supreme court ruling or is actually a nother indicator, an indication for what we already know through the polls that 60 to 70 percent of the americans, they really dis, like the supreme court's decision. they didn't want robi, the weight overturned and now they have it now it is at the states. and now, as you can see, as republicans and conservative politicians as well, anti abortion activists will scale up their efforts through all the states in the united states to go on with banning abortion or further restricting abortion. there will be a counter wave. now at least that's what the democrats expand and what, what a via anti abortion can been saying about this particular result. it's as you say, it sounds like this is far from over. yeah, they're shaking it off for sort of speak there. of course, saying that this is not the result that hope for, but that they will try again and again. and again. this is what this anti abortion, the segment of the population in the us and the politicians who work with them. do they chisel away over years and years and years decades actually, until they soften up the ground so to speak and make them change or so the kansans a conservative legislator

since that supreme court decision. it was a resounding result and the cause, the celebration, the pro choice advocates, 59 percent of voters chose to protect abortion rights in a largely conservative us state with ties to the anti abortion movement. for some the relief was palpable. you were ready to be run again tonight and i be like, wait a minute. i me my email brandon, everyone here. i mean, we are protecting others still the kansas pole as an indicator that plans to restrict access to abortion out of step with the public mood. if abortion rights are, are, are, are protected here in kansas. and again, republican leading state. i think that that indicates that there is a big did the states that had those trigger was probably are out of stuck with whether electorate was abortion opponents, who supported the proposed amendment said they felt an obligation to protect the rights of the unborn are. but when we pull back and look at the scientific evidence of what happens in that one, not the emotion and not the fact that

that's where we won the supreme court decision on roe v. wade. here are the four special elections that have taken place since that decision. what you can see, coming into last night, you had two, one in nebraska, one in minnesota that had been held in districts that trump won by double digits. the republicans won them, ten points, six points less than trump did. democrats said these were signs of new momentum after that supreme court decision because their candidates had so overperformed joe biden. it's a sign there was more enthusiasm for democrats. then you got last night, a really clean test, a clean test in a district democrats won outright. by the way, there's another special election in new york last night didn't get a lot of resource, didn't get a lot of money, it's a district kind of going away. changing in the fall. but they had a special election. trump won this by double digits, the republican won last night but again moving by five points in the democratic election. since the supreme court decision, all four of them, the needle has mo

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the bill would make indiana the first state to bring in such legislation since the supreme court decisionates already had bans or near—total bans on the books that were enacted soon after the supreme court decision. let's cross to indianapolis now and speak to arika herron, a reporter with the indianapolis star, which has been following the story. thank you so much forjoining us. i know you have been following this blow by blow over the past few hours, so i am very happy to have you with us. forthose am very happy to have you with us. for those that are not totally familiar with the landscape in the united states, there are a number of states that enacted total only a total abortion bands, but indiana, people are saying, is the first state to have this type of legislation.— state to have this type of leaislation. ~ . ., , , legislation. what happened? that is correct. _ legislation. what happened? that is correct. indiana - that is correct. indiana actually the governor already announced he has signed the bill, so it is now law in indiana, that does make them the first state in the nation

we've been nervous since we heard about the supreme court's decision. i'm really proud that our state came through and decisively one. i'm very happy for me, i'm very happy for my daughters and my family. i'm happy for my granddaughter and women and generations to come, that our state stood up and said no. we are the first ones to say no, so i'm just overjoyed. >> now this result really should be the end of the debate over whether or not democrats should put abortion front and center in the midterm campaigns this year. republicans who have been insisting that the supreme court decision would not change anything leading up to the midterms seem to have been proven wrong. just look at what rich lowry, editor in chief of the conservative magazine national review wrote just a few weeks ago. quote, the historic supreme court decision overturning roe v. wade which democrats have hoped will stun voters into supporting them in one otherwise would be a big gop year, has not much discernible political effect. that aged well. and even democrats themselves have somet

