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Affecting some new capabilities for national defense. and new technology for the u.s. support base force. let s go from there now to the latest on the war the ukraine, as officials are reporting heavy shelling in the nikolayev region today. that is near the city of odessa where yesterday, ukrainian officials say russian missiles killed 21 people in an attack on an apartment building. and some new video from the ukrainian government claims to show, russian aircraft yesterday dropping explosives on snake island days after russia said it had retreated from the island on humanitarian grounds. russia is also putting up a new apartment buildings in mariupol, that is a city of course that it decimated after its takeover. and it is launching a new bus surface from crimea to newly seized to cities in ukraine. those buses have that c branding that we have seen and russian military vehicles. let s go to nbc s ellison barber is joining me now from kyiv, alison welcome to you. what are you hearing ....
Someone who s always followed and respected senate rules and traditions. what is your reaction. oh, it was a huge significant step forward for all of us who are on the outsides fighting to do what we can to codify roe and to make sure that women have it a choice in some of the key states that could win or lose that ride in 2022 depending on what happens in the midterm elections. and you made it clear alex, the filibuster, there should be a carve out for that. i think that coming from the president the united states, somebody who has been somewhat of a traditionalist who spent 35 years in the united states senate and understands the importance of the filibuster when it comes to certain things, and understands the importance of bipartisanship, which we now realize is pretty much off the table with a few exceptions. it was a monumental step forward. at this, point the balls in congress s court. ....
The president has made that clear. if we get something done in the next few months, great, but what we really need to do alex, we made this very clear to, we simply need to expand the number of democrats that we have in the house and senate, where just two more democrats would give us the numbers we need to make roe, protecting a woman s choice and right to choose from her own, body the law of the land. kurt, going to you, now making statement is one thing, but many voters don t just words. they want actions. nbc news reports that some liberals are frustrated by biden s approach. this one progressive want to see want to see creativity, we want to see something. do you agree with that? you re involved with the dccc. is that sentiment shared among voters? i think the sentiment among the progressives in the entire democratic party needs to wrap surround is the importance of ....
They tell us after tuesday s hearing, they talked about this witness tampering and that they are going to try to figure out how to see if any of these messages have been since interviews other witnesses, possibly influencing their testimonies. also, whether there have been more messages that they don t know about that are preventing witnesses that they still want to speak with from speaking with the committee. definitely something that they are figuring out back home in their districts, alex. i bet you are right. allie raffa from capitol hill. joining me now is madeleine dean, from the financial services committees. welcome on this holiday weekend, let me ask you, since you are a lawyer, do you view this as a witness tampering or intimidation, and does the committee have enough to prove that. hello alex, very good to be with you on this important american holiday weekend. ....
From taking effect. and the president met with and promised to protect women s. writes the governor s trying to block him from traveling from her state, the prohibits are from seeking medical help she needs, to a state that provides that care, the federal government will act to protect her bedrock rights from the attorney generals office. second, if states try to block a woman from getting medication, the fda is already approved, has been a feel for more than 20 years my administration will protect that women s right to that. medication let s get the latest there, as i welcome you here. what is the latest on the abortion ban in that? state good afternoon to you, alex. last year 80,000 abortions were performed here in the state of florida. and officials here planned parenthood tell me about 4000 of those were performed after ....