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Hes visited two communities and mullica hills and winona hit by the tornado thats on the ground thats, what, for over 13 miles thats on the ground those tornadoes. hhs, the secretarys worked with the state to make sure folks on medicare and medicaid get the emergency care they need now. woe will make sure that the relief is equitable so that those hardest hit get what they need and they -- and we know theres a lot more to do and thats why we are here. for decades, scientists have warned of extre...

To assess the damage. shes visited two communities, monica hills and winona, hit by the tornado, and was on the ground, what, for over 13 miles it was on the ground, that tornado. those tornadoes. hhs, secretaries worked with the state to make sure folks on medicare and medicaid get the emergency care they need now. were going to make sure the relief is equitable so that those hardest hit get what they need. and they -- and we know theres a lot more to do. thats why were here. for decades scient...

Invest in this economy right now in order to keep it going. and so it is kind of what we expected in terms of it being a bumpy road. but we are going forward and what this does is only highlight how important it is for the biden economic plan to be passed by congress and done in a swift manner. >> lets talk about texas and particularly the anti-abortion law that the supreme court allowed to go into effect. i know the president has called on the department of justice to look into what could be do...

On Friday, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported two additional COVID-19 related deaths among Forsyth residents, along with 210 new cases in the county.

Issue will energize democrats. >> what exactly the white house can do about this is unclear. the president has asked hhs and the justice department to review what sort of legal remedies are available to the president to make sure that women in texas have access to safe abortions but that review is going to take some time, lindsey. the president himself yesterday acknowledged that right now he just doesnt have an answer for women in texas who are seeking abortions. now, the white house has said t...

Leave the state, already we are seeing these really difficult impacts in texas, and that is why were looking at every legal means to challenge it. it was a welcome announcement by speaker pelosi that shes going to hold a vote on the womens health protection act, which would address the texas law at the more than, you know, hundreds of laws that have been passed in recent years blocking access to abortion sfervices an to hear president biden with a whole of government response, and the vice presi...

Than six weeks. and, you know, the people who are hurt hardest by this law are those who already have barriers to accessing -- access to healthcare. so that is black, indigenous, people of color, people in rural communities, undocumented immigrants. you know, there are internal checkpoints in texas even with the means to leave their areas, they can stopped by that and not be able to leave the state. so already, we are seeing these really difficult impacts in texas. and that is why, you know, we ...

More than 200,000 there was acres. officials are warning residents to stay away for now. we are also following the latest developments stemming from the texas abortion law. the supreme court has refused to block the law, raising concerns about the survival of roe v. wade. the vote was 5 to 4, with the three trump appointed justice is joining with other conservative justices. dissenting were roberts and the three liberal justices. president biden -- said he planned to launch a whole of government...

Majority vote is anti-democracy on something as fundamental as womens health and the right to choose. >> but the court likes to point out that it does not bend to public will or public will, so what does that look like, and you have mentioned something that nancy pelosi and democrats do, and the way that we have discussed earlier in the show with shannon pettypiece and what the white house and the administration can do with the white house administration and hhs and what does the public opinion ...

What levers does he think he can pull here? what does he think he can do perhaps with democrats in if congress to do something about these laws? >> the president blasting that overnight ruling from the supreme court calling it a total assault on womens constitutional rights, thats why hes directing what hes calling a whole of government approach, he believes agencies like hhs and the department of justice can explore some federal or legal avenues to respond but the white house saying its going t...