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B. i should note the new texas law too extreme even for some pro-life republicans. listen to what congressman adam kinzinger told our dana bash just yesterday. >> theres a lot of question about what the supreme court thing meant. for me im pro-life. what i dont like to see is this idea of seeing every citizen being able to tattle. sue an uber driver be deputized to enforce this abortion law to whatever they want. >> let me bring in the general counsel for lyft. thank you for your time this morni...

Legal fees for any driver indefinite and would it span all of those states? >> that is our intention, yes, poppy. obviously every state may enact its own laws. this texas law is unique in that it has this private right of action which is as we just heard on the clip a bound too for for even republican congress people. but, yes, lyft wants to support its drivers in this. the over breadth nature of the law where it said that anyone could be liable for aiding or abetting is just unique and it is eg...

Listening to employers in this over simplified narrative that is overblown. workers dont need a push back into the labor market. workers need good jobs to go back to. >> were seeing a complete reshuffling as christine was just talking about, of what, you know, the labor system and what jobs look like in america. rebecca dixon, thank you for being an important voice on this, and come back soon. >> thank you for having me. coming up next, lyft is one of the companies taking a stand against texas...

Social issues that lyft has made for example in 2019 you gave a million dollars to the aclu after trump issued the travel ban and youve taken a stand on a number of environmental issues. is it lyfts position that the role and responsibility of founders and ceos in america is changing on social issues that you are not directly related to their business, that they need to speak out on them? >> yes, i think that is right, poppy. you know, i joined lyft nearly nine years ago after working as the com...

Knowing whether theyre behavior was okay or not. and so within that first 24 hours, we decided what we were going to do and we were lucky to have strong support from our board of directors, including valerie jarrett who we discussed with and she said i only wish i had thought of it myself. >> it is interesting that a lot of this also was prompted by drivers being concerned. what does this mean for me. am i going to be on the the hook for $10,000 and potential civil prosecution. what is happening...

The nations two largest ride share companies, lyft and uber, are both pushing back against texass new restrictive abortion law that effectively bans abortions after six weeks and gives private citizens the right to file civil lawsuits against anyone considered to be aiding it an abortion. that would include anyone who drives a woman to a medical center, for example. now lyft and uber say they will cover the legal fees of drivers who might face any lawsuits for that. lyft has also donated a milli...