house is pushing back against criticism it is not doing enough. msnbc get executive actions boosting access to abortion and contraception. the white house emphasizing that only congress will codify roe v. wade protections into federal law. this all comes as a post rule america begins to really take shape. friday, a louisiana judge ruled that the state can now enforce its total ban on abortions. republicans in pennsylvania just advanced a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban abortion in that state. an amendment that could be valid as soon as next year. president biden works to do what he can to protect reproductive freedom. he is also calling out the high court for its quote, dangerous and outrageous ruling. we cannot allow an out of control supreme court working in conjunction with extremist elements of the republican party to take away freedoms. and our personal autonomy. the choice we face as a nation between the mainstream and the extreme. but we are witnes
(grandmother) excuse me! (young woman vo) some relationships get better with time. that s why i got a crosstrek. (avo) ninety-six percent of subaru vehicles sold in the last ten years are still on the road. (grandmother) i m so glad you got a subaru. (young woman) i wonder who gave me the idea? (avo) love. it s what makes subaru, subaru. before we go tonight, i just want to take one more look at the devastating flooding in kentucky tonight. at least eight people are known to be dead, the governor saying that he s never seen anything like this in the state. and he fears that the death toll will rise. there is more rain in the forecast. obviously continue to follow the story and the people in that state are in our thoughts, in our first tonight. and in the days ahead. the news continues, i want to hand it over to laura coast and cnn tonight. laura? thank you anderson, those images are devastating. i m so glad we re continue to cover and i hope everyone will be safe. i am le c
message ahead of the midterms. meanwhile hours away from the release of the affidavit that led to the fbi search of mar-a-lago and the redacted document that tells us anything that we don t already know. the latest in an escalating situation in ukraine, the largest nuclear power plant goes offline after intensive fighting sparked fires in the russian-controlled silo. good morning, and welcome to way too early. on this friday, august 26th. i m in again for jonathan lemire, president biden stepped back on to the campaign trail yesterday, with a fundraiser and a rally in the dc suburbs of maryland. he railed against maga republicans at both events. told donors, quote, what we re seeing now is the beginning or the death knell of an extreme maga philosophy. it s not just trump, the entire philosophy, it is like semi-fascism. the rnc came back with this statement, despicable, biden forced americans out of their jobs, transferred money from working families to harvard lawyer
lately he has a good voice. des moines, iowa, i don t know if you watched fox nation i watched speech in des moines. ainsley: what is the red. steve: he i think it s lighting. ainsley: what did you see? steve: red long light. ainsley: in the middle of the post. steve: the way they lit. ainsley: see, right there on the right. what is that, brian? brian: let me get into that. ainsley: is it a crane? steve: it s just the way the light is. ainsley: on the side of that building, i see. brian: looks like they are working on something and took the weekend off and they are not up yet. so, again, there is no water and no there is no sunrise. but i do get the sense that iowa is going to matter very soon. after november, on november 9th it s all going to be about iowa. steve: i used to work in downtown des moines when i worked for woi the abc affiliate. then owned by iowa state university even though it was a commercial thing it was kind of complicated. i worke
us. the hell with the supreme court. [bleep] maria: and with that, protesters took their cues and took to the streets, in some cases croixing property across big cities as nancy pelosi made it about the choice of her and her power. a woman s right to choose, reproductive freedom is on the ballot in november. maria: coming up, constitutional expert and former department of justice chief of staff mark levin on the supreme court decision to send abortion rights back to the states as it was before the roe v. wade decision. then, the most consequential presidents in decades, the legacy of president trump, decisions in evidence and major rulings on abortion and gun ownership in america. investigative reporter john solomon and ohio congressman jim jordan on the efforts to stop trump from the january 6th committee. all of this as joe biden is in germany with even the german leadership now pushing back on the expensive climate change agenda, urging the european union to reverse the