Thats what we have all these prosecutions happening across the country. Jenna griswold, always great to see you. Thanks for being with, us thanks for the things you do to keep our elections actually safe. She is the Secretary Of State, for colorado. Coming up in our next hour, were gonna call to order a Special Edition of the Velshi Banned Book Club. Ominous discuss with two call scholars, one of americas most important most divisive documents, the constitution of the United States of america. Were gonna dig deeper into the section of that same constitution that legal experts say disqualifies donald trump from holding the office of the president ever again. Another hour of velshi begins right now. Right now. Good morning, its saturday, august 19th. Im ali velshi. In the span of just 12 months, the twice impeached President Donald Trump has been charged with a total of 91 felony count. Stemming from criminal cases against. Tim he remains firmly at the top of the field of the republican
happening right now a rare face-to-face that could change the world order. president biden in china s xi jinping meeting in california. biden saying he wants to get the two world powers back on, quote, a course. israeli troops raid gaza s largest hospital after accusing hamas of operating in the tunnels beneath it. meantime, the conditions in the hospital are deteriorating fast. its director saying there are newborn babies that are in, quote, severe danger. and a controversial border bill would make it a state crime to cross into texas illegally. opponents are concerned latinos will be racially profiled. it s now heading to governor abbott s desk. we are following the major developing stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. happening now, the leaders of the two largest economies are sitting face-to-face as the world faces some of the most turbulent issues in modern times. president biden now speaking with china s xi jinping in a historic estate
judges on that panel didn t agree with the most extreme parts of hose opinion, my next guest sees his partial dissent as an attempt to make what was in fact a radical ruling by the fifth circuit look like a compromise, and a clue as to what s coming next from the antiabortion forces who were not satisfied with the end of roe. joining me now, mary ziegler, professor and historian at the university of california davis law school. she s a guggenheim fellow there as well, and the author of multiple books. including her most recent title, row, the history of a national obsession. mary, good to see, you thank you for being with us today. tell me what you see in this ruling, other than on its face, is alarming about where this case could go? well, there are a few things, the fifth circuit is extraordinary it s consequential. there s a lot of conservative movements that want to use the conservative federal judiciary, to produce social change. and transforming standing
that is full of hatred for women , people of other religions of most prominent example is the hatred to the jewish people, and the state of israel, christians, homosexual, people like me who left islam. we ve got to look at this because we are very taking radical islam it s in the united states are taking advantage of the freedoms we have and the free institutions who isolate muslim americans and reject american values and promoting this idea of hatred unless we understand that we won t be able to eradicate isis, the idea of isis anywhere. maria: yeah i think you make some really important points so i want to get into it. what was really stunning were the democrats on the panel. the women on the panel didn t ask you a simple question, not one single question about any of this and that included senator harris, three other democratic female senators north dakota heidi highcamp, and missouri s
turning on donald trump, he has always had a distinct brand from the republican party and it s not donald trump that will be on the ballot in 2018. i can t remember how many panels i sat on during the election and a lot of members seemed gleeful or things that donald trump had done and how important they felt it was and yet donald trump seemed to know something that a lot of the folks on that panel didn t understand about his electorate and that very well may be the case now. as much as democrats are excited about upcoming midterm elections, there s a reason he s doing this and he s not a fool in terms of who his base is and who he needs to appeal to, right? i think that evil is on the march again. we see it overseas. we see it here at home. nazis are marching here. i see them marching overseas. so that s a real component of that and the bigger issue, to your point, is that when we focus on donald trump being able to tap into america, america has a fundamental issue understanding t