and last word with lawrence o donnell, who i don t get to see very. often starts right now. good evening lawrence. good evening, chris. and welcome to the halloween jet-lagged version of this program. a calculated on the way in here in this evening, that it actually took about 30 hours of literally planes, trains and automobiles to get from malawi, back to my workplace tonight, including a flight delay along the way, and three airplanes. well i m glad you made it. so here s the thing. with this kind of jet lag, anything can happen. that s a strong tease. chris, don t leave the building, because we might need you, and i could slip into a nap at the first commercial break. not to mention what could come out of my mouth. don t leave, i m begging you, don t leave. i won t be leaving the building, and the viewers will be glued to their seats after this. anything can happen on halloween. sounds wild. thank, you chris. well, arthur ray hanson ii of huntsville, al
hours of literally planes, trains, and automobiles, to get from malawi, back to my workplace tonight, including a flight delay along the way, three airplanes. well i m glad you make it made it. so here s the thing. with this kind of jet lag, anything can happen. well that s a strong tease. chris, don t leave the building, because we might need you, and there could be, i could slip into a nap at the first commercial break. not to mention what could come out of my mouth, don t leave, i m begging you, don t leave. i won t be leaving the building, and the viewers will be glued to their seats after this. anything can happen halloween. sounds wild. thank, you chris. well, arthur ray handsome the second of huntsville, alabama, has become the first trump fuller follower to be accused of following donald trump s in soliciting instructions to threaten the lives of people involved in the arrest and prosecution of donald trump. he delivered those threats in the stupides
civil retirement payments. and then 12 billion in veterans benefits. the government is sending out millions of payments every day to various people and businesses across the country. not to mention investors who are holding our debt. if we need to reach that date, we don t know what would happen to all of those payments. there could be delayed. they could be not made for a long period of time. it s hard to fathom what that world looks like where the government is not making those commitments. we don t know what that date is gonna come. there is lots of uncertainty with government cash flow. we do know is that the treasuries and to be on thin ice in early june. we don t know how thin, problem when you re skating on thin ice is sometimes you fall through. right, also on june 2nd. 25 billion dollars worth of social security payments that will be due. the next chart on the screen is the debt maturing into 2023. on june 1st, 105 billion dollars of debt will mature. what s the signific
all those issues it strikes me that we re following what s happening in texas with judge as merrick. this ruling that is going to come down any day now about abortion pills. we ve talked a lot about living in a post roe america and how very often when we talk about choice it is framed as a social issue. you can argue it s a social issue. it s also an economic issue. as we sit here and we talk about the wage gap in america that reality the choices you make, went to fill the family, how to build a family. these are not separate issues. they are deeply connected. absolutely, women and states lose up to 105 billion dollars annually to abortion restrictions and the lack of reproductive health and care access. women s ability to decide when they re going to become a mother or starter family directly impacts their long term economic security and well-being.
every time she gives birth to or even adopts a child. it s what they call the quote, motherhood penalty. but the economic cross isn t just felt on the individual level. in fact, one study estimates that state level abortion restrictions can cause state economies 105 billion dollars every single year. and according to the economic policy institute, the states that have either already banned abortion, or are likely to in the coming months, are also more likely to have a combination of both higher incarceration rates, lower wages, fewer worker rights, and less access to quality health care. so, let me be clear here for a moment. the facts aren t up for debate. abortion rights are economic rights in this country. i want to bring into the conversation, merle hoffman. she is the founder and ceo of choices, woman s medical center in the lifelike abortions rights advocate. in 1971, she helped establish one of the country s first