the supreme court's decision in the wayfair case has put undue burdens on small businesses. the wayfair decision made small businesses responsible for following complex tax rules imposed by thousands of low cool taxing jurisdictions. congress must help small businesses by reversing the supreme court's misguided decision. we also need to focus on immediate ways to help businesses hurt by this decision. i am very thankful that mr. hennessey is here today to talk about the ways this decision has impacted his business. you set your business has paid $500,000 to comply with these tax obligations. i would like to talk to you about the specific factors driving back. you mentioned different states have different filing processes, including different websites and different forms. with some even requiring you to maintain a physical address in the state. what is the cost imposed by this patchwork of filing requirements in terms of money and time? >> the sheer volume to file taxes in 45 states on a monthly basis is quite overwhelming. it is 500 tax returns per year. the total cost of tha

a lot of it is back to that supreme court decision. plus clarence thomas says we got you one abortion and now we will come after you on gay rights and contraception and god knows what else. i think the american people are seeing there was a lot at stake, and it could be our democracy itself. i think it is, by the way. host: let's look at that nbc news poll because i want to go through some of those topics and see where you think democrats are weak and where they are strong. we just finished talking about threats to democracy. that was the number one issue at 21%. guest: the heart research people pointed out they've never seen anything like this before. this has never happened before in all of their years of polling, decades, when the american people identified threats to democracy is the number one issue facing the country. host: the next three, cost-of-living, jobs and the economy and immigration. do those trend toward republican voters more than democrats, and can democrats turn it around on those categories? guest: it depends on how

after the supreme court decision overturning roe v. wade in june, voter registrations in kansas surged nearly 1000% and quote, women accounted for 70% of all new registered voters in the state. yesterday's turnout blew away all expectations. on friday kansas secretary of state scott schwab predicted that about 36% of voters would participate in the primary election. 36%. last night as the numbers were all in, he said the actual number quote could be almost 50%. and at that point you're looking at general election numbers, as looking a lot like the 2008 turnout for the obama presidential race. so it's incredibly high turnout. more than 900,000 people voted in kansas, nearly twice as many as in the 2018 primary, and we are seeing some massive swings from the 2020 results. for example, franklin county in eastern kansas went for donald trump 68 to 30%. yesterday the people of franklin county rejected this amendment 56 to 44%. voters themselves were surprised, as one woman told an d.c. reporter dasha burns last night -- >> i'm surprised. al

of course, this is following the supreme court decision to overturn roe v wade. 19% of latino voters among their top issues, up from just 3% in polling from two years ago. another big take-away from this polling is that 60% of latino voters now say the country is on the wrong track. that number is even higher in some key swing states like flora, lik nevada. we ske to linooters to hear what they thought about these issue in particular. >> i'm defitely going to vote. biggest issue for me, i mean, i think it's insane that abortion is illegal now. >> housing is a big thing for me. i think it's absurd how expensive things are getting. i'm a teacher in boston. i can't even live in boston to teach. >> rent is also really high. mine goes up in two months. i'm really scared to figure out what that's going to be like. >> housing, rent, inflation, the economy. the poll shows just 59% of latino voters say they're completely certain they will, in fact, turn out to vote in the midterms, which is down slightly from previous years. it's a sign that both political parties still have a lot to do when

that went into effect after the supreme court decision. that is in effect right now. at the time that was passed, i issued a letter saying i support the additional exceptions of rape and incest. i could go through the reasons for that, but i issued that letter. people said, why didn't you veto the law? in arkansas, a veto can be overridden by a simple majority vote. it was clearly, overwhelming consensus in the legislature. i have always assigned pro-life bills when they come to my desk. now that the trigger law is in effect, and we do not have abortion except in the case of the life of the mother, you are going to have to look at months, perhaps a year of experience before there is any consensus that should be adjusted, if that is the case. we are going to have experience in arkansas and across the nation that is going to help shape public opinion, help shape the opinion of the legislators. i do not envision that being revisited during the time that i have as governor. i can see that revisited down the road, based upon experience. we will wait and see. in the interim

