members of congress were arrested at an abortion protest for blocking traffic. they were warned three times to move, including you alexandria ocasio cortez who you see getting arrested by capitol police. and here is what member ilhan omar taking the same position. both have their hands behind their back acting like they were handcuffed, but the handcuffs were invisible. you can see for yourselves, they were holding their hands behind their back seemingly to appear they were handcuffed for a photo op. thanks to the media, they got their wish. abc and nbc, of course, plastering their pictures all over with their hands behind their back. let s pull up the slo-mo video of aoc, julie, this is amazing. i have watched this a few times. i really like the one where they have braveheart and lift up her fist. freedom, like from the movie braveheart, you see the hair top. then you see dutifully resume the position of handcuffs and then a free frame of her smiling at the camera because
the policies that they want. the president in massachusetts making the push for green energy. climate change i nation and . this is an emergency. i will look at it that way. i said last week and i ll say it again loud and clear, as president, i ll use my executive powers to combat the climate crisis. not a single republican in congress will help support my climate plan. not one. let me be clear. climate change is an emergency. we ll make the clean air safer. i mean it. we have an opportunity here. dana: that comes as democrats lay in to moderate democrat senator joe manchin with some claiming that he s doomed humanity. yes, doomed humanity. manchin pumping the brakes on half a trillion in climate spending. he says that they need to chill out. people criticizing me, i understand that. i understand their aspirations. i understand the criticism. don t you believe inflation is the number one thing in american right now hurting every human being? if they don t care about tha
house announcing it will send another $360 million in humanitarian assistance to ukraine, as well as 400 million more in military equipment to help slow the russian onslaught in the eastern donbas region. and, to support the people affected by russia s war. while on capitol hill, the january six committee is gearing up for another hearing this tuesday. after securing testimony from a key witness. yesterday, former trump white house counsel pat cipollone, sat down for a marathon seven and a half hour interview before that panel. so joining us right now, nbc s laura barrick in delaware, liz mclaughlin and highland park illinois, and janice mackie flare from tokyo. welcome to you all, more we re gonna start with you here. talk about the abortion protests, but first, what do we know about the january 6th committee s hours long interview with former white house counsel pat cipollone? well, this is something very generous its committee has been waiting months for, to hear that te
privacy, simplified. across the country today on what is being called a national day of protest. we are gonna bring you a live report on the protest itself in just a moment. but it comes just one day after the president signed an executive order attempting to protect access to abortion medication and emergency contraception. meanwhile, the january six committee is gearing up for its next public hearing on tuesday it comes after the panel heard after eight hours of testimony from formal white house counsel pat cipollone on friday. earlier today, on msnbc, mary trump discuss just how damaging this could be for the former president. to say that donald is terrified is accurate, and also an understatement. i think that this might be the first time in his entire life that, even he can t deny the walls may indeed be closing. and the witness is not coming forward, are increasingly important in terms of access, and in terms of their positions and his administration. and they are an
procedure. get this, not states have abortion bans have already gone into effect. and that represents 7.2 million women of reproductive age who just saw their autonomy erased, yesterday on friday. if you had taxes, which is we already operating under a total ban, that makes another 7 million. that is 14 million fellow american woman, who have been deemed by the supreme court that s they aren t equal citizens anymore. who their autonomy and their decisions about their future have been erased. altogether, 26 states are likely to ban abortion care in the coming days and months. according to the guttmacher institute, with just a research and policy organization that advocates reproductive rights. this court decision sets us back 50 years, and americans across the country are moving forward in protest. demonstrations began just hours after the supreme court decision dropped, and they are expected to continue today. nbc s jessi hart is tracking those developments for us, from manha