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>> experts say to avoid the childcare crunch, expand your search area to include more towns and zip codes. consider getting on a waitlist because openings can come up unexpectedly. ask your network of friends, neighbors, coworkers for suggestions. across the country, a balancing act for parents caught between finding care and high costs. kathy park, nbc news. >> joining me now, someone who's been at the forefront of this fight, ceo and founder of the marshall plan for moms, reshma saujani. the author of pay up, the future of women and work. reshma saujani, i want to talk about childcare and the tripledemic. i haven't talked to you since elections. i want your top lines on what you thought it was that drove women voters out to the polls. >> i, mean this issue. the cost of being a parent was on the ballot. it wasn't just about abortion. it was about pocketbook issues. if you're going to live in a country that's going to force you to have a child, one that
americans missed work due to child care challenges. many families being pushed to the brink with kids out sick with the flu, rsv, or covid. the outbreaks are happening as day care centers and public schools nationwide struggle to stay fully staffed. when infections soared earlier this month, some school districts in tennessee and kentucky shut down. >> we have sending a lot of children homesick and we got to the point where we couldn't sustain being in school. >> experts say to avoid the child care crunch, expand your search area to include more towns and zip codes. and consider getting on a wait list, because openings can come up unexpectedly. and ask your network of friends, neighbors, and co-workers, for suggestions. across the country, a balancing act for parents caught between finding care and high costs. kathy park, nbc news. and still ahead, what one school with a traumatic past is doing to right the wrongs that
elizabeth cohen joins us now. what is happening with these women and what are the hurdles that they're facing because of this? >> right. kaitlan, so one in four pregnancies will end in miscarriage and the same surgical procedure that's used to treat a woman who is having a miscarriage is also used for a woman who is seeking an abortion. and that's left some doctors scared to help women who are miscarrying for fear they will end up in court. we spoke to one woman who had such trouble finding care, she ended up for two weeks carrying around a dead fetus inside her. >> reporter: marlene and ab have always wanted a little brother or sister for their daughter. instead what they got was a nightmare because of a texas anti-abortion law. >> i get so angry that i was treated this way because of laws that were passed that by men who have never been pregnant and never will be. >> reporter: her nightmare started out as a dream come true
poland is taking the brunt of the refugee crisis. nearly two out of the 3 million ukrainian refugees have chosen to flee to this country and now the polish president is pleadin with other european nations to open their borders. >> please be safe. thank you. >> finally tonight we would lik to spotlight one of our superstar medical contributors. she's not a medical mission and is overseas on the ground in speed up and finding care for ukrainians in need. she's been working alongside th humanitarian organizations samaritans first serving as a disaster assist relief team member helping with medical support. getting a firsthand account earlier today. >> there were so many people from different countries that were coming to volunteer and bring medical supplies. that was beautiful for me to see . we are just praying that god ca
they had to come early in gestational age. they were 29 weeks old, born with some complications which required them to have special services, and they needed a little extra care. i had to find child care that allowed for this and it was an extremely hard hurdle to overcome. >> when you say that finding child care was hard, i think those of us who have actively looked for child care understand that implicitly. what did that mean for you? >> there are places where child care just doesn't exist, quality care. there are limited number of spaces and workers that are available to work in the centers. so finding a space available for two babies, finding care that was full time that allowed me to go back to work, those were extreme hurdles. during the pandemic i actually lost my children's father, so i became a single-income earner
that implicitly. what did that mean for you? >> there are places where child care just doesn't exist, quality care. there are limited number of spaces and workers that are available to work in the centers. so finding a space available for two babies, finding care that was full time that allowed me to go back to work, those were extreme hurdles. during the pandemic i actually lost my children's father, so i became a single-income earner trying to cover the cost of this and it is extremely costly right now to care for children. >> thank you so much for sharing that with us, celeste. jess, the reason celeste's story is so important beyond the fact that it is a lived life experience and we value that in and of itself, is that it articulates what the need is here. we're talking about policies and very often it's easy to get lost
block to reconciliation bill. katie porter democrat of california's knee deep in the negotiation for the budget reconciliation bill, and she joins me now. good to have you congresswoman. first of all, you're in a district, redistricting is happening so you have a different district, it might change, but your district that you're in is a pretty split district a lot of swing voters. do you feel confident going back to your district and saying look, i'm proud to have voted for the bill in full and be able to convince your constituents that is a good vote. >> absolutely, my constituents know that what is in the build back better agenda is what they need. they know that because they voted for president biden. this is the president's agenda that we are supporting right now, and it deals with real problems that families are facing in my district in across the country. difficulty in affording childcare, the cost of college, difficulties in finding care to take care of seniors climate