holiday. this is who we are. 246 years since the declaration of impotent pettus was signed, one part actively working to undermine half of the populations independents to make their own health care decisions. this time of year, we talk about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. what do those words mean to republicans who insist on controlling peoples bodies and denying them basic human dignity? joining us now is former congresswoman kendra horn from she s running for u.s. senate, and emlls the ceo of planned parenthood parenthood. thank you so much for joining. congresswoman, i would like to start with. you how dangerous is the situation for women in the swing states if republicans win the governor races? thank you for having me, i am glad to be here this evening. what we are talking about is a life threatening situation in oklahoma and trigger states, where we already living, myself, and all women in oklahoma, have lost the right to make our own health and reprod
hello, and welcome to bbc news. a sudden heatwave that has triggered foreign spies across europe has no signs of easing up. and you temperature records look to be on the way. the heat is thought to have claimed many lives, possibly hundreds, and our correspondent bethany bell has this report from malaga. fire crackles. wildfires are raging in spain after days of intense heat. firefighters battled the flames in extremadura in the west of the country. in the south near malaga, a popular tourist area, at least 3000 people have been evacuated from their homes. when we arrived, a new fire had just broken out in the woods. helicopter whirrs. 0verhead, helicopters carrying water returned again and again to try to put out the flames. fires keep breaking out in these hills, and it is a real struggle for the firefighters to try stop the blazes. the air is full of thick smoke which stings your eyes and makes you want to cough, and it s very hot. 0n the road we met sharon from england. s
abortion rights are on the ballot come this november. in from the states, the consequences of this year s elections in swing states it cannot be understated, americans right to an abortion in these places like michigan, wisconsin, and arizona, could soon be in the hands of republican candidates running on platforms to ban or severely limit abortion. pennsylvania is currently run by democrats, tumbled, he has pledged to protect women s rights to abortion, but wolf is term limited and won t be on the ballot come this fall. if he is replaced by doug mastriano mastriano will push the state legislature to ban abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest. in arizona, republican front runner, kari lake has called for the carbon coffee for the texas stela abortion ban which doesn t include exceptions for rape or incest. in michigan, republicans have called it for all out republican abortion bans, and one of them has even said that we must inspire women who get raped to give birth
here he is unsparing in his rejection of trump and giuliani s election fraud delusions. i told them that the stuff that his people were shoveling out to the public was bull [ bleep ]. that the claims of fraud were bull [ bleep ], and you know, made a statement about that, but i reiterated that they wasted a whole month on these claims on the dominion voting machines and they were idiotic claims. i specifically raised a dominion voting machines which i found to be among the most disturbing allegations and disturbing in the sense that i saw absolutely zero basis for the allegations, but they were made in such a sensational way that they obviously were influencing a lot of people, members of the public, that there was this systemic corruption in the system and that their votes didn t count and that these machines controlled by somebody else were actually determining it which was complete nonsense, and it was being laid out there, and i told him that it was that it was stuff