millions of american women, no longer have the constitutional right to an abortion that has been their right for decades now and nearly half of all states women will soon find themselves without any access to an abortion, a 6-3 decision handed down in dobbs versus jackson women s health upholds mississippi s ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, in a 5-4 majority went further completely striking down roe versus wade, written by justice samuel alito, it is similar to the draft opinion that leaked back in may. it reads in part, roe was egregiously wrong from the start and the decision was exceptionally weak. and the decision has had damaging consequences. with this decision, 13 states have already effectively ended abortion access. missouri s governor issued an order ending all elective abortions one hour after the supreme court decision was released. another 13 states will impose draconian restrictions on abortion. a decision that s consequential is of course, nothing
votes which is one more than we have because we won the state. still remarkable to hear him. that was georgia s secretary of state brad raffensperger on the receiving end of that request. he and his deputy gabe sterling will be the witnesses along with two recent recipients of the jfk profile and courage award for their actions and courage during the 2020 election. georgia elections worker andrea shea moss who also came under pressure. the testimony doesn t stop there, we ll hear what one federal judge described this way, a coup in search of a legal theory. that is the way trump and his legal team in the days following his historic defeat latched on like sea urchins to a radical, unconstitutional effort to leave him in power in key swing states. in advance of that line of questioning, there is brand-new reporting in the washington post this weekend with an inside look of what john eastman was saying to his colleagues that they knew the plan was baseless and pursued it anywa
cream in it. red sox may not have a baseball team, but they have coffee. coffee franchise. need the extra caffeine. we have a lot to get to. democrats are reacting after their bill to expand abortion rights nationwide failed in the senate. democratic senator joe manchin voted against the bill but says he does support turning roe v. wade into law. we ll play his explanation. we re also following new reporting on where the supreme court stands right now on the issue, as justices prepare to meet for the first time since that leaked draft opinion. and from pennsylvania to georgia, some top republicans are urging primary voters to reject candidates endorsed by donald trump. we ll have that new reporting from the campaign trail. i ll tell ya what, it is getting ugly. getting crazy in pennsylvania. you look at who the republicans may be electing in pennsylvania. democrats, they may just go to france for the next six months and win. where d she come from? yo
you know, he plays the tv game and he went too far here. that really didn t help, talking about that primarying liz. he created a sense of revenge. graham saying trump went too far. really? and created a sense of revenge. he s saying trump has responsibility for those terrorists that attacked and tried to overthrow the country as the january 6th committee preps public hearings with videotape testimony. today new emails from trump lawyer john eastman, the mastermind of the coup. he circulated that memo, a sort of coup playbook. he urged gop lawmakers in pennsylvania to, quote, retabulate the state s popular vote and throw out tens of thousands of absentee ballots. eastman writing the strategy would, quote, help provide some cover for republicans who would place joe biden s electors with a slate of trump electors. senator mike lee texted trump s chief of staff mark meadows on november 23rd. quote, john eastman has some really interesting research on this. the good news is tha
Out of 10 americans or 8 out of 10, depending on which poll you look at, still want roe v. wade to be the law of the land. we have to bear in mind that 32% of the electorate going into the midterms will be women over the age of 50. a lot of the women remember what times were like before roe was the law of the land. so i think that s the calculation democrats and chuck schumer were making. certainly up for debate. the bottom line is, this is not on democrats. this is on republicans. it is their fault and their fault alone we are in this issue. well, it certainly is on the republicans. john heilemann, so you want the voters to understand how much it s on republicans. you know, i ve been talking about the 70% roe support. 70% support roe. you look at the polls. tell you what i d do if i were a republican on the campaign trail. i d start cherry-picking. just go to the christmas tree, take off an ornament, something that doesn t have 70% support. maybe something that has 20% support. some