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They are doing anything they can to call attention to this protest, don. and as i mentioned, we are in the middle of downtown l.a., and we are stopping traffic because these people want to send this message. don. >> all right. camila, thanks for that. donie in d.c. camila in los angeles. now, i want to head to houston where rosa flores is. texas already bans most abortions at six weeks. what is the mood like where you are tonight? >> you know, down here, theres been a lot of pain. a lot of sombe...

I woke up with certain rights and by the time i go to bed tonight, i will have less rights than my mother did, than my grandmother did, and my great grandmother did and the idea the supreme court of the united states, normally when -- when they are trying to change a particular right or change the guardrails around it, they are expanding it. now, they are taking it away. and this is precedent that has opinion around for nearly half-a-century. people have relied upon it. it has been base on a not...

Governor abbott, saying that -- like you mentioned -- just last year, the state of texas passed a law that practically banned abortions. it banned abortion at the six-week mark, before many women even know that theyre pregnant. and so, a lot of emotions here today, don. a lot of pain. a lot of rage. a lot of anger. a lot of women saying that, in the land of freedom, in the land of the free, women still have to fight for womens rights. don. >> rosa flores, thank you very much. heated protests acr...

Or quite a lot of confidence in the supreme court. what happens when american people lose faith in this institution? >> you know, all they have, don, is their institutional integrity. whatever spreads are left in the american public. a lot of americans should be concerned about the integrity and the institutional mindedness of the court and thats something that john roberts certainly has been worried about. you could hardly hear him give a speech when they were out and about. they didnt talk abo...

Oconnor, anthony kennedy and warren burger who president nixon appointed as chief justice voted for roe v. wade. so many republican appointees voted for roe and these three came on and were chosen in part, don, because they would vote to overturn -- >> and lied and said they wouldnt. go on. >> an important point how the difference in the republican party is profound. roe v. wade was 1973. the casey decision, the famous casey decision that reaffirmed roe v. wade 1992 a 5-2 decision. all five just...

Particular group that those youngest gun buyers, especially when it is considering these school shootings and who the suspects, who the shooters are in those situations, those 18 to 21-year-olds. they are also going to incentivize states to put those juvenile records into a national database so that can be checked as younger buyers are looking to buy guns. additionally, they are going to have more people registering to become licensed firearm dealers. and they are also going to, um, continue to ...

About january 6? >> no. i think their side speaks volumes. >> were you surprised they agreed to do this at all considering what was going on at the time? >> heres a guy from britain who had been introduced, who doesnt have any political skin in the game, and they were absolutely convinced they were going to win the election. this is a roundabout sort of september, 2020. so, sort of why not have someone follow them around on the campaign trail documenting them winning the election. and so they es...

Tomorrow. house speaker nancy pelosi sending out a statement it will go to the rules committee first as it normally would and then vote on it in the house tomorrow and then head to president bidens desk for his signature. again, i really can not underscore enough how massive of a deal it is. you mentioned it. decades since either the house or the senate has been able to get through gun legislation that can go to the presidents desk. to see it happen today was pretty monumental in the senate. als...

That validated that it was important and that what nixon did was wrong. contrast that to now, rubio, before it even started, before a witness was heard said it was garbage, a circus, a kangaroo court, republicans that know better, that know what trump did was wrong like mcconnell are saying i am too busy to watch it. if there are republicans who believe this was wrong and are saying they can not say so because of their base, that is simply wrong, don. they have the ability to influence the base ...

Plan. it would of given them the ability dispense in their states. these are the states that the donald trump fairly lost. and, you know, again, we are talking about how close things were in those key days. end of december, 2020, beginning of january 2021. you know, to me, you know, having covered these people being in that building during that period it astonishes me reliving all of that today, don, to hear how close we came to losing democracy in this country. i think a lot of americans do not...