If they want one. And that right can t be infringed even if politicians and individual states feel different. After that ruling in 1973, the very first abortion clinic to open its doors in the great state of texas was a clinic in the city of mcallen. Mcallen is a small city on the very southern tip of texas, right on the border with mexico. The first abortion clinic in texas opened there in 1973, and it served women in the valley, in that part of texas for decades. Even as anti abortion republicans started to cement their control of the government in texas, and year after year they devised ever more creative and draconian ways to make abortion as hard and that s dangerous to get as possible in texas, that clinic in mcallen kept going. And republicans really did keep passing more and more restrictive laws making it more impossible for clinics to stay open, making it more impossible for doctors to keep providing that service in recent years. Texas republicans passed new abortion restrict
The city of mcallen. Mcallen is a small city on the very southern tip of texas, right on the border of mexico. The first abortion clinic in texas opened there? 1973, and it served women in the rio grande valley in that part of south texas for decades. Even as antiabortion republicans started to cement their control over the government in texas and year after year they devised ever more creative and draconian ways to make abortion as hard and as dangerous to get as possible in texas, that clinic in mcallen kept going. And republicans really did keep passing more and more restrictive laws, making it more impossible for clinics to stay open, making it more impossible for doctors to provide that service. In recent years texas republicans passed new abortion restrictions regularly, at least every two years with each new session of the republican dominated state legislature. And as a result of those restrictions, every couple of years, more clinics in texas would close. By the end of 2013, s
42% said the president did poorly, more than rated fair, good or excellent. This part of his remarks spoke to that. Let me be clear. Leaving august 31st is not due to an arbitrary deadline. It was designed to save american lives. My predecessor made a deal with the taliban. When i came into office, we faced a deadline, may 1. The taliban onsloaught was coming. We faced one of two choices. Follow the agreement of the previous administration and extend it to have or extend, add more time for people to get out. Or send in thousands of more troops and escalate the war. The president said between one and 200 americans with, quote, some intention to leave, unquote, remain in country. Most he said are dual citizens who decided to stay because of family roots there. For them, he said, every diplomatic effort would be made to get them out whenever they want to leave, which falls short of the commitment he made a couple weeks ago. Some americans should understand troops might have to be there be
Unfolded. That s one headline from his address to the nation today. One that s of immediate importance, especially in a domestic political sense. The other headline could be far longer reaching with much greater impact on how this country maintains its presence in the world and at what cost in dollars and lives of american service members. Namely, the president s commitment to avoid fighting another war like the one he just ended. We ll talk about both tonight. Today new polling from pew research showed that americans by a 12point margin, 54% to 42%, approved of the decision to withdraw. However, as the president s overall handling of the situation, 42% said the president did poorly. Substantially more than those who rated it either fair, good or excellent. This part of his remarks spoke to that. Let me be clear. Leaving august the 31st is not due to an arbitrary deadline. It was designed to save american lives. My predecessor had made a deal with the taliban. When i came into office,
There could be cases where commanders on the ground coordinating with check points were saying here is individuals we need to get through. In any case that we re aware of, those individuals got through. Again, these are this is coordination that s happening on the ground. I think we can all agree there s a big difference between providing a list of people who want to depart proactively and working at the moment, on the ground, in a coordinated way to get people out and save their lives. That s press secretary jen psaki on the final hours of the u. S. In afghanistan. Also the administration response to what was hurricane ida. The personnel, the millions of meals and liters of water that s been deployed to the southeast u. S. And into the gulf coast. Let s bring in katelyn collins. We heard there s a small number of americans in afghanistan who still want to get out. Of course, we ll see if that will reconcile their ability to get them out with the president s promise that all americans