well, good morning to you, to your new day, i should say. saturday, june 25th. and i am not alone! look at us, here in the studio together. it s great. it s fantastic. great to be with you, christi. it is so good to have you right here, right where you are right now, especially with all the news we have to talk about today. so much going on today. demonstrators taking to the streets across the country, following that u.s. supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade, ending the constitutional right to an abortion. a moment that antiabortion rights activists are describing as a victory that s been decades in the making. abortion rights groups plan more dmgss today. take a look at what was happening as protesters yesterday were in major cities around the country. and let me tell you about what happened in phoenix, arizona, of course. the demonstration got rowdy. people were banging on the class doors of the state senate building. look at this. we re told troopers yo
least six states already. omhouse republicans are pushing on legislation to ban abortion after 15 weeks nationwide. the united states is joining the ranks of nicar nicaragua, polan el salvador to roll back abortion rights. reporter: large crowd here at the united states supreme court, let s look around, i ll show you the vast majority, the people here at this time are abortion rights supporters. you can that by the proponents. we had verbal confrontations, cursing, what have you, but it has remained peaceful. still the folks here projecting a sense of anger, projecting almost shock if you will, and that s one of the things i m asking people about in the crowd here, given the fact there was so much advance warning that the court was headed in this direction, abortion rights opponents have been protesting, if you will, roe v. wade for 50 years and then just a few weeks ago, we got that advance opinion that leaked opinion of justice alito really signaling the court was headed
possibly still to come. we are actually helping the american people instead of just playing political games. and the political payoff for doing the right thing. i ve been very clear, i think he s guilty of the most serious dereliction of duty of any president in our nation s history. reports of a quiet republican effort to try to save this chinese seat, will it work? plus, the julia podcaster from texas and his performative outrage. and a 50 million dollar judgment against alex jones for his sandy hook lies. when all in starts right now. good evening from washington, d.c., i am mehdi hassan in for chris hayes. so, it is friday morning, the first friday of the month of august, and you are producer of fox the country is awaiting the july jobs report. and even the white house has admitted that the numbers are going to be bad. of course, this is the store you go big. on the jobs report is going to be lousy. joe biden s economy is in the gutter. the white house is al
to help us lower inflation. what a week of contrast as president biden was racking up win after win, republicans were pushing abortion bans, social security cuts and election denial and watching their mid-term prospects begin to fade. and a texas jury just delivered a massive blow to alex jones, ordering the conspiracy theorist to pay more than $45 million in punitive damages for a first grader killed at sandy hook. i ll be joined by andrew warren, the democratically elected state attorney general who is the victim of an abuse of power by governor ron desantis. it was a great week for democrats, one that will be poised to get even better. first up the economy. after months of criticism of president biden for everything from gas prices to inflation to you name it, today we got proof that his economic policies are working with the latest blockbuster jobs report. in july job growth soared. u.s. employers added 528,000 employees, smashing expectations. and the unemployment rate
election in 2024. according to reporting s of republican party operatives this was a change where political, it includes a multi pawn strategy. first they have poll watchers to challenge voters on election day, then tracking objections on a special website so that maga lawmakers can intervene to try to block a vote counts and democratic or people of those of color. they are doing all this while crying about voter fraud on the other side. the rnc says that it is going to rectify and balance in favor of democratic election voters in a large urban areas. we hear you. we know it irvine. means do not be fooled. if you ve been paying attention we know this is coming. everyone who glanced preserve democracy should pay extra close attention. this plan to subvert the election should not come as an election surprise. they lost in 2020. they know the policies are trash. they know that they cannot win election on merits. it sure looks like this point it is going to cheat. they are going