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Without means, women who might not be able to afford to cross state lines to get this procedure. so funders are working on not only providing finances, but transportation, emotional help, child care to help these women. in court its more complicated, right, because they are desperate to get back into court now that this law has been allowed to go into effect. but its a catch 22 because since the procedure is not being carried out, its hard to trigger a lawsuit that would lead a judge to block th...

Three-part strategy, on the ground, in courts, and pressuring the court. on the ground, of course, they have to help these women who are trying to travel across state lines to get the abortion that they cant get, and then in the other areas, theyre trying to go in court because of course this law has now been blocked. and they want to get back into court but in order to get back e into court, the procedure has to be performed. its kind of a catch 22, what to do. theyre trying a piecemeal approac...

Doing and not run afoul of this law. what case are you trying to make in court? >> so, i mean, the first one that we were involved in was the first temporary restraining orders granted in texas state court on actually august 31st. you know, our golfs to take the teeth out of this law in our home states. we are a team of texas women lawyers and were not afraid of a fight and we saw this law and we realized that there were federal cases pending and those are certainly important but as i think jeff...

Courts starting with the supreme court that they have not simply said this law is contrary to supreme court precedent. >> you know who is not outraged? five members of the supreme court. thats who is not outraged right now who decided that this was permissible at this point because apparently, as you know, toobin, they said it was a complex and novel case, which of course, what case isnt before the supreme court? i got to let you go. nice talking to you. >> all right, counselor, gotod o talk to ...

Joe biden what to do. i dont know if its jill biden, kamala harris, the ghost of corn pop. whoever has his ear is clearly telling him in that direction. he has taken a 10 point drop in public approval rating since the debacle in afghanistan. its controlling arms and trying to bring about world peace is what you are about then for heavens sake dont give the taliban weapons and tanks and information like its halloween candy. but this is in the tradition of what joe biden and his administration doe...

Crowded room no one in that room wearing a mask. really talking about this point that the governor has made of personal responsibility. the reason why he signs that executive order banning mask mandate should be an issue of personal responsibility. it is important to note that as we are getting this news of the governor, the other thing that happens today is the texas attorney general moves forward of filing paper work requesting restraining orders against all texas school districts that have as...

Not backing away on his ban on mask mandates. the state is asking a court to block the mandate. several counties have been granted restraining orders against the governor allowing them to keep their mask requirements for now. from stubborn politicians to frenzied parents, this was the scene outside a tennessee school board meeting when anti-mask protestors began berating others in masks. watch this. [ chanting ] >> no more masks, no more masks! you are a child abuser! everybody is taking notes...

Virtual learning because of cases. here is how dr. rochelle walensky explains it. >> places that are having the problem, the places that are having disease that is transmitted in the schools, are the places that arent taking the prevention strategies, the places that arent masking. the places that are you seeing kids in the hospital are all places that are not taking mitigation strategies to keep our children safe. >> and so far texas and florida are two states where were seeing mask mandates in...

Everyone. two judges in the state have issued restraining orders that will temporarily block the governors latest emergency order to ban mask mandates including in schools. one judge granted a restraining order for dallas county until later this month. the local governments issued a mask mandate for anyone over the age of 2 in all public schools, plus theyre ordering any unvaccinated students or anyone exposed to an unvaccinated person, they must quarantine for two weeks. and a new look at how...

Meantime covid hospitalizations are surging in texas. right now more than 10,000 people are in the hospital with coronavirus across the state, highest rate since early february. and the state cant take much more, with just over 300 icu beds still available. to help combat the rising cases, officials in at least three counties are taking matters into their own hands by asking for restraining orders and filing lawsuits against the governors ban on mask mandates but the governor is doubling down. h...