relationship between planned parenthood giving donations to the attorney general, as well as colluding with the former attorney general of california, in terms of crafting legislation to basically go after these pro-life filmmakers. martha: crystal, what is your reaction? 15 felony counts, is not extreme or did they have a right to bring them against them? for the performing filming that was against the law in the state of california? first of all, a little bit of background. keep in mind that 13 states looked into these videos and found that there was nothing there in terms of planned parenthood having violated the law. on the other hand, i think it is pretty clear that if these filmmakers did what they are alleged to have done, which is to bake their identities and surreptitiously record what we were supposed to be confidential conversations, then it is inappropriate for this indictment to be brought. keep in mind that this law isn t designed to protect planned parenthood, whatev
in california. there is that very cozy relationship between planned parenthood giving donations to the attorney general, as well as colluding with the former attorney general of california, in terms of crafting legislation to basically go after these pro-life filmmakers. martha: crystal, what is your reaction? 15 felony counts, is not extreme or did they have a right to bring them against them? for the performing filming that was against the law in the state of california? first of all, a little bit of background. keep in mind that 13 states looked into these videos and found that there was nothing there in terms of planned parenthood having violated the law. on the other hand, i think it is pretty clear that if these filmmakers did what they are alleged to have done, which is to bake their identities and surreptitiously record what we were supposed to be confidential conversations, then it is inappropriate for this indictment to be brought. keep in mind that this law isn t designe
a question of when. dave and christine. thank you, phil. a question of when these hearings will end. 4:00 eastern time. they are still making the sausage if you will on capitol hill. the two committees involved in crafting legislation. the ways and means and energy and commerce committee voting on the amendments throughout the night. past midnight. still going at 4:00 this morning. we are still hearing rumors of eye drops and few dunkin donuts in the room as they craft this and take out amendments. a lot related to taxes. you think being a congress member is glorious? think otherwise. not kpablexactly what you thoug when you ran for congress. this is made and crafted and debated for hours upon hours. christine. live pictures there. 16 hours into this.
crafting legislation to replace the affordable care act. democrats have said it amounts to privatizing the program. trump has promised no cuts for those already paying into medicare, and joining us from washington, senior writer at politico and co-author of the playbook. what does this pick look like? it s incredibly savvy for donald trump, and it will buy him good will, and tom price is a as we say in playbook this morning, a favorite on tea partiers, and he s a physician so that will make a lot of house
this creates a real problem in crafting legislation that surgically hones in on the people who are likely to be violent but based on mental illness which, again, the numbers show that the vast majority may not be violent, but the problem is what about the ones who are? to you, matthew, the statute, as it stands now, excludes anyone who voluntarily commits themselves to get help. and i understand that from the perspective of you want people to go get help, right? you don t want them to feel like maybe they shouldn t because they won t be allowed to do things or their guns will get taken away. but should it be the case that if you re voluntarily committed, then this doesn t apply to you? well, i may feel like it shouldn t be the case, but i think we re up against too much opposition from different sides of the aisle. people don t have any incentive to answer the form truthfully at this point. let s talk about that form. i want to pull it up because