hello. i m sumi somaskanda. more on those stories in the show, but we start with events in montana where republicans in the state s house of representatives have voted to bar transgender lawmaker democratic representative zooey zephyr from the house floor. it s republicans response to zephyr s plea for her colleagues last week to reject a bill that would ban gender affirming care for minors. she said if they vote yes, she hopes they will see blood on their hands. she has already been blocked from speaking on the house floor. now, she cannot even go onto the house floor for the rest of the legislative session, she can only vote remotely. the bill she worked to stop has been sent to the governor s desk and he s indicated he ll sign it. here s montana s republican speaker of the house saying why he thinks banning zephyr is the right call. if you re not going to operate within the house rules like all other 90 nine, remedy that and come back and play within the rules, everybod
i m going to talk to ohi congress women chantal brown o the impact it has in her district plus, her thoughts on the gop wider culture war on the natio as president s pro campaig seat up on both sides of the political aisle this week. watch this i hope the next time ther is an indication, when you buy your heads in prayer, you se the blood on your hands. powerful worlds from the transgender lawmaker now being silenced by her colleagues later, the floor will be her here on msnbc. we are going to find out wha she is doing to protec transgender americans in her state. and, today, as i mentioned t this earth day as weather events become mor extreme each season, we ar gonna find out how this on community in florida is workin to bring a bit of harmony back to you mother nature we are gonna start with a temporary legal victory fo abortion rights activists afte the supreme court roe ruled to keep another persona on th market for now it is coming just two week after a trump appoin
politicsnation. tonight s lead, record right now, we ve got two days left and 48 hours until one of the most impactful midterm elections in recent history. brand-new polls from nbc news show two days out, show the parties themselves neck and neck in a variety of ways. americans are mere even over the democrats should retain majorities and house and senate or rather republicans should retake one if not both chambers. 48% of likely voters say they prefer democrats in control of wisconsin. 47% prefer republicans. with two days ago, democrats have closed the enthusiasm gap. seven in ten voters from both parties now say they are highly interested in tuesday s election. still, president biden s popularity with voters is a concern for the democratic candidate. just 44% of voters approve of biden s performance. 50% disapprove. nearly half the country say it wants a massive change in direction from biden s first two years as president. the landscape has democrats, has got democrats
shannon: she was a pioneer in so many ways. you reference her time out west and where she was from and it was such an interesting back drop to see her become the first female appointed to the supreme court. she often told the story about graduating from stanford and not being able to get a job. no law firm would hire her as a woman in the 50s and 60s. she struggled to make it in the legal profession. to think she came out of school, she found a roadblock to any kind of legal career and she decided to plow forward and ends up on the supreme court. it is a really fascinating, truly american story. she went out and campaigned to become a judge because she saw this is my avenue. she didn t win the first election. she did ultimately end up becoming a judge but another part of her interesting background is she was a lawmaker in arizona in the state senate. so she had a real appreciation for all of the different branches, for fighting her way into the legal profession. she had a h
[inaudible conversations] we are back for round number two. Everyone has had a little bit of a stretch. Palmer spent, we your endurance here. You are probably thinking, nothing like what you are used to, but we appreciate the fact that you have been generous with your time and your questions here, so we will allow for members to ask another round of questions. We actually have another confirmation hearing that just started up at 5 00 p. M. That i will head off to when this is concluded, so we are working fulltime here today. It may be more popular than mine. No, this is very important. Congressman, went to ask you about an issue that alaskans care a great deal about and given the makeup of our land and the fact that so much of our land are held in the federal estate under the Alaskan National interest Lands Conservation act that specifically provides for a no more clause and makes very clear that within the state of alaska when it comes to those areas that have been withdrawn from publ