schumer: i have heard my colleagues? how important it is now that we live in a different world, where it is no longer in exercise and objection to show how people feel, how each senator votes, which side are you on? you can't duck it anymore, which they have done for a long time. once we have that vote, we will look at the best way to get things done. reporter: are there other additional legislative proposals? sen. schumer: we are starting off here. but you will hear plenty from us. this is not just one vote and then this issue goes away. you will hear a lot from us through the next month, all the way through november. yes. reporter: are you and all concerned about this leak that happens, what it means for the institution itself? a draft opinion for the first time ever -- sen. schumer: the supreme court is looking into that, but to compare a leak to taking away the rights of 100 million women in saying that leak is more important -- give me a break. forget it. yes. >you can chime in if you wan. >> [indiscernible] reporte

schumer: thank you. thank you, my colleagues. we are focused like a laser on getting this vote shortly, and onto the 2022 elections. reporter: will you try to end the filibuster? [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> senate republicans reacted to the possibility of roe v. wade overturn and calls for congress to codify abortion rights by ending the filibuster. this runs 15 minutes. senator mcconnell: good afternoon, everyone. the integrity and independence of the supreme court is once again under attack. last year, the democratic leader went over on the steps of the supreme court and called a couple of members out by name and actually threatened , reprisals if they didn't rule the way he chose. senator whitehouse, and others have filed amicus briefs, similarly threatening the court. and now, we have, within the court itself, someone else threatening the independence of the c

leader schumer over on the steps of the supreme court calling out justices by name. sheldon whitehouse and others filing amicus briefs threatening the court. efforts to pack the court. efforts to have term limits for court justices. what's unique about today is this the first time we have had somebody on the inside try to attack the institution. fortunately, i think the chief justices have taken it seriously and will find the leaker. >> democrats say that the prospect of rove he is and more restricted trigger laws coming into effect without exception to the rates will shock the public and motivate voters in november. what is your response to that? sen. mcconnell: that's not the story for the day, the story for today is what i just said. >> if it struck down, do you see a need for federal abortion restrictions legislation in congress? sen. mcconnell: look, all of this puts the cart before the horse. we have three supreme court clerks in my conference, they all explain the procedure, and our entire conversation today was about what i've just been talking to you about,

if senator schumer and the abortion lobby have filibustered this legislation over and over, it is so weird. the abortion industry lobbyists have bullied leader schumer and all but one courageous democratic senator my friend joe mansion into an extreme position that does not reflect even the majority opinion in the democratic party today let alone the majority position of americans. this bill today is ugly. winner takes all politics. it is all aggressive pro- abortion provisions. let's consider just a few. it would formally create a national right to abortion up until the moment of birth in all 50 states and that would undo even state -based partial birth abortion bans. today's legislation would prohibit states from requiring parental consent to perform abortions on a child's. it would prohibit the states from passing any laws to ban sex selective abortions. it would be an any laws to prevent state, ban any laws that states would to try to prevent selection abortions. it wouldrm create a right for non-doctors to perform abortions putting women in severe risk of complication and botche

schumer: good morning. i am joined by many colleagues from the democratic caucus and you will hear from many of them in a minute. well, this is a dark and disturbing day for america. last night, a report came out that a conservative majority of the united states supreme court is ready to overturn roe v. wade and uproot decades of precedent affirming a woman's right to an abortion. it is hard not to feel angry, troubled and deeply disturbed about what overturning roe would do to women across america. more than 20 states have laws or constitutional amendments that would outlaw abortion should the supreme court invalidate roe. over 80 million women live in those states. if the report is accurate, the decision would be an abomination -- an abomination -- one of the worst ever in modern history. of course, republicans have sought this outcome for years, so you would think they would be celebrating such a decision, but they are not. no. this morning, republicans are shamefully scrambling to try and distract from

schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent --. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i'm trying to make equal the amounts of volume, but i can't do that. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs be discharged from further consideration of s. 1596 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 1596, a bill to require the secretary of the treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the national world war ii memorial in washington, d.c., and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the committee is discharged, and the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: and, mr. leader -- mr. president, rather, i ask unanimous consent that the rounds-shaheen substitute amendment which is at the desk be considered and agreed to, the bill

schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the appointment at the desk appear separately in the record as if made by the chair. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i have five requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 3:00 p.m. monday, may 16. that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day and morning business be closed, that upon conclusion of morning business the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to calendar 368, h.r. 7691, a bill to provide aid to ukraine. further, that the cloture motions filed during today's session ripen at 5:30 p.m. the presiding office

