Mutual physicians, mutual im evan perez and washington. And this is cnn its thursday, april 11, right now on cnn this morning on aboutface for donald trump, who now claims hes opposed to a federal abortion ban downed trees, damaged homes, a possible tornado, devastating parts of louisiana, and a Critical National security tools shot down by republicans after donald trump told them to kill it 6 00 a. M. Here in washington, here is a vibe. Look at capitol hill on this thursday morning, a place that is functioning, i guess the way we come to expect that it should function or not should function, but does function. Anyway. Good morning, everyone. Im casey khan. Its wonderful to have you with us this morning. Republicans in the Arizona State legislature blocking attempts to repeal the 18 64 law, banning all abortion there with just a single exception for the life of the mother. As outrage grows, Presumptive Republican president ial nominee, donald trump is trying to convince voters that he doesnt support the arizona law. And now says he would not sign a National Abortion ban if he is elected president. Yeah straight down notes from that states rights and we everybody else you can bring it back into recent and that will be taken care of, i think very quick no trump is trying to sound more moderate on an issue that has galvanized voters from ohio to kansas, to kentucky to vote to protect Abortion Rights but this arizona law and restrictions similar to it in other states, they are in force because of donald trump recall, how did he win the republican nomination in the first place . Back in 2016, he released a list of 11 Supreme Court justices. He would consider a pointing to convince skeptical evangelical cool voters who are the bedrock of the Republican Base that he trump was one of them, or at least that he would act like one of them then to hammer that home, you picked the very publicly pious mike pence as his running mate then he was elected president. And he transformed the Supreme Court today i am keeping another promise to the American People by nominating judge neil gorsuch. I will nominate judge brett kavanaugh, judge amy coney, barrett in june of 2022, after nearly 50 years, the court struck down Roe Versus Wade and trump, who is now trying to say that he doesnt support the strictest restrictions that have been exploding and red states across the country he has repeatedly bragged about how he made that possible. We ended roe v. Wade, we terminate it. Roe v. Wade. I was able to terminate roe v. Wade after 50 years of trying the results have been stories like this one told him the Biden Campaign ad, yes, but about a woman, a family who wanted their child wanted a child and were devastated by the consequences of the fall of roe the outfit she was gonna maybe where home from the hospital all this is the blanket that she would okay theres also kate cox. Shes the texas woman who also desperately wanted a baby when she was told that her baby likely wouldnt live for more than a few days outside the womb. She sought an abortion to try to protect her ability to try again, to have a chance mild heres what she told nbc news and december its a hard to hard time you know even with a being hopeful with the decision that came from the hearing this morning theres theres still were going through the loss of a child theres no outcome here that i take home my healthy baby girl, you know, so its hard call had to leave her home, state of texas to get the care that she needed then there was this woman hadley duvall, who told her story in a campaign ad for kentuckys democratic governor i was raped by my stepfather after years of sexual abuse. I was 12 anyone who believes there should be no exceptions for rape and incest could never understand what its like to stay in in my shoes these are just three stories of countless stories like them, no doubt, unfolding across the country because of the fall of Roe Versus Wade are panels here. Lets bring in New York Times white house correspondents olin kannoyoungs, republican strategists, dog high, and democratic strategist, megan hayes its tough way to start the morning morning lets be honest. But megan, this is a scenario where we saw donald trump tried to say, say two cameras, he wouldnt sign a National Abortion ban he did seem to say that the democratic governor of arizona would straighten out whats going on in arizona. But the bottom line is that reality that americans are living in right now is because of the things that he did when he was president in the United States . Yes, that is correct. I dont think we should forget that and i dont think voters will forget that november. I also think hes just trying to muddy the waters and say whatever he can to get elected, which is not different than what he said and 16 or in 20 and what hell continue to say in 24 doug hi what is your view of what . Donald trump is trying to do and whether it will work to convince people that he is in a different place on this, then he has been well, what hes trying to do is muddy the waters are some extent hes trying to be nuanced, which is something that donald trump doesnt do very often, maybe doesnt do very well. Trump nuance isnt one force trauma. He is not nuance i think hes hes showing that hes sort of gets the issue. But the issue can be defined by his past as democrats are clearly going to do not just in talking about donald trump, but in seeing Inputting Videos like you just showed over and over again, does that mean that donald trump cant win in november . No certainly if you look at where biden in is on every issue other than abortion, hes hes underwater often deeply underwater. But it does make it hard to win over. Certainly those suburban women who arent satisfied with joe bidens presidency, who were otherwise get double this makes it much more impactful. The difficult thing, even then, his attempt to find nuances the most recent since statement where he tried to defer to states on this issue. Hes still opened up by also mentioning that he basically is responsible for the makeup of the Supreme Court currently, right . So people are going to notice those comments as well. And also his attempt to sort of meander this and pivot that goes up against videos and testimonies showing the human toll of this. I mean immediately once this statement was made by the former president , you saw the Biden Campaign initially start making statements distributing videos as well, liked, powerful ones that you just saw. So well sort of these quick answers trying to sort of both sides. It match up