path across this entire country. data from the cdc shows that more than half of the u.s. population lives in a county with high community transmission as we speak, and they predict we will soon see hospitalizations begin to increase as well. in los angeles county, there s a concern they re so concerned that they re talking about even reviving an indoor mask mandate within the next two weeks. cnn s camila bernal is at the santa monica pier with more. camila, how much have transmission rates actually increased in l.a. county? well, look, the county says they re seeing about 9,000 cases every single day, and the problem is that hospitalizations are increasing. they say that compared to last month they ve seen an 88% increase. so for every 100,000 people that are here, 10.5 more or less, are having to be hospitalized and that s what s concerning for them. so they say that if those numbers stay or increase over the next couple of weeks, what s going to happen is that everyone
we begin with the fallout from the historic supreme court ruling. the conservative majority overturned roe v. wade and ended the constitutional right to an abortion. in a narrow vote, this decision reverses nearly 50 years of court precedent. the reaction was swift and emotional. everything from victory celebrations to outrage outside of the nation s highest court. writing for the majority, justice samuel alito argued quote, roe was egregiously wrong from the start, its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and its decision has had damaging consequences, and far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, roe and casey have inflamed debate and deepened division. abortion rights lie with the states and the impact on women will be immediate and far reaching. nearly half of all states have trigger laws or other plans in place to ban or severely limit abortion starting now. president biden calls the decision a tragic error. state law is banning abortion are aut
the senate republicans, as you know, blocked that bill, senator. i wonder where do democrats go from here to protect women s reproductive right in light of that dobbs decision? well, this is the first time, laura, in the history of our country that a fundamental constitutional right has been stripped away. i read all of the opinions including alito s opinion. i don t think he grappled at all with the fundamental nature of this right, and i think he didn t understand some of the collateral damage and already just in a week or ten days we re seeing it. you know, there are legislators and elected officials across the country for whom reversing roe isn t even enough. they want to now penalize women who are free americans, who are trying to travel across state lines to protect themselves, and to access abortions and other health care services. so last week, we tried to pass a bill that would prevent that and
senator, can congress codify making it illegal and this is a patchwork of states and can that codification tobacco done given t qualifications of it? i have no doubt that we will codify roe versus wade at some points. the question is how much damage to people s liberty, freedom and health will be done before then? we don t have the votes to do it today, but i have no doubt that we ll have pro-choice majorities in the house and the senate because the american people, 70% of them don t think this right should be overturned, unfortunately, and nationally, i think we have to do it because this isn t just the state s rights issue. one of the calls i got when roe versus wade was overturned was from a woman who served in the armed forces and said michael, what s going to happen to these
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