a university of texas poll of texas residents says something like a third, less than a third of texas residents wanted texas' abortion laws to become more strict. doesn't matter though. they've done it anyway. and the u.s. supreme court's continued silence on this law in texas, you know, is unnerving for texans right now but unnerving for everybody. americans have been bracing for the trumpified conservative supreme court to take up and perfect presumably overturn roe versus wade. but what were we expecting is a big case, right? a big national debate? we thought it would be that mississippi case they agreed to hear this fall most likely. that would at least mean oral arguments and reporters gather outside the court and a ruling and dissent and explanation. instead, they just said nothing and let texas have their way. as if constitutional rights here are just not implicated. is this really how it ends? texas effectively outlaws abortion and the supreme court just says nothing? let's it stand? joining us now is amy hagstrom miller, the founder of whole women's health and has clinics in

and let texas have their way. with texas women. as if constitutional rights here, just are not implicated. is this really how it ends? texas effectively outlaws abortion, and the supreme court just says, nothing. let this stand. joining us now is amy extra miller, the founder and ceo of an independent membership or fighter with clinics in five states, including texas. miss miller i know you have not slept, i know this is an incredibly intense time, thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you so much for your thorough coverage. i really appreciate it. >> let me ask, i know that you've said today that your clinics, are all in compliance, with the law. what does that mean. what can you still do for your patience? >> so today has been a rough day. all four of our texas clinics are open, we can provide abortions only until the points of embryonic cardiac, which is about six weeks. we are providing ultrasounds for folks, and providing counsel, the vast majority of people that come into our clinics today, have had to be denied. abor

i represent the people of texas.d again, we believe in the electoral system. folks can elect someone else. they're not going to send me here forever. but while i'm here, i want to honour their will and do thisjob the best i can. that's what this is about. the people of texas don't see things the same way as the people of new york on every issue, or california, or florida. that's federalism. that's how the system is supposed to work. and i'll say this — in this system, people can vote with their feet. and people continue to flee to texas. they're fleeing california and new york and illinois. they're fleeing those high states, those high tax states that control your lives, micromanage your life, and they're coming to texas. they're coming here for a reason. senator hughes, we have to end there. it's a pleasure having you on hardtalk. thank you very much indeed. thanks for having me. hello there. for central and southern parts of the uk this week, it's not going to be looking that bad at all. with high pressure always n

on the board of the texas us inner's association and the texas public health association. edmond lacoresurntly serves in alabama and served in the alabama attorney general's office since 2018 and prior to that worked for a washington firm and the houston, texas office. he received his b. rarvetion from birmingham college. fatima is the president of the national women's law center. she has worked at nwlc for over 10 years. health reproductive rights. received her b.a. from ucla. clerked for judge diane wood on the seventh sitter. jennifer mascot is the director for the study of administrative state at george maison's universities. her scholarship focuses on administrative law, federal courts and constitutional law. previously worked as associate deputy attorney general and is deputy assistant attorney general. received her j.d. from george washington law school. clerked for justice clarence thomas and then breath kavanaugh. he joined the texas faculty in 2016 after teaching at the university of miami law school and american college of law. he has argued multiple cases befor

this texas legislation, which you were one of the architects of, pushing it through the texas legislaturet's be clear, this was not a result of popular demand or will, was it? it was an ideologically committed move on your part and your fellow republicans. millions of americans and millions of texans are involved in politics for this reason — because they care about protecting innocent human life. and so it's the will of the people. it has to be passed by a majority, it has to be supported by a majority. of course, that's how this works. so, this is definitely... well, now, but it's obviously not how it works, senator, cos people vote for you for all sorts of different reasons. many of them would not have voted for you specifically on the issue of abortion. the point i'm getting to is that opinion polls over decades, since roe vs wade, have made it plain that america's pretty settled opinion, by roughly 60% to a0%, is that americans want the legal right to an abortion for women. now, you have ignored that in your legislation. polls can be phrased different ways. most americans are not in

