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Yeah yeah [ yelling ] [ yelling ] [ yelling ] they scored. It does not matter whether or not you care about soccer, that was just an epic human expression of unbridled joy. That was our best new thing in the world last week. Tonight, that same team has just pulled off whats being called the greatest upset in this history of european soccer. Iceland, the smallest country to ever make the european championship, the first times i land has ever made it into this tournament, they just beat england tonight, which is good because frankly england is having a little bit of crisis at the moment and their soccer team getting beaten is not going to make anybody feel any better in that country. For the Icelandic Team they did pull off one of the greatest upsets in the history of that game. The icelanders, theyre very excited. You heard how excited he was last week. Can you imagine how excited their announcer was tonight . That was him before they beat england tonight. Wait until you see how he absolutely melted down when they won this match tonight, one of the greatest upsets in soccer history. That is coming up on tonights show, because youve been very very good. That will make you happy even if you dont like soccer, trust me. Thats ahead. Also ahead tonight, by now you heard about the huge huge ruling at the Supreme Court striking down texass abortion law being called the biggest legal victory for abortion rights in decades. The plaintiff from that case, the Healthcare Provider who sued texas and won that case today, she is here tonight exclusively for the interview, very much looking forward to that. We also have another Supreme Court case we have followed intensely to the point we built these complicated graphics showing the different cash and prizes Virginia Republican Bob Mcdonnell took from a businessman in return for helping out his Dietary Supplement Company and here to say why the Supreme Court ruled today, yes, Bob Mcdonnell took all those gifts and cash and did help out the guy that gave him all that loot but thats okay now because thats not called bribery anymore. Lots to get to tonight and lots of good guests, super interesting news day. Including the first ever joint Campaign Appearance by Hillary Clinton and massachusetts senator, Elizabeth Warren. Now, nobody knows exactly where Elizabeth Warren stands with the other contenders to potentially be Hillary Clintons running mate. This event today, this was widely seen as basically and audition for the job of running mate. They didnt stack the deck for this today. They didnt do this event like in Elizabeth Warrens home state of massachusetts, they didnt do this in some liberal enclave where they could guarantee a rapturous response, they interestingly did this in hamilton county, ohio, some people consider to be the swingiest county in the swingiest state in the whole country. They were there today in cincinnati, a place where democrats really really would like to win and where it is not at all assured that they will. Sort of a good test market. You know what . It seemed to go pretty well. Now, im here today because im with her. Yes, her. Were all here today because were with her. Were going to work our hearts out to make Hillary Clinton the next president of the United States. Yes. Im ready. Are you ready for this . Yeah. Were here with someone who gets up every single day and fights for us, someone who has spent her whole life fighting for children, spent her life fighting for women, spent her life fighting for families, fighting for healthcare, fighting for human rights, fighting for a level playing field, fighting for those who need her most. Were here to fight side by side with Hillary Clinton. Okay. If this is a running mate audition, that is step one and two right there. Number one, you have to show up. Put yourself out there on behalf of the campaign, show you are willing to do the work. Number two, you have to clap right next to the microphone, you have to be a wholehearted enthusiastic unreserved, not just an endorser but an enthusiast for your partys nominee, you need to sing their song. Now, here comes step three. You have to show a robust appetite for the jugular of the other partys nominee. Now, donald trump says donald trump says hell make America Great again. Its right there. No. Its stamped on the front of his goofy hat. You want to see goofy, look at him in that hat. When donald trump says hell make America Great, he means make it even greater for rich guys just like donald trump. Great for the guys who dont care how much theyve already squeezed from everyone else, great for the guys who always want more because thats who donald trump is, the guy who wants it all for himself, and watch out, because he will crush you into the dirt to get whatever he wants. Thats who he is. Okay. I just have one more clip. I think this one is worth seeing because its sort of where she brings it all together and shows evidence of the other thing that a potential running mate has to bring to the trail ideally, at least, which is enthusiasm. Energy, especially if you are a candidate whos not used to filling arenas and might need to become one in time for the general election it might be helpful to have a running mate used to that, who can do that, who can bring thousands of people to their feet and basically get into a very large room and blow the