such as the supreme court decision in 2015 which made marriage equality the law of the land. host: -- guest: we have two priorities. our second priority is to defend the community from attacks. we are starting to see around the country where over 300 lgbt bills have been introduced in state legislatures in 2022. the top decision, which overturned roe v. wade, is very -- dobbs decision, which overturned roe v. wade, is very concerning because it violated the right to privacy. and also, the lawrence versus texas decision, which was the 2000 three decision which decriminalized same-sex relationships. host: i want to ask you, in that decision, justice clarence thomas wrote this. i'm sure you are familiar with this. he said part of what he wrote, anyway. for that reason, in future cases, we should reconsider all of this force substantive due processes, including griswold, lawrence and over fell, because any due process decision is demonstrably erroneous. we have a duty to correct the error established in these precedents. after overruling these erroneous decisions, the question wo

indiana is the first state to bring in such legislation since the us supreme court decision injune toan's constitutional right to terminate her own pregnancy, which was enshrined in the 1974 roe versus wade case. several other republican states already had bans or near—total bans on the books that were enacted soon after the supreme court decision. earlier, i spoke to arika herron, a reporter with the indianapolis star, which has been following the story. he could have chosen to veto the bill, but our state legislature can override a governotorial veto with a simple majority, but he had called on our legislature to address this issue in a special session, so it's not a huge surprise that he signed it, but, yes, that came through just a minute or two ago. 0k, well, thank you for telling us that. so, just to reiterate for our viewers — that has now become law in indiana. where is abortion now permitted under the state's law? so, abortion is completely banned in indiana now, except in cases of rape and incest — a woman can get an abortion in those instances within the first ten weeks. it

. >> these supreme court decisions especially, on guns and on roe, or dobbs i should say, struck a real experiencing, and kind of hit guardrails with democracy. >> we have found another place as well. this was the fourth special election post dobbs, or post the overturning of roe v. wade. it's also the fourth in a row where democrats have actually improved their margins over biden's numbers back in 2020. let's be honest. keep in mind, a special election on its own is not going to be entirely instructive. or tell us exactly everything about the political environment. but maybe grouped together you might be able to tell a story. we don't know how this is going to, and but it seems to be a trend. look at clue number three. >> the president still cannot be happy with his low approval ratings, they're almost going down the way that he's gettin g a very important point. -- now we are trying to get out of the serious quickly as possible, our other car completely destroyed. >> their clothes, their belongings, and in some cases there restraints all indicate these people were a threat to no one i

question that has been pose this summer, the question that has been post in the wake of the supreme court decision roe v. wade is whether the national political atmosphere has shifted in a way that is more favorable for the democrats than it looked earlier in the year. since the supreme court decision on roe v. wade at the end of june before tonight, there had been two special elections. one was in minnesota, one was in nebraska. in both of those special elections, the republican candidate won but in each of those special elections, the democratic candidate did significantly better than joe biden had done in 2020. so democrats were encouraged by those results because they had outperformed biden and it is suggested to them that they -- their own voters have become motivated in the wake of the supreme court decision. this becomes, and here we go, we just got a few more votes in, you can see that margin is doing right there at seven points for ryan. this becomes the clearest test we have had yet. a district that was trump, that was biden, it was only a two point margin in 2020. if ryan were ever able

those states having previous laws on the books before the supreme court decision. indiana's republican-controlled state legislature passed the bill. however, some republicans still say it doesn't go far enough. >> abortion is always murder. >> reporter: the white house today blasting the legislation as, quote, another radical step by republican legislators to take away women's reproductive rights. >> our bodies! >> our choice! >> reporter: indiana's near-total abortion ban comes after an overwhelming majority of voters just last week defeated an effort to remove abortion rights from the kansas state constitution. >> faith abubey is back with us now. faith, like we saw in kansas there, democrats in indiana were also hoping that their voters could weigh in on whether abortion should remain legal in the state. so, what happened there? >> reporter: indiana democrats were you pushing to get the nonbinding abortion question on the ballot, however that measure actually failed. the near total abortion ban will actually go into effect september 15th. whit? >> faith, thank y