karine: that is what senator schumer is trying to do. reporter: why not do that in the early days of the presidency? karine: we have been talking to congress before these two shootings that have been very devastating in these past two weeks. we are doing it now. we no this is not easy, we are not saying this is easy, and the president is doing everything he can to get this done. but we continue to call on congress to act. it is a priority. reporter: is this a priority above tilde back better" bit relief? does this need to be a singular focus of all of washington? karine: this has been a top priority. i am not want to list out his priorities, what i can't tell you is that this has been a top priority. he started working on this the first couple days he walked into this office. reporter: [indiscernible] former president obama appointed then vice president biden to take control of this issue. are there any discussions -- [indiscernible] karine: ambassador susan rice is the president's domestic policy adviser. she is coordinating the preside

senator schumer called it dark and disturbing. and said he plans to hold a vote in the senate on legislation to codify the right to an abortion. senator mcconnell called the leak of the court's decision in a lawless action which should be investigated and punished to the fullest extent possible. he also : chief justice roberts to look into the leak. and if a crime was committed for the justice department to pursue it completely. >> for years, the radical left has attacked the institution of the supreme court. last night it appears their campaign hit a new low. historically the justices, clerks, and staff have prized and protected the court confidentiality. the justices must be able to discuss and deliberate in an environment of total trust and privacy. americans cannot receive a fair trial if politicians, pendants, bullies and mobs get a say in court. judicial independence is vital. but the far left has spent years shamelessly attacking it. democrats in congress have endorsed plans for partisan court packing. they have sent the ju

and senator schumer wants to make that known. now, the difference between back in february when they had this vote and today is now it's not esoteric, it's real. there is a very good chance that roe v. wade is going to be overturned by the supreme court, assuming this draft decision does, in fact, become reality. geoff: and kimberly, building on the point that lee ann made about democrats viewing this now as being a real threat, i want to draw on your legal background because as you know, the idea in roe is that abortion is an unenumerated right, one that the constitution protects, even if it doesn't explicitly say that there is a right to an abortion. and the thing that we've been hearing all this past week is that if roe is overturned, that could undermine other rights, like same sex marriage, access to contraception, interracial marriage, potentially. there have been people who have said that that sort of idea is overblown. what's your sense of it? kimberly: well, i think it wl be very difficult to keep this contained to only

schumer: on behalf of myself and leader. mr. mcconnell, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 366, s. 4190, senator kennedy's bill on ukraine oversight. that the bill be considered read a third time and the senate vote on passage of the bill. further, that upon disposition of the kennedy bill, the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar 368, h.r. 7691, a bill to provide aid to ukraine. that the only amendment in order be the paul amendment which is at the desk, that the senate vote on the paul amendment with 60-affirm votes required for adoption, that the bill be read a third time, and the senate vote on passage of the bill, as amended, if amended, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there an objection? mr. paul: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: reserving the right to o

schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i first thank my dear friend and colleague from washington for her powerful and heartfelt words and for her leadership as well. now, madam president, the question before the senate is simple. as women's rights face their greatest threat in half a century, will this chamber step into the breach and protect the basic right to choose? will we enshrine into law what courts have held for decades, that decisions women make about their pregnancies belong to them and them alone? or will five unelected justices presiding without accountability in a courtroom across the street take that fundamental right away from millions upon millions of women in this country? in a few minutes, it will be time for members to vote. the legislation before this chamber is straightforward. it would codify what americans already believe, that the right to choose whether or not to have an abortion belongs to women, not elected politicians. it will preserve the safeguard that conservative justices seem read

tonight -- amy schumer. actress and author, jennifer grey. music from stephen sanchez featuring the 8g band with carter mclean. ♪ [ chrs and applause and now, seth meyers >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night. we hope you're doing well tonight. and now we're going to get to the news vice president kamala harris spoke yesterday at a gala for a pro-abortion rights organization and said, "thoes republican leaders who are trying to weaponize the use of the law against women, well, we say, 'how dare they?' great. that oughta do it. [ laughter ] and if that doesn't stop them, you can always throw in a harumph! microsoft co-founder bill gates spoke out yesterday against the potential reversal of the supreme court decision in roe vs wade and warned that it would "set us back 50 years. he said the next time america makes that much progress, we should remember to hit save. [ laughter ] in a new interview, maryland governor larry hogan said that former president trump should not run for re-election and added that trump is "enjoyi

