part. and yet democrats argue that the house version of the defense bill would make it harder to recruit, as debbie said, a diverse body of individuals to serve in our military. i wonder, as you look at what is actually in this proposed legislation, how you believe it undermines our national security? well, it undermines our national security when we can t pass the defense authorization act. i mean, it sounds quaint, we used to say politics stops at the border s edge, and also at the defense bill. obviously it doesn t. this is a stunt to appeal to their base voters. the idea that these cultural issues even rank within the top 1000 issues in american life that we need to deal with is kind of crazy. you know, the congressman, the congressman who voted against this called the military, this was a social engineering experiment. the military may be the most successful institution in our
society. it is maybe the most meritocratic institution in our society. i wonder whether he would say that it was a social engineering experiment when harry truman de segregated the military in 1948, seven years before brown versus border of education desegregates of the public schools. i just think it is a shame to attack the military in this way. we need to back them, we need to support them, particularly you know, with the war going on in ukraine. so it really undermines our national security. well rachel, stay on that point. because it s one that i m particularly interested in, which is as we watch this all unfold in the house, as we get president biden in europe, standing up for democracy, standing up for sovereignty, that split screen, we are going to see that split screen over and over in the run up to the presidential election. yes, you know, alicia, americans tend not to vote on foreign policy issues. and that isn t something that people take into account all
alliance of motion picture and television producers. expected tn a critical national defense bill after laaks voted yesterday to adopt several controversial amendments, pushed by consvave hard-liners. one of the proposals would make it harder for service members to travel to seek abortions. house democratic leaders stating overnight they plan to oppose the bill known as the national defense authorization act. republicans, meanwhile, are making their case for attaching these social policy priorities in a defense bill. this administration that has turned the department of defense into a social engineering experiment wrapped in a uniform. the american people don t want a weak military. they don t want a woke military. they don t want rainbow propaganda on bases. they don t want to pay for troop sex changes. joining us now you just heard, well, we are going to hear from her, the number two house democrat congresswoman
finally tonight, we imagine a world in the next stage of a social engineering experiment. it s happening in china as this new year the country ditches its one-child policy. that program of forced abortions and sterilization and harsh penalties was first introduced in the late 70s amid rapid population growth. know it s challenging china. so the new two-child policy goes into effect right now. as our matt rivers reports from beijing, the pain one child families had to bear lingers on. reporter: their voices carry beyond the small room where they gather. men and women, some off pitch, most filled with emotion, all