washington, and welcome to a special saturday addition of andrea mitchell reports. we begin with breaking news. you are looking live at the supreme court, protesters have been gathering, there for the second day while row opponents are separating. public outrage is growing over the court s decision to repeal roe v. wade, which over a half century, guaranteed the right to an abortion. as of today, abortion is banned in at least nine states, with trigger bans in many more sets to take effect soon. last hour, i spoke with democratic congresswoman jackie speier about the impact this could have on americas women. the constitution, when i went to law school, is a living, breathing document. now, they want to take us back. it is the greatest step back in women s rights in this country in our history, and we can t allow this to be retained. there s many steps we have to take. and also today, president biden signing that landmark gun bill into law. the first major legislation ad
secretary, was briefing reporters on air force one. this was transmitted for the traveling reporters, that the president, she says, it s against court packing. it is something that some democratic advocates say he should have been against. you still against increasing number of justices. there are so many youthful justices who are going to spend decades more among these conservative supermajority justices. the president had a commission to look at this issue. he had not made a firm statement as a president. he was not in favor of it. it is not surprised that he was beyond going nine members of the court. he now has his one placement with a new term that will come this fall with ketanji brown jackson who will now be ascending to the court as she has been confirmed.
it s why it s so important, and why the actions of this court and the alito opinion just go and undermine that. i think it dramatically damages the credibility of this court. your colleague, your mocratic colleague, jo mahin, says he s a lawrence that justices kavanaugh and gorsuch voted to overturn roe. after testifying, they believe the case was settled legal precedent. manchin said he would support legislation to codify roe, but i don t think he s changed his position on the filibuster. your colleague, nancy klobuchar told me yesterday that without the filibuster, that s not codifying roe. that s not gonna happen. that s exactly right. amy, that s exactly right. the filibuster rule basically says you have to have 60 members of the senate in order to pass a piece of legislation. mind you, understand that when mitch mcconnell change the filibuster rule so it doesn t apply to supreme court
i think, andrea, the only way that you re going to be to get more supreme court justices to eliminate the filibuster. there will certainly be more calls for that. there s already a lot of intensive pressure on congress to do that with joe manchin and kristen sinema. they made it very clear. it s a supreme court continues to act in a radical manner on some of these mainstream american issues that will significantly there could be a greater pressure on congress and certain senators to ed lemonade the filibuster. let s be clear, if mitch mcconnell gets a hold of the power in the senate, he will let me limit the filibuster immediately. he will pass any legislation he wants to get through. adrian, occurred, it s great to see you guys. thank you very much. the new video of former president trump, his family, and other members of the inner circle. what could it mean for the january six committee?
justices. it s certainly okay, in their, mind to put a lifetime appointment on the supreme court with a simple majority, but not to codify the basic protections of roe v. wade into law. so, i think that is inconsistent. i think after two debates, the majority should. rule that have state legislatures and city councils and most governing bodies around the world function. and if the senate doesn t function that way, it means we re unable to take action to put into law what the vast majority of americans want. in this case, to protect roe v. wade. this isn t some sort of out in the world, i think something like two thirds of americans say they believe abortion should be legal in most or all circumstances. senator tina smith from minnesota, thank you so much. thanks, andrea. and abortion in the midterms, the political impact. how much effect to the supreme court decision half on races in pennsylvania, michigan, georgia,