morning, lindsey reiser picks up the coverage right now it s 10:00 a.m. in new york, i m lindsey reiser right now the tensions that have been simmering in tennessee for the last week or even longer are boiling over this morning. protests are gaining steam inside and outside the state house despite the rain against republican efforts to do something that s only been done three times in that state since the civil war expel some of their fellow members specifically these three democrats are under fire for participating in fiery gun reform protests on the house floor last week. today they ll have a chance to defend themselves, but with a republican super majority can they survive the vote. we re live where that high stakes session is getting underway. major escalations in the mounting legal battles faceing former president trump former vice president mike pence saying he will not fight an order to testify in the federal probe. sources say the new york judge in the hush mone
pills or bringing minors across state lines for the procedure. it s the first law of its kind in the country supporters say it will fight, quote, abortion trafficking, while opponents say it will harm young women and it promised a legal fight. nbc s ali vitali is covering the law for us from washington walk us through how this law works and whether there s any indication other states will follow suit. s reporter: look, this is certainly the first law of its kind that we ve seen it s exactly the thing that advocates have been concerned about. the ways that states are going to try to restrict and potentially prosecute people who try to go outside the state to get borks care n abortion care. if you are prosecuted for this and found to be guilty of it, you could go to jail for two to five years, and this applies to anyone who helps a minor who s pregnant get an abortion in at state, but it also includes
ag can also pick them up meaning that enforcement is a key here to this bill rachel, what are you hearing from people in idaho about the impact this will have? i mean, i think that what s obvious is that this is an admission from, you know, the extremists that are pushing this agenda that they acknowledge that folks are going to continue to seek abortion care folks are going to not want to prosecute these crimes because they re not, in fact, crimes, and so the fact that, you know, young women specifically are being targeted by this just demonstrates exactly how out of touch these laws are with what the people want in idaho and across the country rachel, to make sure that the law wouldn t violate a constitutional right to travel between states, this law makes only the in-state part of the trip to an out of state abortion provider illegal as i mentioned, we can expect a legal fight here are you concerned about other conservative legislatures enacting similar legislation i mean, o
access of the abortion pill. and i think it s important for us to note here that the abortion pill, especially in states like idaho and other rural states that already lacked access to care and had distance and travel as a barrier, especially during the pandemic, we watched the fda make it easier for people to access this kind of abortion care through telehealth and through other mechanisms, even being able to receive the abortion pill in the mail certainly now in idaho that would be near impossible within 30 days because that s about how long it will take for this law to go into effect, and i think it s also important to note that they re not just putting this in place for any regular person who might help a minor access care, they re also saying this would apply to medical providers who might refer clients out of state for abortion care or even to be able to pick up the abortion pill over state lines. the other thing i would point out here, lindsey, that s important, is if local pros
would include a red flag law, banning bump stocks and no more permitless carry we know the government has announced more funding for school resource officers but not any kind of gun reform at the present moment where do you thi see this goinn your state i believe a live look here, this is one of the representatives, justin pearson of memphis who s facing expulsion today this is during the pledge of allegiance here. senator, where do you see things going here this session? any real change for the people protesting if they can look forward to and also, are you concerned about the precedent today sets so to answer the first question, nashville has had three mass shootings in the last five and a half years. in each and every instance, the family members or law enforcement knew that the perpetrator was a threat to themselves or others before it