quicktake you very much, senator schumer. america woke up today to an unusual event of our democracy. the news that a constitutional right is about to be taken away from the american people. i'm an amateur historian and i'm searching and i'm searching in history for a comparable situation where some rights which we have entertained and used and counted on for 50 years is gone. that's with the opinion is all about, taking away that right to choose. that right for individual women to have reproductive freedom in the country. i read parts of the illegal decision this morning to try to absorb what his thinking was, and i was stuck on one point. he seemed to make a very strong argument that says the word abortion is not in the constitution so it can't be constitutionally protected -- protective. i would say to the justice and those protecting him, try to find the word privacy, you won't, it's not in there, but in griswold versus connecticut we decided that is part of what being an american is all about. if they are going to be so

chuck schumer and the democrats are against that. i saw that and i am so fed up with these democrats that want the issue, they want a lecture, but they don't actually want to do something that was on the floor of the senate 24 hours after the shooting. >> it is something that could have helped. if you look at all the policies that have been thrown out there if you look at the ones that work and without a doubt having school resource officers on-campus works great in fact i 2018 alone, they had three separate shooters in florida, maryland, and illinois they tried to go into a school and had a mass casualty situation. each time they have a school resource officer that met with them almost immediately, stoppe him in their tracks, disarmed them, prevented them from ever having an open fire and prevented mass casualties that works. it's a conversation we have to have. what you're seeing is democrats are politicizing this once again . its all about control. it's not about dilutions that work for it we got president biden going on his tirad

schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. grea the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i monday to proceed to h.r. 3967. the presiding officer: clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 388, h.r. 3967, an act to improve health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substampses and for other purposes -- substances and for other purposes. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to thesque did. the presiding officer: the -- to the desk. the clerk: cloture motion, if we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate 3 do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 388, h.r. 3967, an act to improve health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances and for other purposes, signed by 18 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived.

schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 848, alvar are m. bedoya of maryland to be a federal trade commissioner. the presiding officer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to -- s. 4132. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: motion to proceed to s. 4132, a bill to protect a person's ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide abortion serv

pelosi, biden, clinton, schumer and kerry. these career politicians have entrenched themselves in washington, enriching their families at your expense. over the course of tonight, we'll get into each family, but i want to start with the pelosis because there might be no worse offender than nancy pelosi. for nancy, corruption runs in the family. pelosi is the daughter of thomas d'allesandro a baltimore politician who would represent the city in congress and later serve as its mayor. thomas was no saint. his close ties with some shady figures led to an fbi investigation by the kennedy administration with reports saying r quote, in a 1961 memo to the white house, an agent summarized allegations that thomas d'allesandro took payoffs from applicants to the police force and helped hinder the investigation and prosecution of crimes. now, nothing ever came of this investigation but the fact that the fbi was looking into the matter says a lot. and six decades later, maybe the fbi should start looking at his daughter. pelosi came into t

. $5,200 may not sound like a lot of money to check schumer, joe biden -- chuck schumer, joe biden or sherry beasley, that is a lot of money to most folks in north carolina and $5,200 is much extra working families and our state have to pay this year to the biden/beasley inflation that is what voters are going to be thinking about when they vote in november. voters in north carolina our going to be thinking about chaos at our southern border. some folks will say you are not a border state, why do you even care? law enforcement across this state have told me that every county in north carolina because of the biden/beasley lalas, open-border agenda -- lawless, open-border agenda. heavy drugs are flowing again, human trafficking is increasing on cartels are trying to gain more control of our borders. even my democratic opponent is talking about it, but is not holding joe biden accountable and she won't hold him accountable in the senate either. that is why working families are going to send a conservative fighter to hold joe biden accountable in november. [applause] we have an amazing cr

chuck schumer is just about to speak, he spoke earlier today. listen to what he said. >> several of these conservative justices who are in no way accountable to the american people have lied to the u.s. senate, ripped up the constitution, and defiled both precedent and the supreme court reputation. all at the expense of tens of millions of women, party of lincoln, and eisenhower has now completely devolved into the party of trump. >> john: if the decision upheld, we would have had a battle royal at the end of june or beginning of july, but now going into the party of trump. trump is going to play prominently in the november election. >> of course, every moment that donald trump can be uttered from a democrat's voice is going to be used and you know, you are going to see the january 6th committee hearings and that will be a focus. but this is a god send for a lot of democratic candidates who were looking at a host of issues, inflation, crime, immigration, foreign policy that's not going tremendous, and saying this is an uphill battle. they will n

