Then President Obama had seven new cabinet level officials confirmed. Trump only as of right now has two. Do you think that youre going to be able to stop some of his nominees, or are you just trying to slow down the process . Well, let me say this. First, this cabinet is unusually unique and a lot different than others. We call it the swamp cabinet, billionaires and bankers. The number of wealthy people, the number of people rife with Conflicts Of Interest and the number of people who have disagreed with what trump has campaigned on is so much more than just any other cabinet weve seen, and so that means they need thorough review. Thorough review so they dont have Conflicts Of Interest, thorough reviews so we know, for instance, is dr. Price going to try to privatize or end medicare when trump campaigned against it . And and are republican colleagues, i dont blame them with this cabinet, have tried to rush it through. Advise and consent does not mean
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it s not just the texas law advocates are worried about. next week, the supreme court begins a new term in which justices will hear a challenge to mississippi abortion law, banning most abortions after 15 weeks, which facing a conservative super majority court puts roe v. wade at risk. joining us now, the president of planned parenthood who took part in today s march in d.c. alexis, always good to see you. what are some of the stories you heard at today s march, and what message do you hope that these marches, which we are seeing across the country, send to lawmakers in washington and in the states where we re seeing this action? alicia, thank you so much for having me. today was just an extraordinary representation of the energy that just confirmed what we already knew, that abortion bans like texas sb-8 are deeply unpopular, that they are out of step with the majority of the american public, that we are
integrity to care. that s what millions of young people are striking all around the world have we have to have a moral code of action, that s why i found that 1 million of us is to mobilize young people to register to vote. what have you learned about organizing in the time you ve been doing this? we have to continue to engage kwoung people because young people bring energy to any movement they re a part of. that s why we understand we won t be the last generation and that we will continue to go on. what s your name? my name is nadia. you were one of the organizers for the march in d.c. right? yes. what is it like trying to bring together thousands of people? it s amazing trying to bring together thousands of people. it s a lot of hard work, hours and hours of work. as jerome was saying, we refuse to be the last generation. we were given the name generation z, the last letter in the alphabet. it s absolutely terrible that people expect we re going to be the last generat