lid off. She doesnt whine. She doesnt run to twitter to call her opponents fat pigs or dummies. No. She just remembers who really needs someone on their side, and she gets up and keeps right on fighting for the people who need her most. Hillary, hillary, hillary, hillary whoo so heres what it boils down to. Hillary has brains, she has guts, she has thick skin and steady hands, but most of all, she has a good heart and thats what america needs. And thats why im with her. Are you with her . Are you with her . Yes. That was Elizabeth Warren today with Hillary Clinton in swing state ohio. You know what, maybe this was just a standard Campaign Appearance, maybe Hillary Clintons going to do this exact same thing with lots of politicians and all the events are going to look like this. Maybe. It did not look that way and it didnt feel that way. What it felt like is this might be the ticket. Its at least clear that the Clinton Campaign is floating the idea of this as the ticket. I must say i do just love to see how she gets under Donald Trumps thin skin. In Political Science, there is a basic model for explaining the strategy when a president ial nominee picks their running mate. My friend, steve, writes about this every four years for both paries and every four years it blows everybodys mind and people think steve made it up because its such a good model and helpful understanding it. It is an old Political Science model around for a long time. The back idea is this, its totally worth getting because it clarifies these choices. When a president ial campaign is looking for a Vice President , they pick either an august, a november, or january. If you pick and august, that means you are picking a running mate who will help you in august and help you bring your own party at your Party Convention in july or august, you want your own party to put aside past infighting and wan everybody not only in your whole Party Structure but whole party base to agree this is a great choice and the two of you together are a great ticket. Youre trying to repair or paper over any hard feelings that white still exist from the primary. Thats an august choice. The classic example of an august choice was in 1980 when Ronald Reagan picked poppy bush not because he particularly liked pappy bush but because he had come in second to him in a very difficult primary and it was divided and that was way to bring republicans together. In that case it worked. He would be a prototypical august choice. You can also choose a november choice, a running mate designed to help you in november in the november election. I dont want to prejudice you against november choices by saying this, honestly a november choice makes a ton of sense but the prototypical example of somebody run in november as a running mate would be john mccain picking sarah palin. Dont jump to conclusions. It made sense at the time. He thought after the democrats had their fractious primary between obama and Hillary Clinton in 08, he thought picking her would help get disaffected voters who didnt like obama. John mccain was also excuse me, really old and Washington Institution and thought he could compensate for both things by picking somebody young and completely unknown on the national stage. Sarah palin was a november kois, a prototypical november choice. She also ended up being a lot of other things but november was the Strategic Thinking between behind why they chose her. You can pick an august, november or a january. A january is somebody who you dont necessaily think is going to help you consolidate your party at your convention, you dont necessaily think they will help you win the general election in november but you do know come Inauguration Day when you are sworn in as president that person is good at governing, good and responsible at helping you put together your administration. I know that sounds like the more admirable of these three choices but i dont mean it that way. The prototypical january choice as a vicepresident ial running mate is probably the worst Vice President in this modern history of our country, dick cheney. Dont let these pprototypical examples of these kinds of choices make you think one is better than the other. Theyre reasonably strategic differences to the same problem, the three classic strategic categories for how you pick a running mate, august, november, january, which one of these problems are you trying to solve . Do you have worries within your own party . Worries about the general election, worries about your ability to govern . Do you want to settle those worries among anybody in the electorate . If thats the framework in these polysi 101 barebones, Elizabeth Warren would be an august for Hillary Clinton, right . Not to say she wouldnt be great at governing or wouldnt help win the general election in november, the first and fundamental thing she would bring to the ticket would be consolidation of democratic and liberal support for Hillary Clinton. Hillary clinton is not going to put Bernie Sanders on the ticket but putting Elizabeth Warren on the ticket is probably the next best thing. There have been rumblings in the Beltway Press democratic wall street journals might be turned off by Elizabeth Warren getting tapped by vp. Thats exactly the type of intraparty dispute Hillary Clinton not only wants right now and wants to pound her chest about and brag about if she is going to excite and consolidate the Democratic Party base and wants to try to win over every Bernie Sanders voter in the country and if she wants to run as an unabashed progressive and even more progressive successor to barack obama and joe biden. The fight with democrats on wall street would actually be helpful to her with the rest of the party. So Elizabeth Warren would be an august. Heres the thing, though. New polling just out, especially new polling just out from the Washington Post abc poll suggests that maybe the Democratic Party doesnt need an august right now . Maybe the Democratic Party doesnt need all that much more unifying or that much more persuaing when it comes to getting behind clinton. A month ago when the Washington Post and abc polled Bernie Sanders supporters, 20 of Bernie Sanders supporters said they would vote for donald trump in the general election. One month later in the same poll that number is down to 8 . I know, it is still kind of shocking to imagine even 8 of Bernie Sanders supporters voing for donald trump but in context, thats a remarkably small number. Compare to it the obamaclinton primary in 2008. This same poll, Washington Post abc, they kept going back over and over again asking clinton supporters in 08 in the lead up to the general election your candidate didnt become the nominee . Are you going to vote for obama or are you still so mad about the primary you will vote for john mccain . A lot of Hillary Clinton supporters said they were going to vote information john mccain. They didnt give that up. This time eight years ago 20 of clinton supporters in the draek primary said they would vote for john mccain and went up by 22 and stayed around 18 and 19 in august and september and a month before the election still, a good portion of Hillary Clinton supporters in the democratic primary, it was still 14 in october. The equivalent Bernie Sanders is already down at 8 already. So straight up polysi analysis says the Democratic Party doesnt need an august right now, doesnt need an august choice for Vice President in august coming out of the drrk convention in philly, the democrats will be fine in terms of party unity. But you know what, polysi isnt life. And the Clinton Campaign knows all that stuff i just said like everybody does, Everybody Knows those basic details if you care about them. Still, the Clinton Campaign is doing something here with Elizabeth Warren today that really makes it look like theyre going to pick her. Regardless of those polysi expectations, they are raiing real life expectations that theyre going to pick Elizabeth Warren. You dont do an event like this with somebody youre not going to pick, do you . If you are, youre raiing the prospect of a real letdown, a real disappointment in the Democratic Base if they dont now that theyre doing stuff like this. Who knows . Maybe theyre throwing the common wisdom out the window here. Theres one last point on that common wisdom. It has generally been assumed by just about every observer of this race it would be too demographically ambitious, a bridge too far for the Democratic Party to not just nominate a woman but all female ticket, president and Vice President , regardless of the merit office any individual woman running mate the idea of an all female ticket has basically been unthinkable throughout this race. But there is one person who is very very important in Democratic Politics right now who sees that as not a problem at all. We have that on the record and on tape. Thats next. So with Hillary Clinton and i love that my shop is part of the morning tual around here. People rely on that first cup and i wouldnt want to mess with that. But when my back pain got bad, i couldnt sleep. I had troublgetting theron time. Then i found aleve pm. Aleve pm is the only one to combine a sleep aid plus the 12 hour strength of aleve. For pain relief that can last into the morning. Look up at a new day. Hey guys now im back. Aleve pm for a better am. What are you doing . Sara, love you, and. [phone rings] ah, its my brother. Keep going. Sara, will you marry. [phone rings again] what do you want, todd . . . . [crowd cheering] keep it going if you sit on your phone, you buttdial people. Its what you do. Todd if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what u do. I know we just met like, two months ago. Yes [crowd cheering] [crowd cheering over phone] so with Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren campaigning together as of today, one of the last barriers standing Elizabeth Warren could be the vicepresident ial running mate for Hillary Clinton this year is the widespread common wisdom you cant have two women on the tick. I was the first person to ever ask Hillary Clinton about that on the record. If there is one person in Democratic Politics who is absolutely unconvinced by that common wisdom sees no problem whatsoever of an all female ticket, that person is definitely Hillary Clinton. So, is that common wisdom correct, that if youre the nominee, real politically speaking it is out of question for you to choose a woman as your running mate . Absolutely not. Absolutely not. Really . Absolutely not. Look, i am going to do everything i can to be the nominee so i have the great opportunity to make that decision. Were living in a very unusual political atmosphere. We need people tough enough, tenacious enough with a track record to take on the force against contining progress to protect president obamas legacy and accomplishments he has labored to achieve at home and around the world. Im looking for a team and the most important member of that team would be whoever i ask to be my running mate. Im not ruling anybody out. You dont have to choose some grisly adams moun they in man to comfort the people . I will look at a lot of people. Grisly adams. Im not sure leroux de kap capris sure leo dicaprio is available but well see. Ask the bear. What is important is look hard at the talents, the experience, the energy, the commitment, the stamina. You know. Youre knocked down a lot in this kind of profession. The people who dust themselves off and get right back up are the people i feel the closest to. Men, women, im going to be looking at anybody who can fit that role for me. That was Hillary Clinton in january. Her first interview ever on this show. She flat out rejected the idea without a moments hesitation, rejected that an all female ticket was at all unrealisticic and have to pick some dude to be her running mate, the beardier the better. I dont know if Hillary Clinton will pick Elizabeth Warren for her running mate but i do know it would be a bold choice if she did for a lot of Different Reasons and we know she doesnt mind letting us know after today she is about to pick Elizabeth Warren. With auditions like this with other high profile democrats, there is no way to see this other than a very successful test run for what would be the first all female president ial ticket in u. S. History. Staying in rhythm, its how i try to live, how i stay active. And to keep up this pace, i need the right nutrition. So i drink boost®. Boost® complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones, and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. In three delicious flavors. 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I stand here before you because you claim to be protect ing the safety of Womens Health issue through passage of these legislative health bills. That is a lie and everyone in this room knows that to be true. Texas state senator, wendy davis, pacing herself. Three years ago. She was in hour four of what would end up being an 11 hour fiibuster against some of the harshest restrictions in the country, no food, no what jer no leaning on anything, no speaking on any related subject, 11 straight hours. At the end of those 11 straight hours, she and the thousands of people who showed up to support her in this capitol that day and that night, they did succeed in running out the clock on texass new proposed antiabortion law. The republicans were not able to pass the bills before that session expired because of what wendy davis did that day. Governor rick perry called the Government Back for a special session and they did pass the same law then. Every way you heard of to make it harder for women to access abortion, a good chance the republicans did it in texas first. That 2014 law requiing the standards to be built to the level of ambulatory center. And have privileges at a nearby hospital something almost no hospital would give them and dunn under the law the nations second largest state dropped from 44 providers in 2011 to 10 clinics for 26 million people. And then republicans in state after state after state proceeded to pass some version of the texas law there after. While those various laws made their way through the courts abortion providers that rely on those clinics have been living in this limbo, could this clinic survive, could that be the next to shut down . Three years after her 11 hour filibuster, wendy davis has been vindicated, after this ruling, some clinics will stay open and some shut clinics reopen. And they ruled decisively when they did, 53, they ruled the premise of the law that would protect Womens Health was basically a sham quoting from Justice Breyers opinion we have found nothing in texas showed texass new law evicted texass interests in protecting Womens Health and we asked in oral argument whether texas knew of a single instance the new requirement would help women obtain better treatment and texas admitted there was no evidence in the record of such a case. Justice Ruth Gader Ginsburg wrote her own short blunt concurrence, laws like h b2 that do little or nothing for health but rather true impediments to abortion cannot survive judicial inspection. This ruling today is the biggest abortion rights ruling in decades and comes from a very specific place. Amy miller runs the whole Womens Health network of clinics in texas. We visited her in early 2014 just before the new antiabortion laws in texas forced her to close her clinic in the border town of mcallen, texas. It was the last Abortion Clinic in the entire rio valley and area the size of connecticut with a population of 14,000 people. It shut down and then opened but prohibited from proviing services and then they could provide services again, depending what twist the Legal Process was in the past few years, people otherwise gone to that clinic instead were forced to do without or travel hundreds of miles for care and scratch up the resources to do tat. Amy miller has talked to us about the heartbreak of having to turn people away. Depending what twist the Legal Process was in the past few years, people otherwise gone to that clinic instead were forced to do without or travel hundreds of miles for care and scratch