day weekend to all of the moms who are here. [applause] and especially our amazing first lady, christian cooper, who is here with us today. [applause] along with one of my amazing daughters, hillary, who is here today. [applause] and i know my mom, the best public school teacher in the history of north carolina mom is looking down on us and smiling today. i know that she is. [applause] let s be clear, this bill has nothing to do with making women safer, and everything to do with banning abortion. [applause] there is a reason why the north carolina medical society, the ob/gyn society, the north carolina academy of family physicians all oppose this bill. [applause] how about leave the medicine to the doctors? and the decisions to the women? [applause] now we ve heard republican legislators claiming this bill is a mainstream compromise. [crowd chanting] let me tell you what, mainstream bills don t get rid in secret. kept under lock and key, introduced in the dark of night, kept
looking for one vote. just one. and he s asking north carolinians to help him. cooper who is not running for reelection is on the campaign trail. campaigning not for himself but for access to abortion. pressure your republican state lawmaker he s pleading, tell the state house a 12-week abortion ban is too extreme. standing in the way of progress right now is this republican super majority legislature that only took 48 hours to turn the clock back 50 years on women s health. if just one republican in either the house or the senate keeps a campaign promise to protect women s reproductive health, we can stop this ban. the north carolina legislature voted to roll back legal abortions from 20 weeks to 12 earlier this month. on saturday, governor cooper, a democrat vetoed that bill, and that would have been that, except for what state rep trisha cotham did back in april. she won and ral bied as a republican, giving she has long spoken on the side of reproductive rights. she
place. someone says white supremacy is a whole hoax. a brand-new answer to that question. waging war on white supremacists, can someone tell us what awaits pharmacist is? tonight new reporting on the text messages at the center of iclusig him to fire tucker. the idea that this could become public was very frightening for the company. then, another twist in the trump trial. where are you here instead of new york where you have a civil case? why trump s attorneys say they will present no defense. plus, how should america news media appropriately cover a twice impeached criminally indicted front runner who s credibly accused of rape? and former attorney general on the anti-democratic outbreak in state houses from ohio to north carolina beyond. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. and chris hayes. as we dive into the third consecutive presidential election cycle with donald trump as a candidate, i think it s been an undeniable change in our pol
first place. someone who says white supremacy is a hoax. a brand-new answer to that question. waging war on white supremacists, can someone tell us what a white supremacist is? tonight new reporting on the text messages at the center of the move to fire tucker. the idea that this could become public was very frightening for the company. then, another twist in the trump trial. where are you here instead of new york where you have a civil case? why trump s attorneys say they will present no defense. plus, how should america news media appropriately cover a twice impeached criminally indicted front runner who s credibly accused of rape? and former attorney general on the anti-democratic outbreak in state houses from ohio to north carolina beyond. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. and chris hayes. as we dive into the third consecutive presidential election cycle with donald trump as a candidate, i think it s been an undeniable change in our
verdicts. also this hour, as russia vows revenge for an alleged drone attack on the kremlin, it s now casting blame on the united states as well as on ukraine. i ll ask a key white house national security council official john kirby what the administration knows about the incident as he s accusing moscow of spinning lies. and there s breaking news we re following. an arrest was just announced in connection with a series of brutal stabbings near a university of california campus. stand by for details on the suspect and the charges. welcome to our viewers here in the united states, and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. tonight the u.s. justice department is claiming a new victory for american democracy after four members of the proud boys were found guilty of seditious conspiracy for their roles in the january 6th riot. cnn s sara murray reports on the jury s verdict in this very high profile trial. reporter: four members of the far right p