he did not make the final decision before leaving on a family vacation. i expect an announcement when he gets back to d.c. next week. joining me now, democratic senator from north carolina kay hagan, and msnbc's joy reid. senator hagan, what would this bill mean to the women of north carolina if it becomes law? >> well, if this is a health care bill about women, i am glad any state legislator in raleigh is not my doctor. when i look at what the leadership and the general assembly is doing, under a sneak attack they put forward -- they forced a sweeping anti-women's health care bill that -- with no public notice, no transparency, and that doesn't pass a public scrutiny test in north carolina. those are not the values that we hold. this is certainly a distraction. what we've got to be focused on in north carolina, everybody