Pandemic, by the eviction moratorium. That theyre not impelled to move quickly. It doesnt mean that roe is dead. But i think it does suggest that roe is on life support. Reporter and the White House is issuing forceful condemnations of this texas law. President biden issued a statement saying the extreme law blatantly violates the constitutional right established under roe v. Wade. Vice president Kamala Harris called it an allout assault on reproductive health. The Supreme Court could still act. There is still an Emergency Petition thats pending. But these Abortion Rights a activists, they say that these Abortion Clinics have effectively shut down as of midnight, no plans to reopen. And of course theres that threat of private litigation if they were to perform these abortions. Thank you so much, jessica schneider. Lets discuss this with Former Texas Democratic State Senator wendy davis. In 2013, as our viewers might remember, you held an 11hour Filibuster in an attempt to block a law that banned abortions in texas after 20 weeks. This new Law Bans Abortions as early as six weeks, which obviously is before many women even know theyre pregnant. How did texas get here . Its been a yearafteryear Legislative Session after legislative Session Creep to this. It had already closed over half of our Abortion Providers in texas. The Supreme Court overturned that law, but weve yet to reopen all of them. And so its already been the case that for many women here in our state, access to abortion has been difficult if not impossible. And a number of Abortion Providers, supporters have grown up around this issue to help women with costs, with travel costs. But now, of course, women are going to have to travel in most instances 20 times the distance they would have had to travel to the furthest Abortion Clinic here in our state. And for the 7 Million plus women of Childbearing Age in texas, this has created an absolute obstacle for them. Well, lets talk about that because assuming this law stands, it is not difficult to imagine, and im not saying that this okays the law, but its not difficult to imagine that women who have means being able to either secretly get this procedure in texas or to fly to colorado or to california. Whom do you see this law impacting the most on the ground in texas . Thats such a tremendously important point to make, jake. For women of privilege, abortion will still be available. Its simply a matter of getting in your car and driving far enough or getting on a plane or getting your private doctor to do it in a way that no one else is aware. So, this is a law thats going to hit as is the case so many times women who are lowerincome, women of color. And its going to further and deepen the systemic racism and the impacts of so many systems in our state. Whats unusual about this law beyond how extreme it is, a ban at six weeks, no exceptions for any reason including rape or incest, is the fact that this law relies on private citizens, not law enforcement, not government officials, to enforce the ban by filing civil litigation against anyone who aides in any way what is a medical procedure. Meaning that lets say there is an antiabortion activist or you heard in the previous segment the guy from texas right to life describing the person as an informant. An antiabortion activist, no connection to a Woman Or Girl getting an abortion for whatever reason she deems it necessary. That person can sue the doctor, can sue the Uber Driver who drove her to the clinic for administering the abortion. Im not a lawyer, you are. Will this Hold Up in court . Isnt there a standing issue . Well, thats for the court to ultimately decide. And i think right now one of the reasons that were seeing courts refrain from getting involved is because theyre waiting for the ripeness, theyre waiting for that first case to be brought and for that to then impell an opportunity for them to create some kind of intervention against this law. It was very cleverly designed to create this basically antiabortion Citizen Bounty Hunter who will look for any opportunity to sue one or more people who may be involved in the chain of helping a woman access abortion. And i can only hope that the supreme Courts Failure to get involved up to this point is because theyre waiting for that first ripe case for that first opportunity to find standing from a plaintiff or, in this case, a defendant whos been sued by another private citizen for assisting a woman in exercising her constitutional right. And the worst and scarier part of this, if there can be one, is that if this succeeds here in texas, then at least at this point we have great fear that its going to, we are going to see laws like this replicated state after state after state after state. And regardless of what the u. S. Supreme court decides in that Mississippi Case for women in state across this country, the right to abortion will cease to exist. Whats also unusual about this beyond, you called it clever, ive heard other people describe it as diabolical the way that the law is written and