an important role within the west wing of the white house. she was very close by and was just a lot of what happened. i wouldn t expect anything as explosive as what we heard from cassidy hutchison. it would be hard to match that. i do think that sarah matthews would be a very credible witness. if you talk about what she saw, and what she heard on january 6th, and why she was so concerned about what happened. john, thank you so much for joining us. again, we appreciate it. john wood is the former january six senior investigator. a former united states attorney from missouri s western district. he s a candidate for the united states senate and missouri. well the gop s ongoing democratic crusade against voting got a major boost on friday with one of the states supreme courts making it harder for citizens to conduct their basic civic duty, voting. this is what has been called a slap in the face of democracy itself. n called a n called a slap in the face i mean, riders is cool, but bi
as people, then the testing, storage and sometimes destruction of those tissues could create legal issues for the work done in ivf labs. what has been on your mind? you know, we struggled. we lost a lot of our embryos. couples like melissa and jennifer foley, also experienced miscarriages and abortions in the process of trying to have a healthy baby through ivf. we did have that happen, our first pregnancy. our second pregnancy, a ten-week miscarriage. then, i was not able to fully miscarry. some states new abortion restrictions in place say they are not targeting ivf, patients like similar valdes in florida worry new laws brandon embryo the rights of the person. this is definitely making me want to move faster and make a decision sooner rather than later. doctor david reilly wants to give women like samira another option. the government has no right, in my opinion, in boston ivf s opinion, to control how those embryos will be utilized.
they belong to the parents, and we are scared that right is being taken away. last year, a group of republicans in congress introduced a federal bill that would change the definition of a person. should a lot like this on the federal or state level be enacted, the ivf process i gave the full leaves their family of five could become a thing of the past. antonia hilton, nbc news, waltham, massachusetts. all right, coming up next, my data, my choice. president biden has signed an executive order, attempting to safeguard privacy and abortion rights. but much more needs to be done to stop tech companies from passing a law, taking william was personal reproductive health information, which some prosecutors might want to use against you. prosecutors might want
clerks could authorize, which was to send staff out with secure bags to be able to collect ballots. all of that is totally legal, done under the guidelines of again, our bipartisan wisconsin elections commission, and republicans changed the goalposts every time they find that they could not win under the old rules. they try to wreck to actually do it, a civil war in the republican party now in wisconsin, is to see whether they can go back in time and decertify the 2020 election, or focus on suppressing and stealing, overturning their way to winning in the 2024 election. and by the way, none of that has to do with anything that voters care about in their own lives, like bringing down costs, protecting public safety by ending gun violence. i ve never met a voter who does not want it to be easier to vote, right? there are a lot of places in america where it is not hard to vote at all, but if you could make it easier, i would definitely sign up for that. yes. voters like to be able to
like samira another option. the government has no right, in my opinion, in boston ivf s opinion, to control how those embryos are going to be utilized. they belong to the parents. and we re scared that that right is being taken away. reporter: last year, a group of republicans in congress introduced a federal bill that would change the definition of a person should a law like it on the federal or state level be enacted, the ivf process that gave the foleys their family of five could become a thing of the past. antonia hylton, nbc news, waltham, massachusetts. a key witness appearing today before the january 6th committee. pat cipollone, the former trump white house counsel, testifying for more than seven hours behind closed doors. cipollone was subpoenaed last week after a former white house aide said he strongly opposed a plan by mr. trump to go to the capitol on january 6th. in highland park, illinois, the first funerals held for victims killed at the fourth of july parade. a