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>> i have -- i deal with end of life issues. on a regular basis. these are heart-rending decisions. and i can tell you, there's no such thing as a death panel. >> some of the more heated portions of the day had to do with the claim that the death panels exist, they're referring to independent payment advisories boards and the claim that they're death panels has been debunked by several fact-checking organizations. in terms of the representative that was here, he has been open to maintaining some of the provisions of the affordable care act, specifically allowing people that are under 26 to sta...

Hard over the coming days and week, zach. but i'm struck by the fact over the last 12 days people have lot sight how unifying this will be for republicans. the president has ruffled feathers but they will all be with him on this. >> they will. and donald trump needed that. he needed a way to unify the party. he's doing things to frustrate people on capitol hill. how is he going to pay for the wall? having the wall itself. these are things that are going to divide the party. neil gorsuch is going to unify it because of, we presume, his stance on life issues, et cetera. it's something that ke ra...

But i think there's a lot of discomfort about the idea that a politician makes that decision. >> in terms of the timing. >> exactly. >> the truth of the matter is, a large majority of abortions do happen within the first three months of pregnancy. and it's very, very rare that a woman needs to be an abortion if she's got an issue with health later in pregnancy. and there are expectaticeptions those cases. i'm not sure that the health part of it of, you know, preserving abortion to the first three months would be a huge issue. >> i understand that, but do you think this should be threat be up t...

>> so that rousing applause there, but as you're well aware we know that catholic teaching doesn't exact square with what is legal here in the united states. particularly when it comes to abortion and reproductive rights. so, what was your reaction to what pope francis said there? >> i think it was really interesting especially that you cut the feed there because the next line that he said, which was the real remarkable moment for me, was this is why i'm calling for the abolition of the death penalty. so, i think in this country sometimes we get a little bit wrapped up in one aspect of life an...

Castro regime. he comes here speaking for the poor but some of us think against the arrangements largely considered capitalists and fossil fuels that have done more for the poor in the last two centuries than has been done for the poor in 30 centuries before that. he'll speak thursday in the house chamber. he'll speak there one week after 177 democrat where i can members of congress voted for an infanticide. they voted against the bill from trent franks of arizona that said if a child survives an abortion procedure it should be given the same medical treatment that would be accorded any other ...