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Ceo, and of course i was very happy to stand in support of it and am happy to be speaking with you now. many women and many men, nearly everybody, knows a loved one, maybe themselves, a partner who has had an abortion. this is a womens rights, a womens health issue, so this should be an issue that every company is willing to speak out on. >> just to help companies who are sitting on their hands or havent done what lyft has done, can you tell me about that situation with the male co-founders? >> ...

Legislatures who are putting out laws like the laws in texas. what whitehouse is deeply skeptical about and trying to bring attention to is whether this is a coordinated campaign on the right to do this. and what is truly behind it and who is funding it and where are those funds coming from. and what hes expressing in that quote is a deep frustration with his own party for its unwillingness to take on this issue head on, to do more than just have him out there as the one talking about this. you ...

Thats not necessarily a favorable place for them either because the courts have been so beefed up with trump nominees through don mcgahn over the past -- during trumps tenure. >> let me give you the last word, brian fallon, and ask you if this reality, which is laid bare in mikes reporting, even if the house does muster the votes for their law, i think were all saying the same thing. it meets a certain fate in the senate or in the courts. does it reanimate the conversation about court reform in ...

This would take a legislative change, not something he could change on his own. why doesnt he come out and say how difficult this would be. >> i think its clear its difficult. but the presidents view on the expansion of courts has not changed. he also wants this group, this commission, to take a close look at a range of issues, not just court expansion, which is an important question for them to examine, but term limits and a range of questions the commission is looking at. i would also note, je...

Riders, drivers and stakeholders. overwhelmingly the feedback weve received has been very positive. people sharing highly personal stories thanking us for taking a stand and wondering why other companies havent done the same. >> what is your theory for why other companies havent followed the path that you charted without sort of sticking your finger in the wind and taking the temperature of the politics, which by the way are pretty good. most people are in the mainstream and think that this law ...

Said. we have been negligent, not just weak in letting this transpire and not doing the work to tell the american public about this. theres been some incredible reporting in mother jones, some leaked video that shows heritage working on crafting these laws. i wonder what whitehouse is getting at. is he getting at simply revealing the dark money behind this or is he getting at something about its legality? >> i think what hes saying and we should obviously let him speak for himself, but he has be...

This issue and come up with ways of trying to stop it. and the first version of that came out on monday when merrick garland puts out that statement that was written about earlier this week in which he talks about enforcing this law, in talking to the fbi and u.s. attorneys offices in texas about allowing women to get to clinics and trying to shield them from harassment. when you speak to legal experts, though, they say that is not enough. that is not going to be nearly enough to stop this legis...

He is trying to push his fellow democrats to join him in trying to bring scrutiny to this issue, something that they have struggled to do. >> congresswoman, i think he sees it, as brian sees it, as connected. whats happening in legislatures is tied to whats happening with choice and the copycatting of it is also whats happening. ill say it again, it is malevolent but it is working. i think republicans feel right now without control of the house or the senate or the white house, they are i dont k...