up the resources to do tat. Amy miller has talked to us about the heartbreak of having to turn people away. Today at the United States Supreme Court she definitively won her case. Does that mean the clinics get to stay hope . Does that mean the shut ones reopen . Joining us is the ceo of whole Womens Health. Thanks for being with us tonight, miss miller. Thanks so much, rachel, i have been looking forward to the day i get to talk to you about this for a few years. Tell me what this means for your organization and clinics, what does the future look like . Fantastic. So many levels its a win. It shows up when you stand up to bully politicians you can win and stand up to a government as powerful as the state of texas and we have illustrated the harm and burden this law put forward for women throughout the state of texas and we got relief not only for women in texas but many states across the country. It was almost a referendum on the undue burden standard. Justice breyers decision was powerful and destroyed the idea an ambulatory Surgical Center or admitting privileges in any way for Womens Health. Its been a great decision and great day. I was struck that it was a 53 decision. One of the elements of uncertainty was Justice Scalia passing. Everybody knows based on his record how he likely would have ruled on a case like this. Even without Justice Scalia there, a strong ruling and only been 54 had he been there. I wonder if you think it took too long for these cases to get the court and access could have been protected. I thought about that today. I thought at one point, this is the end of wendys filibuster, it took us three years and running it that long. My heartbreaks for all the women turned away the last three years and couldnt get the healthcare they needed and either had to travel hundreds of miles or take matters into their own hands. Women deserve the respect and compassion and dignity of having access to safe healthcare in their communities locally. I feel very proud we were not only able to illustrate that burden and tell those stories of real people and real peoples lives but able to restore justice. In terms of texas and such a Huge Population in texas, such a physically large state. As you describe in such a hostile political climate, what do you think will happen in terms of the time frame . We have seen dozens of clinics close in this short period of time. Will it take a long time to reopen clinics . How many abortion providers do you think there will be a few years down the road in texas . Thats important. Its important to understand clinics cant open overnight. We had to surrender our licenses and let go of our leases and some had to sell the buildings that the physicians and staff have all gotten new jobs. That rebuilding of the fabric of care that had been proviing healthcare to women across the state is going to take us some time. It will take support from the communities. We have to fundraise. And basically figure out how can we rebuild this infrastructure that provided care for women throughout the state so long. One of the things i started wondering about reading Justice Breyers ruling today, this was about that ambulatory surgical standard and admitting privileges. I started thinking about other things put in place in states across the country would seem to at least on the surface have no Health Consequences for women, not actually be about protecting women, plainly about making abortion harder to get thinking about these long waiting period, 48 hour and 72 hour waiting periods. Do you think this redefinition of the undue burden status will put those kind of laws on notice . This is the first victory weve had in decades. We really put a stop to the copycat legislation flowing across the south and midwest. I think it shined a bright light on the sham laws passing without support of medical evidence and really without support of the majority of american people. I think it shines a light on this sort of delayed access to care, forced ultrasounds, this sort of mandatory scripts physicians required to read not based in medical evidence and many other targeted regulation of abortion providers weve endured across the country. Of course im hoing this kind of case and ruling will shine the light on that kind of situation and allow us to provide the care that women need without this kind of interference. Whether or not this case has those kind of echos, this is a huge enough ruling the whole Womens Health organization will have a very prominent place in american jurisprudence in the way people study the law and understand their rights in this matter for. Amy miller, ceo of Womens Health. Thank you and stay in touch in the days ahead. Joining us from washington tonight after that Supreme Court ruling. Much more ahead tonight. Please stay with us. Its the Little Things in life that make me smile. Spending the day with my niece. 