thank you for coming to this important program and i'm joined by senator tina smith. it's about the supreme court decision about roe v. wade and puts the russian of abortion back to the states. senator smith, thanks for joining us today. senator smith: i'm sorry i can't be with you in person but i'm glad to have a conversation with you. >> we have so many questions. for our audience, if you have questions, you can tweet us @ post live. we heard a little bit about your reaction in the out true -- in the intro. it's been two days now, three days since this happened. what are your thoughts after her processing this for a few days? senator smith: long before i ever came to the united states senate, i worked at planned parenthood. i came to understand firsthand how people make these decisions about whether or not to continue pregnancy and i so people make decisions with such strong judgment, such good moral judgment. what i've been thinking about a lot is that people who were in the abortion clinic friday, people who had made a decision about what they needed to do and the

minnesota senator tina smith will join us live. >>> and today marks one month since a gunman killed 19 elementary school students and two teachers in uvalde, texas. we'll speak with texas state senator roland gutierrez about the investigation and how the community is doing. plus, an nbc news exclusive with richard engle speaking with ukrainian president zelenskyy. we'll play for you what he had to say about the americans captured by russian troops. and this morning, we remember the 98 lives lost in the surfside condominium collapse one year ago today. >>> we begin this hour with breaking news. congress is one step closer to passing the most significant measure to reduce gun violence in nearly 30 years. right now, the house is holding a rule debate on gun violence prevention bill, after it passed the senate overnight. these are live pictures from the capitol. final passage expected in the house some time later today. in a 65-33 vote, 15 republican senators joined democrats in passing the bill. the historic progress being made on capitol hill comes just one day after the supreme court is

journal, asking you what y >> you can watch the rest of this program but now remarks from senator tina smith on the supreme court decision to rescind abortion rights under roe v. wade. ♪

now -- [applause] i would like to invite up while i sign, senator tina smith, senator markey, senator warnock, senator john cornyn, john clyburn, senator barbara lee the, representative danny davis, chair joyce beatty, and sheila jackson lee. and miss opal. >> just stand there. >> you should have my chair. [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] [applause] that's the first one. go ahead. [applause] i need to make sure. there you go. thank you. thank you, mister president. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. i need to sign my name. oh, i'm sorry. i thought -- there he is, there is the man. from texas. does anybody else -- oh, okay, sorry man! thank you, man. >> thank you. >> all right. [applause] [laughs] >> election day next, mister president? election day next? mister president, it's election day next? is the plan to sign election day a national holiday? >> thank you everybody. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> lad ieladies and gentlemen, please remain seated while the president and the vice president depart. thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen please we mean seated by

joining us now is senator tina smith, a former vice president of planned parenthood for minnesota and the dakotas. senator, you've joined us on this subject before. but here it is, here is the supreme court doing when i am sure are, for most of the last 50 years, you thought was impossible. >> it has been a long day. it's been a devastating day. but i am just thinking about the women who showed up at clinics in texas and mississippi, other states around this country. expecting to be able to exercise their freedom and decision-making about their own health care, only to be sent away. that is unacceptable. the supreme court spoke today, but they do not have the last word. there is a ton of work to do and i see people mobilizing all around the country tonight, just as we heard. hundreds of thousands of people. i believe that this is going to be a galvanizing issue, lawrence, and i think that people are just so angry. senator, what can be done legislatively in terms of assuring the interstate delivery of certain drugs involved and other possible issues that the court did not specifically

tina davis. welcome back. we have heard from president biden, we interviewed senator smith, tina smith from minnesota about congressionaltute. people don't think that it's going to happen with this congress. what else could happen? what is the next shoe to drop for those trying to preserve some right to an abortion? tina: aside from federal options, this battle now moves to the states. we have seen the aclu and planned parenthood talking about lawsuits, i believe one is filed in michigan, they are talking about a lawsuit in ohio. they are challenging any laws that may ban abortion as a result of this ruling. when the supreme court issues these things, they have to also issue the judgments, that paperwork sometimes takes a while. they are trying to take advantage of the lag time between this opinion and when it gets codified into statute to basically say we want to make sure individual states still have this power. some states like new york are moving to put this in the constitution and other efforts. in michigan, we have seen an attorney general who has been clear that she is not going to go forward with the laws on the

