and so we are so we appreciate it nbc s aly battalion des moines iowa, political journalist michael shore. we re following breaking news, by the way, out of sudan where u.s. embassy staff have been evacuated from the capital o khartoum as a tense and deadly fighting between two warring factions o exonerated the latest in just a bit plus just how bag should congress be? right now, one house membe represents about 700,000 peopl more or less depending on th state. i know matt wizard but tha seems like a lot of people for one member of congress t effectively represent. later on, all beach on by th democratic governor of washington to discuss how freedom sugges another word for who s running your state on this week s meeting the velshi banned book club, w focus on the importance of libraries and librarians amids new attempts to defund and eliminat tedhem across the country. nt -to go bowling with us tonight? -yeah. no. there s my little marzipan! [ laughs ] oh, my daughter gives the best
no, i don t see that happening the republican party s problem is they keep running for the republican party nomination. they keep playing to the choir that s already on their side and they keep forgetting about all those other voters tha aren t there, and all the youn people who are turned off to the formative cruelty toward immigrants in trans kids which importantly was the opposite from what joe biden did in 2020. he didn t run for th democratic base. he ran effectively away from the democratic base and he had a strong enough coalition of basically african american voters - black women who looked at him as th likely is to win and got behin him and showed up and do the activism at the same time that biden wa tending to the middle. and the same time he was rejecting some of the very things that these constituents groups were calling for, and i think that s a big piece of wh he won the general election. saying i don t believe in defunding the police all the time, that was a gift
bestselling book, victorious rpg, the life and times of rut bader ginsburg for more on this topic, i joined now by kathleen severely, previous secretary of health and human services during th obama administration and as th democratic governor of kansas. she is now the president and ceo of sibelius resources. madam secretary, good to see you again. thank you for being us thi morning. good to be with you your thoughts on this development about the suprem court ruling, the decision, th fact is going to the fifth circuit court of appeals meaning it will probably end u back of a supreme court? for now, mifepristone remain available in the states wher abortion is legal. that s right. we have to go back to dobbs, which was, to me, a horrifying ruling taking away our right that women across this country have counted on for 50 years and now we have a really mismatch of laws throughout th country, limitations legislatures trying to control women s reproductive healt
together this earth day. as we know, especially livin here on the coast, it is never settled because there is alway out next season. that comes down the pike. thank you so much stephani stanton, we appreciate it. now to the legal fight involving abortion pills tha is far from over the supreme court is now allowing access to key abortio drug last night, the high court blocking a low court rulin that would ve limited access t the case plays out the fifth court of appeals joining me now is pennsylvania congressman summer lee a democratic member of the house oversight committee. representative, the data you and what is your reaction to the ruling that came in over the night. do you believe that this cas will end up back at the suprem court? well, we have to recogniz that there is still a chance that it does and be prepared for that the reality is that yesterday ruling and hopefully as more information comes out, this is correct, this is a safe drug we have to be incredibly prudent t
it they have been voting agains it no, i m not surprised at all this is, as we see, ou generational divide, we see ou seniors, our elders who are at home or. they are watching the tv more. they are now more susceptibl to the propaganda and th message is, the young folks wh don t have to watch it and hav other strains media. part of what we saw in th last three years president biden is set t launch his reelection campaign he may have heard about it nex week levy supporting his 2024 bid i he does come up? listen, i think that always the question. people want to know, particularly with progressives will we support? i m ready to support our party pushing our country in the right direction. 2024 is gonna be incredibl important, when we get to th democratic nominee, and you ge to the general election, i m all in for our party i m also gonna be all in o making sure that we are holdin them to account on the sam issues that young people are marching on, are fighting for.