electricity. and tensions are rising. less than ten miles from where we are right now, police say a man was shot and killed, who was trying to get gasoline. a texas judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the state s largest anti-abortion group. the most pernicious thing about the texas law, it sort of creates a vigilante system. it just seems i know this sounds ridiculous, almost un-american. hi, everyone. thanks for being with me. i m amara walker in atlanta in for pamela brown. you are in the cnn newsroom. east coast, west coast, gulf coast. the nation reels from a devastating week of extreme weather and the reality of a climate in crisis. the death toll has climbed to at least 50 in the northeast from ida s record rainfall. new york officials blame illegal basement apartments for most of the city s in-home deaths. in new jersey, searchers are looking for two college students who were swept away into a storm drain. receding floodwaters left their e
sonia sotomayor called the court s order stunning. but while the texas law and the court s decision might have stunned us with this brazenness, we cannot be surprised. the current court with five of its nine members appointed by republican presidents who did not win the popular vote. while they ve shown nothing but disdain for the fundamental rights of america s most marginalized people, this court has continuously disregarded not just the right to choose but also the single-most right of citizens in a so-called democracy. the right to vote and choose their own leaders. the two are inextricably in connected. both fundamental issues about the right to self-determination. in a truly free society, people should get to decide whether and when to become parents without interference from the government. just as we should have guaranteed access to the ballot box without fear of intimidation, suppression, or retaliation. that s why we marched on the capitol last saturday, last week t
it s not the government that will be coming after these clinics. the government puts the power in the hands of regular citizens who can sue providers or any woman who violates this law. texas rangers are already setting up websites for tip-offs. they say it s a bounty hunter system. the texas law creates a vij l vigilante system. they have been hall marks of the lone star state along with the size. you know the saying, everything is bigger in texas. some women will have to drive for hours to reach the next state line if they get a legal abortion, that is if she can afford it. gloria allred represented norma mccorby who is jane roe. gloria, what was your reaction when you heard this law in texas would be allowed stay on the books? what did you think of that? i immediately thought we have to fight against this. we have to do everything we can legally, politically, emotionally. we have to get to the streets as well, put our bodies on the line to support the women of texa
republican governors around the country trying to duplicate or even surpass the law s impact. for those in the lone star state the law has effectively ended abortion in the state as its citizen bounty hunter provision encourage neighbors to inform on neighbors. we are talking about $10,000 as an incentive to sit in a parking lot and write down someone s license, take pictures of people. that s insane. you know, really you know they do it without compunction, knowing they ve stripped away access to our constitutional right to make decisions for our own selves. that s, you know, really, really abominable. so in a moment i m going to talk to congresswoman dina titus, co-sponsor of a bill that would enshrine the protections of roe v. wade nationwide. i m going to ask her if there s a plan to get the bill through the senate. this hour senator manchin setting off a grenade in the delicate negotiations between moderate and progressive democrats on a reconciliation bill, and the
his colleagues from finding out. early voting centers opening today in california as well. millions of mail-in ballots already sent in. the latest on the california recall effort. also this hour, i told you it was busy, a special report. charges in the death of elijah mcclain at the hands of police this week. should it give hope that we have turned a corner when it comes to holding officers accountable? we will dig into that coming up. but i do want to start with that controversial abortion law in the state of texas. a judge has shielded for now women s clinics in the state from being sued by the largest anti-abortion group in the state. a state district judge issued a temporary restraining order against the nonprofit group, texas right to life, in its effort to stop abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. we have nbc s liz mclaughlin with us from austin and msnbc legal analyst joyce vance with us as well. i want to start with you, liz, and get the reaction first to the