you vote with schumer all the time. he's just another big spending liberal. >> we have to do things in a positive way to lower inflation. we did with it a bipartisan infrastructure deal, we did it with the rescue plan. >> laura: what? the fact is that the so-called moderates like tester and raphael warnock, the only voice concerned about issues like border or inflation when it was obvious that the issues are hearting their party in the mid-term. where were they in 2020 or last year? in the big open senate seat contest, two more liberals are attempting this transparent branding. congressman tim ryan trying to beat out j.d. vance in hall of fame. now ryan who voted with nancy pelosi 100% of the time according to pro publica is now pretending to be donald trump on the china issue. >> defunding the police is way off the mark. we need more cops, not less. my party also got it wrong on the trade deals that sent your jobs overseas. i've always fought those working against you. >> laura: yeah, this complete nonsense, believe no

majority leader chuck schumer is calling a vote on the women's health care act, an unusual move because he doesn't have the votes. only 49 senators are expected to say yes, 11 short of what it would need to pass. speaking from the senate floor, schumer said he was pushing forward because it was time for each member of that body to tell the american public where they stand. >> before the day is over every member of this body will make a choice, vote to protect the fundamental rights of women across the country or stand with five conservative justices ready to destroy these rights in one felled swoop. today's vote is one of the most consequential we will take in decades because for the first time in 50 years a conservative majority, an extreme majority on the supreme court is on the brink of declaring that women do not have freedom over their own bodies. >> this is also about the mid terms for democrats with polling and a century's worth of history keeping a congress an majority. democrats are looking for an issue to galvanize their base and hopefully voters on the other side as well. thi

reporter: [inaudible] >> shortly after returning to washington dc, senate majority leader chuck schumer spoke about his trip to new york with president biden donner victims of the recent mass shooting in buffalo. sen. schumer: madam president, it has been a sorrowful, painful few days for the people of buffalo, new york. today, i joined with president biden, the first lady, governor hogle, senator gillibrand, buffalo mayor brown, attorney general tish james and other local officials to meet with families of those killed saturday, the victims at the tops shooting market where the shooting happened intimate with a community ripped apart by unspeakable violence. there is no single word to encapsulate what it was like to visit the tops supermarket, to lay down flowers in honor of the dead, and to meet the families whose lives have been forever, forever torn apart. it was equal parts sorrow for the innocent victims we have lost, it was grief for the families that must carry on. today i met a young boy, only three years old, who lost his dad on saturday because his dad was at the store buying

and then also to the majority leader senator schumer for again pushing this through. great collaboration among the house and senate. really is a very, very good example how we need to collaborate more. with that i yield back. mocha including comcast. >> are you think those are just a community center? >> know it's way more than that. comcast is parted with 1000 committee centers to provide wi-fi enabled list they get their families ready for anything bread comcast support c-span is a public service along with these other television providers. give you a front row seat to democracy. >> here's what is i had. next house speaker pelosi and her weekly briefing. then from today's edition of "washington journal" conversation with derek johnson president ceo of the naacp. nine enter secretary deb pollan testifies our department 2023 budget request. after that the latest white house coronavirus briefing. the senate passed an additional $40 billion to assist ukraine in its ongoing fight against russia. the legislation is on hold much of the week because of kentucky senator rand

i am very pleased to say that the access to baby formula act, after senator schumer's actions, will be going to the president for his signature. and this is really important as part of what we need to do to deal with an immediate crisis. the reality is that right this minute moms and dads are trying to figure out what they're going to be able to do to give safe baby formula to their children. is it on the shelf? where will they have to go to get it? how many days, hours are we going to have to wait to do this? it's an incredible, incredible emergency, and what i've so appreciated is that we came together, house, senate democrats and republicans and acted faster than i've participated in from writing a bill at the beginning of the week to thursday having it pass the house and now the senate to go to the president. now, i don't think we should be giving ourselves too many kudos here, because i think this had happened in the very beginning and we shouldn't have seen what happened at the abbott plant. and in my mind, the f.d.a. should have moved more quickly to respond to it. but when we b

