now. tonight on all in, all members voted have all members voted the abortion bans kee passing and national republicans can t not defend it. when you look at the issues of abortion, i start with th various important conversation i had at a banking hearing tonight, florida s vote t reverse reproductive rights as the lawless ruling on abortion pills likely heads to th supreme court. and then, another deposition for a disgraced ex president will supporters get away wit threatening his prosecutor plus, what we know about the 21-year-old air national guardsmen arrested for leaking pentagon docks first it was secret lavish gifts from a billionaire donor to the supreme court justice why was the same donor secretl buying real estate fro clarence thomas? when all in starts right now and good evening from new york i m chris hayes. today, lawmakers in th republican controlled florid state house passed a bil banning abortion after just si weeks of pregnancy effectively,
and your brother even closer than you would have been otherwise? yeah. it s made us a lot closer. every time i signed to him, see a smile on his face. after high school, surely i planning on becoming an as interpreter. for example, i m going to the store. so, how would you sign that i go to store and she s already getting started. i just feel there should be a lot more - out there for people like my brother. it s a sign of what to come rehema ellis, nbc news, ne york thank you to the grea rehema ellis and on that note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the network networks of nbc news, thanks for staying u late i will see you at the end of tomorrow tonight on all in - have all members voted? have all members voted the abortion bans kee passing and national republicans can t not defend it when you look at the issues of abortion, i start with th various important conversation i had at a banking hearing tonight, florida s
a presidential candidate who will need to win ove persuadable swing voters has t figure out what you do about this how do you thread the needle we are watching a potentia candidate attempt that right now. republican senator tim scott o south carolina just no announced that he s launchin an exploratory committee for a presidential run surprise, he was immediately asked the all important, screeching lee obvious question, do you support a national ba on abortion? your colleague from south carolina, lindsey graham, has bill to limit abortions at 1 weeks, federal restriction do you support that measure? i would say this, i m 100 percent pro-life, without question, i ve been very clear about that, very consisten about that i do think we spent not enough time understanding how far the far left has gone on the issue of abortion. senate democrats have voted fo late term abortions well int the third trimester, some even
robust conversation abou what s happening on a very important topic. oh! oh, you think we should have a important conversation on very important topic i mean, that was tough t watch. senator tim scott s answer there were the rhetorica equivalent, you see this with lot of republicans, of watchin somebody not very good a swimming, a kid who has just learned, desperately flail about in the pool looking fo something to hold on to so the don t drown. republican politicians hav been trained to look for these different floaty s they will cling to in any situation with abortion you just heard tim scott grabbing at a bunch of, i pro-life, i make no apologie for being pro-life, you hear that all the time. sure who is anti life the democrats, the democrats are so extreme to be clear, no one is arguing for abortion on the day of birth. the point is, you are not goin anywhere, you are not gettin anything done. you are just thrashing aroun long enough in the pool, grabbing hold from one thing t
and good evening from new york i m chris hayes. today, lawmakers in th republican controlled florid state house passed a bil banning abortion after just si weeks of pregnancy effectively, a complete an total ban. the new band now goes to governor ron desantis who is expected to sign it into law which will make florida one of the most restrictive states in the union an abortion. this highlights how seriousl the republican party conservatives, the right-win is pursuing its antiabortion aims and how key the issue i going to be in the nex presidential election. if you want to run for president, as a republican i 2024, and folks are lining up, you need to have an answer t this simple direct question. do you support a national ba on abortion? of course, until last summer national ban on abortion was impossible in fact, unconstitutional. this supreme ruled in roe v. wade and affirming casey tha