playbook co-author, eugene daniels, errin haynes, editor in large of the 19 and stephen hayes, founder of the dispatch. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >>> a good sunday morning. we're going to take a look at the supreme court abortion case from two perspectives today, the practical and the political. what was clear from the arguments this past week is a six-vote majority is ready to uphold mississippi's abortion ban at 15 weeks before viability. what's still at issue is will the court weaken or fully overturn roe v. wade. more than half the states will make abortion illegal if it's a full overturn unrachling 50 years of protection of abortion rights. at the same time there are political consequences as well. the case could actually brighten what is a grim outlook right now for democrats in 2022. the court has long been an energizing issue for republican voters. could the neutering of roe anger angry democrats and women in general as we head toward the midterm elections. the abortion debate is perhaps the longest running example over an increasingly divided america. none of t

ashley parker, playbook co-author eugene daniels, errin haynes, editor-at-large of the 19th and stephen hayes, founder of the dispatch. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." oomz welcome >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> a good sunday morning. we're going to take a look at the supreme court abortion case from two perspectives today, the practical and the political. what was clear from the arguments this past week is a six-vote majority is ready to uphold mississippi's abortion ban at 15 weeks before viability, but what's still at issue is will the court just weaken or fully overturn roe v. wade. more than half the states will make abortion illegal if it's a full overturn, unraveling 50 years of protection of abortion rights in the country. and abortion rights activists will see that the right to win back those votes can be counted in decades, not years. at the same time there are political consequences as well. the case could actually brighten what is a grim outlook right now for democra

"washington post" white house bureau chief ashley parker, playbook co-author eugene daniels, stephen hayese senator braun interview. steve, i'm going to start on the right side of the aisle on this. what i sensed from senator braun was a discomfort. he's 100% pro life, campaigned on it as a senator. he did seem uncomfortable being definitive. what does that tell us about the concern on the right about the politics of this? >> i agree with you he did seem uncomfortable talking about it. i don't know that that necessarily represents a broader lack of willingness or eager innocence among conservatives to talk about it. when you look at the polling on the issue, look at gallup polling from may, 48% of the country described itself as pro life. 49% as pro choice. you've got republicans and conservatives who have been making the case for this moment, for the challenging of roe v. wade because they believe rd is bad law, that these are made-uprights and are per nextly willing to have that argument. i think when you get into the details of the questioning and what comes next in a post-roe world is