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And extreme, and even though he said that he would support carving out the filibusters of the congress could push through to codify roe v wade into federal law, we don't see a path for that right now. in terms of for what we are looking at right now, in terms of messaging that the white house is focusing on, president biden is saying that we need to elect two more democrats, in order to codify roe v wade. that is something you're going to hear the white house and the president talking about but it's going to be more of a campaign issue over the next few months. >> we don't want to forget that ...

Which he called, quoting him here, outrageous. he talked about a carveout in the filibuster, essentially, to codify, jeffrey toobin, privacy rights, he said. my understanding would be that to do that you would have to get congress to codify each and every one on its own. >> right which strikes me as -- >> can you do what the president said he thinks you can do? >> as a technical legal matter, you could perhaps draft some bill before congress that talks about abortion, that talks about same-sex marriage, that talks about private consensual privacy, rights involving privacy. you would need -- yo...

Not just in unwith election cycle but in every single cycle. he keep saying this is an issue and plan that has been a part of the republican strategy for 20 years so when i think about that, i think about 2004 when skrorj w. bush ran on partial birth abortions. now, he never did anything actually in his term on policy about it but you know what he did do? in 2005, he got justice roberts and 2006, he got justice alito. and they were the uns for years, plotting for this moment right now. >> hang on, ashley. that is my point, though. you are talking about what republicans did but what did democra...

A majority, the filibuster blocks it. so we need to abolish the filibuster, and move this bill to codify -- >> but the filibuster's there when republicans are in charge, as well. >> and they will change the laws, too. that is the thing is that republican justices lie when they get confirmed, and they will change the law when they have power. and i do think democrats need to act and do whatever they can to pass gun reform. i am glad to see the bill last night. whatever they need to do to pass and codify roe. we, people, are outraged and one thing i will just say is this is not just about a woma...

Lie, will that come out of the resolution or is that separate? >> the resolution is meant, as the secretary said, to codify or enshrine the agreement the americans and russians made. that was just two countries. syria wasn't even a party to the talks. what secretary kerry wants is for the international community to basically sign this document, approve this deal, so that there's international backing for it, and enforcement, he hopes, going forward. >> jim sciutto, thank you very much. we'll be watching the u.n. security council very closely next week. coming up next, the pope with a blunt a...