american values and rights to privacy. as nancy pointed out, this is a decision that should be between a woman and her doctor, not some politician from mississippi or south dakota who has decided what your fate ought to be. real quickly, if we can just put that map up once again, just the geography. i like people to see this. kansas there, which is not highlighted in the center of your screen, is the connective tissue there through nebraska to get up to the dakotas. the huffington post has a piece out saying the kansas abortion clinic where dr. george tiller practiced is set to reopen. that s coming up this spring. that case itself was so disruptive and disturbing for so many people that work within this industry. how hard has it been for that place to reopen and for the people that work there to actually feel safe to do what they re doing? enormous courage on the part of the people that work in
rest of britain. that wraps up this hour of jansing and company. i m chris jansing. thomas roberts is up next live from the nation s capital. what do you have coming up, thomas? good morning. great to see you. topping the agenda next hour, the president outlining an aggressive second term vision in his inaugural address. what his rallying call means for the fight ahead and can he deliver on his progressive agenda? our power panel weighing in on that. plus, roe versus wade turning 40. our new poll showing americans overwhelmingly want it to stand, stay in place. so why are republicans making it nearly impossible for women in certain states to exercise control over their own bodies? nancy keenan and gwen moore will join me live. then i will be joined by richard blanco on the words he delivered to the nation yesterday and his hopes for president obama s second term.
0 of the democratic state. it was i thought for liberals, for progressives, they had to have seen this as finally, a complete and total embrace by this president of progressivism. certainly a vindication for all the work they have done to see this barack obama show up and deliver that address. the new yorker says if it is followed by action it will be counted among the most important american political addresses of the modern era. ben, i want to ask you. they have highly touted the fact that the lily ledbetter act was the first piece of legislation the president signed. words into action. what are the first 100 days going to look like? well, i think he s going to aggressively pursue all these fronts. obviously we have big fiscal challenges. he is going to pursue deficit reduction in a balanced way that will include investments that are going to spur investments in clean energy jobs, things that will promote economic security for the middle class. i think that s the overarching go
a controversial heart beat bill that would ban abortions as early as six weeks. in texas anti-abortion groups are pushing lawmakers to pass a fetal pain bill. and republicans want to ban abortion at least 20 weeks. republicans here hope we don t notice what they re doing. but that is not going to happen. joining me now is nancy keenan, president of pro-choice america and michigan state representative lisa brown. this summer she made national headlines for speaking out against the gop bills attacking women s rights. thank you both for being with me tonight. thank you, reverend. let me start with you thank you. let me start with you, senator brown. michigan and abortion providers, 83% of michigan counties have no abortion providers.
you know, everything that republicans can say they re against, big government, privacy, all those things is the exact opposite that s in this legislation. nancy keenan and lisa brown, i m going to have to hold it there. but we re certainly going to keep on top of this and watch this to fight to expose their agenda. ahead, the gop has no problem with tax breaks for the rich and money for big oil. but aid for those hit hardest by hurricane sandy? that s where they draw the line.