before governor phil bryant signed the new restrictions into law, he said he would work to make mississippi abortion-free. the problem here goes far beyond mississippi. this same circuit court upheld a similar law in texas where come september the war on women s health care will have forced all but a handful of these women s health clinics to shut down. joining me now from new orleans, msnbc.com national correspondent erin carmone. is there any hope for activists in mississippi that this appeals court will rule in favor of that one remaining clinic? hi, joy. yes, actually, they were surprisingly optimistic today when they left the fifth circuit court of appeals. basically there were three judges on the panel. two of whom were appointed by republicans. one of whom was appoint bid president obama. one of the republican appointed judges right from the beginning interrupted the lawyer for the state of mississippi, and he said don t you have a steep hill
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because he was afraid that the man was going to die. thank you very much, heather childers reporting on that. reporter: you re welcome. martha: awful story. bill: democrats accused republicans launching a war on women s health care but now a women s group is attacking the president s law. what they say it will do to patients and doctors. we ll debate that, fair and balanced in moments with bob and andrea. plus, did you catch it? 1.6 remaining, westbrook turns it over. that will do it, the miami heat survive game 4 and take a 3-1 lead in the nba finals. martha: pretty dramatic game at some points too. there is lebron james who was on the bench with a big cramp at one point but they managed to pull it off. miami heat one win away from the a nba championship. they defeated oklahoma 104-98. much to the chagrin of oklahoma city fans and lebron james shook off leg cramps.
the middle class is struggling. you bet. lilly ledbetter, thank you for joining us on the ed show and thank you for all your work in this area. i appreciate it. and a programming note. tomorrow night, i ll have an exclusive interview with the vice president of the united states, joe biden. we ll have an in depth discussion covering all of the news of the day, including the republican s war on women s health care. next, rick santorum spent months trashing mitt romney. now he s out of the race, he might have to borrow mitt s aeth a sketch, don t you think? [ male announcer ] what s the beat that moves your heart?