for millions of americans who live here. we heard last hour with these folks and their patients and their fellow citizens are up against. threats, harassments, a potential jail time. not to mention the lives and livelihoods at stake, and the risk of dying in force childbirth. later this hour, we will hear why, and how they are pushing ahead. continuing the fight in a place that looks as hopeless as anywhere in america, for abortion rights. they do not use the same tactics and strategies, and you will probably be surprised by some of what they are planning. you will definitely learn some things because i did. so i hope you will stick around for that conversation, but we begin this hour 800 miles away from where i stand. a big week in washington d.c.. mostly good. but some bad. three people are dead from a lightning strike directly across the street from the white house in lafayette park. another person remains in critical condition. that national disaster occurred just hours a
network this weekend to pass the inflation reduction act of 2022. this legislation would be historic investing in things like combatting climate change, extending access to obamacare and finally, finally letting medicare negotiate with drug companies. but this is only after wheeling and dealing with you know who of course arizona senator kirsten sinema who demanded the preservation of a major tax loophole and forget this. the extremely rich hedge fund managers. the side eye is for you, we will talk more about that in a minute but first, republicans are starting to see that face bumping over the nine military and military aid are trying to obliterate abortion rights in kansas tonight go quite as well as they think. the defeat was kind of like when craig took down deebo and friday, you guys remember that? psychotic. regardless, they did not stop trump and back candidates from a sweeping victory in arizona s primaries. former tv anchor and corn election denier, kari lake said he
Whether it is in person early voting or through the mail or in person on election day. so the options remain, but unfortunately don t not have as many as we used to. let us talk about enthusiasm. it is the middle of, summer and yet last weekend in kansas we saw record turnout, not just for a primary, but election level interest. what do you want to happen in wisconsin? this is obviously something that wisconsin voters have followed very closely. these developments. particularly as they relate to voting access in voting rights. do you anticipate strong turnout? i do. i think we are going to a very high turnout results. one of the most competitive u.s. senate races in the country. we have an election for governor, we ve my reelection campaign. and then, of course local elections. this is going to be the first big general election after the u.s. supreme court overturned roe v. wade. so this election is going to send a message that people in office are going to remember for years to co
Access contraceptive health care. mississippi as well. it is alarming what has happened. the reason why i mentioned we are so far from roe v. wade and resolve the connecticut, is roe v. wade was a 72 opinion. five of the seven justices were republican appointed, and justice blackman, wrote the opinion, was appointed by richard nixon. and when we think about contraceptive access, george h. w. bush shepherded title ten through congress, the law that provided contraceptive access to the poorest of americans. and when asked about it, when nixon was asked about it, they said it was basic public health care. this is a basic human right. so we see a far difference today. i want to be clear. people might be watching this, who know people who are seeking an abortion. the biden administration has issued guidance to let doctors know that under federal law, they can perform an abortion in emergency cases, even if states