texas just provided more than $100 million in funding for pregnancy centers across the state of texasmake sure that -- [inaudible conversations] chris: are you saying, sir, i don't mean to interrupt, but are you saying that you will not sign an exception for rape and incest? >> well, first i've got to tell you, chris, you're making a hypothetical that is not going to happen because that bill is not going to reach my desk, but second, again, the goal is to protect the life of every child with a heartbeat. chris: finally this week former president trump sent you an open letter asking for an audit of the 2020 presidential election in the state of texas which he won by 600,000 votes, within hours the secretary of state of texas and office that you appoint agreed and has ordered audits and four of texas' biggest counties, a couple of questions, isn't it a terrible waste of taxpayer money to have an audit and estate the everybody says went to fine anyone by 600,000 votes in our two contributing to this undermining confidence in our election process? >> i gotta make several points, the conte

the texas attorney general has - their own bodies. the texas.biden of meddling in the state, and says he will use every available resource to fight for life. the texas law has started widespread protests across the country. it's being enforced extraordinarily by private residence encouraged to sue anyone who facilitates access to an abortion. the statute deputises - access to an abortion. the statute deputises all - access to an abortion. tue: statute deputises all private citizens without any showing of personal connection or injury to serve as bounty hunters, authorised to recover at least $10,000 from individuals who facilitate a woman's exits the eyes of her constitutional rights. eyes of her constitutional ri . hts. eyes of her constitutional riahts. ., ., ., rights. the rationale was exolained _ rights. the rationale was i explained earlier this week. rights. the rationale was - explained earlier this week. we have explained earlier this week. - have prosecutors sworn to uphold the law. we are not going to enforce the law. we have no choic

in four of texas' biggest counties.ns. one, isn't it just a terrible waste of taxpayer money to have an audit in a state that everybody says went fine and that president trump won by 600,000 votes, and are you contributing to this undermining confidence in our election process? >> governor abbott: i got to make several points about this. one, the context here. there are audits of every aspect of government. we have a state auditor, there's a federal auditor for the way the government operations work. businesses that are public companies are subject to an annual audit. why do we audit everything in this world, but people raised their hands and concerned when we audit elections, which is fundamental to our democracy? second point, and that is these audits that the state of texas is doing, they actually began months ago because the secretary of state of texas has an obligation to make sure that we do conduct audits in texas and they have to be done and away before any evidence about it would be a limited, which would be ne

met with the leaders of webb county in laredo texas. mcallen, texas. all places that president joe biden has never seemingly been to in his 50 years of public service. certainly hasn't been there since he's been president. vice president of the united states is allegedly in charge of the border, hasn't found her way to any of these places that i visited a mere two weeks ago. the vast majority of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have found their way, of course, one of my colleagues, the gentlelady from new york, couple years ago, somewhat famously found her way down to the border to decry, quote, kids in cages. where is that colleague today? wearing perhaps an all white outfit with red letters on it. where's the concern for the little girls whose legs have been branded, burned by cartels? where's the concern for the 89 dead migrants, bodies found in brooks county, texas. 89. where's the concern? my colleagues on the other side of the aisle like to go around talking about how compassionate they are for those seeking to come to the united stat

texas at a walmart, along a road, at a church, and what is the gop of texas's response to that?y a gun without training or a license. texas has more uninsured women and children without health care choice than any other state in the union by far, that lack of health care choice. what is the response to that? roll over roe v. wade and take away one of the final health care choices a woman has in this. so when you look at all of the panoply of this across the bore, you would think this is a joke, this can't be true. as the representatives say it is not 10% of the state they're concerned about, it is 5% of the state they're concerned about. i have said this before on your show, but texas is a perfect example. they don't care about the common good, as you can see on voting, as you can see on choice, as you can see on health care, as you can see on covid. they don't care about the common good. they care about me and my 5% that i'm worried about in the republican primary. ultimately, the only way that stops is if they begin losing elections in the general election. it is not just abou

half a dozen states are moving to copy texas's law and ban abortion in those states as well, but texas as of now is the only state who have banned abortion, so women in texas who need an abortion have to leave the state somehow in order to get one. we've been watching that sort of delicate and somewhat panicked maneuvering by texas women and people who support them to try to get around the structures of this new law, this reality where it's illegal to get an abortion now. in the midst of that today, though, watching all those developments was a bit of a bull from the blue to get today's news from across texas' other state line. from across texas' border to the south. because today the supreme court of mexico ruled that it is unconstitutional to ban abortion any longer in that country. some states in mexico allow for legal abortion, some do not, but the supreme court ruling today in mexico struck down one state's abortion ban, and the ruling is expected to be binding on all states in the country. in other words, mexico just got its roe v. wade today, just a few days after the republican

