this to the list of some of the most high profile mass shootings that have taken place here in our state. nicole golden, the executive director of texas guns. and so let's go back to the c she every time so you can see a study by she are waiting for joe biden to speak from the result room. i believe what we expect from him today. what if last week speech about that a pulling massacre is and they go by, it's very difficult to see what, what he's going to say, because he did say enough is enough. and the usual messages, actually it was a speech filled with religious overtones about america being better than this. and about, you know, almost, you know, where god

the voters, the people, determine who the electorate is from the state should vote for not state legislaturessa, you have a legal expert here, you're the lawyer could ginni thomas face legal trouble, why has she not already faced any consequence for her actions and attempting to overturn the election, this isn't just about shooting the breeze with some friends say i wish trump would've won, this is what the party should've done, she's actively able people with power to overturn the outcome of an election? >> sure, supreme court said that president biden struck earlier it was -- their report in december, the report was never intended to make any recommendation on court reform, in fact, they sort of provided an assessment and there was no assessment about the possibility of supreme court being subject to the kinds of judicial ethics low ethical courts are required to, let's be clear those lower courts federal judge require are relatively thin to the other kinds of obligations that they have so it's a thin -- as a whole with regard to systemic's i imagine one of the difficulties here is the natu

slim majority we have passed gun violence prevention obviously shun when we know that in the state legislatureontrolled legislature, and republican governors that have created laws to expand access to guns. to lower the age. to make it so that people who are younger have access to guns. temecula people righteous guns not just they don't need bygones checks, but they don't need the license. they don't need training. common sense utah's now when we do these things, when we follow the republican playbook, people die. our communities become deadlier. and the impact is most gravely felt among our children. children are dying. the number one cause of childhood death in america's guns? we are moving in the wrong direction. and the pattern is clear. morgan's, and we'll show you gun laws, equal more death. >> yeah, but i want to echo the congresswoman just said is true. the number leading cause of death of children in this country used to be, for years, all the fatalities, which would make sense. obviously, children are usually dying of illness or other things, it was car crashes. and then two things h

essentially says the constitution commits the electors of each state to be determined by the state legislatureven called it a fantasy, rather than a doctrine. not really committed by the constitution to state electors or state legislatures. but she is espousing this very controversial theory. and many argue that given the closeness that she shares with her husband, and how they frequently talked about how they share many of the same views, that it is likely something that he believes as well. and so that resists the question, regardless of what happens with regard to the january six select committee, and those questions that come out, when it case comes up to the court indicating this independent elect just fletcher doctrine, justice views may also really be noted are reflected in those emails from his wife. and by rights, he likely should recuse himself from that case. but of course the supreme court is not required to recuse themselves on any sort of issues, they do so as a matter of prudence not by requirement. and maybe very unlikely that justice thomas refuses himself. but he was the one,

>> well, you have states that have liberal state legislatures that are already being called to action and you have the governors in states like new jersey and new york making a vow that they want to raise the age at which you can actually buy an ar-15 or assault-style weapon from 18 to 21. that's something that states are looking at. you also have states like california where the governor is asking the state legislature to get busy working on strengthening gun laws. now, there is a patchwork of gun laws across the country there,' also a patchwork of calendars as to when these state legislatures meet. so some of these steps are going to be taken over the next few weeks, some of these steps are going to be taken over the next few months, but it's certainly just an impact that you don't always see on capitol hill where lawmakers are going to have these conversations that may get dragged out a little bit longer. now, over the weekend you did have democrats, you know, having an optimistic tone about the fact that they think this time could be different. you had the majority whip dick durbi