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The state of missouri passed a law today that bans abortion after eight weeks of pregnancy. it does not include exceptions for rape and incest. the republican governor has indicated he will sign it into law two days after alabama's governor signed the strictest abortion law in our country, that bill bans all abortions except in cases where the mother's health is in immediate danger. both state's bills would imprison doctors for performing abortions. but laws that violate the law of the land are unenforceable, which the alabama governor straight up admits. instead, they're designed to be test c...

That these are supreme court bound test cases. as a matter of politics, though, pick your poll. this issue is either 60/40 underwater for their side. it is either 80/20. how are they going to run under the republican banner on an issue like this if it permeates down through the tickets to statewide elections. >> right. so i think we could see a shift in the way republicans are talking about these bills because even though it hadn't broken through in the 2020 presidential election race until this week, it was something that house republicans very much wanted to make a big deal in their campaign...

Welcome back and now on to this topic. the state of missouri passed a law today that bans abortion after eight weeks of pregnancy. it does not include exceptions for rape and incest. the republican governor has indicated he will sign it into law two days after alabama's governor signed the strictest abortion law in our country, except in cases where the mother's health is in immediate danger. laws that violate the law of the land are unenforceable, which the alabama governor straight up admits. instead, they're designed to be test cases before the supreme court. and just like that, reproductiv...

Liz's last point, and that is no one was looking for or expecting this to jump to the head of the line. but now it's firmly a political issue. as a matter of politics, we get that these are supreme court bound test cases. as a matter of politics, though, pick your poll. this issue is either 60/40 underwater for their side. it is either 80/20. how are they going to run under the republican banner on an issue like this if it permeates down through the tickets to statewide elections. >> right. so i think we could see a shift in the way republicans are talking about these bills because even though...

There are people encouraging the president to pick someone off of his list of supreme court likely nominees, i think that's something that would concern conservatives a lot. so i am hopeful that's not going on. steve: well, you know, we still hear the name amy coony barrett a lot. she could be the one who could be the next name. but, if there is another nomination that this president makes, given what happened with brett kavanaugh, you're anticipating a major freakout, aren't you, by people on the political left? >> well, you know, unfortunately, we are seeing them freaking out over pretty muc...