under texas abortion law went into effect on wednesday -- a new texas abortion law. >> and charles donovan, president of the charlotte lozier institute. >> thank you for having me. the alliance for justice is a national association of women's rights, environmental, consumer, lgbtq organization. it has been in existence for 42 years. one of its major programs is a focus on the federal judiciary and we have been reviewing, commenting on federal judges since the early 1980's. host: charles donovan, the charlotte lozier institute. tell us about your mission and funding. guest: a relatively young nonprofit. we are a small staff of 10 and 65 associated scholars, not to thirds of whom are women. they tend to be statisticians. we are privately funded and rather moderately sized compared to our opponents on some issues. host: you both have different views on this legislation and its effect. that is why we have you on to speak with our listeners and viewers this morning. nan aron, let me ask you two things. about the action taken by the one, supreme court wednesday evening and two, more broadly abou

texas tribune writes this, quote, -- one district in central texas closed its schools after the labor of each other. all of this adding up to a state whose governing policies don't match the will of its people. according to a new survey from the texas politics project at the university of texas at austin, for the first time in its polling history, a majority of texans said that -- an editorial by the austin american statesman which reads, quote -- the texas republican party serving up a buffet of red meat for its base, this is where we start our hour with our favorite friends, meg tao is here, mark is the founder of the country. party also with us is claire mccaskill, and texas state representative ron reynolds. also with you representative, what is going on in texas? >> nicole, happy labor day. unfortunately, many in the republican leadership -- who can outflank who in the next republican primary with red meat appeasing the trump fights. it is no longer about what's best for texas or good public policy. it is how to go to the far extreme where you don't believe in science and you don

it is a rough week to be in texas right now, to be anybody in texas, but to be a woman, to be a personlor, to be a person of modest economic means. what is going on in your state? >> my state has lost their minds honestly. good morning. it's great to see you. when i was in d.c. there was a rally we did with dr. barber, one thing i told the people at this rally is that we just got sick and tired of being sick and tired. people didn't realize how terrible our regular session was. people are just now starting to understand why we walked out that very first time. they're understanding the level of frustration and how much we have truly been abused the entire session and how inflexible our colleagues have been the entire session on all these bills from saying that white supremacists could go ahead and carry with permitless carry, saying even if a child, at the tender age of 10 years old is raped and impregnated has to carry this child, we could not get decent amendments on any of these bills when it came to voting, permitless carry and when it came to crt and so many other things. so ultima

texas can keep a thousand out.ut because of what joe biden is doing, that's why you suddenly have ten, 15 thousand just in the del rio sector alone, and because of joe biden's open border policies, you're going to do more and more caravans. i had a briefing today with border patrol with the texas department of public safety and national guard and they say there are more caravans coming. so we are increasing our forces as we speak right now, sean, to be prepared to deal with crossings like this on multiple fronts. texas is having to engage in a war that the biden administration should be fighting to protect multiple fronts of our border where tens of thousands of people are attempting to cross. >> sean: so you're spending $3 billion of texas money to secure texas laws, but they're not enforcing federal law. and the federal law would allow for the deportation. is there anything else that texas can do to stop people from actually crossing the border wherein they then get the protection of the biden administration? doe

the attorney general says the texas law is clearly unconstitutional. [camera shutters] ag garland: good afternoon. last week after the supreme court allowed texas senate bill 8 to take effect, i said that the justice department was evaluating all options to protect the constitutional right of women and other persons. today, after careful assessment of the facts and the law, the justice department has filed a lawsuit against the state of texas. our position is set out in detail in our complaint, as follows. sp-8 bans nearly all abortions in the state after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even know they are pregnant and months before a pregnancy is viable. it does so even in cases of rape, sexual abuse, or incest, and it further prohibits aid by doctors to provide abortions for people who seek them. the act is clearly unconstitutional under long-standing supreme court precedent. those precedents hold, and the words of planned parenthood versus casey, that "regardless of whether exceptions are made for particular circumstances, a state may not p

