hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. very busy news day. thank you for your time. president biden is leeing for japan, but he will return early because of the debt limit deadline. both the white house and republicans are more upbeat after the president tapped three trusted aids to negotiate directly with the house speaker s taem. but giant policy divides remain, despite big progress with the process. i m confident we ll get the agreement on the budget and america will not default. plus the carolinas now taking center stage in the abortion debate. north carolina republicans override the governor s veto to enact a 12-week ban inspect in south carolina, a 6-week ban is the subject of a marathon debate abortion also a flash point between 2024 rivals donald trump and ron desantis. and big primaries shaped the 2023 election. daniel cameron is now the republican choice to challenge kentucky s governor. pennsylvania and florida voters deliver some
versus the federal level. members of congress complete ly running away from this issue. they keep saying it s in the hands of the states. the problem, though, when you let states be in the driver s seat, you have these six-week bans. you have these abortion rulings that are completely out of their hands. and they are still being forced to answer for the repur ercussi for those. this is going to be a huge issue in the next election, even though republicans are trying to see it. for the women who it impacts, there s just a crush of stress and drama to try to understand what is the law, how does it impact me, where do i have to go to get the care that i need, can i take a pill, is it harder to take a pill than to go to a place and do a thing. so that s not a political issue. that s a health care issue. it s ab incredibly confusing time. you have these states in turmoil, what s the law today, when does it take effect, we tend to focus on the politics of