was appointed by the president himself and is seen not only as an ally and a supporter of bolsonaro. for those 600,000 families who lost a loved one to covid-19, perhaps change may not come here with this report but perhaps it may come at the polls next year. isa soares, thank you. turning to our politics lead. cnn s dana bash travelled to three pivotal states in the united states to speak to lawmakers from both parties about how trump s big lie about the election is affecting their preparations for upcoming elections. and undermining the competence of voters. dana, one of the states that you visited is texas where you pushed a republican state lawmaker on some of the restrictive election changes they re making, despite no evidence, no evidence that texas didn t have free and fair elections. ones that were quite successful for republicans. really successful for republicans in texas. and one of the most remarkable
cross our border that send you to wherever you want to go in the united states, courtesy of the u.s. tax dollar. this is the biden administration is absolutely for this. as we spoke about this yesterday, the biden administration is finding new ways to allow them to come, actually legally claiming they are climate refugees, that is something they are working on right now. this ask peculiar that he is saying this. we ll ask griff. hopefully we ll get to talk to him today. who is funding this? a lot of people have biden signs. we ve seen many with biden shirts. look at that joe biden for all. lawrence: part of the reason why they re upset, the moment they crossed the border, they re is something new that didn t exist during the trump administration because, we depended on donald trump to do his job. texas didn t have to step up in this way. when they come across the border, they are met by the
appeal the ruling that blocked it in the first place. barring that, they must hear why the law was struck down. pete williams has been all over this story. pete, can you tell me what they might be whispering about what the doj will respond here? it s pretty clear what the department of justice will say. the government will say, yes, it does have the power to sue, and no, texas didn t have the authority to pass this law. they will say you can t take constitutional rights away from women without giving them a chance to challenge that law in court. that s what texas has done, and texas also can t deputize people to do something in the state that the state can t do on its own, namely to ban abortion after 16 weeks. that will be the argument here. after that, the three-judge panel will make a decision about whether to lift the hold or
beat. there is cardiac movement. there was an op ed they talked about a jaw being formed at six weeks. i m like maybe if you re jay leno but no, that s not real. people keep saying things that aren t true and basing laws and facts on them and when it comes to abortion, it s been happening for ten years and sadly, we haven t been paying enough attention to it. texas didn t happen in a vacuum and there is a million states happening doing stuff that s equally as bizarre right now as we talk about it. charlie, i have to come back to you on this. you and i both were in the talk radio business and we know part of the vibe is just to say whatever, to keep people amped up, keep people on ten and unfortunately, that form of entertainment has seeped into the information space where people think they re getting the news. i mean, i have met people that used to believe the late rush limbaugh was delivering the news that the rest of you sheep are getting and that they re getting
consequences but i wanted to make sure that texas didn t get away with the bid to sprent this unconstitutional law from being tested. the center for reproductive rights is representing the doctor. the president and ceo joins us now along with jeffrey toobin. nancy, i appreciate you being with us. why did your client think it was an important step to stand up to this law by violating it? the doctor is used to being able to give his patients options. and with the texas law in place, he is having to turn most of his patients away. the option that s he has for them are untenable. needing to travel out of state which many cannot do even if there are means for them to be able to leave the state financially. and so he feels as a doctor who is providing care for years that it s important to challenge this blatant will you