but, you know, texas is enormous. care, paying for lodging, taking time off of work. for some people we are going to do -- we are going to do everything we can for everyone to try to connect them to care, but for some people this, frankly, means they are not going to be able to access abortion. >> i want to challenge you on one thing here, maybe not challenge you but talk to one strategy i have heard from legal experts. the only way to challenge this law in texas is to make this thing rise again to the supreme court level, to challenge the constitutionality and it would mean an organization like planet parenthood sued for performing abortion on someone over six weeks. is there any plan for you to challenge the constitutionally of the law so it can subsequently be overturned? >> at this point in time we are continuing to operate within the confines of the law. we want to be able to still serve patients as we can and connect them to care outside of the state as we can as well. look, right now our focus has to be on our

this law in texas affects everyone. it will fall most heavily on those women without the financial means to go to new york, california, or another nearby state. it will fall heavily on black women, latinos, lgbtq women, indigenous women. this law is going to punish women at the margin without the finances to be able to get on a plane, drive a car, to get an abortion. it is that people -- evil. host: the law is called the texas fetal heartbeat law. it went into effect on wednesday. it will ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected. there are no exceptions in the cases of rape and incensed. we welcome your questions for nan aron and charles donovan. (202) 748-8000 is the line for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. for independents and others, (202) 748-8002. charles donovan, a previous caller raised the issue, this law prevents abortions in the cases of rape and incensed and raised the issue if what if a rapist filed a civil suit against the abortion provider of the person he has raped. does that exists unde

and texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of texas by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets. >> who are the people clapping? we're going to prevent rape. we're going to get them. to put it simply, here is what abbott is suggesting. instead of allowing rape victims to ever seek an abortion, instead of forcing them to carry pregnancies to term against their will, what abbott is saying a better solution is to round up all the would-be rapists -- no rapists, no rape victims, no unwanted pregnancies, right? "the washington post" for the reality check that statement is crying out for. quote, the most obvious way in which this strategy is flawed is that prosecuting a rapist does not prevent the rape any more than prosecuting a murderer saved his victim's life. after the fact legal actions of course are important. it does not prevent a new rape from occurring. and as philip bump points out in his robust piece, it's not a policy governor abbott is even trying to actually put in place in te

what texas has devised is a bizarre, dystopian, vigilante system for hunting women in texas who seek abortions. a vigilante system to effectively ban abortion and shut down all abortion providers in the state, not to mention terrorizing women who are seeking the procedure. but they're using not the direct power of the state, but instead anti-abortion activists as their vigilantes and the state court system as their means of doing it. it is weird. it is deliberately weird. and as our friend dahlia lithwick explains at slate.com today, it is a quote, convoluted system that texas republicans devised on purpose specifically to prevent federal courts from blocking this law. and so far, dahlia writes, these they've succeeded. this friday a court canceled a hearing on the constitutionality of this new law in texas. the cancellation of that hearing would effectively allow the law to take effect tonight at midnight, september 1st. this aggressive intervention by the fifth circuit court of appeals, quote, forced abortion providers to do what almost seems unthinkable. they were forced to ask th

terry moran reporting. >>> back here at home tonight, one week after texas banned abortions in texas after about six weeks, tonight, texas governor greg abbott now signing into law a sweeping new voting law, one of the most restrictive ever. >>> the tragic amusement park accident in colorado. a 6-year-old girl plunging 110 feet on an underground ride. >>> the scene onboard an american airlines flight. the unruly passenger and what he was saying about the president. >>> and news tonight coming in from ethel kennedy, the widow of rfk. some of her children split. she's now weighing in on the possible parole of her husband's killer. >>> good evening and it's great to be back with all of you at home after the labor day holiday. and we begin tonight with millions of schoolchildren heading back. and now the largest increase in covid cases in children since the pandemic started. in fact, more than 40 million americans have now tested positive and of course concerns over that new variant first seen in colombia. the mu variant, it is now being detected in the u.s. and there are questions about

