msnbc world headquarters. welcome to alex witt reports. breaking news, abortion rights advocates taking the street from coast to coast. demonstrations are tired bans off our bodies. it kicked off in the last hour. bringing thousands to the streets to demand protection of a woman s right to choose. advocates making their voices heard after senators fail to codify roe v. wade into law. our message is clear. we will see you in the streets and at the ballot box. we are not interested in compromising our fundamental rights and liberties. there is no compromising. an opposition wants this to be second-class citizens. look at how many of these rallies are planned across the country later today. you can t go very far without hitting one. that s for sure. two of the largest rallies we have nbc s and tonya hilton in washington, and antonio, the abortion rights protesters in a second hour at the national mall, how far are these activists to the expected reverse look row we wait.
that has desperate family scrambling. we want to start off with reproductive rights. thousands of protesters have gathered to protest the supreme court s draft decision to overturn roe v. wade. washington d.c. where 17,000 people are marching right now. antonia, it is great to have you on the show. talk to me about what you are hearing on the ground today. yasmin, today there has been a lot of emotion. some of the women i ve been speaking to have been shaking as they describe their reasons for coming out here on the national mall. other folks have been angry [noise] that emotion has even translated to some people sharing their personal stories. earlier today, i met with a woman in her late 60s. she decided for the very first time to share with us her own abortion story. she had an abortion in a back alley in chicago when she was 13 years old. i want you to take a listen to what she shared with us. i have never told anyone ever until right now because i feel the strong
hey everybody. good to see you. i m yasmin vossoughian. we have a lot going on right now. a national show of force on abortion rights rallies across the country we have correspondents covering protests on both sides of the issue today. breaking news out of ukraine as. well mitch mcconnell leaving a surprise delegation to visit vladimir putin. new today, former president trump endorses a very controversial candidate for pennsylvania governor. a candidate that high ranking gop figures worry could cost them the race there. national baby formula shortage,