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Why cant they do that? i dont -- lets go back to "big." ill be tom hanks. i dont understand, why cant they do that? >> the legislation was on the table, as mika said. susan collins and lisa murkowski was working on it. joe manchin said, i would have voted for that. 70% issue in the country to codify roe. instead, the democrats went all the way. they feel they still have the message youre putting out there. republicans have said, were against abortion rights. thats what theyre going to be saying ...

That legislation. today, the senate only other antiabortion democrat, senator bob casey, came out and supported the bill to codify roe. and let me just hang a lantern on that for a second. senator bob casey is the son of former pennsylvania governor bob casey senior, who used to be one of the countrys most outspoken opponents of abortion. bob casey senior was the plaintiff in a landmark abortion case, blunt parenthood versus casey. hes that casey. and today, that guys son, his name, said even he...

Reputation as the guy who has blocked his own partys agenda. he has succeeded in killing joe bidens build back better bill. he has succeeded in killing the democrats efforts to protect voting rights. and now, hes going to help kill any chance of legislating to protect abortion rights. tomorrow, the senate is expected to vote on a bill that would codify roe v. wade into law, in the wake of a supreme court leaked draft decision overturning roe. every other democrat in the senate is lining up to vo...

He opposed biden every turn. just like me, democrat joe manchin. he is proudly relishing his reputation of the guy who blocked his own partys agenda and succeeded in killing joe bidens build back better bill and succeeded in killing the democrats efforts to protect voting rights and now going to kill any chance of legislating to protect abortion rights. tomorrow the senate is expected to vote an bill that codify roe v. wade into law in the wake of the supreme courts leaked draft decision overtur...

Beliefs of your partys base and the actions of its leadership? >> well, everyone decides individual who they want to endorse, not endorse, it comes to a matter of relationships at the end of the day we need to make sure that were not relying upon one or two democrats. thats gonna basically get in the way of protecting womens health care, womens right to choose, so i think thats why we need to make sure that we are doing all we can to expand the numbers, and i want to say that we actually class l...

And as joel poor puts that women are indeed missing from the constitution, thats a problem that needs to be remedied, not a precedent to honor. joining me now is democratic congresswoman and that -- of california to the first congressional hispanic caucus, congressman thank you for joining us i really appreciate your time. this week the senate is poised to vote on womens health protection act, which passed the house last year it would codify roe, unfortunately though that is all but starting to ...

Happening with that? there are addresses with addresses and assassinations, each of the be speaking out about that? >> no one should be threatening violence against a supreme court justice or any member of congress. i will be honest ive had plenty of protest right around the corner from my house over the course of my time and public service. but any threats of violence are beyond pale. bret: ascend a set for this procedure vote on this bill thats failed once before to codify roe but several gop ...

Filibuster. so you have this kind of pincer movement that is operating together with the potential to unravel and roll back a wide array of rights, as hillary clinton was alluding to, that americans have pretty much taken for granted since the 1960s. >> now, you mentioned the filibuster. with joe biden saying hes unsure about ditching the filibuster to try to codify roe, what other strategies could the democrats possibly use to ensure that laws protecting roe get passed? >> yeah. well, they real...

In announcing a Wednesday vote on doomed legislation to enshrine abortion rights into federal law, the top Senate Democrat teed up a political fight for the midterm campaign.

With. abortion is always tough. the vast majority of americans support it in some circumstances. rape and incest, for example. on the other hand, theres a majority of americans that dont support late-term abortion. what we have got to do as democrats is make sure people understand that the majority of the country does not want roe to fall. we can stop it. we can codify it or let them codify an outlawing of abortion countrywide. thats why this senate election becomes a battle over abortion. >> se...