as athena jones reports, democrats believe this is further proof that the supreme court's decision toade is shaping up to be a powerful motivator for their base and perhaps winning over some wavering republicans. >> we have to keep fighting. >> abortion rights taking center stage in a special election in upstate new york. democrat pat ryan won in this swing district after billing the race as a referendum on roe v. wade, after the supreme court decision ending the right to a constitutional abortion. >> they're too extreme on women's rights. >> ryan's victory offering an encouraging sign for democrats hoping to use the battle over abortion rights to motivate voters in november. >> we got in this race because the foundations of our democracy were and remain under direct threat. >> in new york city, democrat jerry nadler's primary win in the newly drawn 12th district spelled an end to the congressional career of his fellow 15-term representative carolyn maloney. the longtime allies forced to compete when a messy redistricting process combined their districts. >> carolyn maloney and i have

a series of monumental decisions of the supreme court will also be front of line for so many voters this november. none greater than the unprecedented decision to overturn almost a half century of privacy rights in roe v. wade. coming up, we're going to be joined by georgia's democratic nominee for governor stacey abrams. she's going to talk about everything that is on the line this fall. first, let's bring in an incredible roundtable. we have the former chairman of the republican national committee, michael still, former white house press secretary and the president obama, robert gibbs, host of msnbc's politicsnation and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state department, elise jordan, former white house director of communication shear to president obama and director of communications for hillary clinton 2016, presidential campaign, jennifer palmieri. let's start with you. he ran the rnc. i need you to explain something to me. how could it be that the republicans have, i would say, the best environments. if

four special elections held since that supreme court decision. here's the 2020 presidential result. here's the special election result. look, deep red nebraska district stays red, but it's a ten-point swing in the democrats' direction. deep red in terms of the presidential election, minnesota district. trump wins it by ten. republicans hang on to it in the special election, but only by four. bellwether district in new york, biden by two after trump won it. democrats hang on to it. 23rd district, trump by 11, republicans by only 6 yesterday. so we're now seeing a trend in all four of these districts since that supreme court ruling. again, it tells me, i think there's something going on that's bigger than just particular new york-centric or new york 19-centric factors. >> i think steve is on to something. i think this explains some of the alarm you've been hearing from republicans like senator mitch mcconnell, who was wander that these extremist candidates from the trump wing of the party are going to cost republicans and potentially jeopardize their chances of retaking control of the

it's going to be a day late and a dollar short. >> help me ask you about the supreme court decision.overturned roe what impact it would have on the elections. we've seen multiple examples in the primaries and, you know, votes, if you will, where the issue has moved the needle, moved voters, helped democrats. since roe was overturned, there's also been a significant increase in women registering to vote in ten states that "the new york times" looked at, including kansas, which is key when we know what happened there, where a referendum allowed lawmakers to ban abortion and it was overwhelmingly defeated and states could be key to senate hold like ohio and pennsylvania. should we be concerned about this issue? >> we have to. it's going to be our turn to explain what's happening there. i think at the end of the day most of the country is going to see what the supreme court did as a positive thing, and the for decades we have had fights between the extreme left and extreme right. those people that call themselves pro-choice that are for abortion anytime, anyplace, anywhere, and those tha

that combined along with the supreme court decision overturning the right to abortion and growing concern about gun violence in the texas massacre have change the playing field. also putting in a much better showing than anyone thought possible. it guarantees it will be going on for months. -- by the pressure from him and his base to defend him at every turn even if the make the conduct more important. >> it authorized the search. >> the indicated that the doj is working with civilian witnesses focusing on obstruction of justice. >> many with more expertise than i have made the case that if it was anyone else they would be indicted. >> ultimately, the question comes down to the political and legal choice. the question will be just as pointed over the actions leading into the january 6 insurrection. >> it is amid claims that the abortion issue hurt republicans. the new york times is reporting a surge of women registering to vote. after the supreme court decision that took away the constitutional right to abortion. >> how do you think this in all of these issues in this shift that we seem t

