the trans exactly 24 hours after he vetoed his states major abortion ban, while in the process, laying out a blueprint for democrats in 2024 and beyond. another hour of velshi begins, right now. good morning, it is, sunday may 14th. i m ali velshi. for much of the past, year we have been tracking the many nuances of the fight for abortion rights. man other shifted from stateo state. in the immediate aftermath of the dobbs decision, we saw trigger bans quickly take effect in deep red states like arkansas, and oklahoma. that was followed by huge victories for abortion rights in the ballot box last year, when voters in five states chose to protect abortion rights. further proving that the majority of americans support reproductive freedom even inserted of states. and now, we are seeing a new fight play out in north carolina, yesterday, local law enforcement officials estimate that more than 2000 people turned out for the north
exactly 24 hours after he vetoed his states major abortion ban, while in the process, laying out a blueprint for democrats in 2024 and beyond. another hour of velshi begins, right now. good morning, it is, sunday may 14th. i m ali velshi. for much of the past, year we have been tracking the many nuances of the fight for abortion rights. man other shifted from stateo state. in the immediate aftermath of the dobbs decision, we saw trigger bans quickly take effect in deep red states like arkansas, and oklahoma. that was followed by huge victories for abortion rights in the ballot box last year, when voters in five states chose to protect abortion rights. further proving that the majority of americans support reproductive freedom even inserted of states. and now, we are seeing a new fight play out in north carolina, yesterday, local law enforcement officials estimate that more than 2000 people turned out for the north carolina state capital to rally
discussion. the very beginning how hard he leaned into the idea of centrist democrats maybe being the way to go. this isn t about appealing to twitter he said. it was interesting that s how he answered that. because you do often see this fight play out between centrist democrats and who are progressive members of their party on twitter talking about saying it s not a purity test, it s who can get elected and who can get things done. all right. we do have more news ahead coming out of texas. the uvalde school board voting to fire chief pete arredondo. a look at the community s emotional pleas before that decision was made. and the twitter whistleblower is set to go before the senate judiciary committee. new reaction this morning to the bombshell report.
abuse. what s it like now to see this fight play out on a national stage? to kind of wake up every day and see that more and more people within the country who have power are trying to deny kids who are like me access to my story is heartbreaking. reporter: katy schools denied nbc news s request for comment. katy parent was inspired to fight for book removals after parents fight over books during the virginia governor s race. what we re talking about is vulgarity that is inappropriate for any child. reporter: iris, a member of her school s speech and debate team, is no stranger to speaking out. lately, she doubts the adults are listening. it sends this message to myself and to my peers that our opinions aren t valued. reporter: librarians are now coming together and trying to keep these books on their shelves. some of them have launched a campaign called the hashtag
my question is, what are the white house plans to keep democrats together on this? sinema, the white house has spoken with. they spoke on wednesday. president biden said, yes, i have my endorsement of what they voted on last night. i think the white house is well aware that there are moderates in their party who do not want a giant package coming alongside this bipartisan bill. 3.5 trillion is a lot smaller than what the progressives wanted to see. you re going to see this fight play out. bernie sanders did sound confident they ll have all 50 democrats on board. he said we are i feel pretty good about this. i think we are going to get there. so that is optimism coming from bernie sanders. i think he knows pretty well how this is going to go. that s still being negotiated, too, that bill. 3.5 trillion for the reconciliation peiece may not b