i give you my friend tina smith. >> thank you very much. thank you senator. thank you governor walz. mrs. waltz. thank you john milton. lieutenant governor flanagan. and to my dear friend, president of planned parenthood, service states. yesterday, an extremist supreme court overturn 50 years of precedent. overturning roe v. wade and eviscerate-ing a constitutional right to abortion. the six, right-wing justices, five of them put their by presidents who did not win the popular vote, have said, that not pregnant women, the government has the power to make crucial decisions, critical decisions, about whether or not to continue a pregnancy. they have that it's up to the government to decide, not women. they base this decision on the judgment of men who were around hundreds of years ago would've believed about women and their freedom. long before i was in the united states senate, i worked at planned parenthood. i'm the only united states senator with that experience. in that role, i saw firsthand the capacity of women to make good, moral decisions about abortion

joining us now is senator tina smith, a former vice president of planned parenthood for minnesota and dakotas. senator, you've joined us on this subject before, but here it is. here is the supreme court doing what i'm sure, for most of the last 50 years, you thought was impossible. >> it has been a long day. it's been a devastating day. but i just -- i am thinking about the woman who showed up about at clinics in texas and mississippi and other states around this country, expecting to be able to exercise their freedom and their decision-making. about their own health care more, already being sent away. that is unacceptable, and the supreme court spoke today that they do not have the last word. there is a ton of work to do, and i see people mobilizing all over the country tonight, just as we heard, hundreds of thousands of people. i believe that this is gonna be a galvanizing issue, lawrence, and i think that people are just so angry. >> senator, what about, what can be done legislatively, in terms of assuring the interstate delivery of certain drugs involved, and other possible issues

tina smith is introducing a new bill that would codify abortion pill access in some states that don't have it effective. creating a floor for standards of care and regulation and usage, keeping in place the food and drug administration's regulations on the abortion pill right now so states can continue to have access to this pill. it's the most prevalently form used of abortion care for abortions up to ten weeks of pregnancy. tina smith moving on this today, but telling me last night in a phone call, the realities of the senate are the realities of the senate. it's not likely to pass this body. nonetheless, democrats doing what they can, putting forward this legislation and also urging voters to vote in the midterms on this issue. >> ali vitli on capitol hill. >>> ahead, new developments in the uvalde school shooting. we'll tell you what happened to the school's embattled police chief. >>> the baby formula crisis is here. it's still here. and nowhere near over. details about another fda investigation possibly linked to tainted formula. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." g "jo

joining us now is one of those senators, democrat tina smith of minnesota. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you, andrea. >> thank you. how would you declare -- how declaring a health emergency continue access for abortions, now that so many states are making it a felony? >> what we want to do is to urge the president and the administration, to use all the executive powers they have to protect access to abortion care wherever abortion care remains legal. the supreme court has spoken, but they do not get the last word. that is what elizabeth and i were focusing on in our commentary. here's one example of something the administration has already done. yesterday, they made it clear that's fda rules around the safety and effectiveness and the guidelines for using medication for abortion, that those rules preempt rules states might ask. so, in states where abortion is still legal, medication abortion still needs to be available. i introduce legislation to make sure that's put into law. that's an example of the things that the white house can do to pro

thank you for coming to this important program and i'm joined by senator tina smith. it's about

thank you for coming to this important program and i'm joined by senator tina smith. it's about the supreme court decision about roe v. wade and puts the russian of abortion back to the states.

the only senator to have worked at planned parenthood, democratic senator tina smith from minnesota joinsnk you for being here. what you want the president to do now is one thing, and an important thing. but what do you actually expect him to do? do you have assurances he's going to take any action on abortion rights? >> glad to be with you this morning. we had quite a few conversations with the president and his team about what steps they can take to protect access to abortion care in this country now that this extreme supreme court has overturned this fundamental freedom. they have already taken some action, i want to point out. on friday the president spoke very strongly about protecting people's rights to travel to states where abortion is legal in order to get the care that they need, and the attorney general talked about protecting access to medication abortion, which is very important in states where abortion is still legal. what we want the president and the administration stood use all the authority they have to protect access wherever they can, and i'm confident they'll do whate