also the extremeness of it, is the fact that even if one is going by public opinion polls, and obviously Legislation Shouldnt necessarily be done that way, but even if one is going by those polls, polls indicate that there is public support for a Womans Ability to get a safe and legal abortion. Some polls indicate that there are people who favor restrictions on that. But the percentage of americans who support a total and complete ban no exemptions for rape or incest, no exemptions for a fetus that is in trouble and is not going to survive, et cetera, et cetera. It is very small. Are you surprised that this is the avenue that texas took instead of just along the lines of what we typically see when it comes to Abortion Opponents to chip away at it . Whats tremendously tragic about what is happening in texas is that republican politicians are engaging in pushing and furthering an Abortion Ban because they know that it plays well for them to their primary base. And theyve become so emboldened oh, we lost State Senator wendy davis, but we thank yher for coming on. And obviously a lot of Weather Problems in the southern united states right now. President biden trying to leave the criticism of his Afghanistan Exit behind as thousands of u. S. Allies are hoping they will not ultimately be left behind forever. Thats next. 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Reporter President Biden welcoming the ukrainian president to the white House Today as the administration tries to turn the page from afghanistan. The united states remains firmly committed to Ukraines Sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of russian aggression. Reporter biden not taking any questions about the Troop Withdrawal or the americans left behind. Even after president Volodymyr Zelensky expressed concern for the 13 u. S. Troops killed in the extraordinary Evacuation Effort. Mr. President , accept my sincere condolences of the tragic death of your heroes. Reporter for the first time in more than a week, no afghanistan briefing in the Situation Room appeared on the president s schedule, as these new images of the final moments of americas longest war emerged. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the u. S. Is still committed to getting the remaining 100 to 200 americans out of afghanistan. But its unclear when or how such a Diplomatic Mission would take place. With every american citizen we have contact with about our efforts and our commitment to get them out of the country. Reporter the White House made clear it is eager to focus on domestic priorities like the president s economic agenda. The stubborn fight with covid19, and a potential humanitarian crisis in the wake of Hurricane Ida in louisiana, where biden is now planning to visit on friday. Yet myriad questions remain about the frantic, chaotic, and deadly end to the war. Congressman jason crow, a Kro Democrat who served as an Army Ranger in afghanistan told cnn that he and other lawmakers intend to keep pressing for more answers. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin acknowledged those tensions. There are varying opinions on each side of the aisle, and thats to be expected and respected. Reporter general mark milley, chairman of the joint chiefs, told cnns Barbara Starr that he and others have Pain And Anger from the last 20 days and 20 years. But he was proud of the troops. This is tough stuff. War is hard. Its vicious, its brutal, its unforgiving. And, yes, we all have Pain And Anger. And when we see what has unfolded over the last 20 years and over the last 20 days, that creates Pain And Anger. Reporter now there is No Doubt the White House is eager to move on even to the daunting challenges its faced with the fight of covid19. And of course in louisiana a still developing potential humanitarian crisis. The president will be going there on friday. But its also clear the White House knows it will not be able to move on while those americans are still in afghanistan. And today very few answers about what diplomatically will be done to remove them. Jake . Jeff zeleny at the White House, thanks so much. Joining us now to discuss, Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst who served in Kuwait And Iraq and was the first, though not the last, female Combat Veteran elected to serve in the u. S. Senate. Senator ernst, good to see you, thanks for joining us. I want to ask you, i want to start off with the emotion of this moment because general milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs, he talked fairly candidly about the Pain And Anger he feels at The End of this war. He reflected on the more than 200 of his troops killed in battle. What are you feeling as we see The End of the war . We can talk about the evacuation and the exit and the sivs in a second. But just the war is over, this has been a big part of your life. Yes. Yes, jake. And thank you so much. And this is, the way ive described it, its surreal, it is gutwrenching. It is so disheartening. And as i visit with other veterans, as i have talked to