texas in litigation forever. there is no limit to the number of people who can sue over any individual abortion procedure. so one abortion to bury the receptionist at the clinic and everyone else at the clinics in written interrogatories sent to them by dozens or hundreds of lawyers who are suing them over that one procedure. they could then be forced to testify in depositions scheduled by dozens of lawyers suing them over the same event. the attorney fees in these situations would be incalculable. that is the risk faced by anyone in texas who is considering helping in any way in the delivery of abortion services to anyone are no matter when the pregnancy and the abortion might have occurred. the only person involved who the law prevents from being sued is the pregnant woman who has decided to end the pregnancy. this is the single most insane law written about abortion in the republicans' decades-long quest to overrule and circumvent roe v. wade. none of the plaintiffs who will sue texas abortion providers will h

abbott: in texas because of the early voting and voting on election day, it ensures that texas providesven more opportunities for people to engage in the voting process and the president of delaware as well as many other states across the entire country. the law does make it harder for fraudulent votes to be cast. one area that makes it harder to keep, concerns mail-in ballots. mail-in ballots, this is an area where both republicans and democrats every -- agree has been the easiest way to cheat in the election process. the law i am about to sign fixes that problem. another issue that this law addresses is ballot harvesting. it makes ballot harvesting a third-degree felony. [applause] ballot harvesting is a serious problem in the state of texas. that comes from a federal district judge who was appointed to serve in texas by president barack obama. that federal district judge heard a case, a trial, and during that trial, there was an abundance of evidence presented, an abundance of law presented and after all of the evidence was presented, the judge wrote an opinion deciding that case. in

to protect texas. as a result, you insisted we be pro-active in terms of assisting our border patrol agents, in terms of securing this area which is certainly a public safety threat, but also a homeland security threat. there's nothing more threatening to public safety in texas and homeland security -- we've experienced influxes before in texas. certainly 2014, 2015. going back to 1986 was the highest number of illegal immigrants back in 1986. that was 746,000. today we reached an all time high in texas. that's 1.1 million apprehended. not including what you see here. the numbers haven't been counted yet. federal fiscal year. keep in mind every time that happens, border patrol is overwhelmed. certainly union representatives can talk about that. when that happens, that becomes less secure because the cartel exploits those gaps. that's cocaine, methamphetamines, human trafficking. you have a drug problem, you have a mexican/texas international border problem. we will continue as long as it is needed, wor

i want to start in texas.huck, i wonder if you can just take me through not just the new reality, the new normal. i think we've read your coverage and your paper's coverage. what were the emotional contours after democrats in the statehouse fled. there was so much drama around this and in recent days we focused on the abortion ban. but this too very much a national story. >> it's been a crazy summer here in texas, and not just for the heat we get. you know, democrats are outnumbered in our state legislature. as the minority party, they really can't do anything to block final votes except walk off the floor. that's what they did. texas has a very liberal quorum policy, it's a super majority. they need two-thirds of the members there. that allowed 51 democrats out of the 150 members of the texas house to skedaddle. they left twice. most recently going to d.c. to stop our first special session. texas only has a 140-day regular session. they blocked the voting bill the first time. forced the governor to call a spe

out of texas. there's a money exemption built into this. i want to read a passage from new york times reporting on this. it says, quoting a doctor in texas, that's now dealing with this. it says if this was a criminal ban, we would know with this is in what we can and cannot do. dr. rubio said. but this ban has civil implications. it requires a lawyer to go to court. it requires lawyers fees. and then $10,000 if we don't. when what happens if everybody is sued, not just me? the doctor added, my staff is nervous. they've been asking, what about our families? delia, it seems to me, that's the design of the law. terrify everyone working in that clinic, including the receptionist, about what their attorneys fees will be. in how that will wipe out their families. >> i think that's exactly right lawrence. the design of the law is to shutter clinics. it's to use words like aid and abet, and abortion without any description of where aiding and abetting means. it really does tag the uber driver, the counsel

