activist harry belafonte. the 96-year-old dying from congestive heart failure at his manhattan home. he blaze d new trails for african-american performers in muse and i can in hollywood. his career stremped far beyond the stage. he was an instrumental voice in the 60s civil rights movement. an outspoken opponent of apartheid. he was 96. up next, republican hopeful nikki haley tries to put her stamp on the abortion debate. her venue, a reminder of the party s struggles in swing state suburbs. it was not too long ago when president clinton said he wanted abortion to be, quote, safe,
conversation to try to find consensus on this sensitive issue, especially making the case that there s more of a middle ground on the issue of abortion than most folks give credit to when they have discussions on this topic. one of the things that she really honed in on is why she is pro life. she spoke about her personal experience, her husband being adopted. she talked about having challenges conceiving her own children. and those are two of the main central reasons that she said she s pro life. not because the republican party told her to, it s because of those personal decisions she made. but she did say that generally speaking, the conversation on this topic from her viewpoint is just too divisive. listen to what she said. they have turned a sensitive issue that s long divided people into a kind of gotcha bidding war. how many weeks are you for? how many exceptions are you for? and the list goes on.
with us these questions miss the point if the goal is about saving as many lives as possible. reporter: now what she didn t do in this speech is lay out any specific policy with regard to a week limit that she would back. she said there is a federal role to be played in this conversation, but she s really call ing for a conversation at this point. she s not being definitive as to where she would stand on this policy as president. and it s important to know that a lot of other republicans are having to speak to this topic right now. some of them are saying where they stand. others are changing their position by the day. the backdrop being the supreme court ruling that remove women s national right to an abortion, which hurt republicans in the 2022 midterms. kiley ath wood in virginia, thank you for that. let s bring the conversation back in the room. it s interesting. her biggest problem now is that