major victory for pro—choice groups, and the first electoral test of the issue since the supreme court decisionections suggest kansans voted by more than 60% to uphold a woman's right to access abortion, a decisive vote against the republican—led legislature, which wanted to pass severe restrictions, and despite the state voting republican in every presidential election since 1968. voter turnout was also higher than expected for the referendum. with more, here's our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. cheering. in this deeply conservative state, it's a moment that gave liberal groups hope. it's going to be ok. they'd expected the vote to protect abortion rights to either be tight or not go their way at all. i am speechless, really. i'm so proud and relieved. i'm relieved that our rights remain intact in kansas. when the us supreme court overturned roe v wade two months ago, many republican—led states banned or restricted the procedure. not kansas, because the rate is enshrined in its constitution. an amendment had to be passed to remove that right. it was a yes or a no vote. no won, by a l

up next, a discussion on the pro-life movement after the supreme court's decision to overturn roe v. wade. >> what a day to be here. the most important thing is over the course of the life of cpac, there have been so many conversations about abortion and what would hypothetically happen. it's important to recognize this is the first time this panel is taking place within the reality that we are a post-roe america. [applause] that is due in no small part to ladies like you. the efforts you both have put forth to change that. i want to talk about the legislative aspects, this issue has been sent back to where it belongs, with the states. we don't have time to go state-by-state, but give us an overview of where states stand. >> there were 13 states that had trigger laws in effect that the law would immediately or soon after protect unborn children. another nine states have laws on the books that had never been repealed. so technically those could have gone back into effect. we had 18 states ready to protect unborn children as soon roe was overturned. we now have 10 states because we hav

the first time abortion has been on the ballot since the supreme court made its decision in kansas. again, republican state, democratic governor, deeply republican state. but our voters telling us? do you think the supreme court went to fire? in the early results in kansas were not done yet here, saying, yes, in a state that is a very red state, no, means you do not want to open the kansas constitution to allowing the legislator to ban abortion. it's leading right now in kansas, at 51% of the vote. but no is leading at the moment, democrats are going to watch this closely, suburban republicans are upset at the supreme court decision. they're willing to vote for democrats in the fall. we'll abortion -- the abortion issue in kansas, where you have democrats, joe biden, let's go back in time and look at it this way. joe biden won five counties in kansas in 2020. donald trump won convincingly, but if you come back to where we are now, to the initiative, you see the counties that biden won are all overwhelmingly voting no right now. is this the turnout gift, if you will, turnout issue for

and having their voice is heard and not something that we have to contend with as the supreme court has more decisions to come like more v harper. it just so net, how sustainable is the situation with effectively, the executive branch of government is basically trying to override the supreme court. you know, the legislative branch and the executive branch are co equal to the judiciary and need to engage in this kind of nuclear option that president biden has called that we, they've already pushed a big red button that takes away a right that is popular. that's settled law to access the wishing care and it is time to end the filibuster in even just a narrow way in order to maintain such a fundamental right to such a large part of the us population just on the kansas result. what were you surprised by this? considering it is such a rid, stating what message do you think that seems? i wouldn't say that i was surprised as much as harkins. you know, it's easy in a moment like best with so much misinformation and so much division and how we consume information in this country to think. maybe i don't know wh

. >> nevertheless, isn't this the start of the backlash against the supreme court decision to overturn v. wade? the supreme court that is now more conservative thanks to donald trump and his appointments? >> the way i look at this, jane, is i think that looking at the dobbs decision that overruled roe v. wade, that sent it back to the states, back to the people to make the determination of how each jurisdiction, each state would decide what their abortion policies would be. i think that kansas is the first step. people in that particular state are saying this is what we will not do. we will vote no on this constitutional provision. yes, could this be an opening? could this be a bridge to other states doing so? i think that is what the supreme court contended, to allow legislators, rather than the courts to determine how abortion policies will go in the u.s.. >> you think the language around abortion will change, particularly among republicans who may be looking at the vote in kansas thinking, well, an extreme stance on abortion, a total ban, is actually not what voters want? >> i hope