." >> tonight, texas abortion battle.he new restrictive law sending shock waves throughout the country, leaving women desperate. >> to hear her beg for someone to help her was hard. >> enforcement left to private citizens, creating a $10,000 reward. >> it's like vigilanteism and bounty hunting. >> why supporters say the measure is absolutely necessary. >> it's a significant piece of legis,yur> plus, remembering th michael k. williams, known for his iconic roles like omar from "the wire." and the brilliance and authenticity of his craft. ♪ >>> thanks so much for joining us. i'm linsey davis. it's been less than a week since the country's most restrictive abortion law went into effect in texas, and it's already having a devastating impact on women across the state. abc's congressional correspondent rachel scott went to the lone star state for our report. >> what's this? oh, yeah! i love my daughter more than anything in this world. >> reporter: malia hazid loves being a woman. >> being a mother is the best thing that's happ

i love texas. i am not here to bash texas. the fact is we have a lot of work to do that we have not been doing. we have the highest number and rate of uninsured in the entire nation. we have refused to expand medicaid coverage. half of the births in texas are to medicaid moms. we are not investing in those things we need to invest in to support women and their families. senator booker: thank you very much. rep. howard: thank you. senator booker: professor vladeck, i did not go to a law school. i went to yale law school. can you clarify something for me, because i fully concur that some of my friends on the other side of the aisle are probably better lawyers than me. but my friend, my dear friend, someone i value quite a bit, senator lee said the supreme court did not have jurisdiction because there was no proper defendant. i'll take my -- i'll take my question with my mic off. i know my time has expired. can you please answer that? prof. vladeck: i suffer from the same of which law school i went to. there are mischaracterizes

it is a very scary time for women in texas. >> and it's not just texas.e list of states also considering these laws. every republican governor wants a piece of this, mississippi, north dakota, south dakota, indiana, arkansas. mr. mayor, there have been calls to respond to this with a boycott. there's been talk, boycott texas was trending over the weekend. the austin american statesman reports that portland, oregon, could start boycotting texas very soon over this abortion ban. south by southwest could actually start to face boycotts. texas feels very 1980s south african in so many ways, including voting. is it time that it be treated the way that apartheid and south africa was treated with boycotts? what do you think of that as mayor of austin? >> as mayor of a city right now, we need help and support. we'd much rather people focus on bringing resources to organizations in our state that are fighting this, helping the cities and the communities put up a defense to this. that's really the help that we need. the urban areas in our city have opposed this. th

wade in texas.rrick garland announcing a lawsuit against the state stressing the law clearly flies in the face of supreme court precedent guaranteeing women the right to make decisions about their own bodies before pregnancy is viable and that it is designed to subvert the u.s. constitution. watch. >> texas does not dispute that its statute violates supreme

i expect we will see that in texas.going to be prepared to challenge that in court. >> mark last question for. you if this case or some combination of this, case or other cases, ends up getting to the united states supreme court, as we have seen these waves of voter restriction laws passed, in republican-controlled states all over the country. do you expect that the supreme court would be as hostile to voting rates as they have shown themselves to be toward abortion rights and as a lot of people fear they must be even the way they've got the voting rights act success over the last few years? . i don't have rose colored glasses. i know what the supreme court is. but we have no choice. when the political branches failed to protect peoples constitutional. writes which the legislature is in texas and in georgia and in florida and in arkansas in iowa and in kansas and in montana have done, when they failed to do that job. then we turn to the courts. we hope congress will step in and pass for the people, but fundamentally, it

that was doctor in texas.ked how they take actions to kill their fellow texans, that's a doctor, a cardiologyist's view. if pediatric icus are filled to capacity and that doesn't dent governor abbott, what are the chances of running callous people like him out of state government? >> you put up the poll numbers for governor abbott, saying 41%, why do they support? keep in mind that's lowest number he's ever polled at. usually 50% or higher, so he's won in the past. he's low point and i think will go lower. he's exceedingly vulnerable but has to be to the right candidate with right message and good campaign. this is where i have tendency to get frustrated with democrats who i'm advocating for to win every office this can in texas to save our population and republic is that. but democrats often cede the messaging to republicans. talk policy points and process. and republicans talk value. and in debate like that, voters base on values. want policy, concerned about those things but want to know you share the same