i don't inadequate the biden's tina smith the u.s. inflation problem even more severe in court. the feinstein this was the turning point that marked the beginning of inflation crisis which is make it much more difficult or americans to save and make ends meet. and a key part of that was the right of this extension of federal employee benefits were many people got paid more to stay at home and to return to work. now we know a specific amount of the unemployment money was subject to massive fraud with the department flavors inspector general estimating at a a minm $163 billion worth of unemployment spending could be attributed to fraud or improper payments out of the s.b. 872 billion that was spent out of pandemic unemployment programs. we are talking about an improper payment rate approaching 20%. with hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars flushed down the drain most of a gone forever. hopefully not. agent dotson my first question is to you. in the course of your investigations have you seen that a significant amount of the fraud is committed by transnational or criminal organ

. >> all right congressman -- joining me now is minnesota tennis senator tina smith. thank you for being with us today. and we'll start with the topic of gun control. after a week of bipartisan negotiations in the senate, marking a breakthrough on measures to combat gun violence, including red flag laws and enhanced background checks, first i want to play for you what president biden said earlier today in delaware regarding his readiness to sign gun control legislation. they're the president's referencing delaware state house lawmakers passing two bills on tuesday that would strengthen gun background checks and increase the states persisting age for most firearms to 21 years old. between the senate deal and efforts that the state level, do you feel democrats are making progress that addressing the gun issue? >> good afternoon reverend sharpton. it's great to be with you. i do think this is important progress. i have no doubt that, and i'm hopeful, that we will pass this legislation as soon as next week. we need to do it next week. this is going to save lives. not only

minnesota senator tina smith will join us live. >>> and today marks one month since a gunman killed 19ents and two teachers in uvalde, texas. we'll speak with texas state senator roland gutierrez about

. >> senator elizabeth warren and tina smith penned an op-ed in the new york times, to declare biden a public health emergency that will protect abortion access to all americans. and critical resources, need to be unlocked to make sure people have the ability to protect their reproductive rights. what do you say about? this is this likely? >> well, i will make sure we have this, it is a public health emergency. we have to see this again in the context of what will happen to people who reside, who decide to exercise their reproductive freedom and have an abortion. we have to see this as an emergency. we have to see it within this context, but now, the criminalization of women is going to be a standard type of criminal justice initiative and move. so for me, when i was young and had my abortion, i was terrified. a new abortions were illegal in california, texas, and i was afraid of being stopped, put in jail. and that will happen again. so yes, it is a public health emergency but also, it is an emergency of justice, an emergency of what could happen to so many people who quote, are vio

decades later i introduced along with my partners and service, senators cory booker and tina smith and representative sheila jackson lee, the juneteenth national independence day act to honor the davies americans took their first steps into freedom and finally made juneteenth a federal holiday. june 17, 2021 i was honored at the stand with vice president kamala harris, senator smith, president of jackson lee, senator cornyn, seven under warnick and ms. opal read while president biden signed the national juneteenth independence day act into law. why do i mention ms. opal we? she's a grandmother of the juneteenth movement who fought for years to make juneteenth a federal holiday from fort worth texas, activist, and educator who walked two and a half miles every day fighting the united states to finally have juneteenth a federal holiday and at the age of 94 she saw it become a reality in the white house. in doing so, juneteenth finally took its rightful place among other federal holidays so all americans and all states can celebrate juneteenth just like they celebrate memorial day, the sa

decades later, i introduced, along with my partners and nervous, senators cory booker and tina smith and representative sheila jackson lee that juneteenth national independence day act to honor the day that these americans took their first steps into americans and finally made it a federal holiday. on june 17, 2021, i was honored to stand with vice president kamala harris, senator smith, representative jackson lee, senator cornyn and ms. opal lee while president biden signed the national juneteenth independence day acted to law. so why do i mention ms. opal lee because she is a grandmother of the juneteenth movement. who fought for years to make juneteenth they federal holiday from fort worth texas, and activist and educator who walked two and a half miles every day fighting for the united states to finally have juneteenth a federal holiday and at the age of 94, she saw that become a reality in the white house. and in doing so, juneteenth finally took its rightful place among other federal holidays so that all americans in all states can celebrate juneteenth just like they celebrate