republicans will pass the federal ban on abortion. that s something that he s really trying to avoid. in terms of that public health emergency declaration, that something that we did know the white house is considering. they have reminded that it does not released a ton of legal authority on that fronts. that s why we see this conservative push towards voting in november, alex. laura barrett there in delaware, thank you for that. you know, actually, quickly, the saudi arabian issue. i didn t ask you about that. i know it didn t last hour, but again, we are hearing from him in that washington post op-ed, has he made the case, clearly, about the purpose of this trap? well the president is facing a lot of criticism about this trap, right, alex? then candidate is saying that he wanted to make saudi arabia pariah for the murder of u.s. journalist jamal khashoggi back in 2018. he s facing a lot of criticism
and terms about weighing the cost benefits, biden says that his stance on human rights remains the same. he ll make that clear on his trip. he does see this trip is something that will help the u.s. going forward, alex. i m glad we asked that question. another time for you, appreciate. that perfect setup i might add because joining us right now is washington congress person, primala jayapal. the member of the judiciary committee. she is also chair of the were always welcomed to join you here, by the way, hard at, look at, i like. out it s a girl thing, gonna notice. anyway, laura just a really good job of looking at the bullet points of the presidents op-ed. clearly, the oil prices are a major factor. that s got to be a significant driving factor into why he s going to saudi arabia. what are your thoughts on how he is explained the at the shop at the upcoming trip to saudi arabia? are you comfortable with him going there? comfortable with him meeting the layer leaders to include
to reiterate once again, we re going to get more into that documentary. we re going to show a lot of different areas, chunks, pieces of that documentary and talk more about it with former u.s. attorney barbara mcquade later on. you don t wanna miss that. it s simply mind-blowing stuff there. all right, we ve got new comments. just a short time ago by way of the president on abortion rights. it is coming a day after protesters gathered in front of the white house calling on him to do more. watch this. do you have a president do have a message up to protesters out of the white house? yes, keep protesting. it s critically important. we can do a lot of things to accommodate the rights of women in the meantime, the fundamentally, the only thing that will change as if we have a national law that reinstates roe v. wade. all right, we want to bring in laura barrett who s following the president in delaware. were you on your bike to, laura? as you are falling the
has only increased and quote. mail-in, law currently prohibits picketing that disrupts the person s right to tranquility at home and holds a penalty up to 90 days in jail. well right now, nine democratic governors are demanding that the president do more to protect abortion access. mr. biden met virtually with them on friday. those did tell him that they pledged to stop any criminalization out of of out of state abortion seekers. biden also myth that they re currently are not enough votes to change the filibuster to codify abortion internet. there are at least listening to. let s get right to nbc s laura barrett. now, more let s tell us more about what s biden in the democratic governors were able to agree on and they re meeting and potentially next steps in the fight to protect abortion access. well, cory, at this meeting we saw governors from states like illinois, new york, washington, and when you look at the map of states enacted their trigger laws of abortion