reporter: gop lawmakers said they will follow texas's lead. i was wondering if you expect doj to be involved in similar actions against other states? this could be one of several similar actions. ag garland: as i said in my remarks, the risk, the greater risk here, the additional and further risk here is other states following this against this constitutional right and any other right. if another state uses the same kind of provisions to the private citizens of their constitutional rights and in particular to deprive their citizens of the ability to seek immediate review, we will bring the same kind of lawsuit. reporter: there have been calls to do something about this law. did you feel any of that pressure and did that play any role in this? , ag garland: the department of justice does not file lawsuits based on pressure. we carefully evaluated the law and the facts, and is our view about the law and the facts. >> thanks, everybody. ag garland: thank you all. >> we take you now to quebec where katie and party leaders including prime minister

you put something like this on the floor of the texas house or floor of the texas senate, republicans feel compelled to stick with it, or they're going to get beat by conservatives in their own primaries. >> what do the abortion clinics plan to do, do they want to challenge the law, dare people to stop them believing this is unconstitutional nationally or try to work with confines of the law. >> still a lot of litigation pending. the court didn't rule on merits of the law, they decided not to stop it. this has been in effect since wednesday morning in texas. september 1st when the law took effect. there's a combination of a lot of people surprised that it went this way, that the court didn't stop it. a lot of people both sides of the argument thought probably the court will stop it, we'll litigate it awhile. we're in a different situation where this is in effect, clinics and things, i believe there are 24 abortion providers locations left in the state of texas. they basically started to shut doors at midnight night before last. at the moment, unless you are less than six weeks pregnan

wade for women in texas.treme disappointment, but there was celebration from texas republicans at seeing the law to go through. one of the biggest criticisms of this law is the lk of exceptions for women who fell pregnant as victims of ra or incessant. here is texas senator brian hughes, the author of the bill, giving the bbc his argument about why no exemptions are provided. >> the rapist needs to be punished. there are no questions about that. we have strong laws in texas to punish rapist. we have talked to women in those situations -- we would not punish the unborn child because of the horrible act to the mother. the unborn child is a separate human being, and the unborn child and the mother's womb is the most helpless, the most innocent humanan ever be and she deserves our protection. texans believe, and we know in our hearts, that when the heart is beating, that is the universal sign of life. we have to protect little babies. ros: for more on this story, our correspondent. >> lots of pro-life groups in t

between texas as well as major league baseball about that as well as big companies in the state of texase of texas for the position that we were taking, but, morgan, this is important. when they learned the facts of what the election integrity law does in the state of texas, they realized that texas was adding more time to vote. texas was making it easier to vote than before the law passed. let me give you one quick example. that is texas has almost two weeks of early voting to make it very easy for people to vote, and in the president's home state of delaware they have zero days of early voting so it's far easier for people to vote in texas or even in new york than it is in so many other places and so if people look at the facts, they realize, wait a second, texas really is a well governed state. >> so i just want to put a fine point on this. are you saying these policies are helping to bolster business right now? >> again, people vote with their feet and this is not slowing down businesses coming to the state of texas at all. in fact, it is accelerating the process of businesses coming

not only did donald trump win texas, texas is the state that i keep holding up as an example of that nihilistic toxicity of the big lined voter suppression efforts from republicans, because texas had very high turnout and republicans still did well. so what are you all afraid of? that is not enough, because it is very clear that trump wants a 50 state strategy with audits. he's going one step further and saying the swing states i lost were stolen from me as he did in georgia in arizona, he's pushing that in pennsylvania. no, this is now a full comprehensive undertake, and what he wants to do is say, you cannot trust any election results anywhere. if he can convince his supporters not to trust any election result, if it's all just rigged and fundamentally on noble then he has effectively destroyed the epidemic foundation of democracy itself, which is what he is trying to bring about. even if that sounds grandiose, it's not hyperbolic to say, that is what he is doing, that's his approach. cultivating state after state, putting the pressure everywhere he can, backing secretaries of stat

coming up, we go to texas or we stay there to speak with an abortion provider about texas' near-totalon. back in 30 seconds. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "don't give up now" by cynthia erivo and oliver tompsett. this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. we turn now to look at texas' near-total ban on abortions. last week, the department of justice sued texas over a new law which bars abortions around six weeks into a pregnancy, without an exception for rape or incest, and allows anyone in texas to sue patients, medical workers, or even a patient's family or friends who "aid and abet" an abortion. like took someone to a women's health clinic. over the weekend, a longtime physician in texas revealed he has defied the law in order to care for one of his patients. dr. alan braid made the admission in an article for "the washington post." he writes -- "i acted because i had a duty of care to this patient, as i do for all patients, and because she has a fundamental right to receive this care. i fully understood that there could be legal consequences -- but i wanted to make sure th