majority leader schumer will earn kudos from planned parenthood for this show vote today, but he's not going to convince anyone. as we look beyond today's gross vote as we look to the future, our focus should be on continuing to grow the pro-life coalition in this country. we can and we must build support across the country for an ethnic that protects life. i want to lock arms with pro-life democrats and work to build a culture of life. if we can pair certain pro-life laws with increased spending on prenatal care and safety nets for struggling moms, count me in. i'm for that kind of big, new coalition. let's do it. this movement is about hearts and minds. we've got to have difficult conversations and love. and we've got to reject the kind of extremism that senator schumer is putting on the floor today pursuing this bill. we've got to focus our work on our local communities, on changing our neighbors' minds, on understanding each other, and on setting an example by putting moms and babies first. the answer after this bill fails today is to remember that love is stronger than power, and

the decision by chuck schumer was to put a bill on the floor, the women's health protection act, that did not have the support of those two republican moderate senators who support abortion rights, who believe that this bill goes too far. instead they decided to go with this other bill instead. thasore hyonre d wra messaging . they wanted to make it clear that republicans were unanimous against them in trying to preserve abortion rights and trying to say to overturn the supreme court's decision, assuming that is what becomes law here. the problem with the message became when joe manchin, the one democrat who does oppose abortion rights, came out in opposition to this plan. he said he would have supported that narrower approach that collins and murkowski backed. as a result it was 49-51, that bill failed, and it leaves democrats with no clear path dealing with this on a federal level. really their only hope is to convince voters to send more democrats to the senate, for them to hold the house, presumably change the senate rules next year by having enough votes, and then enacting legisl

senator schumer says, they will get a vote on the floor. we will face it and the protections included in it on rape and incest and other provisions. we have a record. american people will know the issue what it means to them. if the alitos start brazen reasoning continues and they'll know which members are for them or against them. the election in november will be referendum on privacy and your rights to an american. they want it to be oh, it's inflation, something at the border. no, it's more basic than that. it's in your bedroom. we want to make sure the american people understand that. >> so what i am hearing right there is a clear 2022 message for the mid-terms. we need more democrats, more pro voice chats in the senate in order to make things work. ali, we were talking about this. they're counting to 50 to be able to argue the women's health protection act. but they need 60 votes to pass it. >> reporter: yes. you and i were texting about this while we were listening to this. you were making the 2022 argument about feeding bigger majori

we are told senator schumer is giving lawmakers 10 days to hash out some kind of a bipartisan deal and then the senator plans to bring a vote to the floor and some kind of legislation because senator schumer says he wants the public to see exactly where lawmakers stand when it comes to this issue of interesting gun violence. xavier lopez. >>> we mentioned the love and support and the anger. the governor was interrupted by beto o'rourke, the democratic candidate for governor he called out governor abbott for doing nothing following several mass shootings in that state. >> if you want a solution of universal background checks red flag logs or extreme risk protection orders which stop the shooting before it happens. if you want all solution, safe storage laws. >> he interrupted the governor and held a makeshift news conference outside. governor abbott blamed the shooting and mental health challenges and did not mention munch about the easy access to assault rifles. >> we want to explore the idea of universal background checks for joining us now as a political analyst, dr. larry kersten. l

schumer and other senate democrats appear to want to continue this make this the issue. it puts republicans in direct opposition to the will of most people in this country. again, this legislation not expected to advance this week. in washington many people would call this a show vote or messaging tactic, but when you speak to people on the streets, protesting outside of the supreme court as i have, people who vote for democrats, they want to see schumer and other democrats in washington put up a fight. you have people like california governor gavin newsom asking where is my party? schumer in essence is speaking to that frustration by holding this last ditch effort this week. >> all right. eva, thank you so much in washington. >>> still a lot of questions about where abortion rights goes from here and what the leaked draft opinion could mean for other landmark decisions. joining me to talk about it, democrat running for ohio's state house 89th district, james abergafou. he was the lead plaintiff in the supreme court case that guaranteed the right for same sex couples the

schumer tweeted the bill put more guns in schools and quote the truth. there's more there were officers at the school in texas. the shooter got past them and quote actually the truth, chuck, is that the resourceno officer was not there, not really a best practice. the shooter walked in through an open door left to open evidently by a teacher. joining me now is texas congresswoman best friend died and sean duffy, former wisconsin congressman, a former prosecutor and now a fox newstrh contributor. thank you both for joining . i got to tell you this thing that fires me up i mean, it's so sad. i can't even imagine the devastation. you are both parents. you gotu lovely, beautiful families and kids like i do. but we're going through this. so i bill is on the floor that's been worked on for yeare since parkland chuck schumer has a chance to put it up for a vote. unanimous consent, democrats and republicans. let's, just establish best practices. , dchuck schumer says no that's not good enough. i don'tyo know how you react to that , but i amde sick and tired of t