those Gold Star spouses, those Gold Star families, many feel that they have been left behind. They are not even part of a discussion anymore. And what i have not heard from this president is a thank you to those veterans who have served in the Global War On Terror. Not once has he expressed Empathy And Gratitude to the men and women who have put the uniform on and have fought so bravely overseas the last 20 years to keep our homeland safe. And i feel that by not acknowledging his gratitude for them, hes diminishing their service. So, from the bottom of my heart, i am so grateful for all of those that have served in the Global War On Terror and protected our nation. Because we havent seen another 9 11 during the past 20 years. I have heard President Biden express Gratitude And Praise veterans. It may be that he hasnt done it enough for people. And, in fact, you know, we dont have a monument for the veterans and the kia and the wia from the Global War On Terror. And maybe we need to have that. Maybe we need to have more of a national moment of recognition. But, just as a factual matter, i have heard him talk about this. I have heard him say, jake, that he is grateful for those at the Kabul Airport. Ive heard him mention that many times in his Press Briefings and various speeches. But he hasnt acknowledged, as far as i know, and you might be right, but i listen very carefully. He always acknowledges those that are doing service or had done service at the Kabul Airport during the evacuation, but not over the greater Global War On Terror. And in his speech the other day he was very defensive and basically stated we shouldve been out of afghanistan ten years ago. And by saying that, what does that say to those veterans who have served in the last ten years in afghanistan . That their Sacrifice Wasnt Worth it . I think it was. So, i do hope that President Biden stands up, stands forward and tells those veterans thank you from the bottom of our heart. And youre right about a memorial. As a matter of fact, i was the Lead Sponsor of the Global War On Terrorism memorial foundation. It was established. We are working on that. We just have to find a place to locate the memorial. And im really, really hopeful that it will be on our national mall. Lets talk about this new phase of the Evacuation Efforts, because obviously people were left behind. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told me yesterday that the administrations working on two ways to get american citizens out of afghanistan. Take a listen. One would be by air. And were working closely with other countries to get charter air flights going in the short term. Second is by ground. And we are working with neighboring countries to be able to accept american citizens, legal permanent residents traveling by ground across borders to get them processed and then get them safely out of the country. Are you confident that the right plans are in place to get the remaining american citizens or legal permanent residents out of afghanistan safely . I am not confident at this moment in time, jake. I do think that we need to have those discussions with the administration. I would love to know how those plans are going to be executed. Because as we saw with the evacuation of those americans and Siv Holders out of the Kabul Airport, it did not go well. And it was not the great success that President Biden proclaims it to be. We lost 13 Service Members in that effort. So, i would have to know who is executing this, are we relying on volunteers as we have heard across the Radio Waves and the Air Waves during the last few weeks, volunteers going into the country, maybe not even with authority to help evacuate those civilians, those Siv Holders, those refugees . So i think theres a lot of unanswered questions at this time. And i certainly am not one to trust the taliban to allow for safe passage of americans or those afghans that stood beside our Service Members over the course of the past 20 years. In terms of Afghan Refugees and the special Immigrant Visa Applicants and their families, i know iowa historically has been a welcoming state when it comes to individuals like that. I have heard some fairly xenophobic and racist language from conservative voices. And im wondering what you say to people like that when you hear from them, whether its your senate colleagues or at a town hall. Yes. And there is a lot of concern out there. And, folks, i just need to say we are vetting people that are coming into the united states. And the governor, governor Kim Reynolds and i have both stated publicly many times over that we would welcome those refugees coming in from afghanistan. So, its important. Im sorry about the light there. Thats okay. But it is important that we bring those refugees, and these are men and women that have stood beside our soldiers, our marines, our airmen over the course of the past 20 years and certainly they deserve a place in the united states. And i would offer up iowa to them any day. I would certainly love to see them thrive and prosper in our beautiful state. One of the rare good things that ive seen in the last couple weeks and im sure you feel the same way is just the outpouring of support from veterans and soldiers for their afghan brothers and sisters and their families trying to help them because of all that those afghan allies did for the u. S. At great personal risk. Republican Senator Joni Ernst of iowa, thank you so much for your time, and of course always thank you for your service. Coming up, the new threat from republican leader Kevin Mccarthy. Hes now threatening retaliation for companies who comply with a legal subpoena. Stay with us. What happens when we Welcome Change . We can make Emergency Medicine possible at 40,000 feet. Instead of burning our past for power, we can harness the energy of the tiny electron. We can create new ways to connect. Rethinking how we communicate to be more inclusive than ever. 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Mccarthy has previously supported every legislative push to allow the government to subpoena data and Phone Records and everything else. How is he justifying threatening to retaliate against companies that comply with a legal subpoena . He claims that if these companies do comply, it will be an effort by democrats to impose some sort of Surveillance State that can impact all americans. He goes further in his statement from last Night Warning that these companies could face repercussions. He doesnt explain which federal law that they would violate. We have asked his office. His office examine explained that. And he says this. This threat got a lot of attention. He said if companies choose to violate federal law, a republican majority will not forget and will stand with americans to hold them fully accountable. Now, that is a serious threat because republicans stand a very good chance of taking back the majority in next years midterms. There were 35 companies who just got letters over the last day or so asking them to preserve records for certain individuals who may have had a role in the January 6th insurrection. And we have learned from our reporting, jake, that some of those individuals include republican members of congress, people who spoke at that socalled stop the steal rally that preceded the deadly riot on January 6th. And mccarthy moving forward here, jake, has prompted some concerns from Ethics Experts who say they could run Afoul Of Ethics Rules and potentially an investigation. It sure looks like Kevin Mccarthy doesnt want the facts to come out about January 6th. Manu raju, thank you so much. Also in our politics lead, oklahoma republican Congressman Mark Wayne mullens says hes now headed home after failing twice to get into afghanistan without authorization, as the Washington Post is reporting. Mullens case is quite different. Mullen is accused of trying to skirt international laws, illegally transport a ton of cash and threaten u. S. Embassy staff. Reporter republican oklahoma Congressman Mark Wayne mullens says hes back to the united states writing in an Instagram Post he, quote, went dark for a little as he helped, quote, Get Americans out of afghanistan. New reporting from the Washington Post reveals during his Trip Mullen in his second attempt to enter afghanistan in two weeks, threatened u. S. Embassy staff in tajikistan, becoming outraged when they denied his request for help and carrying a huge amount of cash to the country for an unauthorized Evacuation Effort in neighboring afghanistan. The post Reports Mullen told Embassy Staff he was planning to rescue american citizens, a woman and her four children flying from the Country Of Georgia Into Tajikistan and onto afghanistan. But u. S. Embassy officials refused his request for assistance, saying they could not help him bypass Tajikistans Currency restrictions. We have made it abundantly clear that travel to afghanistan is not safe. Reporter mullins actions alarmed top u. S. Officials and defied House Leadership in both parties who repeatedly warned members not to travel to afghanistan. Any member that ive heard that might go, i explained to them that i dont think they should. I think it creates a greater risk. This is deadly serious. We do not want members to go. Reporter unlike Representative Seth Moulton and Peter Meijer who went on an unauthorized trip to afghanistan they described as a factfinding mission, mullin has been in congress since 2012. I know Mark Wayne and ive been asking some of my friends and connections about him because i am concerned for his safety. Reporter in a statement Mullins Spokesperson says, quote, Congressman Mullin has been and is currently completely safe. This is his second attempt to enter afghanistan. Last week he travelled to greece, but the pentagon denied his request for access to kabul. We will get those americans that are remaining in afghanistan who want to get out, there are processes and plans to do just that. You dont need a member of congress to go in and do that. Its unclear if Congressman Mullin ended up getting anyone out of afghanistan. I did reach out to his office earlier today. They have not responded back to me. We also heard a little bit from State Department Spokesperson Ned Price there who went on to say that all of the embassies are focused on american citizens, jake, specifically the embassy there in tajikistan, which is very much focused on getting people out of afghanistan and successfully over the border there and making sure that they are safe and accounted for. Gentleman ick . All right, Jessica Dean on capitol hill, thank you so much. Supplies of Food And Water running out. Long lines for gas. 