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B. i should note the new texas law too extreme even for some pro-life republicans. listen to what congressman adam kinzinger told our dana bash just yesterday. >> there's a lot of question about what the supreme court thing meant. for me i'm pro-life. what i don't like to see is this idea of seeing every citizen being able to tattle. sue an uber driver be deputized to enforce this abortion law to whatever they want. >> let me bring in the general counsel for lyft. thank you for your time this morning. it's a really important issue. >> thank you so much for having me, poppy. >> so it was lyft t...

Legal fees for any driver indefinite and would it span all of those states? >> that is our intention, yes, poppy. obviously every state may enact its own laws. this texas law is unique in that it has this private right of action which is as we just heard on the clip a bound too for for even republican congress people. but, yes, lyft wants to support its drivers in this. the over breadth nature of the law where it said that anyone could be liable for aiding or abetting is just unique and it is egregious. and so that is why we wanted to come out strongly in support of our drivers and strongly ag...

Listening to employers in this over simplified narrative that is overblown. workers don't need a push back into the labor market. workers need good jobs to go back to. >> we're seeing a complete reshuffling as christine was just talking about, of what, you know, the labor system and what jobs look like in america. rebecca dixon, thank you for being an important voice on this, and come back soon. >> thank you for having me. coming up next, lyft is one of the companies taking a stand against texas's new restrictive abortion law. coming up, their general counsel will join me to explain why they...

Social issues that lyft has made for example in 2019 you gave a million dollars to the aclu after trump issued the travel ban and you've taken a stand on a number of environmental issues. is it lyft's position that the role and responsibility of founders and ceos in america is changing on social issues that you are not directly related to their business, that they need to speak out on them? >> yes, i think that is right, poppy. you know, i joined lyft nearly nine years ago after working as the company's outside counsel and one of the reasons that i joined the company and i stayed as long as i ...

Knowing whether they're behavior was okay or not. and so within that first 24 hours, we decided what we were going to do and we were lucky to have strong support from our board of directors, including valerie jarrett who we discussed with and she said i only wish i had thought of it myself. >> it is interesting that a lot of this also was prompted by drivers being concerned. what does this mean for me. am i going to be on the the hook for $10,000 and potential civil prosecution. what is happening now, kristen, as you know, following this move in texas, is that a number of republican-led states...