The even of a second wave it is full speed ahead. People say thats a distinct possibility. Its standard. Were going to put out the fires. Were not going to close the country. Were going to put out the fires. Whether its an ember or a flame, were going to put it out. Were not closing our country. On friday the president said that he would urge governors to reopen churches despite evidence showing them to be virtual petri dishes for covid19. In poll after poll, americans have made clear that human health and not the economy is priority number one. They are souring on the president s response. A new abc news ipsis poll shows only 39 approve the president s performance. The lowest since march. With me to discuss, monica alba, nbc news, white house political reporter, katherine lucy, White House Reporter for the wall street journal, and the White House Reporter for the monica, you heard the sound there, the president saying even if theres a second outbreak he wont close the country. What is
good to be with you. i m katy tur. we know that abortion was a potent political motivator in the midterms last year, but we have not known how enduring a motivator it would be. in other words, how long would voters keep turning out on the issue. well, now we have a good idea that the energy surrounding abortion is not fading. and that overturning roe v. wade could prove fatal for the gop and untold contests to come, potentially even the race for president. the latest evidence comes out of ohio, a swing state that has been leaning red over the past few elections. republicans there scheduled an august special election, held yesterday, to vote on raising the threshold to amend the state s constitution from a simple majority to 60%. the late summer contest was intended it head off a vote on abortion this fall, specifically a measure to enshrine access to
800 people so far are signed up. we got an exclusive look behind the scenes at some of what the pilots go through. we re going to have an interview with them coming up tonight on nightly news. meanwhile, tomorrow s launch will happen at 9 a.m. here in new mexico, 11 a.m. eastern. we hope you ll join us. gadi, thank you very much. that will do it for me today. deadline white house starts right now. hi, everyone. it is 4:00 in new york. i am alicea menendez in for nicolle wallace. we are learning about jack smith s case against donald trump for his efforts to joan overturn the 2020 election. documents hours ago reveal that jack smith sought a search
public health crisis and causing irreversible harm to patients and their families in vast swaths of the country. virginia has become a critical access point for essential time sensitive healthcare, not just for people in our commonwealth, but for the entire region. i have not backed down. i have doubled down. i am more committed than ever to ensuring these bans go exactly where they belong, out in the trash can. don t mess with senator louise lucas because this morning she and senate democrats, they prevailed. they got their way. they blocked governor youngkin s ban and here she is putting the ban, that bill she s talking about, in her trash can. which is specifically designated for abortion bans. joining us now, democratic state senator from virginia, louise lucas, with me at the table, my friend and colleague alicea
where his constituents want him to be? he s out of touch. nicolle, he s out of touch. he didn t listen to us. we told him that virginians believe abortion should remain safe, legal and accessible. we told him early on we would reject any bans on reproductive freedoms every time a bill was filed. and because our constitutional rights have been stolen from us. in virginia, we will continue to protect access to essential reproductive healthcare, and we will not rest until we beat back all the bills that s coming from this administration. now, alicea, i want to bring you in on this. unfortunately for america, every state doesn t have a senator like this who can sort of be on the line for women to protect access to this healthcare. but this dynamic of being out of step with their own voters and knowing that the politics are horrific to say nothing of the policy is not unique to youngkin. i m so glad you played that video of him from 2021. he knows the political calculus. they all know