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That majority of americans support roe. this is something that has been continuous and what we are doing is what the president is doing is he's showing that he is going to continue to fight. that's why he made the announcement of saying that his first piece of legislation that he will send to the new congress is going to be a piece of legislation that is going to codify roe. and so he's making that promise. he has taken bold actions since the day that we heard that decision back in june. he made, he took executive action, used executive authority to make sure he did everything he could to prot...

Issue? the polls say otherwise. joining me now kate bedingfield. you heard speaker pelosi say the reason not to vote to codify roe now is the senate doesn't have 60 votes. i guess that begs the question why they think 60 votes will be there in january? why not at least do it while you know you have control of congress? >> thanks for having me. i'm limited in what i can say about politics but what i can say is what the president spoke about today and what he's done since when the dobbs decision came down is to lay out the urgency, the contrast. what you have is you have president biden, someone...

Party outof the republican party to win in utah. we'll obviously keep track to see if it's even a shot with three weeks to go. >> dan merica, thanks. let's start where the president is today, discussing abortion rights, saying his first bill will send over to congress will be to codify roe. the latest polls we see is abortion rights are not at the top of voters ice priority list. 44% in the new poll shows that they say that the economy, inflation are the most important problem phasing the country. nothing else hits double dix here. abortion at 5%. why is roe the first priority when congress ...

Specific speeches or comments about marijuana but you heard directly from the president about what his policy is and he kept his promise, commitment he made during the campaign. >> try to get specific. how many more votes does the president think he needs in the senate to codify roe, 51, 52? >> i'm not going to talk about the election. this was a political speech and will not weigh into specific numbers. >> you did say if there are enough votes in congress the president would sends as his first bill, the 118 congress, a bill to codify roe. you can't say how many is enough? >> i can't. >> if th...

Executive actions on student loans and marijuana. he's really trying to make it clear that you have to turn out and give us those two extra senators. that makes all the difference between where you are in the status quo and unlocking even more that democrats can done. >> lisa, if you can walk us through how difficult it would be to codify roe in january. >> oh, it's extremely difficult. i mean, the chances of the president actually being able to follow through on this promise are extremely, extremely slim. first of all, democrats have to keep control of the house, which right now looks pretty ...