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>> you know, sadly, all of them have a chance of becoming law. because here in south carolina, we have a super majority -- a super republican majority in the south carolina house, and they are not far away from it in the senate either. so you know, we just band together where we can, and come together and fight the senseless bans. i think this one, the total ban was, that was a significant step in the right direction. but of course, i believe that the house judiciary has already passed as 474 ou...

>> street toe, -- >> that is the moment that governor roy cooper officially vetoed the bill. the gop has a slim super majority in both chambers, and having recently gained a ve stow-proof majority in both of the chambers, with the democrat actually switching parties but the governor here holding out hope that one of the republican lawmakers will not vote to override his veto. alex? >> isabel rosales, thank you very much for breaking that down for us, appreciate it. at this hour in italy, ukrai...

Argument comes that much more difficult. >> finally, before we go, i want to talk about just happen in north carolina today. we have the governor, vetoing this 12-week abortion ban, we know that theres a gop super majority in the legislature, they can override that veto. how much do you think this debate, reproductive care, abortion rights, will play into the next election? >> theres so many ways that people talk about joe bidens age and his ability to run for office. one of the things i remind ...

Hours to turn the clock back 50 years on womens health. lets be clear. this bill has nothing to do with making women safer. and everything to do with banning abortion. >> the governors veto now sets up an override vote by the gop super majority legislature there. lets turn now to the nations capital, where lawmakers and the president have left town, without a deal on the debt ceiling. but they say aides are working this weekend, ahead of more meetings between president biden and the speaker next...

And yet, nothing was done. and if you look, the american peoples concern about crime is a concern about gun violence. this is rooted in fear. and the problem is because of our rigged system of redistricting, a lot of politicians feel they can ignore what super majority of americans want. but i do think, look, this is about, as these gun laws have changed, theyve gotten easier to get guns, more guns. and at that, not only to an involvement of fear, but also extremism in this case, extremist ideol...

Together. last congress, when house democrats were in charge and we had the majority, we passed immigration -- some immigration bills. but we could not get a significant number of our house republicans to join us. in the senate, as we know, you need a super majority. you need 60 votes on the senate side in order to get this done. we have to do this. the system is so outdated and broken. communities like mine are shouldering the brunt of the responsibility that comes with congressional inaction. ...

>> i havent called on thomas to resign. i am not sure how helpful that would be. i think our efforts right now has to be on trying to change the law so that we have an ethics code that applies to the supreme court, we have transparency laws that require them to report any gifts that get given. and it is no secret, i voted against most of these republican appointees. so, if it was up to me, they would not be on the court in the first first place. im just more focused on trying to get a lot to giv...

Super majority, and, yet some of those republicans actually run unopposed. they dont have a democratic opponent, because there is no chance they are going to lose their districts. lets go back to north carolina for a second. you won your last election by more than 250,000 votes over your republican opponent. and as you said, the delegation is seven republicans and seven democrats. why is it that in these states, you are an example of how gerrymandering has affected the fact that there are states...

It is very scary and as we said, tennessee went for it, it is a very dangerous precedent, we saw this in montana, we are seeing this in nebraska right now. if it was really about that, we wouldnt be having folks like marjorie taylor right now who continue to break the -- we would have accountability for january 6th. it is about balancing the set. that is what their mission is. >> you were an intern here in washington with congressman barr billy, anyone who watches this show saw the two of you on...

Montpelier, VT – In a widely-expected move, Vermont Governor Phil Scott says he plans to veto S.5 also known as the Affordable Heat Act. The controversial bill passed the state legislature last week. It aims to implement a clean heat standard and a carbon credit marketplace in the state. Supporters say it will help stabilize […]