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Nearly 1 Million people are still without power in the state of louisiana. And as cnns Ed Lavandera reports for us now, some areas are anticipating it could take as long as a month before the power is restored. Reporter Ronald Robertson hit the road to get out of New Orleans. He made it about 30 miles outside of town before running Out Of Gas. We have no gas to get to the station but we stood in the line like this and we ran Out Of Gas trying to get in this line. Thats why were pushing. We had a little can. Were just trying to get by where we can get to lafayette. Reporter more than half of the Gas Stations with power in New Orleans and Baton Rouge dont have fuel. Many Gas Stations still havent even been able to reopen. Nearly A Million customers are without electricity, many Water Systems across the Region Arent fully functioning, and Cell Phone Service is sporadic. Its been like hell. I never been through nothing like this. Reporter the lines for this Food And Water Distribution Site Snake out of a Shopping Center for blocks and blocks with temperatures soaring, residents are trying to get supplies to those who need it most. Helping the elderly and our friends with young people. So thats what were here for. Anybody that we can help. Reporter some residents are returning to the hardesthit areas in Southeast Louisiana. Floyd and jane rode the storm out here in the town of raceland. Their supplies of Food And Water are quickly running out. Its horrible, especially with no lights and no water, its bad. We cant even get no ice. We in trouble for the next couple of weeks. Reporter theyre cleaning up the storm damage, but they say life after Hurricane Ida feels like being stranded on a deserted island. Its just hard. I didnt sleep at all last night. I didnt get no kind of sleep in two days. Its just miserable out here. Its real hard. I just pray to god that all of us can get back to life and we can get some water or something. Reporter were just beginning to grasp the horrific damage Hurricane Ida inflicted on the Barrier Island of grand isle, the island is decimated. One area could take up to five years to rebuild. The people are very sad. A lot of people have lost their homes, talking about they dont know whether they will go back or not. Reporter and that is the dilemma facing thousands of people here in Southeast Louisiana. This Food And Water distribution site, jake, set up by the Louisiana Cajun Navy has been running all day. The line continues around the block onto the street. At one point today, jake, it was merging with another line headed to a Gas Station, another long line until that Gas Station ran Out Of Gas, and that line disappeared. Ed lavandera, thank you so much. The new Orleans City Council president joins us now on the phone. Thank you so much for joining us. I know New Orleans has gotten some power restored. But how many people in New Orleans or the greater area are still without power . Thank you so much for having me on. Weve got roughly 200,000 customers here in New Orleans. And only about 11,500, last report i got have power back. Its great that weve got some power flowing back into the city because we were completely cut off just a few days ago. So thats encouraging. But really the big emergency were facing right now is the power situation. The city has had to set up Rec Centers as cooling centers. So we have generators at Rec Centers so people can just be there for the day and be in the ac and charge their phones and get some water and get some food. Unfortunately we dont have the volunteers and staff to keep them running overnight. So people have to return to their hot homes. Im sitting right now at city hall. We dont even have enough power to really cool city hall. So im sitting here in my hot office talking to you. So thats really our real emergency. Weve got people with Special Needs who are really struggling right now. We have elderly folks who are really struggling right now. I will say this. There is a bit of desperation im hearing from some individuals. So im just continuing to push, push, push our power utility, which is entergy, to get power flowing back into New Orleans as fast as they can. Address if you could Governor John Bel Edwards or President Biden, what do you want them to provide as soon as possible . So, ive been in direct contact with the governor. And obviously making sure that we continue to have fuel coming into the city to power the generators that are