schumer: thank you, mr. president. now, if a conservative majority on the supreme court proceeds with their abominable decision to overturn roe v. wade, the rights and the freedoms of every woman in this country will face their greatest threat in generations. let's be clear. this is what the republicans want. it is in the laws politician -- republican politicians have passed across the country but th

chuck schumer tried. wek had unsuccessful effort. he's bringing it back next weekt we're really excited to support him there. but look, it's both. it's all of the above. it's state legislative efforts. efforts like governor gavin newsom, grit chen whitmer fighting back with legislation, ballot initiatives in kansas and michigan as well as federal legislation. and there's also talk -- and i think there needs t to be really -- we need to be big and bold how we imagine the future of reproductive freedom in the country. we need to think about the e.r.a., equality amendment. we have to fundamentally re-imagine how we want to protect this right in the future. but we have a lot of options. but it all comes down to the access to the ballot box and voting smoch the fact that we have an extremist gop that has really aggressively attacked our fundamental freedom to vote. the attacks on lgbtq communities, it's all connected. and we really need to wake up as organizations across the progressive ecosystem. i know she is leading the charge here. an

schumer: thank you. so, mr. president, tomorrow, the united states senate will vote to protect one of the most fundamental freedoms that women have in this country, the freedom to choose whether or not to have an abortion. few decisions are more personal. few decisions are more private than decisions women make regarding their own pregnancies. few should be more out of bounds to elected politicians and to the whims of government. but sadly, few rights are in as much peril right now as the fundamental right to choose. if this abominable decision becomes law, women will lose their freedom in so many ways. a giant step backward in the united states, where expanding freedom has always been our goal and our aspiration. tomorrow's vote will be one of the most important votes we take in this chamber in decades, because for the first time in 50 years a conservative majority, an extreme conservative majority, on the supreme court is on the brink of declaring that women do not have the right to an abortion, they do not ha

chuck schumer said he represents 100 million women. he doesn't represent 100 million women, that goof ball. he doesn't represent any women as far as i'm concerned. and this whole thing seems contrived to me. have you noticed how well organized it is? they get their leaker, the guy puts out the first draft, all of a sudden people are showing up like they're coming right out of the woods. this he show up, they've got their contrived signs and talking points. and one other thing that's very, very important. joe biden said today, schumer said today, these legal analysts have said today, this will destroy marriage, same sex marriage. have they read the opinion? this is in the opinion, unable to show concrete relieens on roe and casey themselves the solicitor general, meaning the lawyer for the government, suggests that overruling those discussions would threaten the court's precedent holding that the due process clause protects other rights. this is not correct for reasons we've already discussed. as even the casey plurality recognized it's

schumer: thank you, mr. president. now, if a conservative majority on the supreme court proceeds with their abominable decision to overturn roe v. wade, the rights and the freedoms of every woman in this country will face their greatest threat in generations. let's be clear. this is what the republicans want. it is in the laws politician -- republican politicians have passed across the country but the american people are not on their side. today i am announcing that next week the u.s. senate is going to vote on legislation to codify a woman's right to seek an abortion into federal law. let me repeat that. i am announcing that next week the u.s. senate is going to vote on legislation to codify a woman's right to seek an abortion into federal law. i intend to file cloture on this vital legislation on monday which will set up a vote for wednesday. all week we've been seeing republicans try to duck, dodge, and dip from their responsibility for bringing roe to the brink of total repeal. that's what they've been trying to do

now under one party controlledme by the schumer pelosi socialist's, america's going broke , woke and becoming a joke . it's time for real oversight of biden's runaway federal agencies. it's time to slam the brakesen e on his inflation stoking agendag with of course, a republicanhe controlled congress. but the left, they're not going to goo down without a fight. no way they're going to try to h hang onto their power by any means necessary now without blowing up the economy. they're blowingssar up raceam relations. they're shifting blame or as we all know, they're distracting with phony narrative america experiment democracy is in danger like it hasn't been in my lifetime. it's in danger this hour. hate and fear being given too much oxygen by those who pretend to love america. i believe anybody who acts as at replacement is to blame for this for the crime, but it is for no purpose, no purposece except profit and or political and it's wrong isit always harkening back to trump ,right? the ghost of trump is always hovering over by my lord. yb is this playbook dog eared or what ? most vote

