suppression laws, the more you bless partisan gerrymandering, the more you say this is too hard for us, and therefore, states can continue to constrict the vote. the justices don t just become a sort of, minoritarian check. they can become part of reinforcing, consistency reinforcing minority rule. and i think that s what they re leaning into without entirely reckoning with it. that now we have a courts that is persistently making it harder for majority views and wishes and policies to be effectuated. that is not necessarily doing something for this constitution. it s raw power. judges, they matter. valley a lithwick, barbara mcquade, judge currency. and thank you for joining us tonight. i appreciate it. when we come back, the battle for abortion rights is deeply personal for people across this country. but for congresswoman jackie,
great plains. wife of the supreme court justice clarence thomas, and her role to overturn the election. yet she doesn t seem to be on the raider of the january six committee. one week ago, a gunman filled with hate targeted a black community in a deadly rampage. i will talk to mayor byron brown about what can be done next to heal the community. we are still dealing with covid and now that there are new fears of a new medical issue in the united states, monkeypox. we ll tell you if you need to be worried. we will begin with the battle for abortion rights. it s happening right now. gop can state-controlled legislators across the country. a rush to pass bills in anticipation of roe being overturned by the supreme court. take the city of oklahoma, a bill made its way to the state legislature on thursday, which
circumstances or have authorities ruled out any of those other things? reporter: it s an important thing. automatically your mind goes to unrelated incidents in other hotels with issues with the fumigation or carbon monoxide or other issues. that s a question that will be brought up in this case. was it perhaps an issue with the facilities? we know that health officials there on the ground are looking into that as a possibility, but they have not said that is specifically what they believe was involved here. so the next 24 or 48 hours will be crucial in the investigation as we try to find out if perhaps it was something like that. yeah. mysterious and scary, indeed. polo, thank you so much. still ahead, on this very unique mother s day, protests have erupted in response to the leaked u.s. supreme court draft that would overturn roe v. wade as the battle for abortion rights takes on a slew of potential new challenges. we ll discuss straight ahead. aln pull bonnie up on phone,
hey everybody, good afternoon. i m yasmin versiga. happy mother s day to all the moms out there. there s a lot going on today. by announcing new sanctions on russia as they meet with president zelenskyy before tomorrow s victory day celebrations in russia. first lady jill biden making a surprise visit across the border into ukraine, meeting with that country s first lady. two mothers sharing wartime solidarity on this incredibly special day. plus, protests continuing across the country. major new developments in the battle for abortion rights. mitch mcconnell setting a national ban is actually on the table. the end of roe, after it