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states where abortion is not legal because of the overturning of roe v. wade, and to see if they can travel to states where those services are legal, and to have an ability to transfer the kinds of benefits that include transportation in certain circumstances, and the medical care to allow those women to have access to abortion. to look at how could that be done under the law. so this is really the president signing an order that directs hhs to set up a program to do that. so with the stroke of the pen that the president did in just the last half-hour or so, there isn t a new power that is immediately granted. but it sets in motion. also, tells of medical provider to be reminded that they are bound by federal law in certain cases, not state law, when there are instances to make certain there s no discrimination against patients. so it could be life of the mother in certain instances, ways that they can set up rules where even in a dire case, they actually would convene ....
And the investigation into rudy giuliani. whether he ll face charges over his comments about ukraine. plus why a judge s comments, and sandy hook victims in court today. we ve got it all covered here in washington. i want to bring in kelly o donnell, our senior white house correspondent, and our senior political editor. kelly, let me start with you. get to the bottom line for us. what was this executive order that the president signed as it relates to abortion access? reporter: the truth is it is limited at this point. the president s power in the executive are limited because congress really needs to make big changes. what can the president do? in this, he is asking his own executive branch department, health and human services, to try to set up rule over the next 30 days to use medicaid, which is a joint state and federal program to help those women in ....
Actually would convene providers to remind them of what are the rules because when there is a conflict of state and federal, federal law prevails. so these are very bureaucratic type things. what practical impact they will have remains to be seen. but it is an example of how the white house is trying to use what leverage of authority it does have, and at the same time to use these moments, signing ceremonies, talking about these kinds of provisions, to say congress, please take action. and at the same time, using what happened in kansas to say, there is is a basis for this and a red state like kansas, to say to congress, there is a reason for congress to enact protections nationally now that the supreme court has acted, overturning what had been a constitutional right. yeah. it feel like democrats are seeking to, hoping to capture that momentum coming out of the kansas vote. to capitalize on that if they ....
Republicans have blocked that. we ve tried to codify the right to contraception. republicans have blocked that. republicans have continued to obstruct for health care providers in states where abortion is legal. and so we re continuing the fight here in congress. but i am absolutely encouraged by the voters of kansas who turned out in record numbers yesterday to uphold the right in the state of kansas. i think it is a strong message that everybody should lead as we approach the november elections. before i let you go, in the limited time we have left. a quick lightning round. one as it relates to the party at large. the other is something important to you in california. two top house democrats, jerry nadler and carol maloney have been forced into a face-off because of the redistricting. there were some interesting responses last night when it came to president biden and 2024. i want the play a piece of it. should president biden run again in 2024? too early to safety it ....
We expect it to be a bipartisan vote. it does require two-thirds of the senate. so we ve got to see 67 plus here. and look, we re looking into the two countries that would join the existing nato alliance here. two amendments that i ll appointment your attention to. one from senator rand paul that makes clear that any collective defense agreement that nato operates under doesn t super sede congress s role. and then from dan sullivan of alaska saying every member of nato should commit to the 2% goal of gdp spending. that s especially something we saw president trump during his tenure continue to try to push with nato allies as he was traveling internationally. so it makes sense that republicans would be reminding of that once again. but nevertheless, this is something we expect bipartisan backing on. it will pick up on in a few hours. so what their list of things is as they try to check them off before recess. obviously this big health care and climate spending bill is on ....