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>> reporter: the battle over abortion rights taking center stage in ohio. >> i want to make this a constitutional amendment in our ohio constitution that women do have these reproductive. >> reporter: hoping to get an amendment on the ballot in november. last year michigan and kansas both held statewide votes that ultimately protected abortion rights. how high are the stakes in ohio? >> the stakes are incredibly high. >> reporter: but first activists will have to get through republican legislato...

Right tuesday the constitution, something secretary of state aacknowledged at a republican event ipmay. >> this is 100% about keeping a rad cal pro-abortion amendment out off our constitutional. >> reporter: if this is such an important issue, why put it on the ballot in a special election in august of an off-year when you know the voter turnout is going to be extremely low? >> i dont know the turnout is going to be extremely low snch. >> historically thats how its been. >> reporter: weve not ha...

Super majority and theyve begun to make very, very radical and extreme and activist rulings that are remaking society in basic ways. it poses a threat i think to our notions of democracy. it is changing the country in ways people are only beginning to understand and i think it is going to lead to a pretty big backlash at the same time. >> what would you say to conservatives who say, well, look, you have the warren court making liberal big important decisions that were liberal, and why was that o...

The president of the brennan center for justice summed it up like this. super majority, how the supreme court divided america quote, it overturned roe v. wade, repeating the protection for abortion rights, putting at risk all other privacy rights. it radically loosened curbs on guns amid an epidemic of mass shootings. it hobbled the ability of government agencies to protect public health and safety and stop climate change and quote. joining me now is the way for mentioned mark, he is the preside...

Sided with a law passed in 1978 to remedy the fact that hundreds of thousands of native american children were removed from their homes by adoption agencies and placed with white families or in group settings. the supreme court is not finished with its case just yet, it saves some of this most politically consequential decisions for the very end. that means in the next few weeks, the justices will decide in cases involving joe bidens plan to slash the student debt of more than 40 million people....

Good to see you. thank you, laura. you have so much on your plate. michael, as always, the super majority, the decisive book right now, and, of course, senator doug jones, thank you. indictment pending? former president donald trump told that he is a target of the special counsels investigation into classified documents found at mar-a-lago. the latest on what we know at this hour when "andrea mitchell reports" returns. we are back in 60 seconds. dont go away. this is msnbc. the subway series i...

And threat around our community. its always existed, its amped up more than ever i think today. and america is more dangerous than ever. i mean if we look at school shootings, what is going on in this country. so if you are a marginalized community, who is often been used to know your place in society through fear, in violent, this is not a great moment for us. what is amazing though, in our study that we just released is that america is not behind this. a super majority are for lgbtq equality. ...

Expected we have still seen some descent on both sides of the aisle from republicans and democrats and also in the house we saw something of a revolt on the far right side of the republican party. lawmakers are objecting to parts of this agreement. how much has the debt ceiling deal revealed rifts in both parties? we expected that. each democrat and republican have their own factions, the far right, the far left, that is normal to see in the democratic party and in the republican party. what we ...

Support last night in the house. 314 members supported the legislation, a super majority. that was more than i think any reporter really expected to see last night. any critic of what happens here expect to see last night. we also expect it to pass through the senate with more than 60 votes and were not quite sure yet, especially watching democrats. ii yet, especially watching democrats.— yet, especially watching democrats. ., , , ., democrats. if it does end up on the presidents _ democrats. ...

Seeing in the last couple - up this vote? what we were seeing in the last couple of| seeing in the last couple of hours, chuck schumer and republicans, possibly no other amendment would succeed because as you noted, it would mean that this legislation would have to go back to the house, be voted on again and something to note here, this procedure here in congress, the house is now in recess to all the lawmakers went home today after the late—night votes so they will have to come back, which do...