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court ended a constitutional right to an abortion, its been easy to see the political story and political debates. its a lot harder to see the medical story, meaning the reality about abortion access, the sudden changes at the state level. the crisis situations for pregnant women that may be denied care. doctors are conferring with one another and some sharing anecdotes but the accounts are second hand and details can be very hard to confirm. take this reporting from "usa today" quotin...

Management of both investigations. it is important to be clear here, the final decision of whether or not that donald trump will face charges in those criminal cases, that final decision, in both of those cases, will, ultimately, still be up to merrick garland. so, what does this mean for the two justice department investigations going forward? how did we get here? where do we go from here? joining us now, mary mccord, former top official in the justice department national security division. gre...

Bethany bruner in the courthouse that day when the suspect was arraigned. she had been looking at the county clerks website and every day they put the arraignments on the website and she saw one that said an arraignment for a rape of a girl 13 or under and pulled the court case and it was the 10-year-old. so she went to court and the in court police said they confessed and the girl indeed had gone to indiana for an abortion and she was the only reporter in the courtroom. >> the only reporter in ...

We saw hillary clinton there? >> it was a big return. we expected her to be on. but that is probably the most talked about moment of last night was hillary clintons performance. shes getting a lot of praise. she was a very good sport as we expected her to be. she played a bartender named val. its so hillary clinton as a bartender, are you kidding me? but i thought the funniest moment of the night was miley sigh sus sang a song, "may question" and then they put the summers worth of news into a tw...

Data shows global trade in arms and weapons almost doubled between 2001 and 2011. it brings me to may question -- which nation leads the world in both the import and export of small arm. is it germany, russia, the united states, or china? stay tuned, and well tell you the correct answer. this weeks back of the week is jam divick devines "good hu" a 32-year veteran of covert action at the cia gave was that fascinating look at the work around the world. now for the "last look." this week prince ...

May question is, if the constitution is the rule of law, the rules for the government, and the government administers and enforces its own rules, how sit we prevent them from breaking their own rules? >> thats a very good question. it is one of -- the founding fathers fought about. james madison says in creating a government thats to protect people you have to create one that will protect them from the government itself. now, patrick henry said that no, thats not going to work. congress is going...

>> youre ducking my question. >> you went to school. you work hard. youre paying your student loans back. you make a dollar. how much should you pay to the government and how much should you be able to keep after your hard day of work? a number. 50%? >> i dont know. i dont think theres a clear cut answer for that. youre trying to trap me on this question. >> it is not a trick question. >> what do you think? >> 75 to 80%. >> what do you think? >> if you are somebody who makes $100, taking $50 fro...

>> excuse me. yes, there are. there are americans that benefit. you can get benefits to the tune of $35,000. a recent kato institute study. >> oh, a kato study. >> when you get your benefits, food stamps, all these other, it amounts to $35,000 a year. yeah. but you did not pay in. >> you have to talk about both spending and tax in the same question. it is not a black or what it. >> if you confiscated the wealthiest americans money, you still wouldnt be able to fund it. >> because of the advancem...

Making sure they are arent denied claims. this is a great moment to be in congress. >> you know, i wonder one thing. watching this. if we havent gotten caught up in the trees and forgot the forest of history we are facing here. real history thats about to be made if this bill passes. may question has to do with that. how did it happen? how did we get caught up in a year, more an year, of arguing over procedure? >> well, was it -- bismarck that said -- two things shouldnt be observed. sausage bei...