National politics, too. the texas bill brought thousands of people to the state capitol in austin to protest and rally and give testimony. people filling the state capitol rotunda inside. spilling on to the lawn outside. all while senator, state senator wendy davis stood for 11 hours to filibuster the antiabortion t.r.a.p. law that had been shoved through in the first special legislative session called by governor perry for that purpose. when the bill s supporters were thus forced to explain themselves, the bill s own sponsor ended up saying things like this on the record. you have hospital emergency rooms. we have funded what s called rape kits that will help the woman, it s basically cleaning her out. and then hopefully that will alleviate that. that s not what a rape kit
During this trial is very sort of basic back and forth of testimony and as you mentioned, the rifleman, they hadn t seen each other in almost two decades so there was a lot of built up tension that certainly played out in the courtroom yesterday. makes me a little nervous to talk about that. i don t want to get a dead fish in the mail. michelle franzen, thank you for your insight on this story. coming up a look at the other stories topping the news now. more than 3,000 firefighters at the scene of a suspicious wildfire in the mountains of california. investigators say someone started the fire at 1:45 yesterday afternoon. that fire is now 15% contained. in the northeast, a rising death toll from the recent heat wave. six people have now died due to heat-related deaths. hospital emergency rooms are seeing a spike in patients as a result of the excessive heat. later this morning, in los angeles, katherine jackson is expected to testify in the
Like this on the record. you have hospital emergency rooms. we have funded what s called rape kits that will help the woman, it s basically cleaning her out. and then hopefully that will alleviate that. that s not what a rape kit yeah. the bill got through. the republicans passed it in the second session and that was what became law today with rick perry and his guy friends. no one will ever have to ask you, where were you? when the babies lives were being saved? this is how a bill becomes a law in texas. a bill that has changed the texas map forever, shrinking the number of facilities where women can go for abortion services and other health care needs from 42 clinics, which exists now, down to what s expected to be five clinics left. a map that the republican lieutenant governor who oversees
Hours of debate today. a final formal vote in the house is scheduled for tomorrow. the texas republican s failed attempt to pass the bill last month captured national attention and put wendy davis into a national political star after her successful filibuster. it also brought attention to the person who sponsored the bill, representative jodi loganbill, you remember her. we have hospital emergency rooms. we have funded what is called rape kits that will help a woman basically today, on the floor, two of her democratic colleagues kind of tried to help her understand. the author of this bill
Moments ago, republicans in the texas house provisionally reproofed a restriction anti-abortion bill after ten hours of debate today. a final formal vote in the house is scheduled for tomorrow. the texas republican s failed attempt to pass the bill last month captured national attention and put wendy davis into a national political star after her successful filibuster. it also brought attention to the person who sponsored the bill, representative jodie laubenberg, you remember her. we have hospital emergency rooms. we have funded what is called rape kits that will help a woman basically