among the out majority leader in the us, chuck schumer, who says he plans to hold a vote as early as next week on enshrining the right to abortion into federal law. it is our intention for the senate to hold a vote on legislation to codify the right to an abortion in law. second, a vote on this legislation is no longer an abstract exercise. this is as urgent and as real as it gets. we will vote to protect a woman's right to choose and every american is going to see which side every senator stands on. third, to the american people, i say this — the elections this november will have consequences because the rights of 100 million women are now on the ballot. i'm joined now by eric scheidler, the executive director of pro—life action league. thank you very much indeed for joining us. i don't suppose you are too worried about chuck schumer�*s vote, it is clearly not going to pass muster, is it? but what is your reaction to the opinion as it has come out and how confident are you that that is going to be the final decision? i’m that that is going to be the final decision?— final

schumer: reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. schumer: now, madam president, the american people have had to endure two of the worst mass shootings in recent history in just the span of ten days. one of them happened to be in my home state of new york, in the dear city of buffalo. the other happened yesterday in texas, the worst school shooting since sandy hook, and we can't get out of our minds -- i can't -- the picture of 10, 11, 9-year-olds being shot, killed, just ready to burst into the adolescent and adult phases of their lives. what the american people want is real solutions to our nation's gun violence epidemic. we've had too many moments of silence, too many thoughts and prayers, americans are sick of it, many in this chamber are sick of it. here's the sad truth about what happened yesterday and why i plant to object to my colleague's u.c. -- hardening schools would have done nothing to prevent this shooting. in fact, there were guards and police officers already at the school yesterday when the shooter showed up. one wa

we'll see what happens with this letter schumer sent. probably nothing. >>> next year marks two years since the killing of george floyd. today thomas lane, one of the former police officers charged in connection with floyd's death pled guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second degree manslaughter. the state and lane's attorney recommend a sentence of three years. lane had been convicted in a federal trial in february of violating floyd's civil rights. he has not yet been sentenced in that case. >>> new reporting about the night police killed breonna taylor. part of a blockbuster expose on the louisville police department by vice news. the correspondent who is breaking that story joins me tonight. we'll be right back. tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ we could walk forever ♪ ( ♪♪ ) ♪ walking on ♪ ♪ walking on the moon ♪ ♪ some ♪ ♪ may say ♪ ♪ i'm wishing my days away ♪ ♪ no way ♪ ♪ walking on the moon ♪ like pulsing, electric shocks, sharp, stabbing pains, or an intense burning sensation. wha

wade the bill is expected to fail during a vote on wednesday, but senator schumer says he wants america to see where every senator stands this comes as the abortion debate intensifies across the nation with protests around the country. even some outside homes of the supreme court justices here is nbc's ali vitali >> reporter: a new flash point in the battle over abortion rights >> the people united will never be defeated. >> reporter: in madison, wisconsin, police say a molotov cocktail thrown into the headquarters of an anti-abortion group, vandalized with a warning spray painted on the wall. if abortions aren't safe, then you aren't either. and supreme court justices facing fury. protesters outside the d.c. area homes of chief justice john roberts, as well as justice brett kavanaugh. >> we will not go back >> reporter: the trump nominee promised senators roe v. wade was settled precedent. but now that leaked opinion shows cavanaugh among five judges potentially poised to overturn that nearly 50-year precedent. it comes as new polls show nearly 2/3 of americans want roe kept in place.

and even though the vote is expected to fail, schumer says he still wants every senator's position to go on the record. >> this is a constant fight that we've had for generations. house speaker nancy pelosi says democrats are prepared to fight for abortion rights is about something so serious and so personal and so disrespectful of women. on wednesday. the senate is expected to vote on the women's health protection act, which would protect abortion access nationwide. but the bill which already passed the house doesn't have the support of all 50 senate democrats or senate republicans, including south carolina senator lindsey graham. my democratic friends are trying to pass them wednesday. >> that will allow more shun right up to the day before the babies delivered. we're not giving up. we will never give ent still. democrats say they want to get every senator on the record. we need to make sure that every single voter understands that the republican party and mitch mcconnell does not believe that their daughters, that their mothers, that their sisters have rights to make fundamental li