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abortion rights for all women in america in the aftermath of roe versus wade being overturned is a warning sign to all americans right now of what they envision for all women including the most vulnerable among us. on capitol hill, republicans are willing to infringe on a person s right to travel in order to hold up their draconian bans on abortion in republican-led states. on thursday, senate republicans blocked a bill that would make it illegal for governments to punish residents who cross state lines to receive abortion care. one republican senator said the bill would lead to abortion tour tourism. can you imagine? it s a term how divorced republicans really are from the horrible reproductive decisions that women face all across our country each and every day. over in the house, lawmakers voted on a pair of bills today one that would codify the right to an abortion. not one single republican voted for that bill or for that right. another piece of legislation would ....
When that happens. when a president is so candid about what he does. i think that s the difference between american leaders and often other leaders. we re transparent. i met with mbs in riyadh in 2015, and like all saudi meetings, it happened hours late, at midnight, and went on for hours and hours. and the point is, is that from a position of real politique, this is the man who s going to be the head of saudi arabia for the next half century. this is the world s largest oil producer. i mean, an american president has to acknowledge that in some way, and he s a bad actor. he s a walking contradiction, because in some ways, he s progressive, and in of course, in many ways, he s repressive. but it s something in america every american president for the next five decades will have to deal with him, so i think biden made that call, made that realization, but he also felt compelled to go out there and say, look, i talked to him ....
And putin s fine with that. he is totally onc okay and said, okay, now we understand each other. it s a terrific story, lawrence. and it may even be true. and what it also shows you, of course, is that putin and biden are men who believe in real politique. hard-nosed politics. and if putin recognized that in biden, so much the better. i think it will be a meeting that will produce some results. i mean, what biden is looking for in his meeting with putin is a restoration of predict nlability and stability in the relationship between russia and the united states. lawrence, you know, biden has hots on the stovall over the place. really important ones. he doesn t want this russian pot to boil over. he has to stake care of covid, of all of these other things. he just wants to make sure that ....
Describing the country we have right now. that s the state of affairs as it stands. and one of the great things about health care reform, it takes us to a much better place in terms of insurance. the idea of exempting this group from that, i agree with heather, is not good economics and not good health policy. but it s important politics and i don t see how you get from here over to the legislative goal line without that restriction. i could be wrong, but that s how i see it. i don t like real politique. that s what this is. coming up, he sign off with axoxo on gossip girl, but now penn badgley has signed on to play cult music hero, jeff buckley. we ll talk with badgley about his new film and its complicated real-life characters when he and director dan algrin join us ahead. [ female announcer ] doctors trust calcium plus vitamin d to support strong bones. and the brand most recommended by. my doctor. my gynecologist. my pharmacist. citracal. citracal. [ female announcer ] you trust ....
It is quite personal. on the other side, donald trump says good things about mr. putin, about russia. also, they look at the world, i think, in many similar ways. they are both kind of, real politique. let s do a deal. forget about all of the mammby-shambby human rights and all of that. they want to work together right now, let s say, on terrorism. it is a very black and white business type of deal. that is what president putin likes. he sees a guy in donald trump with whom he can really do business. i have to be very quick on this. juliette, is that a fair analysis? jill is saying, putting putin and trump on the same level page when it comes to things like human rights? yes, or at least international human rights, not certainly in the united states. what we have to be clear about ....