ryan casting his campaign as a referendum on roe focussing on the supreme court decision to overturnde. his campaign team releasing this ad hours after the court's decision. here it is. >> pat ryan graduated from west point and risked his life in combat. he fought for our families and free come. >> freedom include as woman's right to choose. how can we be a free country if the government tries to control women's bodies? that's not the country i fought to defend. >> well, he's here. democratic congressman elect pat ryan joins me. thank you very much. how are you doing? how do you feel? >> exhausted and exhilarated and really, really proud. really proud of the community. >> yeah. congratulations. do you think that your campaign's focus on abortion rights played into last night's victory? >> we centered this campaign on choice and freedom and standing up at a moment in our democracy and we saw the results and it's just like what we saw or very similar to what we saw in kansas when these sort of guard rails of democracy are hit and fundamental rights are ripped away from people. folks st

in the wake of the supreme court decision. the contention that the state is contributing a federal law that guarantees the right to emergency medical treatment. my kind of audience era washington will kesha ram hinsdale. as a senator in the legislature of the us state of the month, she spoke to us about where the abortion debate now said we're essentially in a holy war in the united states and kansas and the executive order represent winning a significant battle. but there are many, many battles to fight ahead and i think democrats need to be able to stop and celebrate that. the american people are on our side and want to protect access to portion, but that will probably only strengthen republicans renewed desire to strip americans of voting rights and having their voices heard. and that's something that we have to contend with as the supreme court has more decisions to come like more v, harper. it's easy in a moment, like with so much misinformation and so much division and how we consume information in the country to think.

continue to deny the legitimacy of the 2020 election and in one red state a major rebuke of the supreme court's decision to overturn roe v. wade. in michigan republican voters chose former trump administration official over republican congressman peter meijer. you'll remember he was one of ten republicans who voted to impeach the former president after january 6th. gibbs has been known to pedal false election claims like the former president. arizona voters have picked david farnsworth over rusty bowers in the gop primary for senate. bowers, you may remember, delivered emotional testimony to the january 6th committee in june. farnsworth had said of the 2020 election this is a real conspiracy headed up by the devil himself. that's a quote from the gop candidate there now. but it was the vote to protect abortion rights in kansas that could be a major recursor, a sign at least for november. voters there rejected an amendment that could have led to an abortion ban in that state. let's begin in michigan, though. political correspondent sara murray in grand rapids. looking broadly at last night's results, pot

the memo gets key supreme court decisions absolutely wrong. there's a substantive critique. talked about is the procedural critique because mueller was a special counsel and i regulated that when i was staffer in 1999 and the whole point of the special counsel was to provide an independent investigation and prosecution of high-level executive branch officials including, of course, including the precedent and what happened here is the appointed mueller special counsel, but when it came time for the key question, are you -- did donald trump commit federal felonies, mueller refused to answer because of a department of justice policy that says you can't indict a sitting president, a policy that goes back to 1973. barr said, well, in that case, i get to decide that for myself, and so he appoints this guy, steve engel who is at the office of legal counsel who is not a criminal division. this is a totally separate part and engel is a political appoint see and this political appointee writes this nine-page tendentious memo and i don't think donald trump committed any crimes. it is a

looking to bring back the state's near total abortion ban which dates k to the 1800s. >> the supreme court's decisions made an extremely safe, straigh, and normal medical procedure inaccessible for so many people. many people. >> reporter: attorneys representing the state argue tht unless they're paure are valid no matter how old they are. thee said she would expedite her ruling. in the meantime, arizona arizona abortion providers haved services in the state. cbs news, news, los angeles. > >> passionate and emotional tesy from vanessa bryant today. she's she's suing los angeles county over gruesome photos taken by first responders following the helicopter crash that killed her killed her husband, kobe bryantr 13-year-old, and seven others. were on the stand she says she has panic attacks and lives in constant fear that the images wl appear some day online. >> she was able to really paint a picture i think for jurors and jurors and everyone in the courtroom as to how all these es changed her high. >> reporter: the lawsuit does not life. that will be determined by a jury. but legal experts say the case

