overreach, pure and simple. i think it s wrong on principle, but it s also wrong on strategy. my guest this morning, surgeon general vivek murthy and republican governor asa hutchinson. as democrats try to go big with their agenda. people need help right away and we will get the job done. one of their own says the price tag is too high. i would ask my colleagues and all of the senate to hit the pause button on the 3.5, hit the pause button. this morning i ll talk to the democrat who could make or break that bill, senator joe manchin of west virginia. also, remembering september 11th. i just told him a second plane hit the second tower, america was under attack. reflexes on that terrible day and the 20 years since. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news senior washington correspondent hallie jackson, syndicated columnist george will, kim atkins stohr from the boston loan and presidential historian, doris kearns goodwin. welcome to sunday. it s meet
the nation, this law bans abortions before many women know they re pregnant. it also allows private citizens anywhere in the country to sue abortion providers or anyone who assists a woman in texas seeking an abortion after six weeks. it could be someone driving them to the clinic as well. this as the supreme court is set to rule on the constitutionality of another abortion law in mississippi in the upcoming term in october. lots of big decisions coming up. cnn supreme court analyst joan biskupic. joan, not only is it set at six weeks before many women know they re pregnant, but no exception if the mother is raped or a victim of incest. the country received a high point last night at midnight and a low in the abortion wars. roe v. wade and precedent that followed roe v. wade said government could not interfere with a woman s choice for an abortion before the fetus was viable, could live outside the woman. that s usually at 22, 24 weeks. this is six weeks, as you said, befor
on long island. this is coverage of tropical storm henri. parts of the east coast are already feeling the impacts of this extremely dangerous storm. imminent landfall is expected in rhode island. you re looking at a live picture from newport. 40 million people are in the storm s path. tropical storm warnings in effect from long island to cape cod. chris. fred, thank you very much. i ll tell you more about what s happening. the story in new york is a light story. we have one part of the storm cell is stalling over new york city right now. that increases the chance of flooding. we mow the story from last night, a lot of rainfall in areas that weren t expecting it, three, four, five, six inches. the main area for us will be in about an hour. that s when henri will make landfall. about 100,000 people without power, only 2,000 in new york. the bulk in rhode island as fred was referring to. about 65, 66,000. that s going to increase. connecticut, about 12, 15,000, that s going to
area has become a tinder. this comes as covid-19 cases are rising across the country with 21 states seeing an increase and variants spreading, all while governors begin to relax restrictions. over sea, anti-lockdown protests turning violent. europe fights a mounting third wave. the investigation into the deadly rampage in atlanta pushing ahead. that tragedy forcing faith leaders today to look how denominations address racism. across the country, hundreds rallying in support of the asian-american community including actress sandra oh. if you see our sisters and brothers in need, will you help us? we must understand as asian-americans, we need to reach out our hand to our sisters and brothers and say help me. good morning everyone on this first official day of spring. clearly a lot of people did not give up partying for lent, as we can see in miami. i m kendis gibson. i m lindsey reiser. we ll show you more of that incredible video. we begin with msnbc s cori coffin
white supremacists and others who stormed the capitol back on january 6th. the doj would have a rule there. president biden will deliver remarks ahead of a candle-lighting ceremony planned to mark the moment of the passing of 500,000, half a million american covid-19 deaths. it s amazing to reach this point. a tragic number. though, we should note as well, the signs of hope are emerging. new cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all trending down, significantly. that s good news. and after extreme weather caused millions of vaccinations to be delayed, dr. fauci says we ll be caught up and this is pretty fast by the middle of this week. lots to get to. let s begin on capitol hill, evan perez on the senate hearing about to begin in minutes. evan, interesting history with merritt garland, of course, but tell us, is he likely to get republican, democratic and republican support? you know, that s an interesting thing. we do expect he is going to get some republican support, w