against some of the emotion and path those thats shown in those videos. I mean, thats thats really going to be the challenge going forward, at least for his argument. Well, endogamy, one of the things i think that makes this issue different than some other issues youre right to point out, yes, republicans have advantages on immigration, and other things. But for a lot of people immigration is not something that is going to affect the decision they are going to make about themselves tomorrow, like this issue is in peoples houses in a way that other issues might not be know. And i think i think thats why weve seen the responses be as powerful as they are and as impactful as they are in special elections, certainly in the midterm elections as well. But this is a race that is winnable by either one of these candidates or loses of either one of these candidates. The risk that republicans have in washington is that whats happening is State Legislatures or judiciaries are legislating out loud. And you dont know which date is going to be next and what those rules were going to be. Certainly we werent thinking about when were talking about South Carolina or texas for instance, were thinking about laws that went back to the civil war. So there could be other states that pop up like this as well, which make it very difficult for republicans to get to a safe place for where voters are well in every minute this is in the news, isnt minute. Theyre not talking about things as you mentioned, that biden isnt performing well on like the economy or immigration. So for democrats, its a winning issue to keep this in the news. So every time now on trump gets out there, its just more beneficial for democrats striving turnout. Its driving fundraising numbers. So for us, its like every time a state is going to come back with a new line, Donald Trumps going to have to address it again, its just continuing to drive home. The contrast between President Biden and foreign present trumps. And you saw in this video that trump put out on truth social overnight, hes very much trying to make that argument republics is look now you can talk about all these other things. You dont im talking about except they will. All right. Were gonna have more on this next is as democrats and arizona try and fail to repeal that centuryold Abortion Law Plus Homes damaged by high winds and flooding as severe storms hit the south were get your weather and new Inflation Data causing problems for the Biden Campaign in an for your wallet ive been turned the world with my music. Now, i want to focus on whats happening to our planet in carbon, a cnn film sunday, april 21 at nine one bbs was to turbotax. I wrote four generations of family tradition. I want to make perfume so i mean barbers, new psyche count by guaranteeing her maximum refund into interval texas correct. 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After the arizona Supreme Court upheld a civil war abortion ban on tuesday, civil warera abortion ban on tuesday, democrats in the State Legislature tried to open debate on a bill that would repeal the 18 64 law. But they were blocked by republicans who cut them off and quickly adjourned for the week. It led to this chaotic scene on the State House Floor in favor of that motion both those drove know is how much our panel is back. So doug hi trump trying to say, well that theyre going to fix it in arizona, the governor is going to fix it. Theyre going to make it better the issue seems to be for republicans that a lot of the republicans that State Legislatures and Supreme Courts in these states are way more conservative than the electorate is. Just look at alabama and ivf and look at what happened on the floor of the house. Sure. Conservative than where trump has been even though trump is the one whos put judges, not just some, the Supreme Court, but federal im just trying to be right now. Sure. And and so when he says, well, this will be taken care of pretty quickly, its very typical trumps speak. Its sorted, doesnt mean anything. Its a place holder that hopefully well move onto a different topic. You know, how many, how many inflation weeks did you are out infrastructure weeks as you cover actual number zero because they never happened we just kept being told in two weeks, its going to be inflation week and it never really was, is a typical trump tap. Get tactic. And he does it because he knows it can be successful form. Well, zolan the bottom line here is that it is going to have to be decided at the ballot box in many of these places. The reality isnt, it will be in a way that could actually really impacts. And this is why i think trump is doing what hes doing. The president ial election. 100 . I mean, this will be one of the major issues that could determine the election going back to the midterms, you also saw that, i mean, literally like arizona electoral college, votes on Election Night and like 10,000 votes either way in arizona may throw the election absolute. I mean, absolutely, absolutely thats right now. You are seeing a former president makes statements with a main factor being politics in this election, trying to bag somebody with this lecture. Its not guided by, and it hasnt been for much for a long time by based off of like a strong conviction on this issue, its playing politics here. And youre going to see he, that moving forward. On the other side, i do think its going to be interesting. We know that the Biden Campaign, the biden white house, is going to continue to try to attach them to this issue and not let him separate himself from it. I do think its gonna be interesting to see how Something Like the Vice President s tour across the nation is going to be and how hard vague go on really he calling out the former president , not just local republicans and tying him to this issue seeing how, just how far this goes beyond just social media videos and statements, but also to Primetime Speeches will be something to watch. Megan, how do you see this playing out in arizona . Do you think the Legislature Takes any action . Is it tied up in the courts . Whats next . I think aside from the courts and i dont think the legislature, as we saw, its going to take much action. I think its gonna be on a decision on the ballot which is going to drive turnout, which is again good for democrats, because youre going to get these suburban women that are out there voting, youre gonna get people who are not necessarily happy with the president. And that now have a reason to go vote. 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