supreme court can flip. imagine a day when the leadership of our state or leadership across the country changes. so convincing new yorkers that the supreme court decision will lead to a national ban on abortion, it is tougher than convincing people in ohio and michigan. that is what republicans are betting on. >> what about convincing people in georgia, shaq? that's a red state. what are they saying there? what are the candidates running against ron desantis saying about abortion for the primary and then for the general election? >> reporter: it is a motivating factor. you're talking about representative charlie crist and nicky freed. they said this is something that excites their voters. they also have differences on when the voters will get excited. charlie crist said it will motivate and he can win over moderate republicans and independent voters especially fired up by this abortion ruling, not just the ruling in roe but nicky fried is saying she's already been getting momentum that will carry her into the primary. listen to how they've been spinning this abortion issue. >> and especially now after roe v. wade has been overturned, people across our

it was the biggest sign yesterday of the backlash to the supreme court's decision to send the question of abortion back to the states. here in conservative khan sarks voters delivered their answer loud and clear. the abortion measure drew historic turnout for an august election, with more than 900,000 voters casting ballots, dramatically outpacing primaries in 2018 and 2020. >> you cannot take people's rights away and expect there not to be some kind of engagement, some kind of activism, and we saw that. we saw that yesterday in a way that i don't think anybody expected. >> reporter: it was a question of whether voters wanted to amend the kansas constitution to allow lawmakers to further restrict or ban abortion. a resounding 59% said no, 41% said yes with a coalition of some independents and republicans joining forces to preserve access to abortion. three months before the fall elections, the outcome in kansas reverberated across the political landscape with democrats expressing fresh hope that support for abortion rights could be a motivating force in november. >>> across the country

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with the midterm elections less than 100 days away, it's clear that the supreme court's decision to endoe v. wade still looms large. and republicans aren't sure how to deal with it. so what do we expect in a couple of months? joining us now is senior correspondent at new york magazine, who covers this very closely, good to see you again. democrats wasting no time as we just saw in those ads trying to make their republican opponents, records on abortion, part of this election, and are those ads like the ones we just played, are they going to have an impact on how people choose to vote? >> well, ali, i think the most important thing is that the victory in kansas belongs to the organizers on the ground who spoke to people and met people where they were and turned people out. so yes, abortion is broadly popular, even in a state like kansas, they did not want to see a total ban. and in arizona, and michigan, which are purple states, you look at the numbers there, people don't want to see these total bans, either. so i think it is a question of activating people, people are paying attention b

there was the supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. the question of whether that would motivate, get democratic voters, democrat land borders off the sidelines, motivated to vote as republicans already seem to be motivated to vote in this buttermilk shun. there is some polling evidence some indication in polling that that might be the case. then, earlier this summer, we have two other special elections, one in minnesota and i'm in nebraska. but we're in republican districts. both were in districts that went for donald trump, both were won by republicans but the democrats did better in each of the special elections and then joe biden had done in those districts in 2020. democrats looked that and said, hey, maybe that's a sign that there is some increased enthusiasm for democrats in the wake of the row -- overturning of roe. but then that set up, this election tonight, as a real test, kind of pure test and what is truly a bellwether district. what i am showing you here is how the 19th district has voted and recent presidential elections.

supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. they are supporting an amendment that would preserve abortion access in the california constitution. >> nobody that is not the person having that happen to them should get to choose, it is a personal choice and that is why abortion rights are important. >> the california catholic conference opposes the amendment. state voters will decide on november -- in november on proposition 1. the war in ukraine now, the u.s. is sending more military aid to ukraine as the war enters at six-month. we explain exactly what the aid includes and why it is a first. reporter: the u.s. announcing another massive military aid package for ukraine valued at $775 million. it will include more ammunition from the high mars rocket systems, and for the first time the pentagon is sending reconnaissance drones to better identify key russian targets. this latest round of military aid comes as the standoff in is that parisian continues. heavy shelling at nuclear plant has many fearing a catastrophe. we were there a