i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. i want to take you back to june 2020. to the supreme court had just overturned roe v. wade, striking down the constitutional right to an abortion in this country. the decision immediately left millions of americans without access to reproductive rights or reproductive care. in states where that care was protected, millions more wondered if it was just a matter of time until a federal ban would go into effect. some republicans feared and electoral disaster in the coming months were quick to throw cold water on that theory, claiming the court s decision would simply send the issue back to the states. effectively these gop lawmakers had a national ban on abortion, that would never happen here. is republican senator lindsey graham of south carolina, just last month. i ve been consistent. i think states should decide the issue of marriage and states should decide the issue of abortion. i have respect for south carolina. south carolina vote
availability and the simple activities that could pose a risk to your family. and later, nearly 200 house republicans vote against protecting access to contraception. i m going to go one-on-one with the co-sponsor of the bill about why this is so important, and what democrats need to do to protect other crucial rights. good morning, and a happy sunday to you. i am katie fang. biden continues to recover from covid this morning as his doctor says that he likely contract at the highly contagious ba.5 variant, which is rapidly spreading throughout the united states. biden tested positive for the virus on thursday, and has been isolating in the white house resident sense. why do sympathizing the biden through was all wild, he has received four vaccine doses in his taking an anti viral drug. for more on all of this we turn to nbc news correspondent peter alexander, who is at the white house. hello katie, good morning. biden beginning his third full day in isolation here. white ho
overturning roe was never about giving power back to the states. it was about controlling our bodies and our personal autonomy. let s bring in georgia democratic state senator gingered. and she s a democratic nominee for attorney general of door georgia, and monica simpson, head of sister song and part of a group of activists that met with vice president kamala harris at the white house earlier this week. thank you so much for joining us. state senator jen, jordan, i would like to start with you, excuse me. let s be clear about what i at least think what graham s proposed federal law would do. right now your own state of georgia has a six-week ban on abortion, which would be allowed to stay in place, but in less restrictive states abortion access would be absolutely curtailed. what kind of legal battles could arise if graham s bill actually became law? i think that there needs to be clarification because i have even heard pundits talk about
several high-profile subpoenas, rudy giuliani, who is not been ordered by george to testify in the case next month. senator lindsey graham in congressman jeanne are currently fighting their subpoena. so why is this case so particularly dangerous for donald trump? there is no better to ask the uncritical defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst, and my friend, danny solace. good, morning danny. thank you for being here. let us say, hypothetically, but you are represented by donald trump, get your feet in advance, by the way. how much are you going to be focused on what s happening in fulton county compared to other jurisdictions including a possible criminal referral by the 16 committee to the doj? hyper focused. and here is. why in my mind it doesn t really have that much to do with the underlying it has to do with principles of federalism. in other words, the state of door georgia is not as concerned as the doj with tricky issues like canned the
goodnight. goodnight. on why he is ringing a new arm over the future of democracy. the people of door georgia must replace the rhinos and weak republicans who made it all possible. plus, what we know about the fate of the biden agenda in congress and what could be a fateful week, and from the race upped charlottesville to prime time talking points. this policy is called a great replacement, the replacement of legacy americans with more obedient people from faraway countries. the party is now embracing the so-called replacement theory by name. when all ends starts now.