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the spending showdown is about to go down. chad pergram following it all, a lot of details to pull together, but hes the man to do it. chad, whats happening? >> reporter: david, good morning. senate democrats aim to pass the climate, health and spending bill this weekend, but it may be a long weekend. we just got a ruling from the senate parliamentarian, she green lighted a provision in the bill to let medicare negotiate the cost of prescription drugs. democrats say that makes the cost...

>> thanks, rachel. >> all right, that is going to do it for us for now. i will see you again on monday. it will be back here for the rachel maddow show monday night. now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. >> good evening, rachel. good evening, lawrence. it was, i believe, 53 long days ago when i was running through the hallways here with this leaked opinion that i couldnt believe that i was holding. you had one, and just the shock of having a leaked supreme court opinio...

tonight, protesters are out in the streets across the country, after the unprecedented supreme court decision, ending roe v. wade. 50 years after it became law. demonstrations have been growing ever since the ruling was announced this morning. five of the courts conservatives voted to overturn roe. samuel alito who is a draft opinion was leaked last month, wrote in his final decision that roe was egregiously wrong from the start. the ruling automatically clears the way for abortion ban...

and i think thats, i think, part of the reason that youve had so much discussion today about whats next, because if theyre willing to do this on this, which they knew would be the most divisive possible thing in the country, obviously, they would do it on things for what they think they had even more leeway to operate. that, we dont care element to this is, i think, gonna be a profoundly important part of the way this changes the country. >> and when you think of the presidents who mad...

a im aishah hasnie. alex alexandria hoff from washington. >> the chinese foreign ministry has imposed unspecified sanctions on speaker pelosi and her family. while in tokyo yesterday, the speaker says that chinas action are part of an effort to isolate taiwan and she said her trip did not change to the statues quo. and calling the exercise in the taiwan straits a grave problem and several missiles landed in japans exclusion zone. here is antony blinken. >> since china has launched a do...

i am live. a profound and for many painful changes over the last year. i am alive in the spiritual heartland of the taliban where there power still resides. we will have guests in kabul and the united welcome to this special programme — the fall of kabul: one year on. 12 months ago the taliban took control of the the capital of afghanistan — kabul. the western—backed government collapsed — and the world watched in disbelief. it came in the weeks leading up to the 15th of august...

closing up shop here for the night. but as for the first couple of hours, we saw that initial protest from those who are opposed to abortion rights, who were elated, and celebrating, and happy. and after a few hours, they left. the streets were filled with hundreds and thousands of people who were the ones that were hoping that maybe we would see a compromise. they were maybe hoping that it away, were expecting to see this decision come down, its not what they got today. we saw tears o...

he followed escrowing the white house warning chinas military drills near taiwan are quote an extreme reaction to speaker pelosis visit to taiwan. president biden out trying to manage a crisis thats getting more dangerous by the day. he tested negative for covid today. but he will stay isolated in the white house until he has a second negative test. all this comes during a busy weekend here in washington for democrats on the verge of scoring a major political victory as a senate prepar...

to all of that to us to be able to make decisions on our own bodies? >> in a moment, im going to take you on a journey that more women will soon be taking. i followed a group traveling from texas to new mexico in order to get access to abortion. >> there are women out there who have been raped. you have women out there who dont have anybody or they got with the wrong person or theyre just not ready. you cant make women be ready for taking care of a kid. >> this is coming as the preside...

exceptions for the life and health of the woman. and even that i have learned is a highly subjective matter. hundreds of appointments across the state were canceled immediately. now this man the new status quo here ever since. alabamas laws been called the most restrictive abortion ban in the nation. and makes providing abortions a class a felony, punishable by up to 99 years in prison. on top of that, providing having access that care could also be a crime and its not clear where she ...