look for lessons. from the kansas vote as a republican scramble to soften their messaging ahead of the midterms. and later, a popular female politician is quote, not ripe enough to be president. gas was notorious conservative tv personality said that. the right is taking the war on woman to a whole new level and you better believe it, i have some thoughts on that. all of that and more is coming up, so let s get started. we begin this morning on capitol hill. senate democrats are just hours away from starting the lengthy process of passing a signature package aimed at tackling climate change, expanding health care and capping drug prices. and bc, julia jester is on the hill with the details. julia, it s an understatement to say that this is not a long time in the making. can you walk us through what will happen today? saturday in d.c.? good morning katie, that would be an understatement. lawmakers have been working on this bill for over a year and there are a lot of componen
backlash in november and in the future? republicans, most certainly one of electoral backlash in the future when they take away our rights to bodily autonomy. what we are seeing kapan in legislatures and trying to happen at the ballot box, people will not let stand. republicans need to have a giant wake up call, the polls are right, the overwhelming majority of people in the united states of america support the right to choose. and people will keep rising, as we ll keep speaking, we ll keep voting and will not let that law stand. moms are definitely, rising we are hearing about it every day. heather air, kristen roe, keep on fighting that good fight exactly where you are. we appreciate you being here this morning to let us know what s going on. thank you. a quick programming note, this weekend in the latest installment of velshi across america, velshi host live from tuscaloosa, alabama to take a closer look at post-roe alabama. he will speak with the panel of ella payments, aff