Maria: and paris this morning first this morning, a senate vote is coming week or next as democrats attempt to codify roe v. wade into law as protesters surround the homes of supreme court justices this weekend to force change. senator schumerer tried to move abortion legislation forward in february but fell short of the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster. will it be different this time? joining me right now to discuss, texas senator ted cruz, a constitutional scholar who clerked for former supreme court justice william rehnquist. senator, it s great of you this morning. thanks very much for being here. good morning, maria. it s great to be with you. martha: can. maria: first, are you expecting a senate vote week or next, and what would be the result in your view? i think it s likely we ll have a vote in either this week or next, and schumer in all likelihood will bring back the same bill that we voted on earlier. that bill failed.
Runaway inflation, devastating family budgets now crime waves terrorizing our cities. the fentanyl explosion killing thousands of americans every month. millions of illegal aliens brazenly walking acrosss the border. la and ourti own homeless populatin is exploding. how can this be happening in america? we keep asking night after night how low can president biden go in the polls before his team or schumerer or pelosi admit it s time for a course correction, a political party that s actually interested in success and results that whole makinger life better forag the average person thinks would know by now that it was time for a change, but apparently that time still hasn t come. , they stick with the same anti growth pro crime policies that have driven biden to a staggering 33% approval. the latest quinnipiac poll t and i guess they thinkhe
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You need the wall. is mitch mcconnell and schumerer can come to an agreement it depends what the agreement is. if they come to an agreement, i would support it. even if it has no wall money? look, i have other alternatives if i have to. while people scramble to figure out when a pro-rated down payment is, tonight our nbc news colleagues on the hill report that senator schumer has ruled out any pro-rating for the wall. and nancy pelosi called a down payment notion unreasonable. democrats are expected to present a knew border security package but that isn t a sure thing. with this shutdown approaching its sixth week, the strains are coming out in the open. they read mitch mcconnell the rite act saying the shutdown needs to end soon. this was rare. please note this exchange
Majority leader s attention and indeed, the vote appears to have jump started talks between mcconnell and schumer. democrats and democrats. while those talks were going on, trump appeared on camera to signal he could be open to some kind of a deal. well, one of the ideas suggested is that they pay sort of a pro-rated down payment for the wall, which i think people would agree that you need. you need the wall. is mitch mcconnell and schumerer can come to an agreement it depends what the agreement is. if they come to an agreement, i would support it. even if it has no wall money? look, i have other alternatives if i have to. while people scramble to figure out when a pro-rated down payment is, tonight our nbc news colleagues on the hill report that senator schumer has ruled out any pro-rating for the wall.