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At the time he was considered by republicans to be an engaing speaker but not too engaing which was important because nobody wanted a running mate who would upstage the nominee himself. Ultimately the gig went to paul ryan himself. Governor Bob Mcdonnell of virginia did make news of his own, the first governor in virginia history to be convicted of a felony for things he did in office. He was convicted of 11 felony counts for bribery and extortion, basically a list of felonies that claim a list of felonies associated with him using the power of his office to help a wealthy virginia businessman in exchange for thousands of dollars in just cash and loans and designer cloting and engraved rolex watch and free luxury locations and famous joyride in a luxury ferrari. Once the governor and his wife were convicted of the bribery charges in 2014, once they got their prison sentences, Bob Mcdonnells vicepresident ial prospects started to feel like the wisp of an old dream but today theyre back because today Bob Mcdonnell was saved by the Supreme Court of the United States. No doubt this case is distasteful, it may be worse than that. Our concern is not with tawdry tales and ferraris and ball gowns, the boundless interpretation of the federal bribery statute. Today, the Supreme Court told the federal prosecutors in virginia that their definition of an official act was basically too broad. To qualify as an official act the public official must make a decision or take an action on that question or matter or agree to do so, setting up a meeting or talking to another official or organiing an event without more does not fit that definition of official act. So basically, the bottom line here is that Bob Mcdonnell did set up meetings, did talk to other officials, did organize events to help this businessman who plied him with cash and swag and vacations and all the rest including the ferrari ride. What the Supreme Court decided today, not that the facts of this matter were wrongly decided or wrongly described, what he did was officially not corruption anymore. The Supreme Court today said basically, thats gross but everybody does it. Its not officially corruption. Prosecutors now have to decide whether or not to retry Bob Mcdonnell. And presumably donald trump has to decide if Bob Mcdonnell still looks like vicepresident ial timber. He is now officially available again. Joining us now is the Senior Editor at slate and the person best qualified to help us understand this decision today. Thank you for being here. Hi there, rachel. Is Bob Mcdonnell going to get tried again or no . They will have to decide if under this new standard they can nick him for anything. You know, i think thats probably going to be a tough thing to do, given that, you know, the court is very clear today. John roberts says were not going to give an opinion on whether under this new standard hes guilty. We have no opinion on that. If you want to go back and try him again under the new standard, have at it. The court certainly leaves the door open. It sure doesnt look as though anything that he did, these five acts we talk about, rise to the level of the new level of corruption articulated today. I think about recent high profile public corruption cases, convictions like Rob Blagojevich in illinois for selling off Barack Obamas senate seat or Sheldon Silver in the New York Legislature or bob menendez indicted on corruption charges, theyre all sort of for Bob Mcdonnell type stuff, using the power of your office to favor somebody who gave you a bunch of money or gifts or favors of some kind. Are all those kinds of convictions now on the bubble . There was a piece today in the post that suggested the second happiest person in america was bob menendez because of what you said. It looks as though hes not on the hook, either. Its important to understand what the court says today, theres no quo, theres lots and lots of kwid. You know, living high on the hog. Theres no evidence that mcdonald actually committed these official actions that did anything. And the real question, i think the question youre asking, is, is anyone dumb enough to do a quo that will rise to the level of this illegal quo. It will be like here is your bag of money, sir, selfie, lets take a picture of ourselves, will you give me the contract. I think that will rise now. I think youre quite right most of the public corruption convictions weve seen just dont have someone materially saying, im going to give you stuff in exchange for the stuff youre giving me and lets commit to writing and take a picture. Yeah. Because, in fact, in that example you would not only have to take the selfie of accepting the bag of money, then when you were awarded you would have to put in writing, im giving this to you because you bribed me. I want to be clear whats in my head, whats in my head right now im giving you stuff back that i wouldnt ordinarily give you. It goes to this sort of larger questions, post citizens united, the court doesnt see corruption unless theres really bags of money and the selfie. Its pretty dissparting, i think if i would try to be fair to the court, this is a unanimous opinion, this gets the liberals. I think what the court is really afraid of, theyre afraid of rogue prosecutors who go out of their way to bring sham charges. What theyre trying the to do, chief Justice Roberts is clear, we can still go after public correction under this new standard, we dont want to leave the kind of space that allows people to, you know, tagged for things that are very, very much, in his telling, what every politician does every day, they give constituents access and attention because thats their job. Everybody does a defense. Thats my formal analysis. [ laughter ] this is why you have to have you on. Thanks, great to have you here. Thank you. 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