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Something really good is going to come from it. thats what i think. something wonderful will come from it, because human beings are capable of coming together and producing wonders out of advers adversity. >> and do you think art has a role in steering us towards that higher ground? >> without a doubt. i think the artists are the headlights of society. the job of film and theater and literature is to shine light on what -- what is the con item rare human issue. what is coming forward? the headli...

Abortion illegal. my guest today is marjorie dannenfelser. group like hers are savouring a big victory. could it yet turn sour? marjorie dannenfelser in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much, stephen. let me start with the human and healthcare aspects of this recent supreme court ruling. is there any reason to believe there will be fewer abortions in the united states because of the decision the supreme court came up with? im glad you begin there, because its a fully human issue...

Worth it? if it was their family member, in their community, someone they knew, their friend, it would then hit them. until it hits you and until it lives in your soul, in your community, you see how your communities changed forever, i dont think you can understand. i asked that when people think about uvalde today, think about uvalde in six years. think about those families in six years like our families today. i think its important that we think about people coming together thinking about this...

Has been 41 -- yes, 41 mass shootings since the massacre in uvalde less than three weeks ago. what is your message to american lawmakers as they continue to try to do something about gun violence in this country? >> gun violence is a form of hay. we talk about hate everything all day. whether it walks down the street, whether it shoots guns, whether drops planes into buildings blow the buildings. it comes in many forms, it comes to rhetoric, as well. what i would say is i think this is a human i...

This is a human issue. we need to come together to listen to the voices of our community, because they want reforms. >> so, representative, i just want to be clear on what you are saying. you actually have more hope today in congress in the u.s. congress, which has been paralyzed for years, which did nothing after sandy hook than in the texas state legislature after all the carnage that you just laid out. you guys are not having conversations yet about what to do now? >> no, being very, very cle...

Thats why march for our lives is doing another march. we are asking americans from across the country of all political sides, regardless whether or not we agree on everything, we do agree on the thing thats important is that this must stop. we must demand congress acts. thats why on june 11th, we are going out there and we are marching around the country. we need people to join us. gun owners, non-gun owners, young people, old people, middle-aged people, everyone. the way they can do that is to ...

Position on abortion as nancy pelosi a good catholic. >> thats a great question. you know, pope francis has said that he has never denied anyone communion. he also has said that abortion is the gravest evil of our time and this is not an issue we can mince words on. the communion that we believe, the eucharist, the source and summit of our faith, the most important thing as catholics that we can receive its not a prize but the confessional is also not a courtroom. at archbishop has invited nancy...

Has created. i love these people saying just breast feed babies. there are some cases where you cant do that. a mother cant do that on the child is waeng off and the mother needs to go back to work. this is something that hits every american no matter your party and the democrats are brewing their own formula for a wipe-out in november between gas prices, fighting parents on curriculums, trying to keep children out of school for so long, shooting in the streets, and now you are starving their ba...

Family, that hit us to the wrong, and a really bad core. >> misjudgment. >> if it takes an event war is the realm of like that to be uncertainty a wake up call, then for a lot of a missed judgment people who are cant be ruled disregarding this out. information ian lee, or cbs news, who dont have access swindle, to the information. >> england. its hard to talk still about these issues ahead, on the cbs because we weekend news, have a crucial city pushback service taken from the, significant navy....

Four years the family has waited anxiously for the iranian government to release ahmad. like too many other families, their loved one has been treated as a political pawn. we call on iran to stop this inhumane practice and release ahmad." you know, that must have been great to see. but what is the role of the administration? what are you hearing from them about actual conversations to get to some progress? >> well, that -- that tweet meant the world to us, as did the tweets from many senators an...