one is can texas give the authority to people to do something that texas itself can't do?- under the supreme court's ruling on abortion, texas itself can't ban abortion before a viability. but this law says people can sue if someone per suzanne abortion after six weeks. so how does texas get to give somebody the authority to do something that it can't do itself? those are the legal challenges here. >> all right. we'll see how this all plays out. pete williams in d.c. thank you as always. joining us now to take a closer look that is texas democratic state representative jasmine crockett. representative crockett, great to have you back on the show. what do you make of justice department's response there, you know, just generally to the situation playing out in texas regarding abortion law. and what more do you want to see from the biden administration and congress when it comes to protecting a woman's constitutional right to get an abortion? >> yeah. first of all, good to see you. sadly enough, there is not very much that the justice department can do. we need federal legisl

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and this texas abortion, i do not know if c-span or anybody brought it up, do you know if texas is a lights state? i don't know if you know what that is, but that allows a sexual abuser to come back to the woman and say, i want to see my kid. 14 states have that law. i don't know if states up the law against that abuse or make vigilantes of people who force these deadbeat dads to pay for their own kids. i know texas is probably going to rely on settlement money like they rely on federal money for everything else. you never talk about socialization of settled money for all of these red states. keep up a good job as usual, c-span. host: in new york city, good morning to rob on a democrat's line. caller: good morning. thank you for your good work and c-span. i guess my top story is has to do with this texas abortion law that are just ridiculous and medieval. it is so bizarre that the red states are against abortion. they are against wearing masks to prevent the virus. they are against, it seems not everyone in a red state, they are against vaccinations. that we have the highest rate of

texas and outside of texas. the other thing that seems a little more subtle but is extremely powerful, it is for us all to talk about abortion through an affirmative, positive framework. how safe access to abortion makes our communities healthier. how people we know and love have had access to abortion that has made them be able to build and plan a future and have healthy families. i think that is incredibly important. i think the women's health protection act would be amazing if we could use this momentum and this impetus to get congress to step in and protect those of us who live in states where these kinds of politics are constantly happening so that we can secure the rights and really flesh out the full access for all people. out the f>> megan, what do yous the sort of points of pressure here to react to this? >> i think amy is right. the best thing you can do is the -- best thing congress can do is pass the woman's protection act. but as she was saying, not only do we have not all 50 democrats, but we don't

what does this mean for women in texas? >> thank you so much.for the seven million women across texas and for all of us who care about access to safe, legal abortion. this means abortion is virtually inaccessible for anyone in texas who needs to get an abortion. >> the elements of this law are so dystopian. it deputizes ex-boyfriends, neighbors, strangers, to become the abortion police. how will this work? >> it really does. this sue thy neighbor provision means it's not going to be impossible but creates this vigilante where they can go after anyone they suspect of helping somebody o to get an abortion. >> one of the most jaw dropping elements of this entire thing in texas is as we know, as we have been covering for months now, governor greg abbott, the governor there is against mandates. state mandates. he doesn't want a mandate for masks to protect against covid. doesn't want mandate for vaccinations and his rationale when he banned mandates said texans, not government should decide their best health practices. what do you say to him today? >

so here's what it looks like tonight in south texas.scene more reminiscent of a third world country than the united states. over 10,000 migrant are crammed underneath the international bridge here after crossing illegally into the united states. many using sticks, plants, and whatever they can find to build shelter as they wait to have processed by border patrol. from above a fox news drone reveals the size and scope of the crisis, showing a camp that reached a population of 15,000 at its climax because of this. over the weekend we gained exclusive access to a boat on the rio grand and we watched as a constant stream of hundreds of migrant crossed the river from mexico, entering the united states illegally, hundreds at a time, gathering on the shoreline before walking to the bridge. >> tucker: sound like the country you grew up in? no. you don't have to put up with this, we can solve it in a day, to send these people back immediately. haitians are not bad people, a lot overteem are great people. but we have no obligation to let them int