senator amy klobuchar joins me in studio to weigh in on that, plus new ethics concerns about justice clarence thomas. and other hot button issue facing the senate, as they return to work this week and tennessee representative justin j. pearson is back on the job in the state house i will ask him about being bac at work with the sam republicans who expelled him and where his fight for gu safety reform stands now i have something to say. congress is back in sessio tomorrow after a two-week break, and they have their work cut out for them judicial nominations in th senate, controversy in a supreme court. but first, we are discussing a case that could have drastic effects on peoples lives one of a two pill treatmen used to terminate a pregnanc in its first two weeks it has been in circulation for more than two decades. it is a safety record of 99% it is the nation s most common method of abortion a single judge in texas has pu that axis in jeopardy. judge matthew casimir ha suspe
this week. there is really a growin feeling that the will of voter across the country, especially when we talk about young voters, is being ignored by lawmakers. let s look at abortion first in march, you had a national poll of registered voters. it found that women oppose tha decision by better than 2 to 1 for women under 30, th opposition was even more pronounced state by state, we are seein the state legislatures i don t have to tell, you know what s going on. chipping away at women s right to make decisions about our ow bodies so where is the disconnect do they think this is a winnin issue? i think you re right, simone thank you for having me. what we are seeing is a tax on our democracy. we have to face the fact tha abortion rights and gun control, and action on gun control, a well as threats on votin rights are all tied together i a single government destiny. there are threats to our democracy. these are authoritarian tactic that are being used in our country and through stat