lawsuit in what is arguably the most painful chapter in their lives, hats off. thanks, chris. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. one of the most watched cable news programs in all of the united states is rewriting the history of january 6th, defending the violent mob that attacked the capitol, and they re doing it with c the explicit aid and support of the highest ranked elected republican in the country. last night fox news host tucker carlson aired his first news report, footage carlson was given access to by speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. we re not going to show you all of tucker carlson s defense for january 6th rioters here, but this is a sample of what the fox newsat audience heard last nigh. very little of january 6th was organized or violent. it was neither an insurrection or deadly. they were peaceful or meek. these were not insurrectionists, they were sight seers. they re not destroying the capitol. they re there because they believe the
americans should care about. independent of the choices they would personally make for themselves, right? this is fundamentally about freedom. the right to make decisions about your own life, and your own body. this is a foundational principle for our country. we are founded on the notion that government should, at some point, stay out of people s business. joining us now, nancy north, the president and ceo of the center for reproductive rights. a year since the fall of row this added a, take a big step back for me. tell me where you think we are today, in the fight for reproductive rights. let me just start with today. police. which is the first lady, sitting around the table with four women who ve had pregnancy crises. had to have abortions what were denied because florida and texas and louisiana. we didn t say this before the
and this is a foundational principle for our country. we were founded on the notion that government should, at some point, stay out of people s business. joining us now nancy northup, president and ceo of the center for reproductive rights. a year since the fall of roe v. wade this saturday. take a big step back for me and tell me where you think we are today, in the fight for reproductive rights. let me just start with today. please. which is, the first lady, sitting around the table with four women who ve had pregnancy crises. had to have abortions what were denied because florida and texas and louisiana. we didn t say this before the reverse of roe v. wade. that you would have at the highest level, this kind of conversation. the personal conversations that families have been having around the kitchen table for a long time. to see it at the white house. so one way to answer where we are today is that the nation is now talking. another thing to say is that it s tragic. because
americans should care about independent of the choices they would personally make for themselves, right? this is fundamentally about freedom. the right to make decision about your own life and own body. this is foundational principle in our country. we were founded on a notion that government should at some point stay out of peoples business. joining us now the president and ceo of the center for reproductive rights. a year since the fall of roe this saturday. take a big step back for me and tell me where you think we are today in the fight for reproductive rights. well, let me just start with today which is the first lady sitting around the table with four women who have had pregnancy crises, had to have abortions but were denied because florida and texas and louisiana, and we didn t see this before the reversal of roe v. wade that you would have at the highest level the kind of
women here, who absolutely seem like they would have standing given the harm that was inflicted, as you say not just on them, but their unborn but also their future selves, their ability to have children down the line if they choose to do that. can you talk a little bit about the genesis of this lawsuit? i can imagine coming forward to have to share the story with anybody but a lead plaintive for any kind of lead plaintiff in such a nationally discussed lawsuit, has got to be intimidating at best. how did these women come together to file this lawsuit? well, of course it is a hard decision to make. and it was considered for months. they had just been through pregnancy crises. they were mourning from those experiences and recovering. and it is not easy to take on the state of texas. but they decided to do so, and