america, there is a group being targeted by the conservative movement to rollback your basic rights. it is right out of the authoritarian playbook, and now targeting librarians. this hour, the battle against freedom of choice in my home state of texas. republicans want to punish women who seek abortion care. we will talk to a texas democrat who is doing all she can to fight back. this is american voices. we start with breaking suit news out of uvalde texas. the texas house investigative committee today released a new report on the shooting at robb elementary that left 19 children and two teachers dead. last, our committee officials in uvalde had a press conference on their preliminary report. if there s one thing that i can tell you, it is that there were multiple systemic failures. i would invite everybody to read the entire report. you cannot cherry pick one sentence and use it to say everything without reading it all together, and with context. but if we need a simple ph
own words against him. take a look at this. i think roe v. wade needs to be repealed yesterday. the federal government needs to step in. bans all abortions. what do you support a similar statute on the national level? yes. it s a religious sacrifice to these people. i think it s demonic. it really should be careful about throwing around the word demonic. and guess what, not only did exit polls show that voters in arizona and nevada viewed abortion is the second most important issue, and when that hugely energized democratic voters in both swing states, they showed voters in both states blake masters and adam laxalt as more extreme than either mark kelly or catherine cortez mastiff. calling out extremism on abortion rights, it worked. and it wasn t just a senate thing either. because astonishingly, five days after the election, the house is still in play. the house. and why? again, because democratic house
attends robb elementary. let s listen to what he has to say. cowards. simple, they re all cowards. there is no way around it. you can ask a three year old and they will ask you, dad, i thought that s what their job was? to protect and serve? they were crying for them. you know? senator, what is accountability look like for the uvalde community? certainly the mayor just began to ask for this investigation. i do think that we are beyond investigations. we have got to look for restraining and re-incorporating a new policing system in that community. i am not their local official. i am the state senator.
lack of leadership of live all day school police chief, pete arredondo. it also pointed out the failure of more trained officials on the scene to step up in that moment. quote, these local officials were not the only ones expected to supply the leadership needed during this tragedy. hundreds of responders from numerous law enforcement agencies, many of whom are better trained and better equipped than the school district police, quickly arrived on the scene. moments ago, the mayor of uvalde announced the acting police chief on the day of the shooting is on administrative leave. he also ordered the release of all body cam footage from uvalde police on the day of the shooting. with me now is texas state senator, roland gutierrez. senator, thank you for joining us. the report we saw today lays out all of these systemic failures. we ve heard that phrase, multiple times during this press conference. from what you have seen, what
rights in a post roe america bay looked dire, but it s not over. on friday, house democrats passed two bills responding to the supreme court s decision to overturn roe. one bill requires every state to provide abortion access. one protects people from the second bill was authored by my next guest, texas congresswoman, lizzie fletcher. in texas, people seeking abortion have to travel an average of 250 miles to find health care. neither bill is expected to pass the senate, just days before the house passed congresswoman lizzie fletcher bill, the senate blocked a similar one by nevada senator, catherine cortez mastiff. what will it take to protect