nothing is off the table when it comes to fighting and controlling the spread of the coronavirus and the new variant that emerged this week. the president today outlining what is next in the fight against the pandemic. we will bring you that plus the upcoming senate primary in ohio. you haven t seen much of it. it is a battle as to who is the most trumpy in that field. and a new and trying way to make the points that gotten under donald trump s very, very thin skin. we will show it to you. later on in the show the potential of overturning of roe versus weighed and how it could put an end to the perception of the supreme court as independent and apolitical body. it could reshape the approach of the country s highest court and midterm elections. all of that and more coming up after the break of don t go anywhere. anywhere
and texas right now, but if the supreme court says, okay to these types of laws, we re going to see state legislatures that are so gerrymandered in favor of republicans in states that joe biden won in 2020 taking up these bills, making these relevant issues in states like wisconsin, michigan, across the midwest. so, i think that the salience of this issue is only going to increase after june if the supreme court goes in this direction and federal lawmakers, democrats democratic lawmakers take position on this issue. erin, i want to come back to you on this question that justice sotomayor put front and center about the impact on the court and how it and its standing and how it s perceived. we cover this as much as we do because it is so clearly on the minds of the justices themselves. john roberts said, we don t have obama judges or trump judges, bush judges or clinton judges. what we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges. amy coney barrett said the court is not compr
happens next. congresswoman, you made that clear and i want to show this is, i think, what most court watchers thinking the best case scenario might be, that roe vs. wade is simply overturned in the 26 states that have declared their intent to do so. if you live in louisiana, you ll drive 666 miles to receive reproductive healthcare. you live in florida, you ll drive 575 miles. in texas, you ll drive 542 miles and in mississippi, you ll drive 495 miles, and access to reproductive healthcare is a not something that people with a ton of privilege have to worry about so much, but traveling those distances disproportionately impacts women with less access to healthcare to begin with, often women of color. what do you make of that new normal in the united states of america? i m sorry, was that for me? yes, congresswoman. yeah, thank you. that s exactly right. some of the obstacles that you
operatives in the party, i don t think they re ready. they better get ready before this decision comes out, that operative said. republicans have good reason to worry. poll after poll after poll, for years and years, showed that the gop s anti-abortion position now is out of step with voters, including their own. the quinnipiac poll from november shows 63% of americans agree with the 1973 roe vs. wade decision. that 63% includes more than a third of republicans. and as for the supreme court, a decision to uphold the mississippi law and overturn roe vs. wade could very well represent the death knell of the perception that the court is some sort of apolitical body. it could reshape the democrats entire approach around the country s high court. it is what justice sonia sotomayor warned about. this newest ban that mississippi has put in place, the six-week ban, the senate sponsor said, we re doing it
trump knew that these statements were false and chose to perpetrate them anyway or whether they really believed them. i think they really want to try to understand his inner mindset as he was doing the things he was doing. and i think, donna, the smoking gun that certainly signals that they already know that trump knew it was all b.s. is the physical notes taken by mr. donahue from the rosen/trump conversation where trump says according to the verbate notes, just declare the election corrupt, me and my allies will do the rest. they just wanted a designation. they new the d.o.j. wouldn t couldn t announce fraud and get evidence. because they knew they couldn t find any. rudy giuliani was getting laughed out of every court he