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One in every three democratic voters say they are still undecided and when you look at issues, i had conversations with each of the four top candidates, all five candidates that will be on the debate stage. and when you look at the issues, there is little daylight between the candidates. especially on the issue of abortion where many of the candidates said that was a game changing issue for them. that decision, the over turning of roe by the supreme court in states like wisconsin where aborg rig...

White house but many democrats in congress calling repeatedly to codify roe. i thought id try to get your legal take on this argument made by on the legal expert like yourself at georgetown who writes drafters of any federal roe protection must not be starry eyed, people should stop using the term codifying roe. it is misleading. the term roe refers to a supreme court ruling and congress has no power to reverse a particular supreme court ruling and reinstate a precedcedent that h been overturned...

>> based on what you scene. >>ed from the january 6 committee and what you take away, do you think he should be charged with a crime? >> i think thats for the justice department to decide because i think one thing the american people do want is to take the politics out of it and get to the facts of what happened. i think the committee has done a service in bringing a lot of people forward that are finally talking and we have more information than we did, but thats something the justice departmen...

Is passing a national law codifying roe. >> after signing an executive order on access to abortion. and emergency contraception. >> if you want to change the circumstances for women and even little girls in this country, please go out and vote. >> some democrats who did vote in 2020 are disappointed with the democrats failure to pass their agenda. pass the big ticket legislation and bidens reluctance to use the bully pulpit to change peoples minds. >> democrats dont fight for nothing. right now,...

Preserve womens health care and reproductive rights. >> what does that order do other than tell everybody to follow the law? it looks like it is a glorified press release. >> well, you know, you put your finger on an issue. a lot of the things coming the presidents way he doesnt have a silver bullet to solve. i mean, these issues have to be solved by congress or in this case the supreme court and congress. so hes doing what a good executive does, which is go to his team and say, give me every op...

Even members of his own family are questioning the other joes, joe bidens ability to lead, his own party. there seems to be a lot of confusion. not only from the president. >> my husband and i were staying in delaware so we could be near the vice president-elect, the president-elect of the time. >> i want to thank vice president harris on the second gentleman for allowing us to join them. joining us. the basic fundamental notion. the fastest way to restore roe is to pass a national law codifying...

Fundamental notion. the fastest route to restore roe is to pass a national law codifying roe. which i will sign immediately upon its passage at my desk. we cannot wait. extreme republican governors, extreme republican state legislators, and republican extremists in congress overall, all of them have not only fought to take away the right, our rights, they are now determined to go as far as they can. now, the most extreme republican governors have taken the courts decision as a green light to imp...

Codify roe v. wade into law. you recently wrote an op-ed for a magazine titled turning grief and race into power and progress, where you write, quote, we need a long game, and quote. codifying roe, the kind of long game you refer to or do you think democrats also need to be getting more involved in state level fights on this issue? >> absolutely, all of the above. look, part of were why we are where we are is because republicans have taken the fight to every level of political infrastructure ove...

Should be provide an exception for this. >> laura: the convulsion over the court continues and now being aided by our president abroad. your reaction. >> this is appalling, laura. the fact that he would go while on foreign soil and attack the supreme court of the united states to undermine it and to delegitimize it is unpatriotic. i have never seen anything like it. secondly, in so far as hes suggesting that they need to codify roe, hes lying there. they tonight want to codify roe. they want to ...

American people. >> laura: senator, this idea of codifying roe because a lot of people have been inquiring about this, i dont know what the legislation would look like or specifically say. i guess theres a draft of it written. i havent read it. what would the two or three challenges that the states would lodge against such an effort other than obvious states rights and the tenth amendment? >> yeah, first of all, they would perhaps argue that this is outside of congress authority to enact sweepin...