keeping our Rec Centers and our Sewage And Water board, which is our Water Plant and Sewer Plant running so that we have safe Drinking Water unlike other locations in Southeast Louisiana who do not. So the governors been really responsive. The president s coming on friday. Im good friends with Special Adviser to the president Cedric Richmond who coordinated that trip to bring the president down to Southeast Louisiana and New Orleans. And really i guess my Big Ask for the president would be is to please, please, please help us when it comes to Resiliency And Reliability with power. One of the things that we saw that happened with the city of New Orleans is that all of the Transmission Lines that bring power to the city, all eight of them failed. And the Transmission Lines are actually really under federal oversight. And theres been conversations and talk before about whether those lines should be buried so that they dont fail. That unfortunately hasnt happened. The lines failed previously before in 2008 during gustav. This isnt the first time weve been left without any Power Transmitting into the city. So that would be my Big Ask. Particularly since infrastructure is such a big part of the biden administration, there is so much talk constantly about the Infrastructure Bill in congress. So that would be my Big Ask for the city of New Orleans as Council President here. All right, the City Council President of New Orleans, thanks so much. Stay in touch with us. Let us know however we can help you and the citizens of New Orleans get what you need to get back where you need to be. Appreciate you so much, jake. Thank you. Were Coming Up on a Holiday Weekend with the Cdc Director now warning one group of americans should not travel. Well discuss, next. Its a thirteenhour flight, thats not a weekend trip. Fifteen minutes until we board. Oh yeah, we gotta take off. You downloaded the Td Ameritrade mobile app so you can quickly check the markets . Yeah, actually im taking One Last Look at my dashboard before we board. Excellent. And you have thinkorswim mobile so i can finish analyzing the risk on this position. 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Theres a whole process to approve a vaccine, either for Emergency Use Authorization or for final licensing and when you change the labeling or you change the group or you add another dose, theres a process and this vaccine has not gone through that process for the boosters for the general population. That has created a lot of consternation and confusion. Maybe even resignations. Weve seen a couple people resign in the last week. Right the Director And Deputy director of the office for Vaccine Research and review resigned yesterday and that tells you about the dysfunction in the fda right now. The process is the fda approves or socalled licenses the vaccine and then the cdc through their committee makes the final recommendations about how vaccines are used. But that pathway has been the try and true method by which safe and effective vaccines in the united states have been licensed for a very long time. Is the biden administration exerting inappropriate political pressure on fda for doing this . They announced this push for boosters before the fda had said it was kosher. Right. And thats the problem. The fda has a remarkable Career Group of worldclass scientists and these are people that spend these are nonpolitical people. They spin through all kinds of administrations and they cant be rushed. I will say there is some suggestion that maybe the fda moved too slow, but theyre moving at their pace in the interest of Caution And Science and getting this right. And there will be pushback when there appears to be political influence. Just as the fda refused to be influenced prior to the president ial election when it was apparent that the Trump Administration was pushing to get a vaccine approved before the election, the fda would not do that. We hear the san diego Hospital System is reporting a dramatic rise in Covid Infections in fully vaccinated workers. A Covid Infection is not a covid Sickness Or Covid hospitalization. It does seem to support the argument that additional shots might be appropriate. Right. So i was vaccinated the second day vaccines were available, so i think that was december 15th. So we are now more than eight months after the first dose, almost nine months now past the first dose of these vaccines and we know that the Frontline Workers is seeing a decline in protection which is why its urgent to open up boosters to people who were vaccinated early. And there is a request for nonvaccinated people to not travel over the Holiday Weekend. What todo you say about that . We saw spikes in the fall and christmas we saw spikes. It is harmful to this country. We dont let people carry weapons onboard aircrafts because theres a danger to the flight. Its a good idea now for unvaccinated people not to fly. I dont think they should be permitted to fly until this pandemic is over. Doctor, thank you. 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