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Control of the house, the republicans in control of the senate and a conservative majority, potentially a big one on the supreme court? joining us president of planned parenthood. >> good to see you, rachel. >> am i right to ask about a doomsday plan? do you see this as a doomsday scenario for reproductive rights? >> planned parenthood has been around for a hundred years. we've been fighting for a right to be part of health care for that long. as of today our doors stay open. it's kind of extraordinary, we have thousands of supporters took to social media last night and folks have been droppin...

Every day the staff wake up and open their doors. they'll do so today and tomorrow and every day as they have for a hundred years. these are meant to be comforting words on a day that women across the country are concerned and rightly so. my question is for the people who work in this field of civil rights, for the people who work on reproductive rights and all the pressures they've been under, is there a doomsday plan for a time like this? for mike pence as vice president, the republicans in control of the house, the republicans in control of the senate and a conservative majority, potentiall...

Cnbc last night, floating the doomsday plan. let's take a listen to that. >> i have yet another thought how we can fix this. why don't we let the democrats pass whatever they want. if they're the party of higher taxes, all the republicans in the house vote present and let the democrats raise taxes as high as they want to raise them. let democrats in the senate raise taxes. let the president sign it. and then they can own a tax increase. and when the economy stalls, when the economy sputters, when people lose their jobs, they know which party to blame. >> is this not saying oh, we don't care --...

Typically a doomsday plan, it is meant to help you survive the thing that happens after doomsday. during the cold war, the u.s. had a doomsday plan meant to protect the president and ensure the continued functions of the u.s. government. in the event of a nuclear attack. so nuclear attack, your doomsday happens then you've got your doomsday plan to try to survive it. in 2005, congress passed another doomsday plan meant to ensure the house could function in the aftermath of a terrorist attack that killed or incapacitated most of its members. the rule they passed in the house states that under, ...

That it just made voters too suspicious. >> rick pluta, capital bureau chief. thank you for your underground reporting on this. we appreciate it. the thing about most so-called doomsday plans, they have to do with what happens after doomsday. among the current republicans in congress, a doomsday plan means something way different from that. it would be funny if it were not, you know, about doomsday. stay tuned. if we want to impre our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms ...