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60 votes to pass any major we also have a problem in the senate in that the filibuster is still there which means we need 60 votes to pass any major legislation, and i doubt that is going to happen any time soon. so there will be some things that will take a while to work out at the federal and state levels, but at least we have the opportunity to try. for almost 50 years, the courts have allowed very few limits on abortion and i think, you know, the american public is deeply divided so i think ...

The filibuster is still there which means we need 60 votes to pass any major legislation, and i doubt that is going to happen any time soon, so there will be some things that will take a while to work out at the federal and state levels, but at least we have the opportunity to try. for almost 50 years, the courts have allowed very few limits on abortion and i think, you know, the american public is deeply divided so i think it will be a good chance for everybody to talk and find out where we are...

But there still is right to abortions. still in europe for the most part. and they talk about how democracy works and they end up where the political polls show they would end up, at about the same place where the political polls are right now in the united states. if you look at all of them, i understand the argument, the only problem with that, mika, is that leaders in belgium are going to come to a fore different conclusion than what the laws should look like than say legislators in baton rou...

Federal and state levels. this is the time to ask everyone in this country whos side are you on, what did you do when they tried to ban abortion. >> well, you tweeted something along these lines, when to put it up on the screen for folks. you said quote, whether my basic freedoms are protected should not be left to polls or popular vote. it should not swing wildly from election to election. you also say that if bans happen its not gonna stop abortions, elaborate on that because thats something a...

The suburb whos has the resources to do that but i think what is much more powerful is if a lot more people leak me stand up and takeeo the hit because tn we take away the meaning of this word. because it is absolute nonsense. >> yous have also gotten in another issue we deal with, is that the loudest voices on this issue of school curriculum seem to beum winning these legislati fights, whether its local levels or at state levels. but when you actually start to hold people and you explain to the...

Difficult and worse, and gutted the va again last june, for some reason none of this is sticking to him. hes not a good guy and hes not our friend. john roberts has been dedicated to gutting the voting rights act since the 1980s, hes a dyed in the wool ronald reagan conservative. hes wanted to do it since law school and he got the chance to do it in 2013. so everyone upset at the state levels where theyre trying to make it more difficult for people of color to vote, john roberts is the chief arc...

Been seeing at the march so far, the message those that are attending the march want to be heard. >> reporter: right, yasmin, were wrapping up here, what was a large rally and large march here through the streets of downtown phoenix here. the martin luther king iii, his family was here. congressman gallego was here. i talked to him earlier. potential that he could run against kyrsten sinema who took to the senate floor on thursday, essentially saying she is going to stand by the filibuster. but ...

Democracy, and there are a number of things that can be done. steve bannon, who is not me, has increasing face strategy and advocates should emulate that as much as possible. number two, i think there is an outside litigation strategy. ali, you is talked to mark elias who have had success in this area and they should continue along those lines and its an important dimension of this. theres a corporate development, perhaps and republicans in state levels are not paying attention, but they might p...

Doctor? >> correct. we give them information on all types of services. we know that the pandemic hasnt only affected us physically, our health, but also has affected us emotionally, financially. theres many programs that are being stood up at the county and state levels that were assisting community members and tapping into, again, because of the language barriers were helping community members apply for rental assistance, financial assistance. other social services as well. as we know that this...

Was president and obviously, a lot has changed since then. >> yeah. kaitlan, you laid out some of the initiatives that the president is focusing on. the white house announced. im just curious. is there more specifics about what concrete steps the president is going to be laying out or wants to see happen in order to, as the chiefs pointing to, strike this very difficult balance? >> well, i think that is the challenge really facing the white house is how do you actually bring these numbers down, ...